SimpleTech SmartMedia (SM) Card/Adapter specifications Contents

SimpleTech SmartMedia (SM) Card/Adapter User Guide

Contents

Introduction

Installation Requirements

Installing the SmartMedia Flash Card

A. Digital Cameras/MP3 Players/Digital Camcorders/Printers

B. PC Computers /PDA (Handheld Device, Palmtop)

1)Attaching the SmartMedia Flash Card to the SmartMedia Adapter (If Applicable)

2)Attaching the SmartMedia Flash Card to USB SmartMedia Flash Card Reader (If Applicable)

Using SmartMedia Card in Notebook/Desktop Computers:

Windows 95/98/98SE/ME/ 2000/XP

Windows NT 3.5.1/ Win NT 4.0

Windows 3.x with Card and Socket Services Release 2.1 or Higher

Mac OS

Other Hosts or Operating Systems

Inserting or Removing SmartMedia Flash Card

Inserting or Removing the SmartMedia Flash Card with Windows 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP Inserting or Removing the SmartMedia Flash Card with Windows NT 3.5.1/ Win NT 4.0 Inserting or Removing the SmartMedia Flash Card with Windows 3.x and OS/2 Warp Inserting or Removing the SmartMedia Flash Card with Mac OS

Formatting the SmartMedia Card

Formatting the SmartMedia Card in Windows Operating Systems

Formatting the SmartMedia Card in Mac Operating Systems

SmartMedia Flash Card Precaution and Protection

Card Specifications

Troubleshooting

Technical Support

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Introduction

This is an Installation and User Guide for the SimpleTech® Smart Media (SM)Flash® Card (SSFDC) and the SmartMedia Flash® Adapter. The SimpleTech SmartMedia Flash Card is a super small form-factor card used in several devices including Digital Cameras, Personal Digital Assistants (PDA), MP3 music players, digital voice recorders, and other electronic devices such as cell phones, and pagers. The SmartMedia Flash Card is a solid-state, nonvolatile removable and reusable mass storage which shows up as an ATA hard drive to the host. However, compared to ATA/IDE/ESDI hard drives with rotating discs, the Solid State SmartMedia Flash Card is extremely rugged and very compact.

The SmartMedia Flash Adapter allows the SmartMedia Flash Card to plug into a PC Card socket. Therefore, the SmartMedia Flash Card with the SmartMedia® Adapter provides removable mass storage to thousands of hosts that have PC Card sockets, standard on many notebook computers.

The SimpleTech SmartMedia Flash Card is available in several capacities for your specific applications. The SimpleTech SmartMedia Flash Card Adapter is also available for using SmartMedia Flash Card in PC Card (PCMCIA) slots. Visit www.simpletech.com for details.

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