Toshiba SD-R2412 manual

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    TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMA TION SYSTEMS STORAGE DEVICE DIVISION IRVINE, CALIFORNIA SD-R2412 CD-R W/D VD-R OM COMBINA TION MOBILE DRIVE USER MANU AL[...]

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    CONTENTS Introductio n .............................................................................. 1 Setup ........................................................................................ 3 Using the CD-R W/D VD-R OM Combo Drive ............................ 4 T roub leshoo ting ............................................................[...]

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    1 INTR ODUCTION – SD-R2412 General Features CD-RW disc write/rewrite at 4X and 10X CD-R disc write at 8X – 24X Lead (Pb) Free Printed Circuit Board 3-way Disc Eject (ej ect button, software, emergency eject hole ) Average Access Time CD 90ms D VD-ROM 100ms D VD-RAM 170ms Horizontal or Vertical Mount 2MByte Buffer Playback interchangeability for[...]

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    Front Panel Figure 1.SD-R2412 CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive Fro nt Panel Loading Tr a y Load disc using tra y . Busy Indicator The LED lights g reen or amber wh en the drive is oper ating (LED is amber when d rive is writing.) Eject Button The Eject button is used to open the disc tra y so y ou can install or remo ve a di sc. Emergency Eject Hole The emerg[...]

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    3 SETUP – SD-R2412 Toshiba recommends that only trained profe ssionals install this CD-RW/DV D-ROM Combo drive into your laptop/notebook. Installation Notes • The SD-R2412 CD-R W/D VD-R OM Combo driv e ha s no jumpers that need to be set • Mounting orientation: 15° (horizontally), 15° v er t ically (v olume control in do wn position), 30° [...]

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    4 USING THE CD-R W/D VD-R OM Combo Drive – SD-R2412 Drive Operation Inserting Media To insert media perform the following steps: Figure 1.Inserting Disc 1. Open the drive's lo ading tra y by pre ssing the Eject Button and pulling out the tra y . 2. Place media disc into driv e's loading tra y , and lightly press do wn on the inner por t[...]

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    5 Regional Coding Region Protection Coding (RPC) of DV D Discs: this feature is supported on DVD Players and is used with DVD-Video Discs (i.e. movies). Currently, the motion picture industry has di vided the world into different regional "zones." These re gions or "zones" correlate to the regional markets into which the motion [...]

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    6 TR OUBLESHOO TING – SD-R2412 Problem Solution Disc tra y cannot be opene d • Chec k that there is powe r to drive. • Use Emergency Eject instructions to open tra y . Drive is not r ecognized by system • Is the drive connected pro perly? Are all cables plugged in properly (e.g. P ow er Cable , Interf ace Cable and A udio Cables). • Is th[...]

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    7 SPECIFICA TIONS –SD-R2412 General Interf ace: A T API Compatible CD-RW/DVD- ROM Standard - Write : Write Formats: CD-R, CD-R W: Disc at once, Track at once, session at o nce, Packet Write Write Disc: CD-R, CD-R W: CD-DA, CD+(E)G, CD -MIDI, CD-TEXT, CD-ROM, CD -ROM XA, MIXED MODE CD, CD-I, CD-I BRID GE (Photo-CD, Video-CD), Multi- session CD (Ph[...]

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    8 Performance Rotational Speed DVD (Single) DVD (Dual) DVD-R, DVD-R W DVD-RAM (ver 2.1) CD-ROM, CD-R Video-CD, CD-DA CD-DA CD-RW (read) - normal CD-RW (r ead) - h igh speed CD-RW (r ead) - ul tra speed CD-R (write) CD-RW (write) CD-RW (write) - high sp eed 4,670rpm (3.3 - 8X) 3,792rpm (2.5 - 6X) 2,240rpm (1.7 - 4X) 1,400 - 3,300rpm (1X) 5,100rpm (1[...]

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    9 Environmental Ambient T emperature Operating 5° to 50° C (41° to 122° F) Storage -10° to 60° C (14° to 140° F) Shipping -40° to 65° C (-40° to 149° F) T emperature Gradient Operating 11° C /hour (max) Storage/Shipping 20° C /hour (max) Relativ e Humidity Operating 8% to 80% Storage/Shipping 5% to 95% (wet bulb 4 0° C max) Vibration[...]

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    10 Drive Connectors –SD-R2412 Figure 1.SD-R2412 DVD Writeable Dr ive Rear Panel – Connector ATA P I Connector A 50-pin A T API interf ace connector is f ound at the rear of the SD-R2412 CD-R W/D VD- ROM Combo dr iv e. Connecting cab le should use J apan A viation Electronics Industry Limited KX14-50Series L or equival ent connector . Table 1.In[...]