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LaCie Pocket CD-RW User’s Manual

Copyrights

Copyright © 2003 LaCie. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior
written consent of LaCie.

Trademarks

Apple, Mac, Macintosh and FireWire are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, Windows 98
SE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000 and Windows XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All
trademarks mentioned in this manual are the property of their respective owners.

Changes

The material in this document is for information only and is subject to change without notice. While reasonable efforts have
been made in the preparation of this document to assure its accuracy, LaCie assumes no liability resulting from errors or omis-
sions in this document, or from the use of the information contained herein. LaCie reserves the right to make changes or revi-
sions in the product design or the product manual without reservation and without obligation to notify any person of such
revisions and changes.

Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement (FCC)

WARNING:

Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the

party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the
equipment. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for
a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are
designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the
equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates,
uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy, and if not installed and used in

accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee
that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or televi-
sion reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to correct the interfer-
ence by one of the following measures: 
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antennas.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
• Consult the reseller or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Shielded cables and I/O cards must be used for this equipment to comply with the relevant FCC regulations.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may
not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may
cause undesired operation.

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Page 1: ...ion about that topic Printing While optimized for onscreen viewing the pages of this manual are formatted for printing on 8 1 2 x 11 and A4 sized paper giving you the option to print the entire manual...

Page 2: ...void the user s authority to operate the equipment This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits ar...

Page 3: ...standards Class B EN60950 EN55022 EN50082 1 EN61000 3 2 With reference to the following conditions 73 23 EEC Low Voltage directive 89 336 EEC EMC Directive Laser Products This equipment is certified...

Page 4: ...device is not in operation If you expose your eyes or skin to the laser inside you drive you risk damage or loss of your vision or other personal injury Do not open your drive or attempt to disassembl...

Page 5: ...the risk of damage to the device Always place your drive in a horizontal position before using it Otherwise it may fall causing damage to the device and or corruption or loss of data Always remove th...

Page 6: ...ple USB Peripherals 12 3 4 Disconnecting Your LaCie PocketCD RW Drive 12 3 4 1 PC Users 12 3 4 2 Mac Users 12 4 Using Your LaCie PocketCD RW Drive 13 4 1 Inserting Media 13 4 2 Ejecting Media 13 4 2 1...

Page 7: ...njury to yourself or others as well as to prevent damage to your device and other comput er equipment For a complete list of precautions please see Health Safety and General Use Precautions of this ma...

Page 8: ...ect lower speed USB 1 1 ports and devices like digital cameras scanners modems key boards mice joysticks and printers In the USB 2 0 system existing USB peripherals do not have to be upgraded and lowe...

Page 9: ...hed with your drive See 3 2 Installing Your LaCie PocketCD RW Drive for more details 2 Power Supply Connector This is where you plug in the LaCie power supply See 3 1 Connecting the Power Supply for m...

Page 10: ...details 1 Cable Storage Groove Use this groove to help keep your USB cable wrapped around your drive during transportation Serial Number Sticker This is where you will find your LaCie drive s serial...

Page 11: ...our drive should now turn on automatically when you connect it to a USB port on your computer Disconnecting the AC Adapter From the LaCie PocketCD RW Drive 1 Turn the drive off and wait for it to spin...

Page 12: ...1 USB 2 0 Host Bus Adapters and Performance 3 2 2 Mac Users Important Note Apple is constantly providing update support for drive mechanisms within OS 10 x In order to ensure that you have the latest...

Page 13: ...d while the computer is running To prevent failures it is important you follow these steps when disconnecting your USB peripheral device 3 4 1 PC Users Important Note Windows 98 SE Users If you have i...

Page 14: ...remove the CD After removing the disc gently push in the disc tray or push on the load eject but ton to close it You can also go into My Computer and right click the CD drive icon In the drop down men...

Page 15: ...ing 4 4 Read Mode 4 4 1 PC Users The CD volume will appear in My Computer Click on My Computer to view the contents of the CD and to have access to the folders and files on it You can also gain access...

Page 16: ...computer to control the card These drivers must be installed in order for USB 2 0 devices connected to the port to work at their correct speeds For installation instructions please refer to the docum...

Page 17: ...e type of USB controller available in your computer You can access it from the Task Bar of Windows Proceed as follows 1 Double click on Start a Double click on Settings b Double click on Control Panel...

Page 18: ...your device listed Does an icon for the drive appear on the computer Is the drive powered up Are both ends of the USB cable connected and properly seated Are the USB drivers installed correctly and e...

Page 19: ...the device recheck the cables and try the other troubleshooting solutions listed here You may need to disable some Mac OS Authoring Support exentions for Toast to be able to control the drive Use the...

Page 20: ...ive Carefully inspect the disc If in doubt try another CD Reinstall the recording software Disable all other software pro grams that are running during the CD recording session Disconnect the network...

Page 21: ...at the USB 2 0 drivers for your Host USB 2 0 port and for your USB 2 0 device have been cor rectly installed see the 5 3 1 USB 2 0 Host Bus Adapters and Performance section for a more detailed discus...

Page 22: ...rsion Mac OS or Windows 4 Amount of memory installed 5 Names of CD or DVD drives installed on your computer 6 Names of any other devices installed on your computer LaCie Australia Monday through Frida...

Page 23: ...AM 5PM Contact Us At 81 3 5733 2205 support jp lacie com LaCie Spain Monday through Friday 9AM 2PM and 4PM 7PM Contact Us At 34 91 323 83 11 supporte lacie com LaCie USA Monday through Friday 6AM 5PM...

Page 24: ...or missing The broken part is a replacement part such as a pickup tray etc The tamper seal on the drive casing is broken LaCie will not under any circumstances be liable for direct special or conseque...

Page 25: ...canners With its 12Mb s speed it can also be used for more advanced applications such as games and audio software as well as storage on hard disks CD RW and other drives USB 2 0 devices will have far...

Page 26: ...e 12 Mb s In practice users who desire enhanced USB 2 0 throughput will need to connect their USB 2 0 hardware on both ends of a 2 0 hub to achieve the high speed mode On one end a USB 2 0 compliant h...

Page 27: ...is still being written The recording of a CD is a system intensive process and the recorder needs a constant stream of data A buffer underrun occurs when the stream to the recorder is not fast enough...

Page 28: ...g data from storage to computer RAM or between storage devices Digital Discrete information that can be broken down to zero or one bits Disc at Once DAO CD authoring process in which the entire CD is...

Page 29: ...ed on without danger of system errors Both FireWire and USB interfaces are hot pluggable while SCSI is not Hub A device which links several peripherals together onto the same bus Active hubs which reg...

Page 30: ...run Windows Mac OS and UNIX are among the most common Overwrite To write data on top of existing data thus erasing the original data Packet Writing PW CD authoring process that is very useful for data...

Page 31: ...en tracks Software In a nutshell software is a set of instructions for the computer A set of instructions to perform a particular task is called a program There are two main types of software system s...

Page 32: ...puters Volume A desktop mountable storage area may be a partition of a hard drive a removable disk or a cartridge Typically measured in Megabytes or Gigabytes Utility Software designed to perform main...

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