User manual TEAC DVR0060A

[. . . ] Model DV-W50E 4X DVD-R/-RW Drive User's Manual Internal IDE Drive Safety Precautions TEAC DVD Recordable/Rewritable (DVD-R/-RW) drives are high-precision electronic devices. Do not use them in any manner other than as specified in this manual. Please read this manual in its entirety before you begin the installation procedure. Use of controls, adjustments, or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure. [. . . ] If your original cable does not have an available middle connector, remove this cable and use the cable provided with the TEAC drive. 5d) Your CD-ROM/DVD drive probably uses an audio cable that is connected to the computer's sound card. Therefore, there is no need to connect the audio cable that came with your DVD-R/-RW drive. This audio cable is not necessary for recording audio CDs. Connect the power cable to the power connector on the rear panel of the DVD-R/-RW drive. Insert the power cable plug in the correct orientation into the power connector. The plug is shaped so that it can be easily inserted in only one orientation; do not force the plug into the connector. The +5v terminal is on the left as you face the rear of the panel; the +12v terminal is on the right. The two center terminals are ground terminals. 8. 10 Re-install your computer's cover, faceplate, or bay cover. Start your system. TEAC DVD-R/-RW Drive User's Manual High Speed Recording Guidelines Notes: The IDE DVD-R/-RW drive is a true Plug-N-Play device; therefore, it will be detected automatically by Windows 98SE/Me/2000-Professional/XP. There is no need to install any drivers. The drive is recognized by the operating system as a typical CD-ROM drive. Once you confirm that you can read (play) data discs from the DVDR/-RW drive, install the Roxio software to enable recording to DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD-R and CD-RW discs. Installing Software" on page 13. ) High Speed Recording Guidelines To optimize your drive performance and avoid system lockup conflicts, especially when recording to DVD-R or DVD-RW discs, or to CD-R or CD-RW discs at high speed, you need to exercise the following options to enable DMA Transfer Mode on your system: Windows XP and Windows 2000 1. 5. Right-click My Computer and select Properties from the pop-up menu. Click the Hardware tab, then click Device Manager. In the Device Manager window, double-click IDE/ATA/ATAPI controllers. Double-click Secondary IDE Channel, then click the Advanced Settings tab. For the Transfer Mode parameter, select DMA if available. Refer to Figure 8. Windows 2000 Windows XP Figure 8. Windows XP and Windows 2000 Transfer Mode Settings TEAC DVD-R/-RW Drive User's Manual 11 Connecting to Audio Equipment Windows 98SE and Windows ME 1. [. . . ] Note: Once the software installation is completed, you will be prompted to execute the System Diagnostic program. Select "YES" and be sure to enable DMA for the TEAC DV-W50E and any other drives that support this function. 3. To launch the PowerDVD software, click the Start button on the Windows task bar, then select from the pop-up menu: Programs>CyberLink PowerDVD>PowerDVD. Alternatively, you can double-click the PowerDVD icon on the desktop. 24 TEAC DVD-R/-RW Drive User's Manual Installing Additional Software PowerDVD features a graphical user interface (Figure 22) that enables you to control the playback features of DVD discs on the TEAC DV-W50E. To learn more about PowerDVD features and operational information, click the Help (?) button in the lower-right corner of the CyberLink panel (Figure 22). Help button Figure 22. Cyberlink PowerDVD Panel TEAC DVD-R/-RW Drive User's Manual 25 Installing Additional Software 26 TEAC DVD-R/-RW Drive User's Manual Handling Discs Appendix A. [. . . ]