Thank you for your purchase of NEC CD-ROM drive! This document contains important changes and additions to the DriveCD manual which were not included due to printing lead times.
Fixes a minor bug relating to some audio cds not properly ejecting.
ΓÇó INTRODUCTION
DriveCD will work on any Macintosh with a supported CD-ROM drive running System 6.0.8 thru System 7.5.3. The software is fully compatible with the Macintosh PowerPC based computers. We recommend you install Apple's latest System 7.5 Updater with "tuners" for best operation, especially on AV-style Macs.
If you experience unsastifactory performance, such as jerkiness in QuickTime movies, please be sure you have installed the latest versions of Apple ComputerΓÇÖs updaters. These include: Apple Multimedia Tuner v2.0.1, Quicktime 2.0 AMMS Update, Video Digitizer Update v1.0, AMMS MPEG Decoder v1.0. The updaters/tuners are available from Apple ComputerΓÇÖs Web site nd current System Software installer CDs.
ΓÇó THE MANUAL
The documentation for DriveCD is provided on this disk in Adobe Acrobat format. You need the application called Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to open, read or print the documentation. It is not included on this disk.
Acrobat Reader is available from a variety of sources at no cost to you. It may already be installed on your new Macintosh, on a number od recent CD-s you may have purchased, from the Adobe System's Web page on the internet, in the Adobe forums on CompuServe and America OnLine, from user groups, dealers, and a number of other sources.
ΓÇó BEFORE INSTALLATION
Please print and read the manual and ReadMe files before you use the software.
It will not take much time and will make you life much simpler.
ΓÇó INSTALLATION
This installation will automatically:
1. Install DriveCD/NEC and SpeedyCD into the Control Panels folder of your Macintosh,
2. Install a copy of the AudioCD Player into the Apple Menus folder inside the System Folder of your Macintosh, and
3. Place a folder named "DriveCD/NEC v5.31" on your hard drive. Inside this folder are CD+G files and VERY IMPORTANT ReadMe files for DriveCD and SpeedyCD for NEC drives.
Note:
The Apple File Access files will NOT automatically be installed with the "NEC Files". This is beacuse you may have a later version of the Apple files on your computer.
If you choose to install the "Apple Files", the installer will install v 5.1.5 of Apple Photo Access, Foreign File Access, High Sierra File Access, ISO 9660 File Access and AudioCD Access into the Extensions Folder of your Macintosh.
ΓÇó AFTER INSTALLATION
At the end of the installation you will be asked to restart your computer. Although you may cancel and not restart at that time, the DriveCD modules will not become active until after you restart.
You must restart the Macintosh for the DriveCD software to load. You may also click on the ΓÇ£MountΓÇ¥ button to use a CD-ROM disc immediately. However, caching features will not be enabled until you restart.
When you open the DriveCD Control Panel for the first time be sure there is a checkmark next to the SCSI ID number where your CD-ROM drive is listed. DriveCD can only load itΓÇÖs driver if there is a checkmark at the CD-ROM driveΓÇÖs address.
If you have a CD-ROM driver extension or control panel installed in the System Folder that already supports your CD-ROM drive, a message window will appear during start up. This is a safety feature of DriveCD that avoids crashing the system if more than one driver attempts to load for the same CD-ROM drive. You should locate and remove the obsolete driver.
If you need technical support, please call NEC at 1-800-388-8888.
