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1. PAIS ON LU 2U fey OFF 0 SCSI ID PRTY EJECT AUTO BLOCK Changing the SCSI ID sd Usingthe blade of a screwdriver rotate the dial s arrow to a different SCSI ID number Changing DIP Switch Settings Use a screwdriver pen or paper clip to push the DIP switches to an OFF or N setting Other Switch Settings PX 43CH PX 45CH The remaining switches are Parity Leave this ON The parity check provided by the ON setting enhances the reliablility of the SCSI bus with little or no noticeable affect on performance 16 43 45 OPERATION MANUAL Auto Test Block Eject CHAPTER 6 Drive Switch Jumper D ial Settings Leave this O N unless you are havingtrouble reading a defective or damaged CD ROM disc Normally the data transfer rate for the drive is 600KB sec from the data section of the disc and 150KB sec from the audio section However your drive is designed to sense if it is reading a defective damaged or poorly manufacutred disc and adjust the data transfer rate accordingly With the AUTO switch ON the drive first will attemptto read a disc at quad speed 600KB sec If it is unsuccessful the drive automatically will switch to double speed 300KB sec and once again attempt to read the disc If successful the drive will continue at double speed until it receives the next read command At this point it will attempt to resume quad speed opera tion If your drive is unsuccessful in re2. One connector should be used to link your CD ROM drive to your SCSI host adapter the other to link your CD ROM drive to another SCSI peripheral with a daisy chain cable see page 31 You may use either connector for either purpose 12 PX 43CH PX 45CH OPERATION MANUAL CHAPTER 6 Drive Switch Jumper D ial Settings YOURTASK Find the location of jumpers internal drive or switches and rotary dial external drive Check their settings Change them if necessary YOUR OBJECTIVE To ensure that your new CD ROM drive can coexist peacefully with other equipment you might have installed in your computer To ensure that your drive will work properly after it is installed YOURMETHOD Find locations of jumpers switches rotary dial on diagram in Chapter 5 Read below to determine if your drive s settings need to be changed If so follow the directions on making the necessary changes Your 4PleX CD ROM drive needs to be flexible enough to work with the variety of computer systems PC Mac Sun Silicon Graphics DEC etc that can use SCSI peripherals To provide this flexibility Plextor gives its customers options on how a drive can be set before itis installed O n an internal drive settings are determined by the position of jumpers on the jumper block at the rear of the drive On an external drive settings are determined by the position of dip switches and the rotary dial on the rear panel of the drive Fortunately
3. we first have to help you install your 4PleX drive properly and operate it correctly After that the responsibility is yours to seek the applications that make a CD ROM drive such a powerful and exciting addition to your system For those of you with PCs the installation process may seem a bit complicated Mac people have it easy Fear not We have successfully walked through the installation process with many customers who previously had lived in mortal terror of the innards of their computer In this manual you should find all the information you need to successfully install and operate your drive However if you run into a problem CALL US see Chapter 14 for the different ways you can contact us The call is toll free You will be connected to our friendly helpful band of tech support reps who know their stuff about CD ROM drives W hat might seem like a lost cause to you could very well be a 30 second fix to them But we will never know unless you CALLUS If you are having trouble please don t give up and don t take your drive back to where you bought it until you have spoken with one of our tech support reps This manual is designed to be followed in sequence It is aimed primarily atthose who will connect their 4PleX drive to a PC Mac users should look for this symbol 2 Users of UNIX based systems should look for this symbol KE as an indicator of sections of the manual that pertain to them Many of you reading this m
4. S CD ROM Drive Operation Manual PX 43CH Internal CD ROM Drive PX 45CH External CD RO M Drive FCC NOTICE 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 notinstalled and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment causes harmful interfer ence to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Any changes or modifications should be approved by the party responsible for compliance of FCC Rules otherwise the user loses authority to operate the equipment CAUTION Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may
5. also is set to 2 you must change the SCSI ID number of either this peripheral or the CD ROM drive Changing the SCSI ID PX 43CH The SCSI ID number of the PX 43CH is determined by the placement of jumpers on pins 1 2 and 3 To change the SCSI ID number follow the chart below Jumper Installed Across SCSIID Number Pinl Pin2 Pin3 0 No No No 1 YES No No 2 YES No 3 YES YES No 4 No No YES 5 YES No YES 6 No YES YES 7 YES YES YES For example the factory setting of the SCSI ID at 2 is made by installing a jumper across pin 2 ofthe jumper block leaving pins 1 and 3 uncovered To set the SCSI ID at 7 you would install a jumper across pin 1 another jumper across pin 2 and a third jumper across pin 3 To set the SCSI ID at 5 you would install a jumper across pin 1 and a jumper across pin 3 leaving pin 2 uncovered PX 43CH PX 45CH OPERATION MANUAL 15 CHAPTER 6 Drive Switch Jumper D ial Settings PX 45CH External Drive SCS ID Number Please see description on page 15 Itis also applicable to the external drive Factory Setting of Dial and DIP Switches Caution Turn the drive s power OFF before changing the setting of the dial or DIP switches The SCSI ID number of the PX 45CH is determined by the position of the pointer on the SCSI ID rotary dial The drive should arrive with its SCSI ID set to 2 The rotary dial and DIP switches are set by the factory as shown below qu cu a m
6. the safest manner possible W e believe your drive will be most secure if it is shipped in a Plextor box W e hope you will never have to ship your drive back to us If you do however we hope you will send it packaged in a Plextor box If you did not receive a Plextor box if for example your drive came pre installed in a computer we recommend that you pay a packaging store e g Mailboxes etc in your area to ship your drive The drives that we have received from most packaging stores have arrived in good shape If you don t have a packaging store in your area call our tech support department for packaging pointers before you ship your drive In fact you should call our Technical Support D epartment to get an RMA number before returning any drive see Chapter 14 p 65 PX 43CH PX 45CH OPERATION MANUAL 5 x CHAPTER 3 W hat Else Do Need YOUR TASK Review the software and hardware installed in your current computer system YOUR OBJECTIVE Determine what else you may need to operate your CD ROM drive YOUR METHOD Inventory your current computer system check list below If you are a PC owner and you purchased a Plextor box labeled Drive with 16 bit SCSI Interface Kit or Drive with 16 bit Soundboard Kit your needs are simple none 3 The same holds true if you are Mac owner and purchased a Plextor box labeled Drive with Mac Kit Everything you need to successfully install and operate yo
7. 0 pin flat ribbon SCSI cable Jumpers U se to select SCSI ID number parity auto test block size and eject lock options Leave these jumpers at their factory settings unless one or more of the following situations pertain to you SCSI ID number If you are using more than one SCSI peripheral you may have to change your SCSI ID number See page 15 Block size If you are working in a UNIX environmentand want to boot from your CD ROM drive see page 17 Eject lock If you work in an environment where you need to prevent others from easily removing a CD ROM disc from your drive see page 17 Power Connector Connects to your computer s power supply DC 45V and 12V 10 PX 43CH PX 45CH OPERATION MANUAL CHAPTER 5 Drive Features PX 45CH External Drive Front Panel Door Closed FrontDoor Caddy Slot O Eject Button Volume Control G Emergency Eject Button ON BUSY Indicator DISC IN Indicator Headphone Jack Front Door O pen to insert caddy Volume Control Controls volume of headphone jack This control has no effect on the rear panel audio outputs Headphone Jack Stereo mini jack for headphones and powered speakers Caddy Slot Insert caddy after opening door Eject Button Push to eject caddy ON BUSY Indicator Yellow when power is turned on Flashing when disc is inserted and being accessed O ff when disc is inserted an
8. a perfectly good reason why the security sticker on the box was cut before you received it For example a dealer may have purchased a Drive Only configuration from Plextor then added a SCSI interface board and or software he had purchased separately before selling the box to you 2 PX 43CH PX 45CH OPERATION MANUAL CHAPTER 2 Box Contents Use the following tables to check the contents of your box PX 43CH Internal Drives DRIVE DRIVE w DRIVE w ONLY 16 bit SCSI Soundboard Interface CD ROM drive am 1 Side rails with 4 chrome and 4 black screws P 227 X X X Caddy a ume X X X 16 bit SCSI interface board with device drivers on floppy disk amp board manual X Audio cable X SCSI cable X X Soundboard with device drivers on floppy disk amp soundboard manual Plextor operation manual W arranty registration card Extra jumpers for setting drive switches C Km x PX 43CH PX 45CH OPERATION MANUAL 3 CHAPTER 2 Box Contents PX 45CH External Drives DRIVE DRIVE DRIVEw DRIVE ONLY w 16 bit Sound w SCSI board Mac Kit Interface CD ROM drive Ce X X X X Caddy Teminator Bracket Connector 16 bit SCSI interface board with device drivers on floppy disk amp board manual Audio Cable SCSI
9. ading a disc at quad or double speed it will slow to single speed 150KB sec and try a final time to read the disc If successful the drive will continue at single speed until it receives the next read command Atthis point itwill attemptto resume quad speed operation If it is unsuccessful in its attempt to read a disc at single speed you will receive an error message You may override this feature and set your drive to operate only at single speed 150KB sec by setting the AUTO switch jumper OFF Atthis setting the drive will transfer both data and audio at 150KB sec We recommend that you set this switch jumper OFF only under extreme circumstances e g you have a badly damaged disc thatyou MUST get data from Leave this OFF It is for factory use only Leave this OFF unless you are working in an UNIX environment and want to boot from your CD ROM drive If so set this switch jumper ON In most situations you will wantto leave this switch jumper OFF However if you are in an environment where you want to prevent others from borrowing or stealing the disc inserted in your drive e g the drive is located in a public place where multiple people hae unlimited access you can activate the Eject Lock feature To do so set this switch jumper ON When this switch jumper is ON itis impossible to eject a disc inserted in the drive by pressing the Eject button A software eject command must be issued for the disc to eject from the d
10. anual are experienced computer users who have successfully installed peripherals in the past There probably are a number of sections in this manual that you can skip over However we ask everyone from novice computer users to experienced computer professionals to read the sections marked with this symbol PX 43CH PX 45CH OPERATION MANUAL 1 CHAPTER 2 Box Contents YOURTASK Check the contents of the box YOUR OBJECTIVE Make sure you got everything you paid for YOUR METHOD Compare what you find in the box with the tables on the following pages W hat you should find in your Plextor box depends on two factors 1 what configu ration you purchased and 2 what the company that sold you the box put in or took out while it was in their possession Plextor currently sells its 4PleX drives in four configurations 1 Drive Only 2 Drive with 16 bit SCSI Interface Board Kit 3 Drive with16 bit Soundboard Kit 4 Drive with Mac Kit The configuration you received is indicated by stickers applied to your box PLEASE A security sticker was applied to the top of your box The contents of your NOTE box were carefully checked before this sticker was applied If it was cut before you purchased the box you should carefully check the contents to ensure nothing has been removed If something is missing you should contact the party from whom you purchased the box for an explanation There may be
11. ave an external drive you 6 OPERATION MANUAL CHAPTER 3 What Else Do Need will need two SCSI cables internal and external an audio cable and a special bracket that plugs into the back of your computer The bracket acts as the point where cables inside your computer connect to cables outside your computer and onto your CD ROM drive You also may need to update your device drivers See the discussion about device drivers in Chapter 9 of this manual Once you have assembled everything you need you re ready to install your drive But first a few words of caution are in order PX 43CH PX 45CH OPERATION MANUAL 7 CHAPTER 4 Precautions OUR TASK Read the list of precautions below YOUR OBJECTIVE Avoid any undo harm coming to you or your drive YOUR METHOD Review the list and use common sense Yournew CD ROM driveisa precision electromechanical device Like the rest of your computer system it requires reasonable care in its installation and use Please read this manual carefully and keep it handy for easy reference Use this manual for installation operation and troubleshooting See your dealer or call Plextor s Technical Support Department should your drive require repair or service X Do not put your computer monitor or any other device weighing more than 30 Ibs on top of the PX 45CH external drive X Do not place either the PX 43CH or PX 45CH drive in direct sunli
12. cable WE Sound board with device drivers on floppy disk amp soundboard manual Plextor operation manual W arranty registration card M ac device drivers manual amp disk PX 43CH PX 45CH OPERATION MANUAL CHAPTER 2 Box Contents A Gentle Reminder YOUR TASK Save your box if you received one YOUR OBJECTIVE Have a secure container in which to ship your drive back to Plextor if necessary YOUR METHOD Find an empty space in your home office fill it with the Plextor box If you received your 4PleX CD ROM drive in a Plextor box you should save the box after you have installed your drive There are many sets of hands some of them potentially unfriendly that a 4PleX drive might go through on its way from us to you Our box and its packaging material were designed and drop tested to ensure that your 4PleX drive can endure rough treatment and still arrive in working order We advise you to hold onto your box in case you should ever need to return your drive to Plextor for any reason U nfortunately some of our customers have not held onto their boxes and have had to resortto some less than secure methodsto getdrives back to us We have received drives in a shoebox in an unpadded express mail envelope and in a box filled with buttered popcorn We cannot assume liability for any damage your drive sustains during shipment Therefore please ship your drive in
13. d not being accessed DISC IN Indicator Green when power is on and disc is inserted O ff if no disc is inserted Emergency Eject Hole Insert paper clip or other thin rigid object to eject caddy if automatic eject button does not work Turn off power before using this feature PX 43CH PX 45CH OPERATION MANUAL 11 a CHAPTER 5 Drive Features PX 45CH External D rive Rear Panel DIP Switches SCSIID Power Switch SC I 0 gg 1 1 5 ac 100 240v 2201 INTERFACE 5 50 50 5047 AUDIO CUT SCSI Interface AC Power Input Connector and II Audio O utput RCA jacks SCSI ID Use this dial to designate SCSI ID number Rotate the dial to change the number AC Power Input Use the power cord supplied with your drive Power Switch To turn power ON OFF DIP Switches Use to set parity auto test block size and eject lock options Leave these switches at their factory settings unless either or both of the following situations pertains to you Block size If you are working in a UNIX environment and want to boot from your CD ROM drive see page 17 Eject Lock If you work in an environment where you need to prevent others from removing a CD ROM disc from your drive see page 17 Audio Output stereo analog signal via RCA jacks Use to connect to audio amplifier or other audio equipment SCSI Interface Connector and 11
14. extor Corp reserves the right to revise this manual and to make changes in its content without obligation to notify any person or organization of such revision or change This manual is copyrighted all rights reserved It may not be copied photocopied translated or reduced to any electronic medium or machine readable form without Plextor s prior permis sion Manual copyright O 1994 Plextor Corp First edition June 1994 Licenses and Trademarks All licenses and trademarks are property of their respective owners Table of Contents Box Contents Internal Drives 3 External Drives 4 AGenteReminder 5 What Else Do I Need Precautions eae O 550 y vue mede se au dees Internal Drive Front 9 10 External Drive Front 11 12 Drive Switch Jumper Dial Settings Internal 14 SCSI ID 15 External 16 SCSI ID 15 Other Switch Jumper Settings 16 Internal Drive 19 External Drive 19 8 Hardware Installat
15. ght on heating units or near electrical appliances which draw large amounts of current such as a high powered audio amplifier microwave oven toaster hair dryer etc V Keep the area around your drive clean from dust smoke and other contami nants V Use a soft dust free cloth for cleaning your drive Do notallow moisture liquids including water cleaning fluids or solvents to touch the drive Thinner benzene or alcohol based solvents can mar your drive s surface To help ensure that your CD ROM discs remain free of dirt or other contaminants your drive requires a disc caddy Use only an industry standard disc caddy Do not insert a warped or cracked disc caddy into the drive Keep your CD ROM disc clean See Chapter 11 for tips on handling and cleaning CD ROM discs X Do not drop or jolt the drive X Do notattemptto open the drive and service it yourself Removing the cover may expose you to harmful electrical voltages or the laser beam For your safety entrust service to Plextor authorized service personnel only Only CD ROM discs carrying this label may be used with this drive 8 PX 43CH PX 45CH OPERATION MANUAL CHAPTER 5 Drive Features 22 Getto know your drive YOUR OBJECTIVE Learn how to operate different features of the drive Learn what goes where Learn some terms that will be used elsewhere in the manual YOUR METHOD Match the different parts of your drive to the dia
16. grams below PX 43CH Internal Drive Front Panel Door Closed FrontDoor Caddy Slot Eject Button Control Q Headphone Jack ON BUSY Indicator DISC IN Indicator Front Door O pen to insert caddy Eject Button Push to eject caddy ON BUSY Indicator Yellow when power is on Flashing when disc is inserted and being accessed O ff when disc is inserted and not being accessed DISC IN Indicator Green when power is on and disc is inserted O ff if no disc is inserted PX 43CH PX 45CH OPERATION MANUAL 9 CHAPTER 5 Drive Features Volume Control Controls volume of headphone jack This control has no effect on the rear panel audio outputs Q Headphone Jack Stereo mini jack for headphones and powered speakers Caddy Slot Insert caddy after opening door Emergency Eject Hole Insert paper clip or other thin rigid object to eject caddy if automatic eject button does not work Turn off power before using this feature PX 43CH Internal Drive Rear Panel Audio O utput Connector SCSI Interface Connector Jumpers Power Connector 1 2 12 12215 211121121 9 o o o LER sO 1 80 400 AUDIO OUT Lene INPUT Audio Output Connector O utputs stereo analog signal Use to connect to sound board or audio amplifier SCSI Interface Connector Connects to SCSI interface board using 50 pin to 5
17. ion 20 Board Installation 21 Drive Positioning 24 Mounting Internal Drive 25 External Drive Installation 29 Soundboard Installation 32 Autio Qables yera od 33 9 Software Device Driver Installation 34 example Future Domain TM C 1610M for PCs 35 example FWB Toolkitfor MACS 37 10 Special Operating System 66 38 QS 2 ayau sau Ree og s fies 38 WindowsNT lene 40 11 Using CD ROM Discsand Caddies 42 Inserting the Disc into Caddy 42 Loading the Caddy into theDrive 43 Removing the Caddy fromthe Drive 44 CleaningtheDisc lesen 44 12 How To Play Music CDs on your Drive 45 13 Troubleshooting 48 14 Contacting Plextor s Technical Support Department 63 How to 64 BeforeYouCall 64 Returns RMA 65 Helpful Phone FAX BBS Numbers 65 15 Specifications 66 About Plextor 68 Warranty Information Inside Back Cover CHAPTER 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing a Plextor 4PleX CD ROM drive We appreciate the confidence you have shown our ability to put you and keep you on the leading edge of CD ROM drive performance To get you there
18. ows ON Jumper installed O FF Jumper removed 0 0 000 SCSI ID EJECT PRTY BLOCK AUTO TEST Installing and Removing Jumpers Ensure power to the drive is O FF before installing or removing jumpers Identify the appropriate pin number by looking for the pin labeled 1 on the green circuit board The pins to the right of it are 2 3 4 5 6 7 and 8 respectively To remove a jumper pull it off with your fingers or a pair of needle nose pliers To add a jumper push it onto the jumper pins Three extra jumpers are supplied with the PX 43CH in addition to the three jumpers already installed at the factory Caution Install jumpers across each pin asshown Do not connectone pin switch to another by installing the jumpers lengthwise Doing so could result in damage to the drive SS Jumper Install Jumpers This W ay Do NOT Install Jumpers This W ay 14 PX 43CH PX 45CH OPERATION MANUAL CHAPTER 6 Drive Switch Jumper D ial Settings SCS ID Number It is possible to chain using a daisy chain cable up to seven SCSI peripherals to a single SCSI interface board or to the SCSI port of an Apple computer However when using multiple SCSI peripherals itis necessary to set each peripheral to a unique SCSI ID number Your Plextor CD ROM drive can be set to use one of eight SCS ID numbers The drive should arrive with its SCSI ID set to 2 Accordingly if you already use another SCSI peripheral and its SCSI ID
19. result in hazardous radiation exposure The laser beam emitted from the optical pickup is invisible Accordingly Do not open the optical pickup housing Obtain service only from Plextor authorized personnel To disconnect the CD RO M drive from an electrical current pull out the power plug VORSICHT DIE TRENNUNG VOM NETZ ERFOLGT DURCH ZIEHEN DES NETZSECKES Zur Einhaltung der Funk Entst rung von nicht selbstandig betreib baren H ochfrequenzgeraten periphere Anlagenkomponenten Dieses G erat entspricht als Einzelgerat den Funk Entst ranforderun gen der Postverf gung Nr 243 1991 Wird das Gerat innerhalb einer Anlage zusammen mit anderen Ger ten betrieben So mu bei Inanspruchnahme der Allgemeinen Betriebs genehmigung nach UG Vfg 243 der BMPT AmtsblVfg Nr 243 1991 die gesamte Anlage folgenden Richtlinien entsprechen e Grenzwertklases B der EN 55022 e Auflagen nach 2 der BMPT AmtsblVfg 243 1991 Dies ist bei der Zusammensetzung einer Anlage z B Computersystem aus nur einzein gepr ften Geraten nicht immer erf llt CD ROM DRIVE PX 43CH Internal PX 45CH External S Prextor Plextor reserves the right to make improvements in the products described in this manual at any time without prior notice Plextor makes no representation or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Further Pl
20. rive Check your device driver manual for instructions on how to issue a software eject command PX 43CH PX 45CH OPERATION MANUAL 17 CHAPTER 7 Termination YOUR TASK Find the location of the terminator s on your drive YOUR OBJECTIVE Determine if your drive must use a terminator s YOUR METHOD Find location of terminator s by checking diagrams in Chapter 5 If necessary remove them by following instructions given below You must use a terminator if the PX 43CH or PX 45CH is the only SCSI peripheral used with your computer In addition you must use a terminator if you are using multiple SCSI peripherals with your computer and the PX 43CH or PX 45CH is positioned as the last peripheral in a daisy chain Any SCSI peripherals which are positioned between your SCSI host adapter and the last peripheral in a daisy chain should have their terminators turned O FF Consult the manuals of these peripherals for the proper method of turning their terminators O FF Remember Only the last SCS peripheral in a daisy chain should have its terminator turned ON If you have any SCSI devices chained after your PX 43CH or 45 you must turn O FF the PX 43CH s or PX 45CH s termina tion 18 43 45 OPERATION MANUAL CHAPTER 7 Termination PX 43CH Termination The PX 43CH is shipped from the factory with its termination turned ON To turn termination O FF remove the black resistor blocks from the loca
21. tions shown below Top panel of drive i Resistor Block White Dot Front door If your drive already is installed in your computer be sure to turn off your computer power before removing or reinstalling the terminators W e recommend that you use needle nose pliers to remove the resistor blocks in order to avoid bending their legs W e also recommend that you retain the resistor blocks so you can reinsert them into the drive if you later need to turn the drive stermination ON If you reinsertthe resistor blocks make sure that the side of the resistor block with a small white dot is facing UP PX 45CH Termination The PX 45CH is shipped from the factory with a terminator installed on one of its SCSI connectors on the rear panel of the drive W hen this terminator is installed the drive s termination is turned ON To turn the termination OFF first turn off the drive s power then pull the terminator off the SCSI connector We recommend that you retain the terminator so that it can be reinstalled if you later need to turn the drive s termination ON PX 43CH PX 45CH OPERATION MANUAL 19
22. ur 4PleX CD ROM drive is included in the box you purchased The only thing you need to add is a CD ROM disc to play in your new drive If you are a PC owner who has purchased a 4PleX Drive Only box life gets a bit more complicated You fall into one of three groups 1 You do not own a SCSI interface board In which case you haveto getone Yourlocal computer store and numerous mail order vendors carry them Call us if you need suggestions on which model to buy You also will need to buy a SCSI ribbon cable to connect the board to an internal drive or an external SCSI cable to connect the board to an external drive 2 You own a SCSI interface board If you already have other SCSI peripherals e g hard disk scanner tape drive connected to the board you will need a daisy chain cable that can connectone board to multiple SCSI peripherals If you have a SCSI interface board butthe CD ROM drive isthe only SCSI peripheral you will connect to it you can use cables such as those mentioned in 1 above If you purchased your SCSI interface board several months or years before you purchased your 4PleX drive you may need to update your device drivers See the discussion about device drivers in Chapter 9 of this manual 3 You own a soundboard that has a SCSI interface built into it e g Sound Blaster SCSI 11 You may need to add a SCSI cable and most important an audio cable see page 33 for a discussion on audio cables If you h
23. we have a pretty good idea of the environmentin which most of our drives will be used a single SCSI device connected to a PC or Mac Your drive ships from our factory with its jumpers switches dial set to work in this environment You should leave the jumpers found on the rear panel of the PX 43CH and the switches and rotary dial found on the rear panel of the PX 45CH at their factory settings unless 1 you plan to use another SCSI peripheral e g hard disk scanner with your computer system in addition to your CD ROM drive 2 you work in a UNIX environment and want to boot from your CD ROM drive 3 you want to utilize the Eject Lock feature If you plan to use additional SCSI peripherals you may need to change the jumper switch dial settings of the PX 43CH 45CH This section will describe how to make these changes For information on 2 and 3 see page 17 Ifthe CD ROM drive is the only SCSI peripheral you will use with your computer you do not need to boot from the CD ROM drive in a UNIX environment If you do not plan to use the Eject Lock feature skip now to Chapter 8 Hardware Installation Take our word for it most of you can now skip to Chapter 8 PX 43CH PX 45CH OPERATION MANUAL 13 a CHAPTER 6 Drive Switch Jumper D ial Settings PX 43CH Internal Drive Factory Setting of Jumper Block The functions shown are ON if the jumpers are installed and OFF if jumpers are removed The jumpers are set by the factory as foll
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