ThirtyTwoMAXX Front view 1 2 3 6 5 4 Rear view 7 8 Front view Rear view 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Headphone jack Headphone volume control Busy indicator Disc Tray Open/Close button Emergency eject US Additional and updated information can be found directly on our fully interactive website www.memorex.
ThirtyTwoMAXX Index Introduction Page 3 Installation Page 4 Controls Page 7 Operation Page 9 Technical Data Page 10 Appendix Page 11 Glossary of Terms Page 13 Notices Page 16 Copyright Statements It is a criminal offense, under applicable copyright laws, to make unauthorized copies of copyright-protected material, including computer programs, films, broadcasts and sound recordings. This equipment should not be used for such purposes.
ThirtyTwoMAXX Introduction Introduction The Memorex ThirtyTwoMAXX Drive is a new generation Half Height 5.25" Built-in CD-Recordable/ReWritable drive with the popular (Enhanced) IDE interface. The drive is in fact a multi-function device, since it can be used as: • fast CD-ROM reader (up to 40x speed) • 32x speed CD-Recorder, e.g.
ThirtyTwoMAXX Installation Installation Precautions This drive, like all electronic equipment, is static sensitive. • Please take the proper precautions when handling the drive, for example by touching the PC chassis before touching the drive. • Avoid touching the IDE connector pins as well as the audio-connector pins and the jumper pins. • Keep the drive in its conductive wrapping until you are ready to install the drive in your computer.
ThirtyTwoMAXX Installation 4 You have several possibilities to install your IDE data cable depending on your existing configuration: A) Single Hard-disc connected as master to Primary IDE Port: Connect the Memorex drive as Master to Secondary IDE Port.
ThirtyTwoMAXX Installation 5 Locate the free end of the IDE data cable and thread it out through the open drive bay. Do the same with the power cable and the (optional) audio cable. 6 Connect your (optional) audio cable, IDE data cable and the power cable into the back of the drive. Make sure you correctly align pin 1 of the cable to pin 1 of the connectors. 1 1 1 7 Insert the drive into the drive bay. Using all the screws included in the bag to secure the drive into the bay. 8 Replace the cover.
ThirtyTwoMAXX Controls Summary of Controls and Connections Front view Front view 1. Headphone Jack Connect your headphone to listen to audio or music discs (or tracks). 2. Headphone Volume Control Turn the wheel to the right to increase the audio volume of your headphone. 1 2 3 6 5 4 3. Busy Indicator Flashes green when the drive is reading a CD. Flashes red when the drive is writing a CD. The indicator is off when the CD is ready or when no media is present. 4. Disc Tray 5.
ThirtyTwoMAXX Controls Rear view Rear view 7. Digital Audio Output Connector If your sound card has a digital audio IEC98 format connector, you can connect it to this digital audio output connector with a 2-pin audio cable. 8. Analogue Audio Output Connector This connector allows you to connect the drive to your sound card with a 4-pin audio cable. 1: Left 2: GND 3: GND 4: Right 7 8 9 10 11 4 3 2 1 9.
ThirtyTwoMAXX Operation Technical Notes for 32X CD-R Recording High speed recording is more demanding on both your system and media. Consequently we make the following recommendations to get the best results: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. When copying a CD-ROM, copy the files to your hard disk before writing to the CD-R media. When recording from your hard disk, collect files together into a single folder before writing to the CD-R media. Ensure you only use CD-R media which supports 32X recording.
ThirtyTwoMAXX Technical Data Technical Data Access time average (random) 80 msec. Data-transfer-rate – 32x recording 4800 Kbytes/sec sustained (32x speed, mode 1 data) Data-transfer-rate – 12x recording 1800 Kbytes/sec sustained (12x speed, mode 1 data) Data-transfer-rate (read only) Up to 6000 Kbytes/sec (40 speed, mode 1 data) Max. burst rate 16.
ThirtyTwoMAXX Appendix Interface Pin Table Signal RESET GROUND -DD(7) -DD(8) -DD(6) -DD(9) -DD(5) -DD(10) -DD(4) -DD(11) -DD(3) -DD(12) -DD(2) -DD(13) -DD(1) -DD(14) -DD(0) -DD(15) GROUND Removed PIN Number Signal PIN Number 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DMA REQUEST GROUND I/O WRITE GROUND I/O READ GROUND I/O READY SPSYNC:CSEL DMACKGROUND INTRQ 16 BIT I/O DA1 PDIAGDA0 DA2 CHIP SELECT 0 CHIP SELECT 1 DASPGROUND 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 1
ThirtyTwoMAXX Appendix Jumper Block C S S M JUMPER BLOCK • When a shorting jumper is in the "CS" (CSEL) position, the device will use the host interface signal CSEL to configure the device. C S • When the shorting jumper is placed in the "M" (MASTER) or "S" (SLAVE), the drive will be configured accordingly. JUMPER BLOCK C S S M S M JUMPER BLOCK C S S M US Next Additional and updated information can be found directly on our fully interactive website www.memorex.
ThirtyTwoMAXX Glossary List of key words Audio CD See CD-DA. Blue Book Specification for CD-Extra (formerly CD-Plus). Bridge Disc CDs which can be read by CD-ROM/XA drives and CD-I players, for example a Kodak Photo CD. Buffer underrun Where the write memory of the drive is empty, the writing procedure will be terminated The flow of data from the system to the drive was insufficient. Either the transfer rate is too low for the writing speed or there was an interruption in the data flow.
ThirtyTwoMAXX Glossary Green Book Specification for CD-I. High Sierra/High Sierra Format The Hotel in Nevada, USA where in 1985 the foundation was laid for determining the file systems for CDs. The efforts of the group which came to be known as the “High Sierra Group” led to the standard ISO 9660, the most common file system for CDs. A CD that conforms to this standard is at times still referred to as a “High Sierra” CD.
ThirtyTwoMAXX Glossary Red Book Specification for audio CDs. Session A session is one sitting with the recorder. Audio CDs are always single sessions. Data CDs can be recorded over several sittings and the CDs can be used right from the start (multisession). However, the CDs can only be recognised by reading devices once they have been fully recorded and fixed. Single session The CD is recorded in one sitting (session). Audio CDs are always single session CDs.
ThirtyTwoMAXX Notices WARNING This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC (U.S.A.) Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. NOTE 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.
