Quantum Audio STT3401A Manuel D’Utilisation

Chapter 4 

Seagate Travan 40 Product Manual 

Page 17 

 

 

The minicartridges recommended for use with the Travan 40 drive are listed in 
Chapter 2. This section describes some operations using the cartridges. 

Your tape drive has a flip-up door that covers the cartridge opening when a tape 
cartridge is not installed in the drive. The cartridge must be inserted into the drive 
with the metal base plate down and the write-protect switch on the left. Inserting a 
cartridge activates the drive's motorized “soft-load” mechanism, which draws the 
cartridge all the way into the drive. Figure 11 shows the proper orientation of a 
cartridge during loading. 

 

To unload a cartridge, wait until the drive activity LED is OFF and then press the 
Drive-activity Light/Eject button. The drive automatically unloads and ejects a 
cartridge when the Eject button is pressed or when the drive receives an Unload 
command from the Host. The cartridge is unloaded until it extends about 22 mm 
beyond the bezel. At this point, you can pull the cartridge straight out, as shown in 
Figure 12. 

Alternatively, use the eject command from the backup software to eject the tape if 
the drive LED does not turn off after the backup. Refer to your software 
documentation to find the eject command for your particular software. 

Note.  The drive may retain the cartridge for up to 2 minutes after the Eject button 

is pressed in order to complete the current operation, rewind, and update the 
cartridge directory track. 

Caution: 

Under normal circumstances, you should never attempt to remove the 
cartridge manually or while the drive is active.