User manual SAMSUNG SM-348B

[. . . ] Safety Precautions Notational Installation While Operating Other 3 3 4 5 6 2. Introduction Front Rear 7 7 8 3. Setup Installing the COMBO Drive Connecting the Cables Installing the CD Record Utility Installing the Device Driver Setting Up the Device Driver 9 9 9 12 12 12 4. Using the Drive Using the COMBO Drive Storing and Cleaning Your Discs Upgrading the Firmware Flash Memory System Requirements 13 13 13 14 14 5. [. . . ] Add the C:\SAMSUNG\MSCDEX/D:SSCD000 entry. Reboot the computer. English - 12 Using the Drive Using the COMBO Drive To play audio or video CDs and / or DVDs in your COMBO drive, proceed as follows. Push the power button and boot the computer. After booting the computer, open the disc compartment by pressing the Eject button. Insert the disc (CD/DVD) with the label on the disc facing upwards and close the disc compartment by pressing the Eject button. Playing Audio CDs Run the CD player supplied with Windows or your sound card. You can listen to the CD by connecting an earphone to the earphone connection terminal. Playing DVDs or Video CDs Set up and run the SOFT MPEG program supplied as an accessory. Storing and Cleaning Your Discs To ensure a long service life for your discs and drive, follow the pre-cautions below when storing and cleaning your discs. Do not place a disc in direct sunlight. Store a disc vertically in a well-ventilated and stable location. Do not write or attach a label on a disc. Do not drop a disc or place heavy objects on it. Do not touch the surface of a disc; hold it by the edges. To clean a disc, polish lightly from the inside of the disc to the outside with a soft cotton cloth. Do not leave the disc compartment open when you are not using it. English - 13 Using the Drive Upgrading the Firmware Flash Memory The product firmware can be upgraded by downloading the updated file from the following Web site: http://www. samsung-ODD. com http://www. samsungelectronics. com/odd System Requirements Before you install the COMBO drive, we strongly recommend that you check that your setup meets the system requirements listed below. Item Computer Free expansion unit Disk space Windows version MS-DOS DVD Video playback Description Intel Pentium II 400MHz/Celeron 466A(or higher), 64 MB of RAM (or higher) with an 80pin IDE interface for Ultra DMA. 5. 25 inch 700 MB minimum Windows 98/2000/ME/XP/NT4. 0 (or higher) (For Windows NT, we recommend Service Pack2, and Version is over 4. 00. 1381) 5. 0 or higher (For MS-DOS, The CD-R/CD-RW driver can only read a disc without premaster Software. ) PC with Windows 98/2000/ME/XP/NT4. 0 DVD-Video playback software and appropriate hardware (the Power DVD MPEG software is included in the COMBO drive package) DVD Region Protection Coding (RPC): The RPC feature is supported on DVD players and is used with DVD-video discs (such as movies). Currently, the motionpicture industry has divided the worldinto different regions or zones thatcorrespond to the regional markets intowhich the motion picture industry releasesmovies. Simply put, RPC codes are placedon movies marketed throughout the world, based on the region of the world inwhich they are being sold. These RPCcodes help control and prevent piratingof new movies into other motion pictureregions prior to their true releasedates within those markets. The SM-348 COMBO drive supports RPCphase II. In the RPC-2 mode, the localcode can be changed by users. RPC-2is selected by default for the SM-348 COMBO drive. You can change the region code up tofive times via an MPEG application. Please contact your dealer or local SAMSUNG representative if you wish tochange the local code more than fivetimes. English - 14 Troubleshooting If you have any problems recording via your COMBO drive, follow the appropriate instructions below for the source that you are using. Hard Drive Check whether the source file is corrupted. [. . . ] Check that the sound card is operational. Run the CD player supplied with Windows or your sound card. You can listen to the CD by connecting headphones to the appropriate connector. If you have installed the appropriate player, such as Microsoft Windows Media Player, you can adjust the volume using the headphone volume control on the drive front panel. [. . . ]