CDG-821 USER’S MANUAL EXP COMPUTER, INC.
EXP COMPUTER, INC. EXP MEMORY PRODUCTS. NON-TRANSFERABLE LIMITED WARRANTY EXP COMPUTER INC., AND EXP MEMORY PRODUCTS("EXP") warrants that the Quadruple Speed Portable CD-ROM(“products”) manufactured or distributed by EXP to be free from failures due to defects in materials or workmanship for full one year from the date of purchase of the products.
FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS 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.
TRADEMARKS SystemSoft is a registered trademark of SystemSoft Corporation. CardSoft is a trademark of SystemSoft Corporation. Phoenix is a registered trademark of Phoenix Technologies, Ltd. Databook is a registered trademark of Databook Inc. Cardtalk is a trademark of Databook Inc. PCMCIA is a trademark of Personal Computer Memory Card International Association. MS-DOS, Windows, Windows 95, and MSCDEX are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Photo CD is a trademark of Kodak.
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................................................................... SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ........................................................ 1 FEATURES ............................................................................... 1 PART NAMES AND FUNCTIONS ..................................................... 2 FRONT PANEL OF THE CD-ROM DRIVE .................................. 2 REAR PANEL OF THE CD-ROM DRIVE..................................... 3 GAME ADAPTER........
INTRODUCTION The CD TRAVELER brings the latest in mobile computing technology to notebook computer users with portability and convenience. The CD TRAVELER is a CD-ROM drive compliant with the PCMCIA 2.1(PC Card) standard. Featuring flexible power options, the CD TRAVELER may operate on either AC power or batteries. The CD TRAVELER is designed for both business and entertainment solutions. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 1. Notebook or desktop computer with a PCMCIA 2.1 Type I, II or III slot. 2. MS-DOS Version 6.
PART NAMES AND FUNCTIONS FRONT PANEL OF THE CD-ROM DRIVE • Disc Tray: ‚ ƒ „ … † ‡ This disc tray is used to insert the compact disc. Load/Stop button: • Press this button to load the disc tray. • When playing an Audio CD, pressing this button will put it into the stop state. Power Indicator: • This indicator will light with a green LED when the power is on. • This LED will blink when battery power is low.
REAR PANEL OF THE CD-ROM DRIVE • Interface Connector: This interface connector connects to the PCMCIA interface card. ‚ DC in Jack: This jack connects to the AC adapter. ƒ Line out Jack: This jack outputs audio signal to an amplifier. „ DC Source Switch This switch select DC power source for the CD-ROM drive. There are two sources to choose from battery or AC adapter.
GAME ADAPTER • CD-ROM Connector: This connector connects to the CD-ROM drive. ‚ Game Port: This port connects to joystick or game-pad.
POWER SOURCE The CD TRAVELER can be either powered by the AC adapter or by the batteries as a flexible option. However, the AC adapter has a priority over the battery in powering the CD-ROM. That means if you connect the AC adapter, the CD TRAVELER will operate on it regardless if the batteries are installed. The CD TRAVELER will be turned on automatically when your computer is powered on and the PCMCIA interface card is connected to the computer and initialized.
INSTALLING THE BATTERIES The CD TRAVELER requires eight AA size batteries (not included) for operation. When using alkaline batteries, the battery life may last for more than 3 hours if the CD TRAVELER is used in CD-ROM mode, it can be even longer when the CD TRAVELER is used in CD-Audio mode. You can also use NiCad rechargeable battery’s which have a shorter service life. Both the rechargeable battery and the re-charger are NOT provided with this unit.
Figure 4 REMOVING THE BATTERIES 1. Remove the battery lid by sliding the cover in the direction of the arrow as shown in Figure 3. 2. Lift up the battery ribbon to eject the batteries from the battery compartment. NOTICE • Use only the AC adapter provided with this unit. • If you will not use the unit with the AC adapter for a long period of time, disconnect it from the AC power outlet. • Do not mix old and new batteries, or different type of batteries (carbon and alkaline, etc.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION INSTALL THE CD-ROM WITHOUT THE GAME ADAPTER 1. Connect the PCMCIA interface card to the CD-ROM drive. Press firmly until the CD-ROM connector is seated, and tighten the two screws on the cable connector. 2. Place the CD-ROM drive in the horizontal position. The CD-ROM is designed to operate only in the horizontal position. Operating the CDROM drive in any abnormal position is not recommended. 3.
INSTALL CD-ROM WITH THE GAME ADAPTER 1. Connect the game adapter to CD-ROM drive, and tighten the two screws on the game adapter. 2. Connect the joystick or game-pad to game port 3. Connect the PCMCIA interface card to the Game Adapter, and tighten the two screws on the cable connector. 4. Place the CD-ROM drive in the horizontal position. The CD-ROM is designed to operate only in the horizontal position. Operating the CDROM drive in any abnormal position is not recommended. 5.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR DOS/WINDOWS 3.1 The INSTALL program helps you install the device driver into the computer easily. Please follow the instructions below to proceed with automatic installation. 1. Insert the device driver diskette into a floppy disk drive on your computer. 2. Change the working directory to the floppy drive containing the device driver diskette by typing “A:” or “B:” then press ENTER. 3. At the DOS prompt (A:\> or B:\>), type “INSTALL” followed by the ENTER key. 4.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 95 If your computer does not have Windows 95 installed yet, please refer to the section titled “Using CD TRAVELER to Install Windows 95”. USING CD TRAVELER UNDER WINDOWS 95 The following dialog box will appear when you are using the CD TRAVELER under Windows 95 for the very first time. If the dialog box does not appear and the CD-ROM folder can not be found in My Computer, please refer to the section titled “Enabling 32-Bit Card Support”.
Follow the on-screen instruction to continue. After finishing, remember to shutdown Windows and restart your computer if you are using the CD TRAVELER to install Windows 95. JOYSTICK CALIBRATION After the installation procedure has been completed, please check to see if the Game Port is functioning correctly by performing the following steps. 1) Select Control Panel from My Computer. 2) Select Joystick. 3) Click on “Calibrate...” and then “Test...”.
GAME-PAD CONTROLLER DESCRIPTION NOTICE 1. The I/O address 200-207 of your computer must be available, or the Game port will not work properly. 2. It is not necessary to connect the CD TRAVELER every time you reboot your computer; plug it just when you need to use it. 3. Even you install the CD-ROM + GAME driver, you are allowed to use the CD-ROM without the Game Adapter attached.
USING CD TRAVELER TO INSTALL WINDOWS 95 If you are about to upgrade your operating system from DOS/Windows to Windows 95 using the CD TRAVELER, the CD TRAVELER DOS device driver as described in the “Software Installation for DOS/Windows” section should be properly installed first before proceeding further. Then, perform the following steps to install Windows 95. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Start Windows 3.1. Insert the Windows 95 CD into the CD TRAVELER. Run File Manager and select the CD TRAVELER drive.
ENABLING 32-BIT CARD SUPPORT OF WINDOWS 95 Your system should be ready for PCMCIA socket support prior to operating the CD TRAVELER. To check whether your computer is PCMCIA Socket supported, first, double-click on the “System” icon from “Control Panel” folder (you can select the “Control Panel” under “Settings” from the “Start” menu to open the “Control Panel” folder). Click on the Device Manager Tab.
Figure 10 After the PCMCIA 32-Bit Card support is installed, Windows will ask you to reboot your computer. Then you should refer to the first section titled “Using CD-ROM Under Windows 95” to configure the CD TRAVELER. If the PCMCIA Socket is not found, then you must add a PCMCIA socket to your system. Please click on the “Add New Hardware” icon in the Control Panel folder and select “PCMCIA socket”.
USING THE PCMCIA CD-ROM WITH A COMPUTER Make sure the AC adapter is properly connected or the batteries are installed. CAUTION Connect the PCMCIA interface cable to the CD-ROM drive before inserting the PCMCIA interface card into your computer. DO NOT connect/disconnect the PCMCIA interface cable to/from the CDROM drive while the card is inserted and the system is in power-on state. Once the PCMCIA card is initialized, the computer will control the power to the PCMCIA CD-ROM drive.
The CD-ROM for the Windows 95 titles include the AUTO RUN feature. This means when you close the disc cover with this type of CD disc inside, Windows 95 will start the opening screen automatically. You can add the program, browse content of the CD, etc. from this screen. The other procedure is from ‘Control Panel.’ Click on ‘Add/Remove Programs’ icon, click on the ‘Install’ button then follow the on screen instructions.
Be sure you are removing the card by the procedures described above, otherwise, the following dialog will be displayed: (Figure 15) Figure 15 To display the PC Card indicator on the task bar, perform the following steps, 1. Double-click the PC Card (PCMCIA) icon in the Control Panel. 2. Make sure that the box ‘Show the control on task bar’ is checked. If the PC Card (PCMCIA) wizard appears when you click the button in step 1, complete the PC Card installation procedures guided by the wizard.
HOW TO PLAY THE AUDIO CD Windows 3.1 The CD-Audio CDs can be played on your PCMCIA CD-ROM by using CD Audio software utilities, such as the Media Player in Windows 3.1. To use Media Player, you must have the [MCI] CD Audio driver installed. Make sure the CD-Audio disc is installed in the CD-ROM drive. The CD Audio driver is installed through the Control Panel. Go into the Drivers and ADD [MCI] CD Audio. The installation will require one of the Windows diskettes to install the driver.
TROUBLE SHOOTING Windows 95 The Windows 95 32-bit mode plug-n-play drivers will automatically allocate the hardware resources for CD Traveler, therefore, you do not need to choose the I/Os during the installation. However, if the system is not working properly you still can select the I/Os by proper procedures. Be sure you have the card inserted before doing the configuration change. 1. 2. 3. 4.
9. Click “OK” when finishing, system may ask you to reboot the computer to enable the new settings Remove or re-install the driver If you want to remove, re-install or upgrade the driver you have installed, you need to remove the old driver first which can be done by highlighting the EXP device driver under “Device Manager”, then click at “Remove” button. Game Port Problems If you are experiencing the problem with the Game Port, be sure 1.
DOS/Windows3.X After rebooting your computer, the following messages will be displayed on your screen, which are generated by EXPCDG.EXE and MSCDEX.EXE. Configure card to: I/O Port:320-32F, 200-207 Device Name: MSCD001 PCMCIA card is present in socket 1 . . . Drive D: = Driver MSCD001 unit 0 If any error occurs or the CD TRAVELER does not work, you should reboot your computer again. When the system displays 'Starting MSDOS...', press the F8 key to make the system executes the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.
EMM386 line of CONFIG.SYS to exclude at least 4K memory for mapping. For example, DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE... X=D000-D3FF v Error: The INTEL 82365SL PCMCIA controller is not detected in your system. You should contact your dealer to get PCMCIA support software. The above message means the PCMCIA controller for your system is not INTEL 82365SL compatible. In this case, you should install PCMCIA support software which should be supplied by the notebook manufacturer.
PCMCIA(PC CARD) SOFTWARE INFORMATION If you have installed the PCMCIA software, such as SystemSoft’s CardSoft or Databook’s Cardtalk, then EXPCDG.EXE will call this PCMCIA software to enable the card. If you don’t have one, the EXPCDG still can directly access your hardware to enable the card. In this case, your computer should have an Intel 82365SL Personal Computer Interface Controller (PCIC) or another compatible controller.
The device driver names of the major PCMCIA software are listed below: Software/Device SystemSoft Driver CardSoft Award IBM Cardware ThinkPad PCMSS.EXE SSPCIC.EXE IBMDSS02.SYS CS.EXE PCMCS.EXE PCCS.EXE IBMDOSCS.SYS CSALLOC.EXE PCMRMAN.SYS PCRM.EXE DICRMU02.SYS IDE/ATA Driver ATADRV.EXE PCMATA.SYS SRAM Card Driver MTSRAM.EXE Flash Card Support MTAA.EXE, Socket Services SS365SL.EXE, Phoenix SS365LP.EXE, SSCIRRUS.EXE, SSDBOOK.EXE, SVADEM.EXE, SSVLSI.
POWER SAVING The CD TRAVELER may operate with an AC adapter or batteries. Use of the supplied AC Adapter will provide the power for use as a portable CD player, or to extend the computer’s battery life. The CD TRAVELER drive will automatically enter the sleep mode (spindle off) when it has not been accessed for about 5 minutes. Also, you can manually get to the sleep mode by removing the Compact Disc (CD) from your CD-ROM drive. The operating current will then be reduced to 120 mA.
