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Using the NEC Combo Drive   5

CD-RW Drive

Install two applications from the NEC CD-RW Software CD:

„

 

Adaptec Easy CD Creator — allows you to create data and audio CDs.

„

 

DirectCD — lets you write files directly to the CD in the CD-RW drive.

The following sections provide the installation instructions for these applications.

Installing Easy CD Creator

Follow these steps to install Easy CD Creator.

1. 

Insert the NEC CD-RW software CD into the combo drive. The Adaptec Master Setup
screen appears. If the CD does not load automatically, continue as follows:

„

 

Double click 

My Computer

 on the Windows desktop.

„

 

Double click the CD drive. The Adaptec Master Setup screen appears.

2. 

Click 

Easy CD Creator

. The Adaptec Easy CD Creator Setup appears.

3. 

Click 

Next

. The Software License Agreement appears.

4. 

Click 

Yes

. The Choose Destination Location dialog box appears.

5. 

Click 

Next

. Easy CD Creator is installed.

6. 

When the installation completes, click 

Finish

. A dialog box appears asking if you want to

install Adobe Acrobat Reader to access the online help provided by Adobe.

7. 

Click 

No

 if Acrobat Reader is installed. Click 

Yes

 to install Acrobat Reader. If you click

Yes, Acrobat Reader is installed after you restart the system. Follow the on-screen prompts
to install Acrobat Reader.

8. 

At the Adaptec Master Setup screen, click 

Exit

 or click 

DirectCD

 to install the DirectCD

software (see the next procedure).

Installing DirectCD

Use the following procedure to install DirectCD.

1. 

Click 

DirectCD

 on the Adaptec Master Setup screen. The DirectCD Note dialog box

appears.

2. 

Click 

Yes

. The DirectCD Welcome screen appears.

3. 

Click 

Next

. The Software License Agreement appears.

4. 

Click 

Yes

. The Choose Destination Location dialog box appears.

5. 

Click 

Next

. The Select Program Folder dialog box appears.

6. 

Click 

Next

. DirectCD is installed. When the installation completes, the Adaptec Master

screen appears.

7. 

Click 

Exit

. Click 

Finish

 to restart the system.

Summary of Contents for NEC COMBO DRIVE

Page 1: ...pplications for CD RW functions See the following section to use your combo drive DVD ROM Drive This section provides information on installing and configuring MGI SoftDVD MAX starting and using MGI SoftDVD MAX identifying conditions situations and settings that affect playback using the password protection feature optimizing a retail Windows 2000 installation for optimal videodisc play uninstalli...

Page 2: ...wer Schemes window for MGI SoftDVD MAX to play DVD movies properly To access these settings open the Control Panel and double click the Power Management icon With Power schemes set to Always on set the following fields to Never System standby Turn off monitor Turn off hard disks Note If you alter these AC power management settings be sure to change them back before playing a movie with MGI SoftDVD...

Page 3: ...agement settings that are enabled Performing the following activities during playback can impede DVD playback changing screen resolution changing the world region setting Some DVD movie titles are not configured to tap all the features of the DVD ROM drive or MGI SoftDVD MAX Some DVD titles cannot be ejected during play you must stop the movie and then eject the DVD do not enforce their advertised...

Page 4: ...EC Computers These settings are not the default settings in retail versions of the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system If you install a retail version of the Windows 2000 operating system instead of the version provided by NEC Computers the NEC Computers default settings are overwritten You can manually change them back to optimize DVD ROM drive performance by following these steps 1 From the ...

Page 5: ... Easy CD Creator is installed 6 When the installation completes click Finish A dialog box appears asking if you want to install Adobe Acrobat Reader to access the online help provided by Adobe 7 Click No if Acrobat Reader is installed Click Yes to install Acrobat Reader If you click Yes Acrobat Reader is installed after you restart the system Follow the on screen prompts to install Acrobat Reader ...

Page 6: ...orporation Panasonic Phillips Ricoh Co Ltd SONY Taiyo Yuden Co Ltd TDK Corporation Teijin Yamaha Removal of CD RW Software from Systems with Windows 2000 If your system is running the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system and you want to remove the CD RW software be sure to remove Easy CD Creator before you remove the DirectCD application If you need to remove the CD RW software remove Easy CD C...

Page 7: ...le recording CD ROMs or audio CDs 4x CD rewriting maximum variable speed for example using as a personal storage medium 24x CD ROM reading maximum variable speed 6x DVD ROM reading maximum variable speed User Data Maximum Capacity 1 MB 1024x1024 4 38 GB single side single layer 656 MB mode 1 7 95 GB single side dual layer 748 MB mode 2 CD R Write Maximum Transfer Rate on CD Record 300 KB s 2x 600 ...

Page 8: ...uters Inc All rights reserved NEC and PowerMate are registered trademarks of NEC Corporation and or one or more of its subsidiaries Microsoft Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners The information and specifications in this publication are subject to change without notice V...

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