Detailed instructions for use are in the User's Guide.
[. . . ] CRW-4012A-U
External CD-RW
40x/12x/48x CD-RW Drive
User's Manual
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Copyrights/Disclaimer
Copyright © 2002 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes, without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE OR DATA, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE), EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT. [. . . ] In Zone 4, the recording speed reaches 32X after t3. The maximum recording speed of 40X is attained in Zone 4 after t4 time.
Zone CLV Recording Method
Speed
40x
Zone5
32x
Zone4
24x
Zone3
20x
Zone2
16x
Zone1
t1
t2
t3
t4
Time
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Front Panel
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40X12X48X
High Speed
Recordable Rewritable
W
R
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2
3
45
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7
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1. Headphone Jack This jack allows you to connect a headphone with a stereo mini-plug. Headphone Volume Dial To adjust volume of headphone connected, turn dial to the left to decrease volume; turn to the right to increase volume. Power Indicator This LED lights green when drive power is ON and turns off when drive power supply is OFF. WRITE Indicator (Red LED) This LED flashes while data is being written on the disc. READ Indicator (Green LED) This LED turns ON when you place a disc on the drive tray, and stays ON until you remove the disc. The LED flashes while data is being read from the disc. Emergency Eject Pinhole To manually eject the tray and the disc. See page 24, for details on using the emergency eject pinhole. PLAY/SKIP Button This button has two functions. If the drive is idle, pressing this button will start playing a loaded audio disc from the first track. While in the PLAY mode, pressing this button skips to the next track on the disc. STOP/EJECT Button This button has two functions. Pressing this button at any time ejects the disc tray. While in PLAY mode, pressing this button stops playing the disc loaded in the drive. 14 ASUS CRW-4012A-U User's Manual
Rear Panel
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10. 12V Power jack This jack is for the AC adaptor power cable. USB connector A standard Universal Serial Bus (USB 2. 0) plug and play interface. Power switch Turns the power supply ON or OFF. Switching to and switching to "O" side means OFF.
"|" icon means ON
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Installation
System Requirements
Before installing and using the External CD-RW drive, make sure that your computer system meets the following requirements. · · · IBM-compatible Pentium II - 333 MHz or higher PC Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP operating system At least 64MB RAM (128MB recommended)
Recommended Media
40X CD-R CD-R Acer, CMC, Kodak, LeadData, MaxMax, Mitsui, Prodisc, Ritek, TDK Acer, CMC, Kodak, Maxell, Melody, Mitsubishi Chemical, Mitsui, Princo, Prodisc, Ricoh, Ritek, SONY, Taiyo Yuden, TDK Acer, AMT, CMC, Maxell, MaxMax, Mitsubishi Chemical, Plextor, Princo, Ricoh, Ritek, TDK, Verbatim
CD-RW
Do not use damaged or warped disc in the CD-RW drive. [. . . ] 15
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