PCMCIA Portable Multimedia Kit Installation Manual CDS-940/940E CDS-420/421 CDS-620/621
EXP COMPUTER, INC. EXP MEMORY PRODUCTS. NON-TRANSFERABLE LIMITED WARRANTY EXP Computer Inc., and EXP Memory Products("EXP") warrants that the Portable Multimedia Kit (“products”) manufactured or distributed by EXP to be free from failures due to defects in materials or workmanship for full one year from the date of purchase of the products.
Copyright 8 1996 EXP Computer, Inc. and EXP Memory Products. All right reserved. 1.30 Edition, March 1996 TRADEMARKS SystemSoft is a registered trademark of SystemSoft Corporation. CardSoft is a trademark of SystemSoft Corporation. Phoenix is a registered trademark of Phoenix Technologies, Ltd. Databook is a registered trademark of Databook Inc. Cardtalk is a trademark of Databook Inc. PCMCIA is a trademark of Personal Computer Memory Card International Association.
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ...................................................................... 1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS............................................. 1 FEATURES...................................................................... 1 PART NAMES AND FUNCTIONS ............................................ 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION .................................................. 7 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 95 .................. 8 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR DOS/WINDOWS 3.1 ........
INTRODUCTION The Portable Multimedia Kit is composed of a PCMCIA CD-ROM drive and a Sound Module. Compliant with PCMCIA 2.1, the CD-ROM can connect to any computer with a PCMCIA slot. The Sound Module, with its real 16-bit stereo CD sound quality can play high-fidelity CD-quality audio. The Sound Module has a built-in microphone, speaker, and volume control, and for your convenience, there are external jacks for microphone and speaker.
PART NAMES AND FUNCTIONS Front panel of the CDS-940/940E DRIVE • Disc Tray: This disc tray is used to insert the compact disc. ‚ Headphone Jack: 3.5 mm audio headphone jack. ƒ Activity LED: This LED will blink when the drive is accessing the disc. „ Headphone Volume Control Knob: This rotary knob is used to adjust the headphone jack volume. … Load /Eject Button: This button is used to load/eject the Disc Tray.
Rear panel of the CDS-940/940E DRIVE • Interface Connector: This interface connector is used to connect the CD-ROM drive with the PCMCIA interface card. ‚ Audio Output Jacks: Left and right channel audio output for connection to external speakers or Line-in jack of the Sound Module.
FRONT panel of the CDS-420/421/620/621 DRIVE • Disc Tray: This disc tray is used to insert the compact disc. ‚ Load/Stop button: • Press this button to load the disc tray. • When playing an Audio CD, pressing this button will put it into the stop state. ƒ Power Indicator: • This indicator will light with a green LED when the power is on. • This LED will blink when battery power is low.
REAR PANEL OF THE CDS-420/421/620/621 DRIVE • Interface Connector: This interface connector connects to the PCMCIA interface card. ‚ DC in Jack: This jack connects to the AC adapter. ƒ Line out Jack: This jack outputs audio signal to an amplifier. „ DC +5V Source Switch This switch selects DC +5V power source for the CD-ROM drive. There are two sources to choose from - PC direct or DC/battery.
SOUND MODULES • Built-in Speaker: This built-in 28 mm speaker is a MONO sound speaker. ‚ Volume Control Knob: This knob is used to adjust the volume of the built-in speaker and the external headphone jack. ƒ External Headphone Jack: This is used to connect to a headphone or a self-powered external speaker with a standard 3.5 mm stereo plug. When using with an external headphone or speaker, the built-in speaker will be disabled.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Before you begin, make sure you turn your system OFF before connecting the PCMCIA Portable Multimedia Kit. 1. Connect the PCMCIA interface card to the CD-ROM drive. Press firmly until the CD-ROM connector is seated, and tighten the two screws on the cable connector. 2. Place the CD-ROM drive in the horizontal position, for the CD-ROM is designed to operate only in the flat position. Operating the CD-ROM drive in any abnormal position is not recommended. 3.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 95 If your computer does not have Windows 95 installed yet, please refer to the section titled “Using Multimedia Kit to Install Windows 95”. USING PORTABLE MULTIMEDIA KIT UNDER WINDOWS 95 The following dialog box will appear when you insert the Multimedia kit under Windows 95 for the very first time. If the dialog box does not appear and the CD-ROM folder can not be found in My Computer, please refer to the section titled “Enabling 32-Bit Card Support”.
USING MULTIMEDIA KIT TO INSTALL WINDOWS 95 If you are about to upgrade your operating system from DOS/Windows 3.XX to Windows 95 using the Multimedia kit, the Multimedia kit’s DOS device driver as described in the “Software Installation for DOS/Windows” section should be properly installed first before proceeding further. Then, perform the following steps to install Windows 95. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Start Windows 3.1. Insert the Windows 95 CD into the Multimedia kit.
After the PCMCIA 32-Bit Card support is installed, Windows will prompt you to reboot your computer. Then you should refer to the first section titled “Using PORTABLE MULTIMEDIA KIT Under Windows 95” to configure the Multimedia kit. Adding the PCMCIA Socket If the PCMCIA Socket is NOT listed in the “Device Manager” window, then you must add a PCMCIA socket to your system. Please click on the “Add New Hardware” icon in the Control Panel folder and select “PCMCIA socket”.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR DOS/WINDOWS 3.1(3.11) AUTOMATIC INSTALLATION The device driver installation programs provide an INSTALL program to help you to install the CDROM/Sound device driver into the computer with ease. Please follow the steps shown below to proceed with automatic installation. 1. Insert the device driver diskette into a floppy disk drive on your computer. 2. Change the working directory to the floppy drive containing the device driver diskette by typing “A:” or “B:” then press ENTER. 3.
5-b.If you select to use the “CD-ROM with Sound”, a dialog box like Figure 5-b will be displayed for you to specify 1) the directory to place the device driver, 2) the DOS directory, 3) the I/O port and 4) the IRQ desired for the Portable Multimedia Kit. Enter the directory you wish to install the driver to and press the TAB key to indicate the DOS directory. Again, press TAB in order to set the I/O port and then the IRQ. The default setting of the I/O ports are 220-23F, and the default IRQ is 10.
CDS-420/940E/620/621 MANUAL INSTALLATION You may also manually install the Portable Multimedia Kit device driver if the default setting conflicts with your system. 1. Copy the files EXPCDM.EXE from the Portable Multimedia Kit device driver disk to your hard disk. 2. Add “LASTDRIVE=Z” to the TOP of your CONFIG.SYS file. If you already have a LASTDRIVE line with a letter other than Z, change it to Z. 3. If you wish to use the CD-ROM only, add the following lines near the BOTTOM of your CONFIG.
5. Reboot your computer to activate the Portable Multimedia Kit. 6. If you select to use the CD-ROM with Sound, you will also have to install the Windows device driver for Sound. Insert the Audio Application Software Disk #1 into a floppy drive, then start Windows and run File Manager. Select the drive containing the Audio Application Software Disk#1. Find and double-click file setup.exe.
CDS-940 MANUAL INSTALLATION You may also manually install the Portable Multimedia Kit device driver if the default setting conflicts with your system. 1. Copy the files EXPCDS.EXE and TXCS.SYS from the Portable Multimedia Kit device driver disk to your hard disk. 2. Add “LASTDRIVE=Z” to the TOP of your CONFIG.SYS file. If you already have a LASTDRIVE line with a letter other than Z, change it to Z. 3. If you wish to use the CD-ROM only, add the following lines near the BOTTOM of your CONFIG.
The example above shows the default setting. The /D: switch indicates the drive name. It MUST be the same name that you specify for the /D: switch of TXCS.SYS in your CONFIG.SYS file. The /M: switch indicates how much memory to allocate for caching information on the CD-ROM. The default /M:4 caches 8KB. For more information about the switches of MSCDEX, please type “help MSCDEX” at the DOS prompt. 5. Reboot your computer to activate the Portable Multimedia Kit. 6.
CDS-940 TROUBLE SHOOTING This section explains the most common error messages and their solutions. After rebooting your computer, the following messages will be displayed on your screen, which are generated by EXPCDS.EXE, TXCS.SYS and MSCDEX.EXE . Configure card to: I/O Port: 340-343 Power: connected PCMCIA CD-ROM card is present in socket 1 . . . MPC-2 Compliant, Dual speed CD-ROM drive . . .
v Error: The INTEL 82365SL PCMCIA controller is not detected in your system. You should contact your dealer to get a PCMCIA support software. The above message means the PCMCIA controller of your system is not INTEL 82365SL compatible. In this case, you should install PCMCIA support software which should have been supplied by the notebook manufacture. Error messages generated by TXCS.SYS : v CD-ROM: Drive not ready, aborting installation The above message means TXCS.SYS can't find PCMCIA CD-ROM.
CDS-420/940E/620/621 TROUBLE SHOOTING This section explains the most common error messages and their solutions. After rebooting your computer, the following messages will be displayed on your screen, which are generated by EXPCDM.EXE and MSCDEX.EXE . Configure card to: I/O Port: 220-23f Power: connected PCMCIA CD-ROM card is present in socket 1 . . . Drive D: = Driver MSCD001 unit 0 If any error occurs or the PCMCIA CD-ROM does not work, you should reboot your computer again.
v Error: The INTEL 82365SL PCMCIA controller is not detected in your system. You should contact your dealer to get a PCMCIA support software. The above message means the PCMCIA controller of your system is not INTEL 82365SL compatible. In this case, you should install PCMCIA support software which should have been supplied by the notebook manufacture. v CD-ROM: Drive not ready, aborting installation The above message means EXPCDM can't find PCMCIA CD-ROM.
USING THE PCMCIA CD-ROM Before using the PCMCIA CD-ROM, you should first load the CD-ROM disc properly by following the instructions below: 1. Push the Load/Eject button on the CD-ROM drive front panel. The tray will automatically slide out. 2. Place the CD-ROM disc on the tray with the label side facing up. 3. Push the Load/Eject button again. The tray will automatically load. 4. After a few seconds, the “Activity LED” should illuminate when the spindle reaches its desired speed.
HOW TO PLAY THE AUDIO CD Windows 3.1 The CD-Audio CDs can be played on your PCMCIA CD-ROM by using CD Audio software utilities, such as the Media Player in Windows 3.1. To use Media Player, you must have the [MCI] CD Audio driver installed. Make sure the CD-Audio disc is install in the CD-ROM drive. The CD Audio driver is installed through the Control Panel. Go into the Drivers and ADD [MCI] CD Audio. The installation will require one of the Windows diskette to install the driver. The driver is MCICDA.DRV.
PCMCIA SOFTWARE INFORMATION If you have installed the PCMCIA software, such as SystemSoft’s CardSoft and Databook’s Cardtalk, then EXPCDS.EXE(or EXPCDM.EXE) will call the Card Services or Socket Services to enable the card. If you don’t have one, EXPCDS(or EXPCDM.EXE) still can directly access hardware to enable the card. In this case, your computer should have an Intel 82365SL Personal Computer Interface Controller (PCIC) or other compatible controller.
The device driver names of the major PCMCIA software are listed below: Software/Device SystemSoft Driver CardSoft Award IBM Cardware ThinkPad PCMSS.EXE SSPCIC.EXE IBMDSS02.SYS CS.EXE PCMCS.EXE PCCS.EXE IBMDOSCS.SYS CSALLOC.EXE PCMRMAN.SYS PCRM.EXE DICRMU02.SYS IDE/ATA Driver ATADRV.EXE PCMATA.SYS SRAM Card Driver MTSRAM.EXE Flash Card Support MTAA.EXE, PCENABLE.EXE AUTODRV.SYS Socket Services SS365SL.EXE, Phoenix SS365LP.EXE, SSCIRRUS.EXE, SSDBOOK.EXE, SVADEM.EXE, SSVLSI.
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=D000-D3FF FILES=40 BUFFERS:20 STACKS=9,256 DEVICE=C:\CARDWARE\SSPCIC.EXE DEVICE=C:\CARDWARE\PCCS.EXE DEVICE=C:\CARDWARE\PCRM.EXE/AUTODETECT DEVICE=C:\CARDWARE\PCENABLE.EXE DEVICE=C:\CDROM\EXPCDS.EXE /P:220 /I:11 /D:MSCD001 DEVICE=C:\CDROM\TXCS.SYS /P:220 /D:MSCD001 PHOENIX PCMCIA SOFTWARE SAMPLE CONFIG.SYS FILE LASTDRIVE=Z DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=D000-D3FF DOS=HIGH, UMB STACKS=9,256 DEVICE=C:\PCMSS.
Examples for CDS-420/940E/620/621 SYSTEMSOFT PCMCIA SOFTWARE SAMPLE CONFIG.SYS FILE LASTDRIVE=Z DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=D000-D3FF FILES=40 BUFFERS=20 STACKS=9,256 DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARSOFT\SS36SSL.EXE DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\CS.EXE DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\CSALLOC.EXE REM** The REM’s should be removed from the following REM** lines to enable memory and hard drive card support REM** DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\ATADRV.EXE REM** DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\MTSRAM.
POWER SAVING The PCMCIA CD-ROM drive will automatically enter a sleep mode (spindle off) when it has not been accessed for about 4 minutes. Also, you can manually get into this sleep mode by removing the Compact Disc (CD) from your CD-ROM drive. The operating current will then be reduced to 120 mA. The “Hot insert/remove” feature of a PCMCIA card also helps to save power.
FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
