SoundDrive 16 User's Manual
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Chapter 2: Orchid Utilities
O
RCHID
UTILITIES
SoundDrive 16 comes with DOS and Windows utili-
ties that allow you to send commands to your CD-
ROM drive, software volume control, and a mixer.
In addition, you have the ability to play instrumental
music through your computer keyboard.
Also included are audio applications to take advan-
tage of the multimedia capabilities of SoundDrive
16. The utilities and audio applications are auto-
matically installed using the SETUP.EXE program.
Refer to Chapter 1 if you have not installed the
SoundDrive 16 software.
SCSI CD-ROM Utilities
The following SCSI CD-ROM utilities are DOS pro-
grams and must be run from the DOS (C:\) prompt:
FDCDTEST
This test utility will test the integrity of the CD-ROM
device driver(s) and drive.
FDEJECT
Ejects the CD-ROM disc from the CD-ROM drive. If
the drive door is locked, this utility first unlocks the
door and then ejects the disc. This function is valid
only for CD-ROM drives that support a software
controlled eject command.
FDLOCK
Locks the door on the CD-ROM drive. On most
drives, this disables the eject button on the front of
the drive.
FDUNLOCK
Unlocks the CD-ROM door that has previously been
locked by FDLOCK or another utility.
Chapter
2
This manual
presumes
that you are
already
familiar with
the basics of
Microsoft
Windows.
Please refer
to the
Microsoft
manual when
terminology
or installation
steps are
unfamiliar to
you.
You cannot
run the CD-
ROM utilities
from the
Windows
MS-DOS
prompt. You
must first exit
Windows.
