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USER'S
MANUAL

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Card Reader

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Page 1: ...1 USER S MANUAL USER S MANUAL Card Reader ...

Page 2: ...NTS Getting Started Connecting to a Macintosh Connecting to a PC Compatible How to Use Your Dazzle Card Reader Dazzle OnDVD for PC Compatible Computers Troubleshooting Your Dazzle Card Reader Obtaining Technical Support How to Contact Us ...

Page 3: ...USER S MANUAL USER S MANUAL 3 1 Introduction What s Included with Your Dazzle Reader System Requirements Parts of Your Dazzle Card Reader Registering Your Dazzle Card Reader GETTING STARTED ...

Page 4: ...al data What s Included with your Dazzle Card Reader Your Dazzle card reader includes the following package contents Dazzle Card Reader Dazzle Installation CD includes this User s Manual drivers and free OnDVD bonus software for use with PC compatible computers Quick Start Instructions located on inside of insert card Registration Card Warranty Certificate System Requirements PC Compatible Desktop...

Page 5: ...Parts of Your Card Reader 5 USER S MANUAL USER S MANUAL Card slot USB Connector NOTE Card slot size will differ with each model ...

Page 6: ...ntitles you to free periodic driver software updates when available Registering your Dazzle Card Reader also entitles you to Technical Support from Dazzle There are three options for you to register your reader Register online at http www Dazzle com support prodreg html for instant registration or Complete and mail the included Registration Card or Complete and fax the included Registration Card t...

Page 7: ...USER S MANUAL USER S MANUAL 7 2 Installation Overview Installing the Driver Software Connecting to a USB Port Connecting to a USB Hub CONNECTING to a Macintosh ...

Page 8: ...ick card readers driver installation is not required for Mac OS 9 x and greater For the SmartMedia card reader driver installation is required Start up your Macintosh computer and close all applications Insert the Dazzle Installation CD ROM Double click on the Dazzle Driver Installer Icon A splash screen will appear Click Continue Another screen will appear containing the Software License Agreemen...

Page 9: ...nue A dialog box may appear advising that you may have to restart your computer after installing the software click Yes to continue Your Macintosh will then begin performing the installation and a status bar will appear displaying the progress of the installation NOTE the actual driver installation should only take a few seconds 9 USER S MANUAL USER S MANUAL 6 7 8 ...

Page 10: ...ur Dazzle card Reader INSTALLATION NOTE If you attempt to attach the reader s cable to the USB port of your Macintosh or hub prior to installing the drivers you may receive a message similar to the one shown below If this occurs click Cancel install the driver software from the Dazzle installation CD ROM and then connect the reader For more information on attaching USB devices proceed to the secti...

Page 11: ...e upper and lower parts of the connector Do not force connections as this may damage the computer or the card reader NOTE The card reader may be connected to the computer while the computer is running In the illustration below the card reader connects directly to the USB port on your Macintosh Your Dazzle Card Reader can also be connected to a USB hub see next page for more information USER S MANU...

Page 12: ...e computer or hub while the computer is running Make sure the cable ends are firmly connected Be careful not to confuse the upper and lower parts of the connector Do not force connections as this may damage the computer or the Dazzle Card Reader 12 USER S MANUAL USER S MANUAL 1 2 Attach the USB connector from the USB hub to the USB port on your computer Enlarged view Attach the USB connector from ...

Page 13: ...e and OnDVD Software on Windows 98 Me and 2000 Installing the Driver Software on Windows XP Installing OnDVD on Windows XP Connecting to a USB Port Connecting to a USB Hub USER S MANUAL USER S MANUAL 13 CONNECTING to a PC Compatible ...

Page 14: ...e card reader and access the reader by using the RemovableDisk icon in My Computer For the SmartMedia card reader driver installation is required Start your computer running Windows Close all open applications and insert the Dazzle Installation CD The auto run program will then launch the setup application automatically If the installer does not begin momentarily double click on My Computer Next d...

Page 15: ...own on left Click Next Read the license agreement To agree to the terms of the License Agreement and continue the installation click Yes Click Next to install the drivers to the default location on your computer 15 USER S MANUAL USER S MANUAL 4 5 6 Click Next Click Yes Click Next ...

Page 16: ... for your Dazzle Card Reader An overview of the installation will appear Click Next to continue the installation You will then see a status window advising the progress of the current installation as shown on left 16 USER S MANUAL USER S MANUAL 7 8 9 Click Next Click Next ...

Page 17: ... software is complete you will be prompted to select either Yes I want to restart my computer now or No I will restart my computer later To install the Dazzle OnDVD Software it will be necessary to select No I will restart my computer later If you do not wish install the OnDVD Software simply clicking Finish will suffice To install the Dazzle OnDVD Bonus Software click Install Dazzle OnDVD Softwar...

Page 18: ...ontinue the installation Read the License Agreement To agree to the terms of the License Agreement and continue with the OnDVD installation click Yes as shown on left Click Next to install OnDVD to the default location on your computer 13 14 Click Next Click Yes 15 Click Next ...

Page 19: ...e one shown on left If this occurs click Cancel install the driver software from the CD ROM and then connect the reader For more information on attaching USB devices proceed to the section Connecting to the USB Port page 23 or Connecting to a USB Hub page 24 Congratulations The installation is now complete You may connect the Dazzle Card Reader to your computer after restarting Proceed to Connecti...

Page 20: ...martMedia Adapter will be displayed in the lower right hand corner of your desktop Next the Found New Hardware Wizard will be displayed Found New Hardware Wizard will ask If your hardware came with an installation CD or floppy disk insert it now Insert the Dazzle Installation CD into your CD ROM drive By default Install the software automatically Recommended will be selected Inserting the Dazzle I...

Page 21: ...elect Install Dazzle OnDVD from the menu to begin the installation At the OnDVD Welcome screen click Next to continue the installation Read the License Agreement To agree to the terms of the License Agreement and continue with the OnDVD installation click Yes as shown on the left 21 USER S MANUAL USER S MANUAL 1 2 3 Click Next Click Yes 4 ...

Page 22: ...tion of your computer OnDVD will begin the installation operation displaying a status box as shown on left Click Finish to complete the OnDVD installation and restart your computer Congratulations The Dazzle OnDVD software installation is now complete 5 6 7 Click Next Click Finish ...

Page 23: ...the computer while the computer is running Make sure the cable end is firmly connected Be careful not to confuse the upper and lower parts of the connector Do not force connections as this may damage the computer or the Dazzle Card Reader 23 USER S MANUAL USER S MANUAL 1 2 Attach the USB connector from the reader to the USB port on your computer Enlarged view ...

Page 24: ...be plugged into the computer or hub while the computer is running Make sure the cable ends are firmly connected Be careful not to confuse the upper and lower parts of the connector Do not force connections as this may damage the computer or the Dazzle Card Reader Attach the USB connector from the USB hub to the USB port on your computer Enlarged view Attach the USB connector from the card reader t...

Page 25: ...a MultiMediaCard or Secure Digital Card Inserting a Memory Stick Card Mounting and Accessing a Card Macintosh Formatting Cards Macintosh Removing a Card Macintosh Inserting and Accessing a Card PC Formatting Cards PC Removing a Card PC USER S MANUAL USER S MANUAL 25 4 HOW TO USE Your Dazzle Card Reader ...

Page 26: ...mats such as the IBM Microdrive The MultiMediaCard Secure Digital model is compatible with most brands of MultiMediaCard and Secure Digital card formats The Memory Stick model is compatible with both Memory Stick and MagicGate Memory Stick NOTE Secure mode of Sony MagicGate is not supported Inserting a SmartMedia Card Position the SmartMedia card so that it is on its side with the gold contacts lo...

Page 27: ...the bottom of the page Flip the card on its side with the notched corner facing down and the gold contacts on the right hand side IMPORTANT NOTE 5V SmartMedia cards are not supported Left notch indicates 5V card Right notch indicates 3 3V card Write protect area Gold contacts Gold contacts Write protect area SmartMedia Card Comparison view of cards from top NOTE As shown on the left you should hav...

Page 28: ...rd Gently push the card in all the way until the card will insert no further The card will slide in on the molded rails and a slight amount of resistance will be felt as the connectors make contact This is normal WARNING Be careful not to insert the CompactFlash card in the wrong direction be sure the connectors are facing inward and the card s label is on the left side refer to image at bottom of...

Page 29: ...hat the card is positioned so that the recessed notch is facing up and the media s label is on the left The media is to be inserted gold contacts first Please refer to the illustration at the bottom of the page for proper media insertion WARNING Insert the card gently If it is forced in the reader or the card itself may be damaged or data on the card may be lost or corrupted If excessive force is ...

Page 30: ...ed properly the gold contacts will be inserted into the reader first and will be located on the right Please refer to the image at the bottom of page for proper media insertion WARNING Insert the Memory Stick gently If it is forced in the reader or the Memory Stick may be damaged or data on the card may be lost or corrupted If excessive force is required or the card just doesn t seem to fit do not...

Page 31: ... the Microdrive icon you will see it contains 10 high resolution TIF images taken on a digital camera The images stored on this Microdrive can be copied opened edited deleted and so forth With the Dazzle Card Reader audio and video files cell phone databases and more can now be shared easily between your digital device camera cell phone MP3 player etc and your Macintosh IMPORTANT Be sure you have ...

Page 32: ...completely erase all data currently stored on the card If there are important images or files you wish to safeguard for later use make a backup copy on your hard drive CD R drive or other type of removable media NOTE Screenshots may vary slightly from those on your computer Select the Erase Disk command in the Special menu as shown below As formatting a card will completely erase any data currentl...

Page 33: ...e end of the card with your thumb and index fingers and remove the card from the slot WARNING Do not remove a mounted card without first dragging the card icon to the trash You may risk the chance of corrupting data stored on your card if removed improperly If removed improperly a warning message may appear on the screen warning you that the media was not properly ejected Depending on the version ...

Page 34: ...accessing the drive again Once you have opened the drive by double clicking its icon the drive s contents will be displayed This is how you will access the digital images or data stored on your media NOTE Digital cameras will usually create a folder or folders on the digital media card which will contain your digital images To access the digital images you must first open the folder s and then cli...

Page 35: ...or files you wish to safeguard for later use make a backup copy on your hard drive CD R drive or other type of removable media Formatting CompactFlash MultiMediaCard Secure Digital SmartMedia or Memory Stick cards NOTE If you have not installed the drivers for your card reader or if driver installation is not required you may format the media using the standard Windows operating system format opti...

Page 36: ...re is a media prep utility for that specific media type i e CFPREP for CompactFlash SMPREP for SmartMedia CARDPREP for MultiMediaCard and Secure Digital and MSPREP for Memory Stick Select the media prep utility that pertains to your model card reader You will see a window similar to one of the examples shown below CompactFlash format screen The CFPREP utility will create a single formatted partiti...

Page 37: ...and recommended for general use to erase data on your SmartMedia card If you experience problems with your SmartMedia you may wish to select the Full format option to completely erase and scan your SmartMedia card for any bad data blocks Memory Stick format screen The MSPREP utility provides two format options for your Memory Stick card The Quick format option is selected by default and recommende...

Page 38: ...ecure Digital and Memory Stick card reader owners After formatting MultiMediaCard Secure Digital Memory Stick and CompactFlash cards a dialog box similar to the one below may appear recommending that you run the ScanDisk Utility If you are experiencing problems with your card you may wish to click Yes to verify that data can be stored reliably on all areas of your card However in day to day use cl...

Page 39: ...re attempting to remove the card Removing a card during access operations will cause the data to be lost or corrupted To remove a card grasp the end of the card with your thumb and index fingers and remove the card from the slot 2 1 USER S MANUAL USER S MANUAL 39 ...

Page 40: ...5 Introduction Definitions Getting Started Menu Items Reference Troubleshooting Upgrade Information USER S MANUAL USER S MANUAL Dazzle OnDVD Software for PC Compatible Computers 40 ...

Page 41: ...utomatically look at the archived pictures DEFINITIONS CD R Discs CD Recordable On this media type you can write data to a CD but you cannot erase it once you have written it Not all DVD players can read CD R discs If your DVD player does not read CD R discs try recording your slideshow on a CD RW disc Check your DVD player owner s manual to see if your player reads CD R discs CD RW Discs On this ...

Page 42: ...players connected to a TV VCD Player A consumer electronics device which can be connected to a TV to play back VideoCDs VideoCD Players are popular in Asia but seldom found elsewhere GETTING STARTED System Requirements Operating Systems Windows 98 Windows 2000 Windows NT Windows ME Windows XP CPU Pentium II 300 MHz or higher AMD K6 III 400 MHz or higher RAM 32 MB required 64 MB recommended Availab...

Page 43: ...grams and then OnDVD Step 3 Load your digital pictures Click on the Add Directory button to add all the files in a folder or click Add Image to add one image at a time Navigate to the directory which contains the pictures you wish to import Select that directory or image and click OK A dialog box will appear to inform you of how many images were added Click OK Your pictures will be added to the Pi...

Page 44: ...ress the Esc key to cancel the preview at any time Note Each picture in the slideshow will stay on the screen for 3 seconds before moving to the next picture If you wish to increase the amount of time that a certain picture will be displayed click the right mouse button on the name of the picture in the image list and go to Display Time After you have changed the display time click OK Step 7 Write...

Page 45: ...list all of the original high resolution pictures are stored on this disc In addition to creating a slideshow disc you have created an archive of the original pictures on the CD Webcasting Follow steps 1 7 above to create your slideshow Click the WebCast button and then click Next OnDVD will create a video slideshow to send to the web Click Next again and type in your Dazzle WebCast Theater userna...

Page 46: ...m the timeline Video CD Remove All Removes all pictures in the Picture List from the timeline Video CD Write VCD Creates a Video CD from your slideshow View Picture List Toggles the view of the Picture List window pane View Timeline Toggles the view of the Timeline window pane View Options Opens the Video Standard Options Most TV s in North America and Asia are NTSC Most in Europe are PAL Help Abo...

Page 47: ... c If you recorded the slideshow onto a CD RW disc and it will still not play check the bottom of the CD RW disc for fingerprints or scratches Re record to a new CD RW disc if necessary d If you are unable to find information in your DVD player Owners Manual you can often find the information on the Internet Check the DVD player s manufacturer website You can also visit www vcdhelp com for informa...

Page 48: ... check the Dazzle website for software upgrades b If you downloaded all upgrades and you can still not record to your CD Recorder call technical support to check on when support for your CD Recorder will be added c Make sure the CD is blank OnDVD requires that the destination CD be blank For the most up to date support information please refer to http www Dazzle com support trouble html UPGRADE IN...

Page 49: ...6 Common Trouble Shooting Questions and Answers USER S MANUAL USER S MANUAL Troubleshooting Your Dazzle Card Reader 49 ...

Page 50: ...er requires driver installation The SmartMedia reader software for Windows 98 Me 2000 and XP is located on the accompanying installation CD ROM as is the Windows 98 software for the CompactFlash Memory Stick and MultiMediaCard Secure digital readers Please refer to the sections titled Installing the Driver Software on Windows 98 Me and 2000 or Installing the Driver Software on Windows XP respectiv...

Page 51: ... Digital cameras will usually create a folder on the digital media card which will contain your digital images Depending on the digital camera you have the folder names will vary Double click on the respective folder name to access the digital images contained within You can create a preview by double clicking on one of the image icons Macintosh Once a card is inserted on a Macintosh a distinct ic...

Page 52: ...ore information regarding inserting your MultiMediaCard or Secure Digital card please refer to the section titled Inserting a MultiMediaCard or Secure Digital card in the User s Manual If you are using a CompactFlash card or Microdrive make sure that you are inserting the media with the media label on the left and CompactFlash connectors inserted into the reader first For more information regardin...

Page 53: ...ble click on copying files folders You may also consult any usage literature provided with your Windows operating system as well To access information on copy and paste as well as drag and drop on Windows XP simply enter copy and paste into the search bar Macintosh When a card is mounted it can be used in the same fashion as a floppy or removable disk Double click on the icon to open its respectiv...

Page 54: ...e small square box also enabling the Control Panel 5 Restart the computer by clicking the Restart button located at the bottom of the Extensions Manager window I have Windows NT 4 0 and cannot get my card reader to work What do I do This card reader is not compatible with the Windows NT 4 0 operating system The Windows NT 4 0 operating system does not support the Universal Serial Bus Interface No ...

Page 55: ...7 USER S MANUAL USER S MANUAL 55 OBTAINING Technical Support Contacting Technical Support Returning Products for Service Limited Warranty ...

Page 56: ...a Technical Support specialist recommends that you return the product the Technical Support specialist will transfer you to Customer Service for a Return Merchandise Authorization RMA number The RMA number must appear on the outside of your shipping carton Our Receiving Department will refuse any package that does not carry an RMA number Pack the Dazzle card reader in a manner that it fits snugly ...

Page 57: ...e product was properly shipped to The Company The Company will pay the return shipping charges This warranty applies only to hardware products manufactured by The Company that can be identified by The Company s trademark trade name or logo affixed to them This warranty does not cover damage resulting from accident misuse abuse or neglect and or damage during any type of transportation resulting fr...

Page 58: ...es Known as the premier supplier to OEM companies around the world SCM Microsystems also serves the retail market through its Dazzle and Microtech product brands Global headquarters are in Fremont CA USA with European headquarters in Munich Germany Operations for the company s Retail Brands Group are in Guilford CT USA Operating hours are Monday through Friday from 8 00 A M to 6 00 P M U S Standar...

Page 59: ...hange without notice Copyright 2002 SCM Microsystems Inc All rights reserved Manual version 2 2 1 17 02 SYS JB Trademarks Dazzle and the Dazzle insignia are registered trademarks of SCM Microsystems Inc Microsoft Windows the Windows Logo and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Apple Macintosh and Mac OS are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc Mac and iMac are trademar...

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