AN EMB120 FO FAILS TO MAKE THE REQUIRED TURN TO THE FIRST NAVAID AS SPECIFIED IN THE DEP CLRNC DUE TO A SMOKE RELATED PRIORITY CALL FROM THE FLT ATTENDANT WHEN DEPARTING RDM; OR.

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OUR CLRNC OFF RDM WAS DSD; THENCE AIRWAYS FACILITIES. PER WINDS; WE PLANNED RWY 22. UPON TAXI; TWR ISSUED RWY 4. UPON INITIAL CLBOUT FROM RWY 4; I SMELLED SMOKE AND ASKED THE CAPT IF HE DID AS WELL. 'NO;' HE SAID; THEN THE FLT ATTENDANT CALL CHIME DINGED. WE WERE; I BELIEVE; STILL BELOW 1000 FT AGL. AT OUR FLAP RETRACTION ALT; WE RETRACTED FLAPS; THEN SET CLB PWR AT THE APPROPRIATE ALT. DISTR BY THE PROSPECT OF SMOKE; I (THE PF) ANSWERED THE FLT ATTENDANT WHILE THE CAPT CHKED IN WITH ATC. SHE SAID THE SMOKE ALARM WAS GOING OFF AND THE CABIN SMELLED 'FUNNY.' WE DETERMINED SOME DEICE FLUID MUST HAVE GOTTEN INTO THE APU BLEED. THIS WAS AN APU ASSISTED TKOF; WITH APU BLEED OPEN; AND THE RESULTING MOLASSES-SMELLING SMOKE; ACCORDING TO AURAL HISTORY; JIBED WITH THIS IDEA. THE CAPT ADJUSTED THE BLEEDS AND THE SMOKE ALARM QUIT SOUNDING -- PROB AVERTED. MEANWHILE; DISTR; I AWAITED VECTORS FROM CTR. ATC; HOWEVER; ASKED WHERE WE WERE AND IF WE HAD BEGUN OUR TURN TO DSD VOR. WE HAD NOT YET; BUT DID SO IMMEDIATELY. THE CTLR SAID HE DID HAVE ANOTHER ACFT ON THE ILS FOR RWY 22 (INBOUND ALONG OUR OUTBOUND PATH). AS I HAVE WRITTEN; WE MADE AN IMMEDIATE TURN TO THE VOR; AND HEARD NOTHING FURTHER. WE NEVER SAW THE OTHER ACFT (THOUGH IT WAS IMC); NOR DID WE RECEIVE ANY TFC ALERTS ON THE TCASII. I UNDERSTOOD IMMEDIATELY I (THE PF) ALLOWED MYSELF TO GET DISTR FROM MY PRIMARY DUTY OF FLYING THE AIRPLANE; AND THUS DISTR; CONFUSED OUR DEP CLRNC. I FEEL EXTREMELY FORTUNATE THAT NO INCIDENT OR ACCIDENT OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF MY ACTIONS.