QPS Que!Fire User manual

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Table of Contents....................................................................................................1
Thank You for Choosing QPS ................................................................................2
Chapter 1
Welcome to the CD-Recording World ....................................................................4
What Can the Que! Drive Do for Me? ....................................................................5
Chapter 2
Getting Started ......................................................................................................8
What You Should Have! ........................................................................................9
Package List ........................................................................................................10
What About Software? ........................................................................................11
Chapter 3
Mac Installation....................................................................................................14
And Now for the Software....................................................................................17
Using Your Adaptec Toast Software ....................................................................18
Chapter 4
PC Installation......................................................................................................22
And Now for the Software....................................................................................24
Chapter 5
Handling Guidlines: Media Insertion and Removal ..............................................28
Chapter 6
Troubleshooting Guidlines....................................................................................32
Mac Troubleshooting............................................................................................34
PC Troubleshooting..............................................................................................40
Appendix A
Glossary of Terms................................................................................................44
Appendix B
FCC Compliance ..................................................................................................48
Appendix C
Limited Warranty..................................................................................................49
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

THANK YOU
for Choosing QPS!
Congratulations on your purchase of the Que! Fire CD-ReWritable
Drive. In this manual, you’ll find information designed to help you
understand the capability of your new drive as well as a step-by-step
explanation of how to install your hardware and software.
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CONGRATULATIONS!

CHAPTER ONE
WELCOME TO THE CD-RECORDING WORLD!
If you’re new to CD-Recording, don’t worry; it’s easy to learn. The Que! Fire
Drive allows you to store massive amounts of data on one CD. You can fit as
much data found on 450 floppies on one CD-R or CD-RW media. Plus, it allows
you to record audio, and audio/video applications.
In this chapter, we’ll tell you more about the features and uses of CD-Recording
technology.
THE IEEE 1394/FIREWIRE INTERFACE
IEEE 1394 is an industry standard serial communications interface protocol as
published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. It is designed
to provide a high level of connectivity and ease of use between consumer
electronic devices and personal computers and between computers and their
peripherals. IEEE 1394 is commonly referred to as the FireWire interface.
IEEE 1394 / FireWire has high volume, high speed capabilities, it is currently able
to provide up to 400 Mbits per second data transfer rate, and will be capable of
greater speeds in the future. It allows up to 63 devices to be linked together
without termination at the end of the bus and does not require address IDs to be
set on the peripheral devices. The IEEE 1394 / FireWire interface allows more than
one computer to be connected to the same peripheral and it does not matter
which operating system the different computers are running.
Most devices have two connectors so you can daisy chain up to 17 devices
serially. However some devices have three ports so you can also branch out up
to 63 devices.
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WELCOME!

WHAT CAN THE QUE! FIRE DRI E DO FOR ME?
With the Que! Fire Drive, you have lots of flexibility and a multitude of options.
For instance, you can:
1. Store up to 450 times the volume of a floppy disk onto one removable
inexpensive piece of media that can be used over and over again.
2. Use the Que! Fire Drive to create your own audio CDs, and rearrange or
combine tracks from different artists or labels onto your own CD.
3. Copy or create data CDs that can be read on any CD-ROM or DVD-ROM
Drive.
4. Use the Que! Fire Drive as a superior alternative to tape for backup or
disaster recovery.
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QUE! FIRE FEATURES

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