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MagicWriter External

 

USB 4x4x6 CD ReWritable Drive 

 

 
 

 
 

USER’S GUIDE 

 
 
 
 

 
 

Summary of Contents for DVD+RW/+R External USB 2.0 DVD ReWritable...

Page 1: ...MagicWriter External USB 4x4x6 CD ReWritable Drive USER S GUIDE...

Page 2: ...e began with one PCMCIA sound product in 1993 Since then our company has grown and now offers more than thirty products in the computer market including CD ROM drives 3D stereo sound cards wave table...

Page 3: ...dorsement nor a recommendation I OMAGIC Corporation assumes no responsibility with regards to the performance of these products This document contains proprietary information which is protected by cop...

Page 4: ...emit radio frequency 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...

Page 5: ...Installation 14 WINDOWS 98 14 WINDOWS ME 17 WINDOWS 2000 19 Software Installation 23 NERO BURNING ROM INSTALLATION 24 Using Nero Burning Rom 25 BEFORE YOU BEGIN 25 NERO BURNING ROM INTERFACE 26 CREAT...

Page 6: ...d in the drive whether a CD a CD R or a CD RW disc The application included allows you to read and pre master CD R or CD RW discs plus file system drag and drop for archiving data interchange and back...

Page 7: ...tions of CDs from your audio CD library Play your custom CDs on any home or car CD player Make Copies of Your Favorite CD Make a backup copy of your favorite CD application Requires another CD ROM dri...

Page 8: ...erface Universal Serial Bus USB Disk Format CD R CD RW CD ROM mode1 and mode 2 CD ROM XA mode 2 form 1 and form 2 CD DA CD I mode 2 form 1 and form 2 Photo CD single and multi sessions Video CD CD Ext...

Page 9: ...ts Pentium 233 Mhz or higher with built in USB controller Some USB controllers or motherboards may not support all types of USB devices 32MB of RAM or higher Microsoft Windows 98 Windows Me Windows 20...

Page 10: ...Disc In indicator Lights up while data is being read from the disc flashes during seek operation Please refer to the chart below for detailed status description 5 Play Skip Button Play audio CD and s...

Page 11: ...ion of self amplified speaker 2 Digital Audio Output Connector Offers high quality audio effect by outputting digital signal to D A converter 3 USB Interface Connector Connects the CD RW drive to the...

Page 12: ...utlet in your office or home Note Some USB hubs may not be able to detect the CDRW drive In which case you will have to connect the USB cable directly to the USB port of your computer system 1 Power o...

Page 13: ...PC s USB slot with the USB cable 5 Your computer system will automatically detect the presence of your new CD ReWritable drive Proceed to the Software Installation procedure for your operating system...

Page 14: ...puter and wait until Windows has fully loaded 2 Power on your CD RW drive FIRST and then plug the USB cable from the back of the CD RW drive into your computer s USB port 3 Your computer should find t...

Page 15: ...t the Search for best drive option and press the Next button 5 Put a check box on Specify a location and uncheck everything else Then hit the Browse button and select A Win98 2000 where A is your flop...

Page 16: ...USB CD RW User s Guide 16 6 Press Next after it has found your new hardware drivers 7 Press Finish to complete your new hardware driver installation 8 You should now see a new drive letter under My C...

Page 17: ...d 2 Power on your CD RW drive FIRST and then plug the USB cable from the back of the CD RW drive into your computer s USB port 3 Your computer should find the new hardware and bring up the Add New Har...

Page 18: ...5 Put a check box on Specify a location and uncheck everything else Then hit the Browse button and select A WinME where A is your floppy drive letter Then press the Next button 6 Press Next after it h...

Page 19: ...driver installation 8 You should now see a new drive letter under My Computer Windows 2000 1 Power on your computer and wait until Windows has fully loaded 2 Power on your CD RW drive FIRST and then p...

Page 20: ...CD RW User s Guide 20 3 Your computer should find the new hardware and bring up the Found New Hardware Wizard window Press the Next button 4 Select the Search for a suitable drive option and press the...

Page 21: ...User s Guide 21 5 Put a check box on Specify a location and uncheck everything else Then press the Next button 6 Hit the Browse button and select A Win98 2000 where A is your floppy drive letter Then...

Page 22: ...USB CD RW User s Guide 22 7 Press Next after it has found your new hardware drivers 8 Press Finish to complete your new hardware driver installation 9 You should now see a new drive letter under My C...

Page 23: ...DOS MAC Hybrid discs great for cross platform software developers Create UDF or UDF ISO file system discs Mixed mode CDs and many other features Formats Supported Nero Burning ROM supports the follow...

Page 24: ...in one or more following tracks Nero Burning ROM installation Follow the installation instructions carefully and step by step If you encounter a problem refer to the troubleshooting section on this m...

Page 25: ...d off before you begin Failure to do so may result in problematic behaviour such as system hangs and loss of data Turn off Auto Insert Notification for every CD drive on your IDE bus including the CD...

Page 26: ...l be able to do the following Burn disc Images Make CD Boot Discs Create DOS MAC Hybrid discs great for cross platform software developers Create UDF or UDF ISO file system discs Audio CDs with critic...

Page 27: ...wser has not yet been opened you can do that now by entering the VIEW New File Browser command or by clicking on the File Browser icon 6 Now open the Write dialog The easiest way to do this is to clic...

Page 28: ...hod requires you to have enough space on your hard disc since about 10 MB are needed to save one minute of music Once the files have been saved on your hard disc you will be able to write your audio c...

Page 29: ...everal boxes of which some have already been selected All of the preferences may now be examined and changed if necessary Important Audio data that have been compiled on the fly without being first sa...

Page 30: ...mpile the files for the Audio CD by clicking on the desired files in the File Browser with the mouse and then dragging them into the compilation window 6 Now open the Write CD dialog The easiest way t...

Page 31: ...to store the CD image you will possibly need several hundred megabytes 4 Want to write multiple copies of a CD 5 Expect read errors on the source CD for example scratches and dust on CD 6 Want to copy...

Page 32: ...op 2 Click on the property sheet Copy options to select the copy method you want 3 Insert the original CD in your recorder or in your CD ROM drive depending on whether you have selected the copy On Th...

Page 33: ...Writable drive 2 From the main Nero Burning Rom window select CD Recorder from the toolbar 3 Select Save Track from the drop down menu 4 Use your mouse to select the audio tracks you want to convert t...

Page 34: ...icon is CD ReWriter by double clicking My Computer icon then right click CD drive s icon and selecting Eject The tray of selected drive will open Q The CD ReWriter has problem in reading CD disc There...

Page 35: ...timization to none may cure buffer underruns in some cases Go to the Start menu Settings Control Panel System Performance Advanced Settings File System Hard Disk and set Read ahead optimization to Non...

Page 36: ...the system at the time of recording If your data includes more than 10 000 very small files create a disc image first or record at a slower speed The temporary directory should always have space free...

Page 37: ...ur CD ROM and CD ReWriter drives in case you need to run the program in CD ReWriter Windows right click My Computer icon Click Properties item open Device Manager and double click CD ROM drive then cl...

Page 38: ...em NOTE The above are only GENERAL rules which does not necessarily apply to any combination of CD ROM drives HDD and motherboards A few trials on different configurations before recording are recomme...

Page 39: ...way without the consent of I OMagic or if the failure is the result of misuse abuse or misapplication I OMagic has no obligation to repair or replace the failed product Except as expressly provided ab...

Page 40: ...contact I OMagic s Technical Support staff at the following numbers Phone 714 953 0675 M F 8 00AM 5 00PM PST Internet http www iomagic com Go to the technical support section and fill out support form...

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