LaCie Pocket CD-RW, User Manual

Page 1: ...tion about that topic Printing While optimized for onscreen viewing the pages of this manual are formatted for printing on 8 1 2 x 11 and A4 sized paper giving you the option to print the entire manual or just a specific page or section To Exit From the Menu bar at the top of your screen select File Quit Previous Page Next Page Go to Previous View Go to Next View Go to Contents Page Go to Precauti...

Page 2: ...d 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 energ...

Page 3: ...n standards Class B EN60950 EN55022 EN50082 1 EN61000 3 2 With reference to the following conditions 73 23 EEC Low Voltage directive 89 336 EEC EMC Directive Laser Products This equipment is certified to comply with DHHS Rule 21 CFR Chapter I subchapter J in effect as of date of manufacture This equipment is classified as a Class I Laser product and no hazardous laser radiation is emitted outside ...

Page 4: ... device is not 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 it Never insert any metallic object into the drive to avoid any risk of electrical shock fire short circuiting or dangerous emissions Your drive contains no user serviceable parts If it a...

Page 5: ...s the risk of damage to the device 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 before transporting your drive Otherwise written data may be destroyed or the drive s internal components may be damaged Never use excessive force on the disc loading system...

Page 6: ...iple USB Peripherals 12 3 4 Disconnecting Your LaCie PocketCD RW Drive 12 3 4 1 PC Users 12 3 4 2 Mac Users 12 4 Using Your LaCie PocketCD RW Drive 13 4 1 Inserting Media 13 4 2 Ejecting Media 13 4 2 1 PC Users 13 4 2 2 Mac Users 13 4 3 Emergency Ejection of Media 13 4 4 Read Mode 14 4 4 1 PC Users 14 4 4 2 Mac Users 14 4 5 Write Mode 14 5 Technical Information 15 5 1 Power Autoswitching 15 5 2 Po...

Page 7: ...injury to yourself or others as well as to prevent damage to your device and other comput er equipment For a complete list of precautions please see Health Safety and General Use Precautions of this manual A few words about copyright laws Your new LaCie drive opens up a whole world of possibilities for copying data and audio onto disc Please be responsible in your use of this wonderful technology ...

Page 8: ...nect lower speed USB 1 1 ports and devices like digital cameras scanners modems key boards mice joysticks and printers In the USB 2 0 system existing USB peripherals do not have to be upgraded and lower speed devices will not require additional performance instead operating as USB 1 1 devices 1 2 1 USB Icons These icons will help you easily identify the USB interfaces They appear on USB cables and...

Page 9: ...shed with your drive See 3 2 Installing Your LaCie PocketCD RW Drive for more details 2 Power Supply Connector This is where you plug in the LaCie power supply See 3 1 Connecting the Power Supply for more details LaCie Pocket CD RW User s Manual Hardware requirements PC or Mac with USB 2 0 or 1 1 interface System requirements Mac OS 9 1 and 10 1 2 or later Windows 98 SE Second Edition Windows Me M...

Page 10: ...e details 1 Cable Storage Groove Use this groove to help keep your USB cable wrapped around your drive during transportation Serial Number Sticker This is where you will find your LaCie drive s serial number Write down the serial number and keep it in a safe place because you will need to provide the number in the event you have to call LaCie Technical Support for any reason in regard to the drive...

Page 11: ...Your drive should now turn on automatically when you connect it to a USB port on your computer Disconnecting the AC Adapter From the LaCie PocketCD RW Drive 1 Turn the drive off and wait for it to spin down 10 sec 2 Hold the drive steady with one hand and gently remove the plug from the connector Warning Always remove the AC adapter before transporting your LaCie drive Failure to remove the adapte...

Page 12: ... 1 USB 2 0 Host Bus Adapters and Performance 3 2 2 Mac Users Important Note Apple is constantly providing update support for drive mechanisms within OS 10 x In order to ensure that you have the latest support be sure to upgrade to the latest version of OS 10 To access the latest updates and upgrades pull down the Apple Menu and click on System Preferences In the section titled System click on Soft...

Page 13: ...ed while the computer is running To prevent failures it is important you follow these steps when disconnecting your USB peripheral device 3 4 1 PC Users Important Note Windows 98 SE Users If you have installed the Windows Storage Supplement Update you will have to unmount the drive before disconnecting it or powering it down If you have not installed the update simply disconnect the drive when it ...

Page 14: ... remove the CD After removing the disc gently push in the disc tray or push on the load eject but ton to close it You can also go into My Computer and right click the CD drive icon In the drop down menu that follows select the Eject option The disc tray will open then you can access your media Important Note Windows 98 SE Users If you are using DirectCD you must follow these steps to eject media F...

Page 15: ...king 4 4 Read Mode 4 4 1 PC Users The CD volume will appear in My Computer Click on My Computer to view the contents of the CD and to have access to the folders and files on it You can also gain access to the files and folders contained on the disc by going into Windows Explorer and clicking on the CD ROM drive icon 4 4 2 Mac Users The CD volume will appear as an icon on the Desktop Click on the i...

Page 16: ...e computer to control the card These drivers must be installed in order for USB 2 0 devices connected to the port to work at their correct speeds For installation instructions please refer to the documentation that comes with the host adapter card LaCie supplies only the appropriate USB 2 0 drivers for its peripherals and does not provide drivers for third party host adapter cards To obtain the ri...

Page 17: ...he type of USB controller available in your computer You can access it from the Task Bar of Windows Proceed as follows 1 Double click on Start a Double click on Settings b Double click on Control Panel c Double click on System 2 Go to Peripheral manager and double click on USB bus controller 3 The USB controller type appears on the second line e g Intel 82371 SB PCI to USB universal Host controlle...

Page 18: ...e your device listed Does an icon for the drive appear on the computer Is the drive powered up Are both ends of the USB cable connected and properly seated Are the USB drivers installed correctly and enabled 6 Troubleshooting In the event that your LaCie PocketCD RW Drive is not working correctly please refer to the following checklist to find out where the problem is coming from If you have gone ...

Page 19: ... the device recheck the cables and try the other troubleshooting solutions listed here You may need to disable some Mac OS Authoring Support exentions for Toast to be able to control the drive Use the Extensions Manager to disable the following extensions Authoring Support v1 1 2 or newer Disc Burner Extension v1 0 2 or newer FireWire Authoring Support v1 1 2 or newer USB Authoring Support v1 1 2 ...

Page 20: ...rive Carefully inspect the disc If in doubt try another CD Reinstall the recording software Disable all other software pro grams that are running during the CD recording session Disconnect the network if you are using one On a Mac deactivate File Sharing Check to see that your hard drive is fast enough The Problem The drive s media tray will not open The drive automatically ejects a CD when you tr...

Page 21: ...hat the USB 2 0 drivers for your Host USB 2 0 port and for your USB 2 0 device have been cor rectly installed see the 5 3 1 USB 2 0 Host Bus Adapters and Performance section for a more detailed discus sion If in doubt uninstall the driver and then reinstall it See the 5 3 1 USB 2 0 Host Bus Adapters and Performance section for a more detailed discussion Is the CD damaged Is the CD R CD RW media ba...

Page 22: ...ersion Mac OS or Windows 4 Amount of memory installed 5 Names of CD or DVD drives installed on your computer 6 Names of any other devices installed on your computer LaCie Australia Monday through Friday 9 30AM 5 30PM EST Contact Us At 61 2 9669 6900 phone support au lacie com LaCie Denmark Monday through Friday 9AM 5PM Contact Us At 45 70 27 65 43 support nordic lacie com LaCie Belgium Monday thro...

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Page 24: ... or missing The broken part is a replacement part such as a pickup tray etc The tamper seal on the drive casing is broken LaCie will not under any circumstances be liable for direct special or consequential damages such as but not limited to damage or loss of property or equipment loss of profits or revenues cost of replacement goods or expense or inconvenience caused by service interruptions Unde...

Page 25: ...scanners With its 12Mb s speed it can also be used for more advanced applications such as games and audio software as well as storage on hard disks CD RW and other drives USB 2 0 devices will have far superior performance in these more demanding applications however What are the ideal applications of USB 2 0 Except low end devices such as mice and keyboards virtually any hardware will benefit from...

Page 26: ... e 12 Mb s In practice users who desire enhanced USB 2 0 throughput will need to connect their USB 2 0 hardware on both ends of a 2 0 hub to achieve the high speed mode On one end a USB 2 0 compliant host controller resides on the host PC to man age the enumeration process and power management On the other end USB 2 0 hardware must be connected directly to the root hub or through a USB 2 0 hub Som...

Page 27: ... is still being written The recording of a CD is a system intensive process and the recorder needs a constant stream of data A buffer underrun occurs when the stream to the recorder is not fast enough to keep the recorder s buffer full causing the recording to abort Bus Electronic links that enable data to flow between the processor RAM and extension cables peripherals Byte A sequence of adjacent ...

Page 28: ...ng data from storage to computer RAM or between storage devices Digital Discrete information that can be broken down to zero or one bits Disc at Once DAO CD authoring process in which the entire CD is recorded in one session and data cannot be added after the recording is finished This mode allows for the most control of the recording process for audio CDs because the gap between tracks can be set...

Page 29: ...red on without danger of system errors Both FireWire and USB interfaces are hot pluggable while SCSI is not Hub A device which links several peripherals together onto the same bus Active hubs which regenerate and retransmit sig nals down the cable require a power supply Passive hubs only interconnect various components Initialize ed Initialization After a hard drive or other storage device is form...

Page 30: ... run Windows Mac OS and UNIX are among the most common Overwrite To write data on top of existing data thus erasing the original data Packet Writing PW CD authoring process that is very useful for data backup but cannot be used to write audio CDs Buffer underrun is impossible in this mode because the data is written in packets of a few KB Partition ing After formatting the hard drive is not yet re...

Page 31: ...een tracks Software In a nutshell software is a set of instructions for the computer A set of instructions to perform a particular task is called a program There are two main types of software system software an operating system such as Mac OS or Windows which controls the operation of the computer and application software programs such as Word or Excel which enable users to perform tasks such as ...

Page 32: ...mputers Volume A desktop mountable storage area may be a partition of a hard drive a removable disk or a cartridge Typically measured in Megabytes or Gigabytes Utility Software designed to perform maintenance tasks on the system or its components Examples include backup pro grams programs to retrieve files and data on disk programs for preparing or formatting a disk or and resource editors LaCie P...