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To ensure the smooth handling of your warranty please write the serial number of your drive into the box. In the case of warranty you are expected to send it together with a copy of your invoice to your nearest TEAC sales representative.
CAUTION Changes or modifications to this equipment not expressly approved by TEAC CORPORATION for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment. To ensure that the use of this product does not contribute to interference, it is necessary to use shielded I/O cables.
1. COMPONENTS With a reading speed factor of approx. 32 the CD-W54E is a modern high performance CD-RW drive system. It is able to write to CD-R and CD-RW media with a writing speed of 4. The drive is shipped with the following components.
Mbyte RAM or more and a fixed disk with an access time of 12 ms or less. Important: 1. To use the TEAC CD-RW drive, a IDE (ATAPI) controller is required. The necessary drivers are shipped with the corresponding controller card or they are available from the manufacturer of the controller..
Do not operate your TEAC CD-RW drive under operating conditions other than listed in 8. Specifications. If you believe your TEAC CD-RW drive to be defective please contact your dealer or any of the TEAC facilities. Important Hints for Using the CD-RW Drive What is stated in the specification must be observed for the user to get the most out of the drive.
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– Do not repair the drive or replace a part of the drive under circumstances other than designated assurance conditions. Cleaning and maintenance of your TEAC CD-RW drive TEAC CD-RW drive will not need maintenance if used as specified in this manual. Usually there are only problems with dirty or defective CDs.
4. CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 4.1 Front Panel Headphone jack Disk tray Emergency hole Eject button Volume control ON/BUSY indicator (LED) Disk tray Insert the disk with its label facing up. Note: Please ensure the CD is inserted in a way where the plugs at the rear of the disk tray and the spring loaded plug on the front prevent the disk from falling out of the tray.
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ON/BUSY indicator The indicator LEDs light in Seek, Play, Read, and Write operation. In the following table you will find a list including a description of the different drive states and their associated indicator states. a l f a l f e t i a l f a l f...
4.2 Rear panel Frame ground tapped hole Interface Digital Connector Power Strap switch Audio connector output Analog audio output connector Analog Audio output connector For stereo audio signal output. When driving external speakers, connect this connector to the audio input connector on the Sound Card or Interface Card. Note: Mating connectors: Molex 53103-0450 or equivalent.
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Power connector Connect to the +5 VDC and +12 VDC power source. Cable-side mating housing: 8981-4P Molex Cable-side mating terminal: 8980-3L Molex Current consumption Standby 10mA 300mA Read 1.0A 1.4A Start 1.7A 1.2A Seek 2.3A 1.4A Write 500mA 900mA Power interface connector pin number Pin No.
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With S1 open (jumper not set) the TEAC CD-W54E ist set to sin- gle or slave mode by setting the jumpers S2 and S3. The set mode is irrespective of the CSEL signal. Master/slave mode is determined by CSEL if S1 is shorted (jumper set). In this case S2 and S3 are irrespective for setting the mode.
5. CONNECTION TO A PERSONAL COMPUTER 5.1 Drive Installation Directions There are three possible positions for installation: Horizontal installation with the eject button to the right, and vertical installation in both possible directions. The installation position is not allowed to be tilted more than 10 degrees out of the vertical or horizontal position.
If the mounting rails are necessary for installation in a personal computer, contact the personal computer maker or dealer. Note: Be sure to use mounting screws provided. If longer than specified screw is used, the CD-W54E may be damaged. Please ensure to set the master or slave jumpers correctly.
7. INSTALLING DRIVERS AND THE WRITER SOFTWARE As a general precaution the installation of the hardware has to be carried out as desribed before. The software installation starts with activating the reading functionality of the drive as this is well known with any conventional CD-ROM drive.
7.3 Compatibility or Interoperability to Other IDE Devices If there are any problems if other drives are connected to the same IDE port (especially IDE-Changer, Phase Change Drive, IOMEGA, and others), the CD-W54E has to be connected as master as a single drive. 7.
For details, refer to the warranty card provided with the unit. 9.2 Technical Service Depots Europe: TEAC Deutschland GmbH, ICP Division (Germany) Technical Support Tel: +49 (0) 611 7158-54 Technical Support Fax:...
TEAC service stations, the authorized TEAC dealers and/or their authorized service stations may decide wether the defective product will be repaired or replaced as a whole or partially. The TEAC dependancies, the authorized TEAC service stations, the authorized...
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TEAC; (d) repair or attempted repair by anyone not authorized by TEAC to repair this product; (e) causes other than product defects, including lack of technical skill, competence or experience of the user.
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No one is authorized to assume any greater liability on TEACs behalf. TEAC shall not be liable for any damage to any other properties independant of their virtual or real nature especially there is no liability for any damage to any kind of software and/or any kind of databases caused by TEAC products.Furthermore TEAC...
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Tel: +49 (0) 611 71580 Fax: +49 (0) 611 715892 Internet: www.teac.de Contact us by email: www.teac.de/dspd-www/eng/contact-e.htm E-Mail-Kontakt: www.teac.de/dspd-www/ger/contact-d.htm TEAC UK LIMITED DATA STORAGE PRODUCTS DIVISION: 5 Marlin House, The Croxely Centre, Watford, Herts, WD1 8YA, U.K. Tel: +44 (1) 923 225235 Fax: +44 (1) 0923 236290 Internet: www.teac.co.uk...
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Dauer der Gewährleistung Welche Kosten werden übernommen TEAC Corporation, nachfolgend TEAC genannt, gewährt dem Erstkäufer für dieses Produkt ab dem Datum des Kaufs ein (1) TEAC übernimmt die Kosten für die im Rahmen einer Garantiereparatur anfallende Arbeitszeit und die Materialien, die Jahr Garantie bezüglich jedes etwaigen Defekts an Material und Herstellung.
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65205 Wiesbaden-Erbenheim Germany TEAC Deutschland GmbH, DSPD: TEAC UK LIMITED DATA STORAGE PRODUCTS DIVISION: Bahnstraße 12, 65205 Wiesbaden-Erbenheim, Germany 5 Marlin House, The Croxely Centre, Watford, Herts, WD1 8YA, U. K. Tel: +49 (0) 611 71580 Fax: +49 (0) 611 715892 Tel: +44 (1) 923 225235 Fax: +44 (1) 923 236290 Internet: www.teac.de...
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