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Copyright © 2003 LaCie. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior
written consent of LaCie.

Trademarks

Apple, Mac, Macintosh and FireWire are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Sony and iLink are registered
trademarks of Sony Electronics. Microsoft, Windows, Windows 98 SE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000 and
Windows XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All trademarks mentioned in this manual are the property
of their respective owners.

Changes

The material in this document is for information only and is subject to change without notice. While reasonable efforts have
been made in the preparation of this document to assure its accuracy, LaCie assumes no liability resulting from errors or
omissions in this document, or from the use of the information contained herein. LaCie reserves the right to make changes or
revisions in the product design or the product manual without reservation and without obligation to notify any person of such
revisions and changes.

Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement (FCC)

WARNING: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party
responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B
digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to
provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is
operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can
radiate radio frequency energy, and if not installed and used in accordance with the
instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will
not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment 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 correct the interference by one of the
following measures: 
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antennas.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
• Consult the reseller or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Shielded cables and I/O cards must be used for this equipment to comply with the relevant FCC regulations.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may
not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may
cause undesired operation.

Foreword

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LaCie CD-RW Drive User’s Manual

FireWire

Tested To Comply 
With FCC standards 

FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE

LaCie Optical Drive - FireWire - 5I4

Summary of Contents for CD-RW FireWire

Page 1: ...Register your product online for free technical support www lacie com register htm go directly to manual...

Page 2: ...ble to the Drive and Your Computer 10 3 Using Your LaCie Drive 11 3 1 Supported CD Formats 11 3 2 Inserting Discs 12 3 3 Ejecting Discs 12 3 4 Emergency Ejection of Discs 13 3 5 Accessing Discs 13 3 6...

Page 3: ...equipment This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protecti...

Page 4: ...opean Community Compliance with these directives implies conformity to the following European Norms Class B EN60950 EN55022 EN50082 1 EN61000 3 2 With reference to the following conditions 73 23 EEC L...

Page 5: ...ot in operation If you expose your eyes or skin to the laser inside you drive you risk damage or loss of your vision or other personal injury Do not open your drive or attempt to disassemble or modify...

Page 6: ...ice Always place your drive in a horizontal position before using it Otherwise it may fall causing damage to the device and or corruption or loss of data Always remove the disc from the disc tray befo...

Page 7: ...nium Edition Windows 2000 or Windows XP Mac OS 9 1 and 10 1 2 or later 1 1 2 Hardware requirements Mac or PC equipped with FireWire IEEE 1394 iLink interface card SBP 2 compatible Intel Pentium 233MHz...

Page 8: ...Software 2 2 Connect the Power Supply and Switch On the Drive 2 3 Connect the FireWire Cable to Your LaCie Drive and to Your Computer Once you ve gotten the drive powered on and connected to your comp...

Page 9: ...le click the Installer icon of the various programs and follow the on screen instructions to install the programs For more information about the various programs please refer to the Help sections of t...

Page 10: ...cable or power supply may cause damage to the device and void your warranty Always remove the AC adapter before transporting your LaCie drive Failure to remove the adapter may result in damage to you...

Page 11: ...sert the cable firmly into the FireWire port for a stable connnection Tech Note Please refer section 4 1 Advice for Optimizing FireWire Connections for important information on disconnecting FireWire...

Page 12: ...ound an office or among students 3 1 Supported CD Formats Your LaCie drive is compatible with most popular CD formats Format Type of Disc Record Read CD CD R X X CD RW supports AM2 X X CD ROM X CD Ext...

Page 13: ...tray or remove the CD while the unit is in use and being accessed by the computer You may injure yourself and damage the drive and or your computer system Do not transport the drive with the tray ope...

Page 14: ...lip into the Emergency Eject Hole until the poker presses against the manual eject mechanism You will feel the mechanism eject the disc tray Only use this method when the Open Close button is not work...

Page 15: ...se the data is written in packets of a few KBs Session at Once SAO A CD writing process which is similar to DAO where all of the information is written in one session but SAO allows for the ability to...

Page 16: ...and supports two types of data transfer anyschronus and isochronous which help to guarantee the transfer of time critical data FireWire is also a point to point interface meaning that a FireWire devic...

Page 17: ...when it is not active No unmounting is required 1 From the System Tray located in the lower right hand side of your screen click on the Eject icon a small green arrow over a hardware image 2 A messag...

Page 18: ...ve is FireWire IEEE 1394 certified Warning Do not connect FireWire cables so that they form a ring of devices There is no need for terminators on FireWire devices so the unused FireWire connectors sho...

Page 19: ...ect the configurations of the product that you purchased please check our Web site for the most current version available Troubleshooting page 18 LaCie CD RW Drive User s Manual FireWire The Issue The...

Page 20: ...r icon and you should see your device listed If you cannot see the device recheck the cables and try the other troubleshooting solutions listed here For Windows Users and Mac OS 10 x Users consult LaC...

Page 21: ...art button to restart your computer 4 Launch the recording software again and check to see if it recognizes the drive now If you plan on using both the recording software and iTunes or Disc Burner you...

Page 22: ...to eject your media Verify the contents of the CD by using your recording software or viewing its contents in My Computer for Windows users or File Get Info for Mac users If you ve checked and it sti...

Page 23: ...g checklist and you still can t get your LaCie drive to work properly contact us via the provided Web link Before contacting us make sure that you are in front of your computer and that you have the f...

Page 24: ...Contact Us At http www lacie com be contact LaCie Finland Contact Us At http www lacie com fi contact LaCie Italy Contact Us At http www lacie com it contact LaCie Norway Contact Us At http www lacie...

Page 25: ...ion it is recommended that the CD R and CD RW media be tested after they have been written to Under no circumstances do LaCie or its suppliers guarantee the reliability of the CD media used in this dr...

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