Section 2. Installing Your PlexWriter
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11. Connect a digital audio cable if your sound board is equipped with the
Sony/Philips digital interface (SPDIF) or Digital-In, and you wish to use the
digital audio output from your PlexWriter. This cable runs from the digital audio
output connector pins on the back panel to the sound board. (This cable is not
supplied by Plextor.)
12. Mount the PlexWriter drive in the computer using the four screws that were
supplied with your drive. Use only these screws.
CAUTION:
Do not mount your drive in your computer using screws other than those
supplied by Plextor. You may damage the drive if you insert screws that are too long
or the wrong thread type.
Using Sound Boards and Audio Cables
Whichever category your sound board falls into, you will find that the best source of
information about installing the sound board in your computer is the board's manual.
Once you have successfully installed the sound board in your computer, you can
continue below for a description of the different cable connections that need to be
made.
Choosing and Connecting Audio Cables
If you do need audio cables, you will have to purchase them. Refer to the table
below. A list of several vendors who offer audio cables is available on Plextor’s web
site.
Audio Connection
Cable
Required
How to Connect It
MPC audio source
MPC-compliant
audio cable
Connect to MPC audio source,
and to analog audio output
connector at the rear of the
PlexWriter.
Sound Blaster or
compatible sound board
Sound Blaster-
compatible
analog audio
cable
Connect to Sound Blaster-
compatible audio board and to
analog audio output connector at
the rear of the PlexWriter.
Digital audio output
Cable that’s
compatible with
SPDIF or
Digital-In.
Connect to SPDIF or Digital-In
connector on sound board (if
sound board supports digital
audio) and to digital audio output
connector at the rear of the
PlexWriter.
