Asus External CD-RW CRW-5232AS-U, User Manual

Page 1: ...52x 32x 52x CD RW Drive CRW 5232AS U External CD RW User Guide ...

Page 2: ...TNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS ITS DIRECTORS OFFICERS EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS LOSS OF BUSINESS LOSS OF USE OR DATA INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRO...

Page 3: ...tem requirements 16 Drive placement 16 Connecting the drive cables 17 Installing the device driver 18 Checking the drive in the System Properties 20 Unplugging the device properly 21 CD RW drive basics 22 Placing a disc into the drive 22 Ejecting a disc from the drive 23 Using the emergency eject pinhole 24 Using compact discs 25 Cleaning a disc 25 Handling a disc 25 Technical information 26 Envir...

Page 4: ...pment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that ...

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Page 6: ... the drive Opening the drive may result to exposure to laser radiation Do not use or place this device near magnetic fields televisions or radios where there is interference that may affect the performance of the drive Do not place this device in areas where there is direct sunlight high humidity or damp condition Do not place this device in an unstable position or in one that vibrates ...

Page 7: ...al cleaner to dilute the solvent to easily wipe it from the device Try not to interrupt the supply of power while the device is in reading or writing mode Do not place damaged or warped discs inside the device A warped disc may break while in use and damage the device Do not place discs into the device immediately if they came from a cold environment specially during cold seasons Wait until the di...

Page 8: ...ion If any of the items is damaged or missing contact your retailer immediately ASUS CRW 5232AS U external CD RW drive ASUS external CD RW drive stand USB 2 0 cable Power cable and adapter Emergency eject pin and instruction User guide Multi language quick installation poster Software CD includes Windows 98SE USB 2 0 driver The above items are available in retail boxes only ...

Page 9: ...4x 16x 8x 4x CD RW Write Speed 32x 24x 16x 12x 10x 8x 4x Read Speed 52x max CAV 7800 KB Sec DAE Speed 52x max CAV 7800 KB Sec Random Access Time 100 ms Interface USB 2 0 Technology support FlextraSpeedTM Technology FlextraLinkTM Technology Double Dynamic Suspension System II DDSS II CAV Recording Technology Buffer memory size 2 MB Application discs 12cm or 8cm diameter 1 2mm thick CD Audio CD ROM ...

Page 10: ...ment based on the recording media In addition to the fact that there are low and high quality recording media various other factors such as dye layer temperature humidity dust fingerprints etc affect the recording characteristics of CD R and CD RW discs Due to these factors some discs may not be able to stand the high speed capabilities of the latest CD RW drives The FlextraSpeed technology solves...

Page 11: ... to link the new data with the data already written FlextraLink uses minimal system resources so that your PC remains fully operational throughout the writing process and available for other applications The diagram below shows the advantage of the FlextraLink recording technology FlextraLink Technology Solution Data transfer slows down Buffer Memory Write process continues Write Data Data Data tr...

Page 12: ...e new 50X drives In addition the DDSS II stabilizes the pick up head of the drive in both horizontal and vertical directions making tracking and focusing even more precise Like the DDSS the DDSS II vibration absoption structure contains a dynamic mass that can absorb the vibration caused by high revolution of spindle motor However the DDSS II moves the dynamic mass to be suspended to the chassis t...

Page 13: ...gher transfer rate when writing data to the outer tracks of the disc than to the inner tracks as the head traverses a longer linear path on the outer than the inner part of the disc Although the transfer rates vary and may not be at maximum depending on the part of the disc being written to the CAV method allows faster recording speed because the rotation speed does not have to change when the hea...

Page 14: ...when a disc is present in the drive tray The LED flashes while data is being read from the disc 6 Emergency eject pinhole To manually eject the tray and the disc See page 24 for details on using the emergency eject pinhole 7 PLAY SKIP button This button has two functions If the drive is idle pressing this button will start playing a loaded audio disc from the first track While in the PLAY mode pre...

Page 15: ...SB connector A standard Universal Serial Bus USB 2 0 plug and play interface 10 Power switch Turns the power supply ON or OFF Switching to icon means ON and switching to O side means OFF 11 Power jack This jack is for the AC adaptor power cable 9 10 11 ...

Page 16: ...AM 128MB recommended Do not use damaged or warped disc in the drive The disc may break apart during use and cause potential body injury or damage to your drive Drive placement 1 Remove the external CD RW drive and all the package contents from the box Place them next to your computer 2 Place the external drive stand on a stable surface 3 Slide the drive into the stand aligning the side groove to t...

Page 17: ...e AC adapter 5 Connect the adapter power cord to a power source Power plug types may vary in different countries or regions around the world All the cable plugs are slotted so that they fit in only one orientation If a plug does not fit in completely try reversing it DO NOT use too much force when fitting the cable plugs Adapter PC Power outlet USB A series plug USB 2 0 connector Power switch DC I...

Page 18: ...ollow these steps to install the driver 1 Make sure all cable connections to the drive and the PC are properly connected 2 Boot PC 3 Insert the bundled software CD in the drive 4 Turn on the drive 5 After booting the OS detects the new hardware Follow the wizard to copy the driver files to your system Click Next 7 Specify the location of the driver INF file then click Browse 6 Windows 98 98SE ME a...

Page 19: ...cate the folder USB_RW_DRIVER in the CD Click OK 9 The specific location of the drive appears on the combo list box Click Next 10 After searching the location of the driver appears Click Next 11 Click Finish to start using your external drive ...

Page 20: ...llow these steps to check the system properties 1 Right click My Computer icon on your desktop 2 On the pop up menu click Properties 3 Click the Device Manager tab on the system properties dialog box 4 Click on CD ROM from the list to display the device that you installed Screen display may vary depending on the operating system OS version ...

Page 21: ...these steps to safely unplug the drive 1 Locate the Unplug or Eject Hardware icon found in the taskbar Double click on the icon 2 Select the name of the hardware device to unplug Click Stop 3 Select the device to be stopped when prompted Click OK 4 You may now safely unplug the device from the system Click OK 5 The screen display goes back to the Unplug or Eject Hardware dialog box Click on Close ...

Page 22: ... basics Placing a disc into the drive 1 Press the eject button on the front of the drive to eject the tray 2 When the drive tray ejects out of the drive place the disc on the tray with the label side facing up HORIZONTAL VERTICAL HORIZONTAL VERTICAL ...

Page 23: ...rom the tray 3 Press the drive eject button or lightly push the center of the drive tray to load the tray back into the drive HORIZONTAL HORIZONTAL VERTICAL If you are using a 12 cm disc place it on the tray making sure that it fits the outer circular border This border helps hold the disc in place If you are using an 8 cm disc place it on the inner circular border on the tray However you may use ...

Page 24: ...ps to eject the drive tray using the emergency pinhole 1 Insert the eject pin that came with the drive package You may also use a paper clip or any pointed rod small enough to fit into the emergency pinhole HORIZONTAL VERTICAL Use the manual method only as a last resort when the eject button does not work Make sure that you have turned off your CD RW drive before ejecting the drive tray Locate the...

Page 25: ...this section when using compact discs These instructions will help you avoid damaging discs and your CD RW drive Cleaning a disc Spray the disc with compressed air for about five seconds to get rid of the dust on a disc Handling a disc Hold a disc by the edges Do not touch the disc surface ...

Page 26: ...o damage 91 cm high 1 corner 3 edges 6 surfaces Acoustic Access mode 47 5 dB TYP Read mode 45 dB TYP Reliability MTBF 100 000 power on hours ODC Read 20 of power on time ODC Write 1 of power on time Mean Time To Repair MTTR 30 minutes ODC Operating Duty Cycle Electrical and Audio specifications Power source Input Linear Voltage 100 240 V AC Input Linear Frequency 50 60 Hz Input Linear Current 1 2 ...

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Page 35: ...0X 8X 4X 52X CAV 7800 KB Sec DAE 52X CAV 7800 KB Sec 100 ms USB2 0 FlextraSpeedTM FlextraLinkTM DDSSII CAV 2 MB 12 8 1 2 CD Audio CD ROM CD ROM XA CD I Photo CD CD Extra Video CD CD Text Karaoke CD I trax Track at Once Disc at once Session at once Packet Write 155 6 x 226 x 50 mm 1398 g 26 ...

Page 36: ...10 CRW 5232AS U CRW 5232AS U 52 32 52 USB2 0 CD FlextraSpeedTM 5 0 OPC FlextraSpeedTM Flexible and Strategic Writing Speed Technology FlextraSpeedTM ...

Page 37: ...traLinkTM FlextraLinkTM Flexible and Strategic Writing Technology Buffer Underrun 1 FlextraLinkTM FlextraLinkTM FlextraLinkTM Write Data Data Data Data Write Data Write Data Data Data Write Data FlextraLinkTM FlextraLinkTM ...

Page 38: ...12 CRW 5232AS U DDSSII DDSSII Double Dynamic Suspension System II D D S S DDSS 40 8900 rpm Dynamic Mass DDSSII 50 10000 rpm DDSSII DDSS Tracking Focusing 10000rpm DDSS DDSSII ...

Page 39: ...13 CRW 5232AS U CAV CAV Constant Angular Velocity CAV CAV 48x 40x 32x 24x 16x 8x 0x 52x ...

Page 40: ...14 CRW 5232AS U 1 2 3 4 W 5 R 6 7 8 Recordable Recordable Recordable Rewritable High Speed 1 2 52X32X52X 3 5 4 6 7 8 W R ...

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Page 42: ...16 CRW 5232AS U IBM Pentium II 333MHz Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP 64MB 128MB ...

Page 43: ...17 CRW 5232AS U 1 USB B USB USB 2 0 2 USB A USB USB 2 0 3 4 5 USB 2 0 A USB B USB ...

Page 44: ...18 CRW 5232AS U Windows 98SE Windows 98SE CRW 5232AS U 1 USB 2 3 4 6 Windows 98SETM 7 INF 5 ...

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Page 52: ...11ms half sine wave 3 shock each side 91 1 3 6 47 5 dB TYP 45 dB TYP MTBF 100 000 Power On Hours Mean Time Between Failure ODC 20 of Power On Time ODC 1 of Power On Time MTTR Mean 30 Time To Repair 100 240 V AC 50 60 Hz 1 2A I O USB USB B 2 44 1 kHz 16 bits 0 2 at 1kHz S N ratio 70 db 0 7V rms typical ...