Aleratec 18 Bluray DVD CD Tower Duplicator SA User Guide

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Making Disc-to-Disc Copies - continued
e. 2 or 3 seconds after copying begins the following “Copy Progress” screen 
will appear:
Note: It is normal to see the progress indicator stay at 0-10% and 
at 100% for approximately 30 seconds during CD duplication. 
Additionally it is normal to see the progress indicator stay at 0-10% 
and at 100% for up to 1 minute during DVD duplication. There 
is a delay caused by the initializing and finalizing stage of disc 
duplication. Due to this delay, it is normal to see progress indicators 
stay at 100% for up to several minutes before moving on. Once the 
disc duplication is completed, successful copies will be ejected and 
you will see the following display:
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“4012MB” indicates the capacity of the Master Disc.
“481MB” indicates the current progress of the duplication in terms of MB.
“12%” indicates the current progress of the duplication.
“0/21” indicates you have a project size of 21 copies and you have made 0 copies so far.
“4012MB” indicates the capacity of the Master Disc.
“481MB” indicates the current progress of the duplication in terms of MB.
“12%” indicates the current progress of the duplication.
“0” indicates that you have made 0 copies so far.
“FAIL 0” indicates that you have no failure in this run.
“PASS 3” indicates that you’ve just made 3 successful copies.
“3” indicates that you’ve successfully copied 3 copies so far.
Copying...  4012MB0/21  12%    481MBCopying...   4012MB       0  12%    481MB
PASS  3  FAIL  0  (   3)Waiting for Blanks                         
						

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To continue making additional copies, remove the successfully completed copies 
from the ejected trays and replace with blank discs. To terminate your project and 
return to the main menu, press ESC. 
If you’ve specified a counter value you will see the following display when your 
project is completed:
If you see above message, you can press ENT to go back to main menu.
Note: If you enabled the counter and the number of blank discs you 
have inserted is greater than the number you requested, you will 
receive a message indicating you have inserted more discs than 
what you need. You can continue to copy or you can eject the extras 
discs.
Note: Failed discs will not be ejected automatically. You will need to 
manually eject these. 
21 Disc CopiedPress OK to Finish
Load Source Files onto the Hard Drive
The number of partitions the hard drive can hold is determined by the capacity of 
your hard drive and the size of the partitions you created.
For example, if you have an 80GB Hard Drive with a system capacity of 74GB.* 
You can load 74 CDs or 19 DVDs (given a 4GB average capacity).
*There are many factors that could contribute to the capacity 
difference between the advertised capacity and the actual capacity:
 ▪Hard Drive Manufactures use conversion rate of 1GB = 1 Billion Bytes 
or 1000^3 Bytes. However, most Operating Systems, including our 
Duplication System use standard conversion rate of 1GB = 1.074 Billion 
Bytes or 1024^3 Bytes. Therefore, for an advertised 80GB Hard Drive (80 
Billion Bytes), the Duplication System capacity is actually 74.5 Billion 
Bytes (74.5GB).
 ▪In addition, we round off all fractions of a GB to the lower whole number. 
That means for a hard drive that has a 74.5GB system capacity, we only 
recognize and utilize 74GB.      
						

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Load Source Files onto the Hard Drive - continued 
You can create a new partition by either loading it directly from a Master Disc 
or by copying it directly onto the Hard Drive through the tower publisher’s USB 
connection.  Here we will discuss loading source data directly onto the Hard Drive.  
The next section will explain how to load a partition from a Master Disc.
 
The tower publisher will recognize three different formats of source data:
1.  ISO disc image file 
        2.  NRG disc image file 
        3.  Data in the form of directories and files 
 
 
Load Source Files onto the Hard Drive for Windows 
To load your source data onto the Hard Drive, please do the following:
1. Make sure your unit is connected to a computer via the unit’s USB port.
2. Power on the tower publisher and computer.
3. Push the “USB” Fast Key on the tower publisher’s controller and you will see 
the following screen: 
 
 
  
4. Use UP or DOWN arrow to select ON and press ENT:
 
 
  
 
5. The Hard Drive should now show up on your computer as “Duplicator”
6. Copy your source data into the “Duplicator/dup” directory 
The partition name displayed in the tower publisher will be the name of your ISO 
or NRG file.  For loose directories and files, create a new folder in the “Duplicator/
dup” directory and copy your directories and files into it.*  The name of this folder 
will be the partition name for this source data.  You will ONLY be able to choose 
this “root” directory for burning onto a disc.  You will not be able to navigate into 
the folder when selecting a partition to create discs.
* Duplicating from folders on the Duplicator HDD only supports file sizes 4GB and smaller.
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c. Press ENT to submit your selection. After your selection has been 
submitted, you will see the following display:
2. Load your Master Disc onto the Hard Drive.
a. Use the UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen.
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Load Master Disc onto the Hard Drive
The following steps will show you how to load your Master Disc into the installed 
Hard Drive as a partition and copy the stored partition onto blank discs. This process 
is recommended for mass volume production.
To load your Master Disc onto a hard drive partition, please do the following:
1. Make sure the Source is set to the Hard Drive.
It is very important to make sure the Source is set for the Hard Drive in order to 
avoid unnecessary error messages. To check what the Source is set to, please do 
the following:
a. Use UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen.
b. Press ENT to enter “Select Source” menu and you will see the following:
Make sure it is located at “Hard Drive”. If not, press the UP or DOWN 
arrow button to search for it. There will be drive model information where 
XXXXXX is shown above.
Aleratec 1.007. Select Source
Hard Drive Port 1.0XXXXXX
Aleratec 1.007. Select Source
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Load Master Disc onto the Hard Drive - continued 
b. Press ENT to enter “Hard Drive Setup” menu and you will see the 
following display:
c. Load your Master Disc on to the Hard Drive. To do so, use the UP or 
DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen.
d. Press ENT to enter “Load Partition” menu and you will see the following 
display:
The “228GB” indicates the available capacity of your hard drive in term of GB.
Hard Drive Setup1. Select Partition
Hard Drive Setup2. Load Partition
Load Partition  [     228GB]Load-> New Partition               
						

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e. You now have the choice to load your Master Disc into a new (empty) 
partition or overwrite one of the existing partitions (if any exist) by 
inputting/modifying the name you desire; or you can simply choose “Auto 
Generate” to have the system automatically generate a partition name for 
you. Afterwards, simply press the UP or DOWN arrow button to find your 
desired selection and press ENT to submit your selection. You will see the 
following (unless you have chosen “Auto Generate”, then please skip to 
Step “h”):
f. Name the partition you are about to load into the Hard Drive. To enter 
the name, use the UP or DOWN button to select the character and use 
ESC or ENT button to move the cursor position and once you’ve finished 
move the cursor to OK and press ENT. For example, if I want to name the 
partition of your Master Disc as “FUN”, do the following:
Make sure the cursor is located at the first position:
i. Press DOWN button consecutively until “F” is displayed.
ii. Press ENT button once to move the cursor to the next position.
iii. Press “DOWN” button consecutively until “U” is displayed.
iv. Press ENT button once to move the cursor to the next position.
v. Press “DOWN” button consecutively until “N” is displayed.
vi. Press ENT button once to move the cursor to the next position.
vii. With the partition name “FUN” displayed press ENT consecutively 
until the cursor is moved to OK.
viii. Press ENT once to submit your name selection.
g. You will see the following confirmation screen:
EDIT PARTITION NAME[        ] OK?
EDIT PARTITION NAME[x       ] OK?
Load Partition?[FUN        ] OK?              
						

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Load Master Disc onto the Hard Drive - continued
h. Press ENT button to confirm. Once your Master Disc has been recognized. 
The loading progress indicator will be displayed and you will see the 
following:
i. Once your Master Disc has been loaded completely, you will see the 
following display:
Press the ENT button to go back to the “Hard Drive Setup” menu.
“4000MB” indicates the total capacity of your Master Disc.
“423MB” indicates the current MB from the Master Disc that has been loaded.
“FUN” indicates the name of the partition the data is being loaded onto.
“10%” indicates the current percentage of the Master Disc that has been loaded.
Loading... 4000MBFUN 10% 423MB
Load Partition OK!Press OK to Continue              
						

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Rename Existing Hard Drive Partition Name
When you load your Master Disc to a hard drive partition, you are asked to give it a 
name. You can rename it at anytime afterwards (including the Reserved Partition). 
To rename your existing hard drive partition name, do the following:
1. Use the UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen.
2. Press ENT to enter “Hard Drive Setup” menu. You will see the following display:
3. Use the UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen.
4. Press ENT to enter the “Rename Partition” menu. You will see the following 
display:
5. Use the UP or DOWN arrow button to find the desired partition. Press ENT to 
submit your selection. You will see the following display:
6. Press ENT once again to confirm. You will see the following display:
Aleratec 1.009. Hard Drive Setup
Hard Drive Setup1. Select Partition
Hard Drive Setup3. Rename Partition
Choose Partition:[FUN        ] DVD 4000MB
Rename Partition:[FUN        ] DVD, OK?
Rename Partition:[FUN        ] OK                          
						

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Rename Existing Hard Drive Partition Name - continued
7. Rename the partition you’ve just selected.
To enter a partition name, use the UP or DOWN button to select the character 
and use ESC or ENT button to move the cursor position. When you are 
finished, move the cursor to OK and press ENT. For example, if I want to 
rename the image from “FUN” to “FUN2”, do the following:
a. Move the cursor to the forth position by pressing ENT until you reached 
desired location:
b. Press DOWN button consecutively until “2” is displayed.
c. With the Image Name changed from “FUN” to “FUN2”, press ENT 
consecutively until the cursor is moved to OK.
d. Press ENT once to submit your name selection. When you are done you 
will see the following display:
You will be directed back to “Hard Drive Setup” menu.
Enter HDD Image Name[FUNx        ] OK
Partition FUN2Renamed!
Hard Drive Setup3. Rename Partition              
						

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Delete Existing Hard Drive Partition Permanently
If for some reason you need to delete your existing hard drive partition permanently, 
do the following:
1. Use the UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen.
2. Press ENT to enter “Hard Drive Setup” menu. You will see the following display:
3. Use the UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen.
4. Press ENT to enter the “Delete Partition” menu.  You will see the following 
display:
5. Use the UP or DOWN arrow button to find the desired partition. Press ENT to 
submit your selection. You will see the following display:
6. Press ENT to confirm. You will see the following screen for 2 seconds.
Aleratec 1.009. Hard Drive Setup
Hard Drive Setup1. Select Partition
Hard Drive Setup4. Delete Partition
Choose Partition:[FUN        ] DVD 4000MB
Delete Partition:[FUN        ] DVD, OK?
Partition [FUN      ]Deleted !