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Setup: Philips DVD8601 DVD+RW Drive User's Guide

Construction and Installation | Drive Connectors and Controls

Construction and Installation

DellTM Installed Drives

Dell performs the installation and setup on DVD+R/RW drives that are shipped as part of a system, including loading the appropriate device drivers when the operating system is installed. The drive is ready for use when you receive your system. No further installation or configuration is necessary.

Connectors and Controls

The connectors are located as shown below. The function of each part is also described below. (The actual drive may be different from this design.)

  1. Disc Tray
  2. Emergency Eject
  3. Busy Indicator
  4. Eject Button

  1. Digital Audio Output Connector
  2. Analog Audio Output Connector
  3. Jumper Connector
  4. IDE Interface Connector
  5. Power Connector

 

Disc Tray

This is the tray for the disc. Place the disc on the ejected disc tray, then lightly push the tray (or push the eject button) and the disc will be mounted.
 
Do not use force to pull out or push in the disc tray. This might cause damage to the loading mechanism of the drive.

Busy Indicator

This indicator lights green when a disc is mounted in the drive. When the disc is being accessed, it flashes or lights green. If a disc is not mounted, the indicator does not light even when the power is turned on. When an illegal disc is loaded or some hardware trouble occurs, the indicator blinks.

Eject Button

This is the button used to eject or close the disc tray.

Emergency Eject Hole

The drive has a function that allows a disc to be ejected manually when in an emergency such as failure of the drive or a power outage (graphic used for illustrative purposes only).

This feature is to be used only in an emergency. Using it excessively may cause a malfunction.

  1. Turn the power to OFF.
  2. Insert a fine tipped object into the emergency eject hole (Object should be less than 1.5mm in diameter and more than 45mm in length). The front door pops open and the disk tray comes partway out.
  3. Pull the front door to open it all the way, then grip the disc tray between thumb and forefinger and gently pull it straight out.

Digital Audio Output Connector

Not Used

Analog Audio Output Connector

Provides output to a sound card (Analog signal).

Jumper Connector

This jumper determines whether the drive is configured as a master or slave. Changing the master-slave configuration takes effect after power-on reset.

Dell Factory default setting is Cable select.


IDE Interface Connector

Connect to the IDE (Integrated Device Electronics) interface using a 40-pin or 80-pin flat IDE cable.

Do not connect or disconnect the cable when the power is on, as this could cause a short circuit and damage the system. Always turn the power OFF when connecting or disconnecting the cable.

 Power Connector

Connects to the power supply (5 and 12 V DC) of the host computer.

 
Be careful to connect in the proper way. Connecting the wrong way may damage the system.

 

Compatibility:

Because Compact Disc do not perform error correction and detect alteration at writing, written data may have error. We recommend that you verify the written disc if you are writing important data as the data written is not guaranteed.

 

Please read all restrictions and disclaimers.

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