TDK Velocd Quick Manual - Troubleshooting
1. Insert the TDK CD Blender Recording Software Suite program disc into
your original drive.
2. Connect and power on the veloCD drive. A New Hardware window will appear on
your monitor. Click NEXT.
3. Check the "Search for the best driver for your device (recommended)" option.
Click NEXT.
4. Make sure that only "Specify Location" is checked and click BROWSE.
5. An explorer window will appear. Double click the drive the program disc is in. It
should be labeled as TDK_SUITE.
6. Double click BONUS UTILITIES, then click HI-SPEED USB DRIVER.
7. Click OK and follow the on-screen prompts to finish installation.
Verify that the drive is connected to a USB 2.0 port. If the drive is connected to a
USB 1.1 port, recording will be limited to 4x maximum speed.
Ensure that DMA is enabled (Windows 98SE/ME)
1. In Windows, click the START button, then SETTINGS, then CONTROL PANEL.
2. Double click SYSTEM in the Control Panel folder, then select the DEVICE MANAGER
tab. You will see a list of devices in your system.
3. Click the CD-ROM icon, and choose your veloCD drive's PROPERTIES.
You will see the drive properties for the veloCD ReWriter.
4. Ensure that the DMA box is checked ON under the Settings tab.
5. Repeat steps 1 through 4 for other devices that you will be recording from and
recording to such as your hard drive and/or a second CD-ROM or CD-Rewriter.
6. Reboot your computer for the change to take effect.
Ensure that DMA is enabled (Windows 2000)
1. Click the START button on the Windows taskbar.
2. Select SETTINGS and then CONTROL PANEL from the menu.
3. Double Click the SYSTEM icon in the Windows CONTROL PANEL.
4. Select the HARDWARE tab then click on the DEVICE MANAGER button.
5. Click on the (+) sign beside IDE ATA/ATAPI CONTROLLERS.
6. Right click on the appropriate IDE channel (Primary or Secondary), right click
PROPERTIES and select the ADVANCED SETTINGS tab.
7. Set the "Transfer Mode" to "DMA if available". Device 0 is the MASTER device
on the IDE channel and Device 1 is the SLAVE.
8. Click OK to accept the change and then reboot the computer for the
change to take effect.
veloCD will not record at
maximum speed.
INSTALLING THE HI-SPEED DRIVER