Samsung DVD-ROM drive manual

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    1 DVD-ROM DRIVE SD-610/612 http://www .samsungelectronics.com User's Guide BG68-00163A Rev:01 Safety Precautions The following diagrams illustrate the precautions to be taken when using your DVD-ROM drive. Y ou must not use the drive in any manner other than that specified in this guide. A void exposing your eyes or skin to direct or scattered[...]

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    Y our DVD-ROM Drive 2 3 COMPACT 12 3 4 5 6 1. Connector for stereo headphones with a 3.6 mm stereo mini-jack 2. Headphone volume control 3. Indicator light (when it is green, a disc is being read or recorded) 4. Disc compartment (the compartment opens and closes automatically when you press the Eject button) 5. Emergency eject hole (if the compartm[...]

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    4 Connecting the Cables 1. Power cable 2. Master/slave select terminal 3. IDE cable 4. Audio cable 1 Connecting the power cable The 4-pin power cable from the internal power unit of your computer must be connected to the power terminal on the rear of the DVD-ROM drive. 2 Installing a jumper on the master/slave select terminal Install the jumper in [...]

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    6 7 Installing the Device Driver Using the DVD-ROM Drive Storing and Cleaning Y our Discs No additional device driver is needed for W indows 95/98/NT , a s the default W indows device driver is used. Y ou can check that the DVD-ROM drive has been correctly detected by W indows. T o do so, proceed as follows. 1 Double-click on the My Computer icon o[...]

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    8 9 Solving T echnical Pr oblems SAMSUNG continually strives to improve its products. Both the design specifications and these user instructions are thus subject to change without notice. T echnical Specifications Problem Meaning / Solution The DVD-ROM drive is not detected b y the computer . ◆ Check that the power , audio and IDE cables are corr[...]