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Rev. 71 2 USER MANU AL D V D R W R E COR D E R EXT ERNA L DOUB LE LA Y ER D VD RW DRIV E / US B 2 .0 WIN[...]
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Fr eecom D VD RW Recorder GB 2 Dea r use r! welcome to the inst allatio n of your Free co m DVD R W Re co rd er . Befo re ins talli ng th e drive, please read through the followin g points regard ing its compatibilit y with you r sys tem. Freec om T echnologies • German y ww w .freecom.c om Warn in g ! All rig hts re ser ved . T he p rod uc ts n [...]
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GB 3 User ’ s manual Gen eral in formati on ........................................................................................................... Page 4 Chapter 1 : Star t Up .................................................................................................................................... Page 6 Chapter 2: Inst alling th e[...]
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Fr eecom D VD RW Recorder GB 4 Ge ne ral in form at ion Reliab le pe r for mance of the Freecom DVD RW Recorder ca nnot be guar anteed fo r con- gurati ons that do n ot mee t the foll owing re quire ment s: Ha rdw are R eq ui re m ent s T o use the Freecom DVD RW R ecord er , you mu st have a c ompu ter with the foll owing minimum re quire ment [...]
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GB 5 Me di a st an da rd s • DVD si ngle / dual layer , DVD -R , DVD+R , DVD - RW , DVD +RW , CD - DA, CD -R OM, CD -R OM XA , CD E x tra , CD - I, Mi xed -M od eCD, Vide oCD, PhotoCD, C D TEX T , Bo otab le CD, Disc At Once, Sessio n At once, T rack At Once, Mu lti-Sessi on. Pre ca ut io na r y Me as ure s an d G en era l No te s • Af ter tran[...]
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Fr eecom D VD RW Recorder GB 1 6 Chapter 1 : Start Up 1 . 1 Ha rdwa re in st all at io n 1 . Connec t the inter f ace c abl e to the Freecom D VD RW Record er. 2. Connec t the c able of th e powe r supp ly to the Free com DVD RW R ecord er an d the p ower su ppl y it sel f to the socket . 3. Connec t the int er fa ce cabl e t o the inter f ace por [...]
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GB 1 7 Start Up Not e: Y ou c an plug the USB cab le int o your comp ut e r a nd unpl ug it wh il e th e c omp u te r i s ru nn in g (" ho t p lu g & p l ay" ). R em ove t he c ab le fr om t h e com pu te r w he n do in g so , neve r re move t h e ca bl e fr om the d rive w he n th e co mp ut er i s on . For opt i ma l per f orm an ce[...]
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Fr eecom D VD RW Recorder GB 1 8 1 . 3 Driver I nst al lat io n Under Win dows 200 0 , XP and Vis ta a separate drive r is not required . The driver s will be insta lle d automaticall y by the ope rating sy stem af ter plu gging in the Freecom DVD RW Record er into the USB po r t of your comp uter. Y our Free com DVD RW R ecorde r is ful ly back wa[...]
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GB 2 9 Installing the applic ation sof t ware Chapter 2: Install ing the a pplicat ion sof tware T o re cord b lank m edia , you mus t r st i nsta ll the Recording Sof t ware. W e recommen d using the s of t war e which has b een p rovid ed with yo ur drive. T o inst all the app licati on sof t ware, inser t the " Ap plic ation & Manua [...]
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Fr eecom D VD RW Recorder GB 2 1 0 2. 1 Spe ci al I nst ru ct io ns be fo re Writ in g a CD / DVD • Y ou shou ld rea lize that wr iting CD/DVDs is p rincip ally a se nsitive d ata t ransmissio n proce dure whi ch can b e disrupte d by even the small est m echani cal dis turb ance. • Never clean th e Free com DVD RW Reco rder wi th a com mercial[...]
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GB 3 11 Using the Drive Chapter 3: Using the Drive How t o Use t he D i sc s Att en t ion ! Wh e n us in g CD - RO M , CD - R , C D - R W or DVD R/ RW di sc s , do n’t at ta ch any stic ke rs or labe ls to the dis cs . Usin g disc s wit h them at ta ch ed not o nl y ca use s re ad a nd w rit e er ro rs , bu t da ta o n th e di sc m ay b e lo st d[...]
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Fr eecom D VD RW Recorder GB 3 1 2 3. 3 Emer ge nc y Eje c t This drive has a func tio n that a llows the CD/DVD to be ejec ted manually if this b ecom es necess ar y in an em erge nc y such as fa ilure of the d rive or a powe r out age. Fol low the foll owing pr ocedur es in such a cas e. Don’ t use this featu re except in a n emer genc y. 1 . T[...]
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GB 4 13 T rouble shooting - G eneral prob lems Chapter 4: T rouble shooting - G ene ral problems If you still have pro ble ms get ting your Freecom drive to f unc tio n prope rly despi te having insta lle d it corre c tly, then please ch eck the fo llowi ng items: Hardwa re requ ireme nts: • Doe s your sy stem me et s the hard ware re quire ments[...]
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W ARR ANTY (valid in E urope/T urke y only) W e thank you for purchasing this F reecom product and hope you will enjoy using it. In order to avoid unnecessary inconvenience on your part, we suggest reading the quick install guide, instruc tion manual and any additional electronic and or printed manuals. When problems occur we have a database with F[...]