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Aleratec 17 DVDCD Copy Tower Duplicator User Guide
Aleratec 17 DVDCD Copy Tower Duplicator User Guide
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www.aleratec.com15 Using the DVD/CD Copy Tower Main Menu Copy + Compare During the duplication process, data will be simultaneously written to all blank discs loaded in the DVD/CD Copy Tower. The process will then compare the data on the source disc to the target discs after disc copy. Please make sure the source disc is placed in the Source Drive. 1. Place blank discs into the DVD/CD Recorders as needed. After the DVD/CD Recorders detect the discs are present, use the arrow buttons (or) to select “Copy + Compare”. Press the OK button, and the duplicator will start copying. 2. The LCD will display the status of the copying process. 3. When Copy is finished, discs which have passed will be ejected automatically and failed discs will remain in the DVD Recorders. Press the OK button to eject any failed discs. Note: DVD-RW discs which already contain data can also be used as blanks in the DVD/CD Copy Tower. Any data stored on DVD-RW discs will be automatically erased before copying new data. Be sure you do not want data on DVD±RW discs inserted as blanks as any DVD±RW discs inserted in the DVD-Recorders to be used as blank media will automatically be erased, and then the content from the source DVD will be recorded on them. 4. Copy + Compare Copy x3 105M 0% 0.0x 1M PASS 3/3 FAIL 0/0
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www.aleratec.com 16 Using the DVD/CD Copy Tower Main Menu Copy + Compare - continued 4. The Compare function will now begin. Compare x7 1356M 0.0x 5% 12M
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www.aleratec.com17 Using the DVD/CD Copy Tower Main Menu Set Burn Speed This setting controls the writing speed of the DVD Recorders when burning DVDs. The default setting is “Auto”, which will use the highest writing speed of the recorders for the blank media being used. Sometimes “Maximum” writing speed causes a high failure rate due to poor DVD quality or unstable DVD writing due to high speed. Lowering the writing speed will increase the probability of making successful copies. 1. Using the arrow buttons (or) select “Set Burn Speed” then press the OK button to change the setting, or ESC to exit. 2. Use the arrow buttons (or) to select the desired speed for burning CDs, ie 40x, then press the OK button to save your setting. 3. Next, you will be promted to set the speeds for Audio CDs, DVDs, and DVD DL. Use the arrow keys (or) to set the desired speeds, then press the OK button to save your setting. 5. Set Burn Speed [Burn Speed] CD = 40 [Burn Speed] Audio CD = 24
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www.aleratec.com 18 Using the DVD/CD Copy Tower Main Menu Select Source Select Source will change the drive position for the master/source disc or disk. 1. Using the arrow buttons (or) select “Select Source” then press the OK to select the source, or press ESC to exit. 2. Use the arrow buttons (or) to select the drive you want to use as your source drive. Note: The default setting is the top drive (drive #01). 3. When the source is selected, press the OK button again to save your setting. 6. Select Source Source: [D#01] === > [D#01] Source: [D#01]
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www.aleratec.com19 Using the DVD/CD Copy Tower Main Menu The main menu “Utility” function has 7 subfunctions. These are: 7.1 Information 7.2 Erase Disc 7.3 Prescan Source 7.4 Track Edit 7.5 Eject All Disc 7.6 Copy Counter 7.7 Update BIOS 7. Utility 7.1.1 Disc Info 7.1.2 Drive Info 7.1.3 System Info 7.2.1 Quick Erase 7.2.2 Full Erase 7.4.1 Copy Track 7.4.2 Close Disc 7.4.3 Disc Info 7.6.1 Show Count 7.6.2 Enable Counter 7.6.3 Clear Counter
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www.aleratec.com 20 Using the DVD/CD Copy Tower Main Menu Utility – Information The “Information” function will provide disc, drive and system information. 1. Using the arrow buttons (or) select “Information”, Press OK to select or press ESC to exit. 2. Use the arrow buttons (or) to scroll between the Information subfuctions: Disc Info, Drive Info or System Info. A. Disc Info A1. This function will allow you to check the format of the disc, burning speed supported and total capacity. If the disc had data inside, you can check the size of the data. Press OK to view the Disc Info. A2. Use the arrow buttons (or) to scroll between the different drives. The following data for each drive will be displayed. When finished, press ESC to exit. [Utility] 1. Information [Information] 1. Disc Info [5] 18, 16, 12, 8, 4 DVD-R 4489M
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www.aleratec.com21 Using the DVD/CD Copy Tower Main Menu Utility – Information B. Drive Info B1. Use the arrow buttons (or) to scroll down to Drive Info. Press OK To view the version, model No. and brand name of the DVD/ CD drives in the DVD/CD Copy Tower, select “Disc Info” . B2. Use the arrow buttons (or) to scroll between the different drives. The following data for each drive will be displayed. When finished, press ESC to exit. C. System Info C1. Use the arrow buttons (or) to scroll down to System Info. Press OK To view the model No. and firmware version of the DVD/ CD Copy Tower. C2. The following data will be displayed. When finished, press ESC to exit. [Information] 2. Drive Info [#] Port 2.0 1.03 DVD RW [Information] 3. System Info BD 1809 V2.25.2
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www.aleratec.com 22 Using the DVD/CD Copy Tower Main Menu Utility – Erase Disc The “Erase Disc” function will erase data from the rewritable discs in the DVD/CD Copy Tower. 1. Using the arrow buttons (or) select “Erase Disc”, Press OK to select or press ESC to exit. 2. Use the arrow buttons (or) to scroll between the Erase Disc subfuctions: Quick Erase or Full Erase. A. Quick Erase This function is used to erase the INDEX of the rewriteable disc. Note: The Quick Erase Disc simply deletes the directory track, rather than deleting all the data from the disc (contrast this with Full Erase Disc). A1. With Quick Erase selected, press OK. The following screen will be displayed as the system detects the discs. The colon will be flashing. [Utility] 2. Erase Disc [Erase Disc] 1. Quick Erase Quick Erase Disc _ : _ _ _ _ _ _
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www.aleratec.com23 Using the DVD/CD Copy Tower Main Menu Utility – Erase Disc A. Quick Erase - Continued A2. When the erasing is in progress you will see the colon turn to an “o”. The “o” will also blink during the process. A3. Once the erasing task is finished, the “o” will stop blinking and the disc will be ejected automatically. B. Full Erase The Full Erase goes through a similar process as the Quick Erase, but the Full Erase will erase ALL DATA from the rewritable disc. This process will take longer than the Quick Erase process. Quick Erase Disc _ o _ _ _ _ _ _ Quick Erase Disc _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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www.aleratec.com 24 Using the DVD/CD Copy Tower Main Menu Utility – Prescan Source The function will scan the source disc and determine if it can be read correctly and test the reading speed. The reading speed of source disc should be higher than the writing speed for the target disc(s). 1. Using the arrow buttons (or) select “Prescan Source”. The following screen will be displayed. Press the OK button to prescan the disc, or press ESC to exit. 2. The LCD will display the status of the prescan. 3. If a disc can be read correctly when finished, the LCD will display OK. 4. If it cannot read the source disc correctly, the LCD will display FAIL. A FAIL disc cannot be copied. [Utility] 3. Prescan Source Prescan 4463M 0:50 30% 1300M Prescan 4463M PASS! Prescan 4463M FAIL!