Freecom FX-5, User Manual

Page 1: ...Rev 310 User Manual Rev 315 Get user manuals See SafeManuals com ...

Page 2: ...FREECOM FX 5 2 GB Freecom FX 5 USB 2 0 or USB 2 0 FireWire USB and FireWire connection to the PC Depends on model Get user manuals See SafeManuals com ...

Page 3: ...s and General Notes Page 8 CHAPTER 1 Initial operation Page 9 CHAPTER 2 Driver Installation Page 11 CHAPTER 3 CD Recording Software Page 14 CHAPTER 4 Troubleshooting Page 17 Freecom Internet Service Support Hotline Page 18 2003 Freecom Technologies Get user manuals See SafeManuals com ...

Page 4: ...lareonlyusedforidentification purposes and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies This device was designed for home or office use Warning ThisdeviceisequipmentcomplyingwithEN55022classA Thisequipment can cause radio disturbances in a residential area If this is the case the user has to take appropriate measures and assume all responsibility and costs for It may not ...

Page 5: ...egional Protection Coding II enabled Your region will need to be set before DVD Movies can be played Note Please note that the regional code may not be changed more than five times for the FX 5 CD RW a computer system with the following equipment PC Pentium I Processor or higher at least 32 MB RAM at least 40 MB of free hard disk space Recommended PentiumIIProcessor 64MBRAM 800MBfreeharddiskspace ...

Page 6: ...derorasoftwaredecoder Hardwaredecodersareavailable as PCI or PCMCIA card and are available from most computer shops A Software DVD Movie playback application is included with the FX 5 DVD drives WerecommendtousethissoftwareonlyonaPentiumII400Mhzwith 64 MB RAM or higher This drive is RPC 2 Regional Protection Coding II enabled Your region will need to be set before DVD Movies can be played Note Ple...

Page 7: ...ads and writes according to the following standards MS DOS data CDs High Sierra Mode 1 Mode 2 complying with ISO 9660 Data CDs Joliet CD ROM XA Mixed Mode CDs Kodak Photo CDs single and multisession UDF Universal Disc Format Audio CDs Mac Volume Files Folders Mac ISO Hybrid The drive can read CD RW discs write and rewrite them as well as saving data to CD R media The capacity of the CD RW is 650 7...

Page 8: ...ent damage to the media or the mechanical parts Operate the device only at temperatures ranging from 5 50 C Do not use the device in a dusty and humid environment Protect the drive from shocks and other mechanical effects The device should not be operated in the vicinity of strong electromagnetic radiation sources loudspeakers mobile telephones etc Due to the high data transfer rates the cable len...

Page 9: ...the driver installation as described in chapter 2 on page 11 only MacOS 9 x Please install the Toast software before connecting the FX 5toyourcomputer Forfurtherinstructionsseechapter3 1 Installingthe ToastSoftwareforMac SinceMacOS9 xsupportsonlyUSB1 1yourFX 5will be recognised as a USB 1 1 device UnderWindowsME 2000 XPandMacOSXaseparateFreecomdriverisnot required The drivers for Windows ME Window...

Page 10: ... restart your computer the Freecom FX 5 will be assigned the letter F in My Computer under Windows 2000 and XP 1 Click Start Settings Control Panel Administration Computer Administration 2 Click Disk Maintenance and then select the Freecom drive 3 Inthe Operation menu Action inWindowsXP selectAllTasksandthen click Change drive letter and path 4 In the next window click Change and select a drive le...

Page 11: ...n for USB 1 1 is the same as described below for USB 2 1 Insert the Freecom Manual and Driver CD into the CD ROM drive 2 Connect your Freecom FX 5 to the USB connector of your notebook or computer 3 The AddNewHardwareWizard opensanda USB2 0Device USB 2Host Controller or a USB2 IDE Controller USB 1 1 connector is found Click on Next 4 In the next window select Search for the best driver for your de...

Page 12: ...Byclickingon Next thenecessaryfileswillbeinstalled Afterwardsclickon Finish The Add New Hardware Wizard opens again saying a new USB Mass Storage Device is found Please repeat the steps described above to finish the installation Get user manuals See SafeManuals com ...

Page 13: ...the item Search for the best driver for the device Recommended and confirm with Next 5 Make sure that the checkbox CD ROM drives is activated in the next window Continue by clicking on Next 6 The next window shows the driver file found on the CD ROM Confirm with Next 7 Click on Finish in the next window 8 In order for the changes to take effect you must restart your computer Note You can plug the ...

Page 14: ...structions to install Toast on your hard disk 5 OS 9 x You will need to restart your Mac 3 2 Special Instructions before Writing a CD Please note that writing CDs is principally a compact data transmission procedurewhichcanbedisruptedbyeventhesmallestmechanicaldisturbance Never cleantheCD R CD RWdrivewithacommerciallyavailableCDoraCD ROM cleaning set This can damage the drive RecordableCDs blanks ...

Page 15: ...stering Packet Writing 3 4 1 The Mastering procedure isaprocessforcreatingdataCDsandAudioCDs Dataiscompiledontoa Master CD in one single session or several multisession writing procedures During these procedures the data is made compatible according to various industry standards allowing for example audio CDs to be read by any CD player The standards for new technology for CD video etc are prepare...

Page 16: ... bysimplydraggingthefiletobewrittenintheExplorer FileManager Drag Drop Principle assuming there is a UDF formatted blank disk in your CD RW drive ACD RdiskcanonlybewrittenoncewiththeCD Rdriveandpreviouslywritten files can be deleted but not overwritten The great advantage of the CD RW drive in conjunction with CD RW media is that it allows you to rewrite to the media Note Please note that the mast...

Page 17: ...plied with power the tray can be opened and closed your system meets the hardware requirements see pages 5 6 If audio playback does not work please check if the loudspeaker is properly connected the cables are firmly connected the loudspeaker control on the amplifier or on the active loudspeakers is correctly set the audio software is correctly installed Note Please note that CD RW drives Freecom ...

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