Sony MSAC-PR1 User manual

PC Card/ Parallel Port
Adaptor
© 1999 by Sony Corporation
3-867-219-11 (1)
MSAC-PR1
Operating Instructions__________________ GB
Mode d’emploi ________________________ FR

Safety Regulations
WARNING
To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture.
For the customers in the United States
Declaration of Conformity
Trade Name: SONY
Model No.: MSAC-PR1
Responsible Party: Sony Electronics Inc.
Address: 1 Sony Drive, Park Ridge, NJ, 07656 USA
Telephone No.: 201-930-6970
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Operation is subject to the following two conditions.: (1)
This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any
interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
CAUTION
You are cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved in this manual
could void your authority to operate this equipment.
Note:
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the Limits for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a
residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency
energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause
harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that
interference will not occur in a particular installation. If reception, which can be determined
by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the following measures:
– Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
– Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
– Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the
receiver is connected.
– Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
For the customers in Germany
Directive: EMC Directive 89/336/EEC.
92/31/EEC
This equipment complies with the EMC regulations when used under the following
circumstances:
– Residential area
– Business district
– Light-industry district
(This equipment complies with the EMC standard regulations EN55022 Class B.)

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Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................2
Packing List ..................................................................................3
Part Names and Connections .....................................................4
Driver Installation .......................................................................6
Installing the Driver ............................................................................. 6
Changing Settings for Installation ................................................... 13
Uninstalling the Driver ...................................................................... 17
Operating the MSAC-PR1 .........................................................18
Inserting a PC card ............................................................................. 18
Removing a PC card........................................................................... 19
Instructions for Memory Stick .......................................................... 20
Changing the Drive Name ................................................................ 21
Troubleshooting........................................................................ 22
Compatible Equipment ............................................................. 24
Specifications............................................................................. 26
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English

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Introduction
The PC Card/ Parallel Port Adaptor MSAC-PR1 used with the
Sony Memory Stick PC Card Adaptor allows data to be read
and written data using a desktop PC.
Required System Environment
• A PC Card Adaptor for use with a Sony Memory Stick is
recommended.
• A Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT 4.0 OS.
• A desktop type IBM PC/AT compatible PC, with D-sub25 parallel
port connector and a PS/2 or AT type keyboard connector.
• Cannot be used with anything other than the printer being
connected to the parallel port of the machine.
• This device supports ATA flashcards but operations with these
cannot be guaranteed.
• See page 24 for confirmed compatible equipment.
❏No part of the software bundled with this equipment or this
User’s Guide may be reproduced in any form, nor may the
software be lent or rented without prior permission from Sony
Corporation.
❏Sony Corporation disclaims all liability for any damage or loss
resulting from the use of this equipment or the bundled
software, and for all claims from any third parties. Please be
sure to back up any important data.
❏Please refer to the warranty card provided with this product for
the warranty terms and conditions.
❏The software bundled with this equipment must not be used in a
system other than that with which it is provided.
❏Sony Corporation reserves the right to change the specifications
of this equipment and the bundled software without notice.
Memory Stick is a trademark of Sony Corporation.
Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of the Microsoft
Corporation in the United States and other regions.
IBM and PC/AT are registered trademarks of the IBM Corporation in
the United States and other regions.
Other company names and product names appearing in this document
are registered trademarks of those companies respectively.

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Packing List
Confirm that the items below have been supplied.
If something has not been supplied, contact your supplier or
local Sony Service personal.
• PC Card/ Parallel Port Adaptor (MSAC-PR1)
•Power cable •Reverse connector
•Setup Disc
CD-ROM (1)
•Instruction Manual
Caution
The power cable supplied is for use only with the PC Card/Parallel
Port Adaptor. It cannot be used for connection with any other kind of
equipment.

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Part Names and Connections
Turn the PC and all peripheral equipment off and disconnect
the keyboard plug from the PC before performing the
connection operations.
4 7 9 8 !∞ !¢ !§1 32
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!¶
1PC card socket
Insert the PC card here.
2Eject button
Press this to remove the PC card.
3PC Card/Parallel Port Adaptor
4Power/Access lamp
This lamp illuminates when the power is on. It blinks
when data is being accessed.
Caution
Do not disconnect the PC card or Memory Stick while the Power
access lamp is blinking, as it may cause internal damage to the
PC card or the Memory Stick.

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5Printer cable
If you are not going to use the parallel port connector !¡
with the printer, it is not necessary to connect the printer
cable 6to the connector.
6Printer connector (D-sub 25-pin) (female)
If you are going to use the parallel port connector !¡ with
the printer, the printer cable is connected here once the
MSAC-PR1 driver has been installed. When you connect
the connector, make sure that it is the right way up.
Trying to force the connector in can cause damage.
7DC jack
8Power connection cable
9DC plug
0D-sub 25-pin connector (male)
!¡ PC parallel port D-sub 25-pin connector (female)
If there are more than two connectors, connect to LPT 1.
!™ PC
!£ PC keyboard connector
!¢ Mini DIN 6-pin connector (male)
!∞ DIN 5-pin connector (male)
Connect the PC keyboard connector !£ to the PC with
either of the 2 DIN plugs !¢ !∞.
!§ Reverse connector
For connecting the DIN connectors !¢ or !∞ to the
keyboard plug !¶
!¶ Keyboard plug

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Driver Installation
Install the driver with the printer disconnected. If you are
using Windows NT 4.0, log on as an administrator.
Caution
The screen examples shown in this manual are in English. However,
the language used for screen display depends on the selection made
when the driver is installed. Please select the language that matches
that of your computer’s operating system.
Installing the Driver
1Insert the supplied CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive
on the computer.
The “Sony MSAC-PR1 Setup”window appears.
If the CD-ROM automatic run has not been set, open the
CD-ROM drive with the Explorer and double click
“autorun.exe”to display the menu.
Alternatively you can directly specify “X:\
Utility\Setup.exe”(X is the CD-ROM drive name) to start
the installer.

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2Click “Install Sony MSAC-PR1 Drivers” with the
mouse cursor.
The Setup Language window appears.
3Select language and click “Next.”
The “Welcome”window appears.
At the beginning of the installation a warning appears. It
is necessary to close all other applications for the MSAC-
PR1 to be installed correctly.
4Click the “Next”button.

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The “Software License Agreement”window appears.
5Click “Yes”if you agree with all the conditions in
the contract.
Once you agree with all the conditions in the license
agreement, you can use MSAC-PR1.
6Parallel port sharing (Windows NT 4.0 only)
Select “Yes, I want to share my parallel port”if you are to
use the MSAC-PR1 printer connector as well as another
printer connected.

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The “Choose Destination Location”window appears.
7The file path name for the installation appears.
Click the “Next”button. If you want to change the
directory for the installation, specify the path in the
box and then click the “Next”button.
The “Select Program Folder”window appears.
8The program names registered in the start menu
appear. Click “Next.”If you want to change the file
name, input the name and then click “Next.”

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The “Start Copying Files”window appears.
9Check the contents of the installation settings and
click “Next.”
The file copying commences and MSAC-PR1 is registered
in the system.
The driver is loaded when the files have finished being
copied.
Caution
The cursor will be immobilized for about 10 seconds while the
driver is being loaded. If the cursor remains immobile on the
screen after loading is complete, it may be that the BIOS settings
in the PC are not suitable for MSAC-PR1. You will need to
change the BIOS settings.
For details, refer to “Changing Settings for Installation”A(page
13) and B(page 14) to change the BIOS settings.

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Further, If the “Hardware Initialization Failure”window
appears, select “I will connect the MSAC-PR1 later”to shut down
the setup, and then recheck the connections.
•Make sure the 25-pin connector is firmly connected to the
parallel port.
•The power to the MSAC-PR1 must be on. Insert the power
connection cable associated with the keyboard connector of the
PC, and connect it to the DC jack of the MSAC-PR1.
If the “Removable Disk”icon does not appear on restarting the
PC even with the PC card inserted, it may be that the BIOS
settings in the PC are not set correctly for MSAC-PR1. You will
need to change the BIOS settings.
For details, refer to “Changing Settings for Installation”A(page
13) and B(page 14) to change the BIOS settings.

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10 Device Selection (Windows NT 4.0 only)
With Windows NT 4.0, the following screen appears.
Click the “OK”button.
11 Setup Complete
With Windows 95/98 you can use the PC card straight
away. With Windows NT4.0, you have to restart the
computer before you can use the PC card.
12 Connecting the Printer
Turn the power to the PC off and connect the printer.
If the printer does not run normally.
Refer to “Changing Settings for Installation”C(page 15) and D
(page 16).
Installing a new printer.
Turn the PC off, remove the device from the PC, and then
connect the printer cable directly to the parallel port. After
installing the printer driver, reconnect the printer cable to the
printer connector of this device, and perform a test print. If the
printing is unsatisfactory, refer to “Changing Settings for
Installation”C(page 15) and D(page 16).

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Changing Settings for Installation
The driver does not install satisfactorily.
If the response from the PC is lost during installation or an error occurs, it
may be that the parallel port settings in the BIOS of the PC are not suited to
the MSAC-PR1.
By changing the parallel port BIOS settings and adding parameters to the
driver, the situations above can be rectified.
AChanging the Parallel Port BIOS Settings
The method for changing the parallel port BIOS settings and the screens that are
displayed vary according to the type of computer that you are using. Refer to the
instruction manual for you computer for information regarding changing the
settings.
Method for Changing Settings (example)
1Start the computer.
2When the computer is powered up, A message “Press xx for setting”
appears at the bottom of the screen before the operating system
(Windows etc) screens appear. (For a computer that complies with the
Energy Star standard, this message appears at the top right corner of the
Energy Star logo screen.) Press the (xx) button as instructed by the message
before the message disappears from the screen. Pressing the (xx) button
invokes the BIOS settings screen.
Some computers do not display this message for BIOS settings. Refer to the
instruction manual for the computer for more information.
3In most BIOS setting screens, there are 2 procedural steps that invoke the
screens for actually making the settings. First of all, start from the screen
that has the parallel port settings item in it. (Usually you will not know
from the first screen which screen contains the parallel port settings and
will have to refer to the instruction manual for the computer to open the
screen for the parallel port settings.)
4BIOS setting possibilities vary from computer to computer, however,
normally the following options are available:
Auto→Enable→Disable
EPP→ECP→SPP→Bi-directional
(Some computers only have the first two options.)
Make the settings in the following way:
Auto→Enable→Disable Set to Enable
EPP→ECP→SPP→Bi-directional Check operations with each setting.

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BAdding MSAC-PR1 device driver parameters (for Windows 95/98
only)
If the MSAC-PR1 does not function normally, add device driver parameters
according to the following procedure.
1Select “Properties”from the context menu when you right click over “This
Computer”or double click “System”in the control panel to open the
system properties window.
2Double click the device manager tab, then double click SCSI controller
category to display “Sony MSAC-PR1”in the device list.
3Double click “Sony MSAC-PR1”to display the Properties window and then
click the Settings tab.
4The adaptor setting will be “/flash/W95.”Add “/ni /de /di”to this and click
“OK,”making sure there is a space before each slash.

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5Click “OK”in “Sony MSAC-PR1”properties.
6Click the “OK”button in “System properties”and a message promoting
you to restart the computer will be displayed. Restart the computer.
Caution
On some machines the computer may not restart or the MSAC-PR1 may not
function normally with this procedure. If this happens, erase only the
parameters that you added to return the adaptor setting to “/flash/W95.”
The printer does not work well
If a printer which was functioning normally ceases to do so after installing
MSAC-PR1, or a newly installed printer does not function properly, this can
be rectified by closing all applications not directly related to printing and
changing the printer driver settings.
CDeleting an application from the start up folder
Depending on the type of printer you are using, the parallel port may be occupied
by some other application installed at the time of printer driver installation.
Such applications are automatically placed in the task tray when the computer is
started, interrupting communications between the PC and MSAC-PR1, resulting in
a printer malfunction to be mistakenly recognized and an error to be displayed.

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Refer to the instruction manual for the printer to check whether such applications
have been installed, and if they are, close them and perform a test print.
If the test print is successful, go to “Add/Remove Programs”in the “Control
Panel”and uninstall the application, or delete the short cut from the start up folder.
Such permanent applications are nearly always registered in the start up folder.
By deleting these applications from the start up folder they will not be launched
when the computer is restarted.
1Click “Start”on the taskbar.
2Click “Taskbar”in “Settings”to open the “Taskbar Properties”window.
3Click the “Start Menu Programs”tab.
4Click “Remove”to display the “Remove Shortcuts/Folders”window.
5Double click “StartUp”to display the application shortcuts.
6Select the application shortcut you wish to delete and then click
“Remove”.
7Click “Close”and the “Remove Shortcuts/Folders”window closes.
8Click “OK”to close the “Taskbar Properties”window.
DChanging Printer Driver Settings
If “Enable bi-directional support for this printer”have been selected in the printer
driver settings, either or both the printer and the MSAC-PR1 will not function
normally.
In this case, change the settings to “Disable bi-directional support for this printer”
by the following procedure:
1Click “Start”on the taskbar.
2Click “Settings”and click “Printers”to display a list of printers.
3Right click on the printer to which the MSAC-PR1 connector is connected
to open the properties sheet.
4Click the details tab, and click “Spool Settings.”
5Click the “Disable bi-directional support for this printer”radio button and
click “OK.”
6Click the “OK”button to close the Properties sheet.

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Uninstalling the Driver
The MSAC-PR1 driver can be deleted from the PC by the
following procedure if it is no longer needed.
1Click “Start”on the taskbar and then click
“UNINSTALL”in “Sony MSAC-PR1”in “Programs.”
A window for confirming uninstallation is displayed.
2Click “Yes.”
The uninstall program starts. A window with “Remove
Programs From Your Computer”is displayed and the
deletion of files commences.
3When the uninstallation is complete, click the “OK”
button.

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Operating the MSAC-PR1
Inserting a PC card
To use a PC card, insert the card into the PC Card/Parallel
port adaptor.
Caution
The Sony PC Card Adaptor for Memory Stick is recommended.
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1Check that the power/access lamp is illuminated.
2Making sure the ▲mark is on top, insert the PC
card into the slot gently.
Push the PC card firmly all the way in.
Icon display
When a PC card or Memory Stick is inserted when using
Windows 95/98, a “Removable Disk”icon is displayed. This icon
disappears when the card or Memory Stick is removed.
With Windows NT, the “Removable Disk”icon is displayed
when the PC is started even if there is no PC card or Memory
Stick inserted.
There is no recycle bin for Removable Disks
Care must be taken when erasing files from removable disks, as
these files are erased immediately without being transferred to
the recycle bin.