Sony External USB Contents, Introduction, Features, System requirements, General, Audio, MacOS

Contents
Introduction	5
Features	5
System requirements	5
Location of controls	6
Front panel	6
Rear panel	6
Precautions	7
Hardware Installation	8
Step 1: USB (Universal Serial Bus) cable and connectors	8
Step 2: Attaching USB drive to PC	9
Step 3: Attaching USB drive to Mac	16
Software Installation	18
Operating the drive	18
Starting the drive	18
Opening the drawer manually in an emergency	19
Troubleshooting	20
A few words about the USB interface	20
Troubleshooting table	20
Service contact in Europe	21
Specifications	21

Introduction

Features

The external CD-RW has the following features:

General

●Transportable external drive with Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface

●Hot Plug-n-Play compatible

●Integrated buffer memory

●Power tray loading and ejection of disc (manual eject too)

●Housed in an airtight frame casing

Formats and modes supported

●CD-ROM (Mode 1), CD-ROM XA (Mode 2 form 1 & 2 data)

●PHOTO-CD (reads only) & Video-CD, CD-I (Mode 2, form 1 and 2)

●CD-Digital Audio, CD-EXTRA and CD-I Ready (reads only)

●CD-TEXT, CD-Recordable (CD-R), & CD-ReWritable (CD-RW)

Audio

●Audio output and headphone jack for audio CD playback

Note:

This manual provides step-by-step instructions for drive installation. Please read carefully and thoroughly before attempting installation and save it for future reference.

System requirements

Windows PC

●IBM-compatible PC, Pentium 233 MHz or higher

●Windows 98

●32MB of RAM or more

●Available USB port

●3.5” floppy disk drive & a mouse (Microsoft compatible)

●Installation requires 125MB of free hard disk drive space

MacOS

●Apple iMac or USB equipped G3

●Available USB port

●32 MB of RAM or more

●MacOS 8.5 (USB manager 1.1) or higher

IMPORTANT NOTE:

For best results, Sony CD-R and CD-RW media should be used.

Problem free operation cannot be guaranteed with other media.

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