Creative GCD-R542B manual Drive’s Front Panel, Stereo Phone Jack, Volume Control, Busy Indicator

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The Drive’s Front Panel

This section describes the various controls on your drive’s front panel as shown in Figure 1-1.

Figure 1-1: The front panel of your CD-ROM drive.

Stereo Phone Jack

The Stereo Phone Jack allows you to connect a pair of earphones to the drive. It also allows you to connect a pair of powered speakers. If you are connecting a pair of speakers to your drive, make sure that you switch on the speakers.

Volume Control

The Volume Control allows you to adjust the volume of your earphones or powered speakers connected to the front panel Stereo Phone Jack. This control has no effect on the audio output from devices (such as speakers) connected to your audio card.

Busy Indicator

The Busy Indicator lights up whenever your drive is reading data from your disc.

Knowing Your CD-ROM Drive 1-2

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Contents CD ROM Upgrade CD-ROM Upgrade Modifications Regulatory InformationSafety Information Compliance Obtaining Latest Information IntroductionBefore You Begin Checking System RequirementsMaking a Copy of Your Diskettes Using this GuideDocument Conventions Text Element Use Bold Icon Use Knowing Your CD-ROM Drive Stereo Phone Jack Volume ControlBusy Indicator Drive’s Front PanelDisc Tray Play/Skip ButtonEject Hole Stop/Eject ButtonHolding a disc Drive’s Rear Panel Digital Output ConnectorMaster/Slave Jumper CD Audio ConnectorIDE CD-ROM Data Connector Power-in ConnectorItems required for setting up your CD-ROM drive Setting Up Your CD-ROM DriveIDE CD-ROM interface card Installing Your DriveInserting Your Drive into Your System Vacating a drive bay Inserting your CD-ROM drive Connecting Cables to Your Drive’s Rear PanelConnecting power cable to your CD-ROM drive Connecting CD audio cable to your CD-ROM drive Connecting Cables to Your Card10 Connecting data cable to the audio card 12 Fastening the drives to your system 13 Locating a vacant slot 15 Inserting the IDE CD-ROM interface card 17 Connecting the data cable to the interface card 19 Fastening the drives to your system Page Page 22 Connecting the CD audio cable to the audio card 23 Fastening the drives to your system Installing the SoftwareCONFIG.SYS Testing the InstallationSetting Up Your CD-ROM Drive Running DOS QuickCD Using QuickCDQuickCD screen Understanding the DOS QuickCD ScreenThis function is ignored Quitting DOS QuickCD Running Windows QuickCDProgram Item Properties dialog box Select MCI CD Audio from the Add dialog box Understanding the Windows QuickCD Control Window Starting Windows QuickCDForwards the current track by 10 seconds Control menu Using the Control Menu BoxPreferences dialog box Customizing Windows QuickCDQuitting Windows QuickCD Doing More with Your CD-ROM Drive Changing the Driver SettingsSBIDE.SYS Settings IDE Port Addr, irq Addresses Used MSCDEX.EXE Settings Locking the Disc Tray Running CdsetupConnecting Additional Drives Enabling and Disabling Jumpers Configuring the Master/Slave Jumper SettingJumper labeled CS is reserved and should not be used Daisy-chaining the drives Connecting the DrivesPerformance Characteristics Technical DataPhysical Dimensions Environmental Operating Limits Typical Audio PerformanceAddresses Resolving Hardware ConflictsChanging Base I/O Address Figure B-1 IDE Port settings for the IDE CD-ROM Interface IDE Port IRQ Lines Changing IRQ LineResolving Hardware Conflicts B-5 Problems with CD-ROM Drive TroubleshootingTroubleshooting C-2 PathMSCDEX /DMSCD001 /DMSCD002 /V /M8 CD-ROM/XA GlossaryTrack Logical region of a disc. Each track can Inside U.S.A., Canada and South America Technical SupportFrance Inside EuropeThrough Compuserve Inside AsiaIf you are not a member of Compuserve valid only in U.S.A If you are already a member of Compuserve