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External Drive
for DVD-ROM
Making Your Mobile Life Easier.
Visit our Web site at: www.targus.com
Features and specifications are subject to change without notice. © 2002 Targus Corp. USER’S GUIDE
400-0084-001B
Making Your Mobile Life Easier.
BRUSSELS HANNOVER BARCELONA TOKYO MILANO AMSTERDAM SINGAPORE LONDON PARIS NEW YORK LOS AN
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ComboDrive.book Page 2 Thursday, October 10, 2002 1:15 PM Contents External Drive....................................................................................... 4 Introduction............................................................................................................ 4 System Requirements............................................................................................. 5 Connecting the External Drive to Your Computer and Installing the Default Drivers......
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ComboDrive.book Page 3 Thursday, October 10, 2002 1:15 PM Specifications...................................................................................... 10 Troubleshooting .................................................................................. 12 Solving General Problems ................................................................................... 12 Changing the Drive Letter Assignment ............................................................... 13 Technical Support
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ComboDrive.book Page 4 Thursday, October 10, 2002 1:15 PM External Drive Introduction Thank you for purchasing a Targus Noteworthy External Drive. Light weight and ultra-portable, the external DVD-ROM drive runs off your computer’s power supply, eliminating the need for an AC adapter. After installing the external drive and its drivers, you can use it at any time by inserting the PC Card cable or Cardbus card cable into your computer’s Type II PC Card slot. This user’s guide describes how
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ComboDrive.book Page 5 Thursday, October 10, 2002 1:15 PM System Requirements To use the external drive, your computer must meet the following hardware requirements and run one of the operating systems listed in the table below. Hardware Operating System ® ® ® •PC with an Intel Pentium processor or • Windows 98 equivalent and a hard disk drive ® • Windows Millennium Edition • 64 MB RAM or higher, depending on the ® • Windows 2000 operating system ® • Windows XP • PCMCIA Card interf
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ComboDrive.book Page 6 Thursday, October 10, 2002 1:15 PM 3 Plug the PC Card end of the cable into any Type II PC Card slot on your computer. The Found New Hardware Wizard screen appears and the operating system automatically ® installs the default drivers. If you are running the Windows XP operating system, you may not see the Found New Hardware Wizard screen as installation runs in the background. 4 Follow any on-screen instructions to complete installation. You can now begin installing
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ComboDrive.book Page 7 Thursday, October 10, 2002 1:15 PM 3Click Next. The Install Hardware Device Drivers screen appears. 4 Select “Search for a suitable driver from my device (recommended)” and click Next. ® If you are running the Windows XP operating system, select “Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)” and enter C:\cardbus, or click Browse and locate the CardBus folder, and skip to step 6. The Locate Driver Files screen appears. 5 Select “Specify a location” and enter C:\
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ComboDrive.book Page 8 Thursday, October 10, 2002 1:15 PM 4 Close the media tray by gently pushing it until it “clicks” into place. Cable port Optional power connection Audio out jack Media CD eject Indicator Emergency tray button light eject hole External drive Removing a Disc Using Emergency Eject If you need to remove a disc when there is no power to your computer, you can open the tray manually. To do this, gently insert a slim, straight object, such as a bent-open paper clip, into the e
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ComboDrive.book Page 9 Thursday, October 10, 2002 1:15 PM Reading Data DVDs You can read data DVDs without installing any special software. Playing DVD Movies To play back movies, you must have a DVD-ROM decoder installed in your computer or have a DVD ® player application set up under the Windows operating system. Hot Swapping You can connect and disconnect the external drive while the computer is running. To attach the external drive, just insert the PC Card cable into your computer’s Typ
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ComboDrive.book Page 10 Thursday, October 10, 2002 1:15 PM • After transporting the external drive, allow it to reach room temperature before using it. CAUTION: Changes in temperature during transport, particularly from a cool to a warmer temperature, can cause condensation to form in the drive and may result in operating problems. Allowing the drive to reach room temperature helps to prevent this. • Avoid using the external drive in dusty or humid surroundings. • A short delay is normal be
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ComboDrive.book Page 11 Thursday, October 10, 2002 1:15 PM Connection to the computer PC Card cable or Cardbus card cable via PC Card slot (PCMCIA, Type II) Voltage DC + 5V± 5% Data Buffer 512 kB Access Time DVD: 130 ms (average) CD: 95 ms (average) Maximum Speed CD-Mode: 24x CD speed (3,600 KB/s) DVD-Mode: 8x DVD speed (10,816 KB/s) Media Formats The external drive reads formats according to the following CD (compact disc) and DVD (digital versatile disc) standards: ® •MS-DOS operating
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ComboDrive.book Page 12 Thursday, October 10, 2002 1:15 PM Troubleshooting To view Frequently Asked Questions and download Driver updates, visit our Web site at: http://www.targus.com/support Solving General Problems If the external drive is not functioning: • Verify that your system meets the hardware requirements. See “System Requirements” on page 5. • Check that the drive is turned on and getting power. • Make sure the cable is firmly attached to the drive and that the PC Card is fully ins
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ComboDrive.book Page 13 Thursday, October 10, 2002 1:15 PM Changing the Drive Letter Assignment ® The following steps describe how to change the drive letter for the external drive under the Windows 95/98/Me operating system. 1Click Start, Settings, and then Control Panel. 2Click System and select the Device Manager tab. 3 Click either DVD-ROM or Drive, then external drive. 4Click Properties, then Settings. The current drive letter assignment and the reserved drive letters appear. 5 Under Re
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ComboDrive.book Page 14 Thursday, October 10, 2002 1:15 PM Our knowledgeable staff is also available to answer your questions through one of the following telephone numbers. US Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. (08:00) to 8:00 p.m. (20:00) Eastern time: 800-283-6325 Canada Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. (09:00) to 5:00 p.m. (17:00) Eastern time: 888-827-4877 Europe Belgium +32 0 02-717-2451 Spain +34 0 91-745-6221 Denmark +45 0 35-25-8751 Sweden +46 0 8-751-4058 France +33 0 1-64-53-9151 Sw
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ComboDrive.book Page 15 Thursday, October 10, 2002 1:15 PM FCC (Federal Communications Commission) Declaration of Conformity This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules, and RS 210 Regulations (Canada). 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 i
