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CD-WRITER 

5232IM

 

CD-ReWritable Drive 

 
 

User’s Manual 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for 5232IM

Page 1: ...CD WRITER 5232IM CD ReWritable Drive User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...S D OUVERTURE EVITER TOUTE EXPOSITION AUX RAYONS Copyright Statement It is a criminal offence under applicable copyright laws to make unauthorised copies of copyright protected material including computer programs films broadcasts and sound recordings This equipment should not be used for such purposes CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT APPAREIL A LASER DE CLASSE 1 LASER KLASSE 1 LUOKAN 1 LASERLAITE PRODUIT LA...

Page 3: ...equency energy and if not installed or used in accordance with the instructions may cause interference to radio communications However television reception interference can be determined by turning the equipment off and on The user is encouraged to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipm...

Page 4: ...CKAGE CONTENTS 2 INSTALLATION 3 HOST INTERFACE CONNECTIONS 3 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 4 DRIVER INSTALLATION 6 Windows Environment 6 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 6 Windows Environment 6 CONNECTION OPERATION 7 FRONT PANEL 7 REAR VIEW 8 TECHNICAL DATA 9 TROUBLESHOOTING 12 ...

Page 5: ...astering software CD WRITER 5232IM is an ideal model for creating customized audio and data CDs and for archiving or distributing big files to achieve data interchange and backup Here are some important features of CD WRITER 5232IM 8X 16X 24X 32X 40X 48X and 52X writing speed on CD R media 4X 10X 12X 16X 24X and 32X writing speed on CD RW media Adopts Buffer Underrun Prevention technology MTKSuper...

Page 6: ...indows 98 ME 2000 XP Pentium II 350MHz above with at least 64MB of memory Fast and sufficient hard disk space minimum 200MB for installation 1GB or more is recommended IDE host interface supporting ATAPI MMC command Operating system Microsoft Windows 98 ME 2000 XP Package Contents CD WRITER 5232IM Audio cable Application software disc ...

Page 7: ...ReWritable drive This will ensure that your hard drive s performance and speed won t be affected by having the CD RW drive on the same cable If you connect only one device on the cable you can set the jumper as master or slave If you connect two devices e g CD ROM CD RW on the same cable set different jumpers for each device CD ROM as master CD RW as slave and vice versa The same rule applies to t...

Page 8: ...e power to the computer system and all peripheral devices 2 Disconnect all cables from the back of your computer and then remove the cover from the computer 3 Insert the CD ReWritable drive into one of the vacant 5 25 drive bays and secure it with screws to your PC In order to prevent interference between the CD ReWritable drive and the computer please make sure to mount the drive using all four m...

Page 9: ...ed to this CD ReWritable drive you can connect the drive as Audio out and the sound card as Audio in with a 4 pin audio cable See figure above If your mainboad is integrated with built in sound system plug the 4 pin audio cable into the CD IN connector on the mainboard as Audio in 6 Re attach the cover of your computer and reconnect all power cords ...

Page 10: ...he program will automatically search for your new drive and load the appropriate driver Software Installation The bundled mastering software gives you the complete solution for making audio data CDs right from your desktop It allows you to copy files from your computer to a recordable compact disc In addition the audio CDs you create can be played in your home or car CD player For the CD RW media ...

Page 11: ...r lightly push the tray to close it 3 Emergency Eject Hole When the Close Eject button can t work properly and the disc tray can t be opened you can insert a paper clip or a small rod into this hole for manual ejection Please make sure to power off the system before you do that 4 Close Eject button This button opens and closes the disc tray If the tray is closed pressing the button will eject it I...

Page 12: ...ows you to connect the drive to your sound card with a 4 pin audio cable 3 Device Configuration Jumper Set the jumper to Master Slave or Cable Select according to your system configuration 4 IDE Interface Connector Plug one end of the 40 pin IDE cable here to join the 40 pin IDE connector on the motherboard The red edge of the IDE cable must be connected to Pin 1 of each connector 5 Power Supply C...

Page 13: ... full stroke 52X CD ROM 120ms at stroke 52X CD RW 200ms at full stroke 32X CD RW Data buffer 2MB CD format support CD Audio CD EXTRA CD ROM CD ROM XA CD I Video CD Photo CD CD Text Writing modes TAO Track at once DAO Disc At Once SAO Session at once Multi session Incremental Packet Writing fixed and variable packet size Writing speed CD R 8X 16X 24X 32X 40X 48X 52X CD RW 4X 10X 12X 16X 24X 32X Spe...

Page 14: ...er 5 VDC 12VDC Dimensions Height 41 8 0 2 mm Width 148 6 0 3 mm Depth 177 0 0 3mm Weight 1 kg Disc Specification Capacity 120mm disc 74min 650MBytes Mode 1 80min 700MBytes Mode 1 90min 800MBytes Mode 1 80mm disc 18min 158Mbytes Mode 1 21min 184MBytes Mode 1 Disc Type CD Recordable media Orange Book Part II CD ReWritable media Orange Book Part III ...

Page 15: ...CD WRITER 5232IM 11 Environment Temperature Operating 5 C to 45 C Non operating 20 C to 60 C Humidity Operating 8 80 RH Non operating 5 95 RH ...

Page 16: ...RITER 5232IM click on the Add New Hardware in the Control Panel Windows will start detecting Q2 CD WRITER 5232IM doesn t have power Please check if the power cord is connected securely Q3 The CD RW drive cannot read some general discs Please check if the disc has deep scratches fingerprints or other contaminants on the discs surface Clean the disc if it s necessary Q4 There is noise while reading ...

Page 17: ...ly Please insert a paper clip or small rod into the emergency hole on the front panel for manual ejection Q8 CD WRITER 5232IM drive cannot write We suggest as follows 1 Use the burning software which is provided by original supplier and bundled with this CD ReWritable drive or download the update file from internet 2 More capacity of hard disk is needed if using hard disk as temporary buffer 3 Pla...

Page 18: ...n to reduce system loading as well as confliction 10 Enable Buffer Underrun Protection mode if your software supports it Q10 Does this CD RW drive support over burning Yes but please use burning software which supports this function Q11 What burning software supports this CD RW drive Software such as Adaptec EasyCD Creator Ahead Nero Burning ROM NTI CDMaker etc Q12 Does CD WRITER 5232IM support CD...

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