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BASIC OPERATING PROCEDURES
The CD-421 is designed for both multimedia applications and for
entertainment purposes. It can be used with your computer, or you can
use it alone as a portable Audio CD player.
Before using the CD-421, you should first load the CD properly as the
instructions below:
1. Press the LOAD button on the CD-421 drive’s front panel.
2. Place the CD on the tray with the label side facing up.
3. Press again the LOAD button to close the disc lid.
While operating the CD-421, the speed of your computer’s CPU and
display card will dominate the overall performance, especially when
playing full motion video. Slow display speed often causes “still frames”.
In our testing, some computers are capable of performing as high as 15
frames/sec; however, some can only achieve 2 frames/sec.
NOTE: To play the sound portion of the Multimedia CD Titles, your
computer must be equipped with a sound card.
You can play Audio Only CDs directly by pressing the Play/Skip button
or by using CD Audio software utilities, such as the Media Player in
Windows 3.1.
If your computer has been loaded with a PCMCIA software which is
ExCA compliant, you are allowed to hot insert/remove the CD-421. This
means you can connect/remove the CD-421 at any time without
rebooting your system. However, if your system doesn’t have this
software, you are required to connect the CD-421 first before your
computer is being booted, or whenever you remove the CD-421 and
need to use it again. You may also enable the CD-421 by typing
EXPCDI
/E
at the DOS prompt.
