SimpleTech STI-UMC600 User manual

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External USB All-in-One Multi-Card Reader (STI-UMC600) User Guide

Index

• Introduction

• Package Contents & System Requirements

• Installation & Using the Reader for Windows

• Installation & Using the Reader for Mac OS

• Troubleshooting

• Specifications

1. Introduction

1.1. Features

Thank you for purchasing SimpleTech’s USB Multi-Card Reader. The USB Card Reader is the most powerful

and multi-functional device among all the available readers, since it is able to access most of the storage cards

and read/write four different types of cards at the same time.

USB Card Reader utilizes the most useful and popular USB interface and is Mass Storage Compliant, bringing

you convenient and high-speed access to a variety of storage cards.

USB Card Reader supports almost all the available storage cards including: 3.3V SmartMedia Card, Type I/II

CompactFlash Card, IBM Microdrive, Memory Stick, Secure Digital Card, and MultiMedia Card.

Primary features of the USB Card Reader include:

•

USB 1.1 interface; Access speed up to 12 Mbits/second.

• USB bus powered. Hence, AC power adapter is not required.

•

Supports Hot-Swapping and Mass Storage Class Drive; no drivers needed under Windows ME/XP.

• Includes POWER and ACCESS LED indicators.

•

Different sockets can be used at the same time.

• Supports the following storage cards:

o

3.3V SM/Type I&II CF/IBM Microdrive/SD/MMC/MS

• Supports the following operating systems:

o

Windows 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP

o Mac OS 8.6+, 9.x+, 10.x Operating Systems

1.2. Package Contents

In the package of USB Card Reader, you will find following items. Please contact your local dealer if there are

any items missing.

•

USB Card Reader

• Setup CD Disc

•

USB Cable

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1.3. System Requirements

PC Hardware

IBM PC compatible computer with USB 1.1 support

Software

Microsoft Windows 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP

Mac Hardware

iMac series

iBook series

Power Mac G4 series

Power Book series

Power Mac G3 series

Software

Mac OS 8.6+, 9.x+, 10.x Operating Systems

iMac series require iMac Firmware 3.0 or later versions

Sockets

CF Socket Type I&II CompactFlash Card/IBM Microdrive (Insert with Label facing Up)

SM Socket 3.3V SmartMedia Card (Insert with Gold contacts facing Up)

SD Socket Secure Digital Card/MultiMedia Card (Insert with Label facing Up)

MS Socket Memory Stick (Insert with Label facing Up)

Indicators

Two active LED indicators are used to display operation status of your USB Card Reader. The Green LED

lighting on top indicates that the reader is connected to system and the power is on. The Red flashing LED at

the bottom indicates that the reader is reading or writing data in inserted cards.

WARNING!

Do not insert or extract storage cards while the Red LED is flashing which indicates that the reader is being

accessed by the computer.

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2. Installation Procedure

First software setup should be done, and then do the USB connection as shown below.

Software Setup à Restart your Computer à Hardware Setup à Using USB Card Reader

3. Software Setup for Windows Operating Systems

3.1. Software Setup for Windows 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP only

Before connecting the USB Card Reader into USB port, install the device driver as per the following

instructions.

1. Insert the Installation CD in the CD-ROM drive.

2. The software will be automatically installed on your computer. Otherwise, Double-click the CD-ROM

icon in My Computer to browse the contents in the Setup Disc. Then, double-click the Setup icon.

3. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the software setup.

4. After the installation is complete, restart the system.

The software driver revision number is mentioned in README.TXT in the Setup Disc. After completing

device driver setup, refer to Hardware Setup and install the USB Card Reader.

3.2. Hardware Setup

After completing device driver setup for your USB Card Reader and restarting the system, refer to following

instructions to connect the USB Card Reader.

1. Connect USB cable of your reader unit to the available USB port of your computer.

2. Your computer automatically recognizes the USB Card Reader.

3. Double click on My Computer. You will see four Removable Drive icons representing the four sockets

in the USB Reader as shown below.

Note: If you are having Windows XP earlier than Service Pack1, you will not see the above icon images.

Instead, you will only see four removable drive letters representing the sockets in the USB Reader. If you

want the above icon images to show up, please download and install Service Pack1 from Microsoft web

site http://www.microsoft.com and then reinstall the USB driver. Alternately, when you format the cards,

you can rename the cards as “CF”, SD”, “SM” and MS” to help you distinguish the cards on your

computer.

The installation of your USB Card Reader is now complete.

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3.3. Using the Reader

Please refer to following instructions to use the reader.

1. Insert your storage card in the card reader.

2. Double-click My Computer or Windows File Explorer.

3. Double-click on the respective Removable Disk icons.

4. Access images and files on your storage cards just as the way you open, copy, move, or delete images and

files on your hard disk drive.

Note1: Please note that it takes about 30-45 seconds for the removable Drive icons to appear after connecting

the Reader.

Note2: If you are having Windows XP earlier than Service Pack1, you will not see the above icon images.

Instead, you will only see four removable drive letters representing the sockets in the USB Reader. If you

want the above icon images to show up, please download Service Pack1 from Microsoft web site and

reinstall the USB driver. Alternately, when you format the cards, you can rename the cards as “CF”, SD”,

“SM” and MS” to help you distinguish the cards on your computer.

WARNING!

Do not insert or extract storage cards while the red LED is flashing which indicates that the device is being

accessed by the computer.

3.4. Uninstall Software

If you wish to remove the installed software and driver files of your USB Card Reader, please refer to

following instructions.

1. Unplug the reader from USB port.

2. Click Start , Settings , Control Panel and then click on Add/Remove Programs.

3. In the pop-up menu, select the USB Reader and click on Add/Remove button.

4. A dialog box appears asking for your confirmation. Click Yes to continue.

5. Software and driver files of your USB Card Reader will be removed automatically.

After removing software and driver files, you'll have to perform Software Setup and Hardware Setup, if you

wish to use your USB Card Reader again.

4. Setup for Mac OS

4.1. Software Setup

Install device driver according to following instructions:

1. Insert the Setup Disc into the CD-ROM drive of your Macintosh computer.

2. Double-click the CD-ROM icon on the desktop and double -click on the ins tallation driver

appropriate to your operating system. The contents of Read Me file appears. Click on Continue to

proceed. You can also find this file in the Setup Disc if you want to view it later on.

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3. The Installer Dialog appears. Select USB Reader Installer in the pop-up menu and then click on the

Install button to install the device driver.

4. A warning dialog will appear on the screen telling you that you should quit all running applications

before installation.

5. Click Continue button to start copying files. Click Cancel button if you want to quit other applications

first.

6. After the driver is installed, you will be prompted to restart the computer. Click Restart button to restart

the system or click Quit button to exit the installer. For the drivers to be effective, you need to restart the

computer.

4.2. Hardware Setup

Installing the USB Card Reader to your system is easy. After completing the device driver installation and

restarting your system, simply plug your USB Card Reader to the available USB port on your Macintosh

computer and insert the flash card into the USB Card Reader. Now you may enjoy the ease of use and high

speed access of the USB Card Reader on your Macintosh.

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4.3. Using the Reader

Showing a disk icon on desktop:

Connect your USB Card Reader to the USB port on Macintosh, then insert your storage card into the slot on

the USB Card Reader, a disk icon will appear on desktop representing the card as shown below.

Note1: Please note that it takes about 30-45 seconds for the removable Drive ic ons to appear after connecting

the Reader

Accessing files or folders in the flash disks:

You can drag and drop files or folders from/to the disks in the reader just like any files or folders on your Hard

Disk or other storage devices.

WARNING!

Remember to drag the disk icon representing the storage card to the trash box before removing the card from

the reader or unplugging the reader unit from USB port. Do not insert or extract storage cards while the red

LED is flashing which indicates that the device is being accessed by the computer.

4.4. Uninstall Driver

If you want to remove the installed driver files, please repeat step 1 to 3 in Software Setup, but in the installer

dialog, choose Uninstall in the pop-up menu.

Click Uninstall to remove driver files. During the uninstallation, a warning indicating that Some files /folder

could not be deleted may appear. Please click OK ignoring this message.

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5. Troubleshooting

My system is Mac OS, and I have installed the device driver but the system could not identify the USB

Card Reader. What should I do?

If you are using iMac computer, please check up if you have latest update of Mac OS and iMac Firmware

update. Refer to System Requirements and make certain your Macintosh meets the requirements.

6. Specifications

Host Computer

I. PC IBM PC compatible computer with USB support

Windows 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP

II. Mac iMac series, iBook series, Power Mac G4 series, Power Mac G3 series,

and Power Book series with USB support.

Mac OS 8.6 or later versions

Supported Cards

3.3V SM/Type I&II CF/IBM Microdrive/SD/MMC/MS

Interface External USB 1.1 device

Power DC+5.0V directly from USB port

Environment Operating temperature: 0

o

C~70

o

C

Storage temperature: -40

o

C~70

o

C

Humidity: 90% RH (max. without condensing)

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