USB Hexa Media Drive Users Manual
149313-02 Rev. D
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1. Overview
The USB Hexa Media Drive (HMD) is a multi-format memory card reader/writer for the
Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface, which allows you to use six types of memory cards
with a single device. To use the HMD, your computer must have a USB port, your OS must
support USB, and the software for the USB HMD must be installed.
1.1. Features of the USB HMD
1) With this single device, you can use the following six of memory cards available on the
market now.
1. SmartMedia
2. CompactFlash
3. Microdrive
4. Memory Stick
5. SD Memory Card
6. MultiMediaCard
2) The newly-developed Y-E Data dedicated IC allows high-speed access to memory cards.
Error detection and correction capability has been integrated into the dedicated IC, which
makes the HMD highly reliable for data read/write operations without garbled data.
3) The newly-adopted mount indication LEDs allow you to easily determine whether you
can remove a media card. The LEDs prevent failures due to removing media during
operation by mistake.
4) The newly-developed multi-format memory card connector allows you to insert all the
types of media cards mentioned above without any adaptors, and the device is able to
maintain a very compact design.
5) The industry standards, USB Mass Storage Class and Multi Logical Unit Number (Multi-
LUN), are supported. Therefore, when you use the latest OSs, Windows Me and
Windows XP, the need for installing separate driver software is eliminated. You can
immediately start using this product by simply connecting the USB cable.
6) For Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Macintosh OS, using the attached drivers, you can
immediately use this product after a simple setup.
7) This product is compact and lightweight and requires no AC adaptor, which makes it
ideal for a mobile environment.
8) The USB cable is the industry standard USB mini-B connector, which can be detached
from the main body.
