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Note-CD User’s Manual
Contents
Chapter 1
Features
Electrical Power Requirements
Physical Characteristics
Chapter 2 Installation
Getting Started
Hardware Installation Steps
Software Installation Steps
Chapter 3 Power Source Option
Chapter 4 Playing Audio CD
APPENDIX FCC COMPLIANCE
Chapter 1
Features
• Ultra light weights and compacts.
• Connects to any PC via PCMCIA interface.
• 16-bit data transfers.
• Data transfer rate up to 3.6 MB/sec.
Physical Characteristics
• Dimension(W x H x D) : 150 x 22 x 182 mm
• Weight: 550g
Chapter 2 Installation
Getting Started
This chapter will walk you through the installation of your external Note-CD. Before getting started, make sure that
you have the following items:
! Note-CD
! PCMCIA card with 36 pin connector
! Diskette of driver software
! User’s manual
Hardware Installation for Windows 95/98
1. Power on the system
2. When the WIN 95/98 boots up, go to my computer to check, make sure there is no Note-CD icon in there. Under
WIN 95/98, plug in your PCMCIA card to the laptops’ PCMCIA slot, inside the “my computer” icon you should see
the “CD-ROM (D:)” icon. Now you can put in the CD Disc to use your Pocket CD-ROM drive to do you work.
To install the Note-CD on Windows NT 4.0 system:
1. Select "SCSI Adapter" from "My Computer" program group
2. Select "Drivers" from "SCSI Adapter" icon.
3. Select "Add" from menu
4. Select "Have Disks" from menu
5. Insert Note-CD software diskette
6. Enter "A:\NT\oemsetnt.inf" as the *INF path and select "OK"
7. Choose "Sarotech PCMCIA-ATAPI" driver and select "OK"
8. Select "Install" followed by "Continue" to install the driver
9. Reboot the system
To install the Note-CD drive on DOS system:
1. Boot up system to the “C” prompt
2. Put in Sarotech PCMCIA driver in “A” drive; after “A” prompt, type DOSSETUP and press enter
3. Use ARROW KEYS to highlight the CD-ROM Driver, then press SPACE BAR to confirm the selection. Press
ENTER to go to the next screen.
4. Follow on screen message to finish loading the DOS driver.
Chapter 3
Power Source Option
The Note-CD, can be powered by your notebook from either the PCMCIA connection.
In either case, make sure your notebook battery is fully charged. Some notebook computers battery may not supply
the required voltage to power the PocketCD98 drive. In this situation, the external AC/DC power adapter will be
needed.
A. Using PCMCIA cable to get power
• Make sure the power switch on the back of the drive is in the PCMCIA position (move the switch to the cable
connection side).
• Connect the cable to the drive and insert the PCMCIA card into an open PCMCIA slot on the computer. The small
LED light on the top of the drive should light up in green, indicating power and drive ready.
Chapter 4. Playing Audio CDs
You can use the Sarotech Pocket CD or Pocket DVD drive to play regular music CDs.
• To listen to the music from regular music CDs, you will need to attach a headset or an amplifying speaker to the
Audio Line Out at the back of the drive.
• To play the audio music through the computer, you will need to attach an audio cable (commonly available
from any electronic store) between the Audio Line Out of the drive and the Audio Line In on the computer.
FCC COMPLIANCE
INFORMATION TO THE USER
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 in a
residential installation. 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 try to correct the interference by one more of
the following measures:
•Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
•Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
•Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to
which
the receiver is connected.
•Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
WARNING
- Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could
void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
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 operations.