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Aleratec 260203 Computer Accessories User Manual

1. H indicates you are copying from a Hard Drive Image H indicates you are copying from a Hard Drive Image 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 PASS 7 FAIL 0 Waiting for Blanks CS XS successful copies PASS 7 indicates that you ve just made 7 this run FAIL 0 indicates that you have no failure in copies so far 7 indicates that you ve successfully copied 7 www aleratec com 35 Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials How to Make Copies from the Hard Drive continued 36 Next refill more blank media to continue making more copies or you can press ESC to terminate your project and go back to the main menu If you ve specified a counter value
2. Troubleshooting Recommended Media Technical SUP Port si sics cteceseeecetcccvesncinecteeteyesatecnarteaeteccenest fveustenevaeieeveeees Service ANd SUPPOMt acccazccccssacecesee sete csteesettcsssectieescetescnescctesaesanestcuesssueceaesse Technical Support FAX Back Forim scccssecsescsseeeseeeeseeeeseeseeeeseeeeeneeeeees 75 www aleratec com Aleratec www aleratec com The Prosumers Choice www aleratec com Introduction Thank you for purchasing the 1 15 Blu ray DVD CD Tower Publisher SLS Please read this User Guide thoroughly before using this product Product Features The Aleratec 1 15 Blu ray DVD CD Tower Publisher SLS is a stand alone LightScribe disc publishing system with the capability of simultaneously producing up to 15 BD DVD CD copies or clearly labeled discs and no computer is required Removable Hard Disk Drive to store disc images and label files Aleratec only USB fast key instantly connects Hard Drive to a PC BD DVD CD source drive for fast on the fly copies Laser burns disc labels Powerful Aleratec Disc Publishing Suite and LightScribe Labeling Software included Note There is currently no LightScribe Blu ray media available www aleratec com Introduction Key Items 1 15 Blu ray DVD CD Tower Publisher SLS Removable Control Panel Hard Disk Drive see page 4 BD DVD CD Source Drive BD DVD CD RW LightScribe Drives Note There is currently no LightScribe Blu ray
3. 15 7 Save This function will save all the settings you ve modified since last time the system is booted 64 www aleratec com Menu Overview 16 17 18 Manage Accounts This feature allows the administrator the ability to Create user accounts and passwords to prevent unauthorized use of this duplicator View existing user account lists Edit existing user account information including name and password Delete existing user account s Enable Disable this feature Autocopy This function will allow the system to operate under the Autocopy mode for ease of operation Shutdown This function will make sure it is safe to turn off your duplicator Once you see Ready to Power OFF message then you can safely turn off the machine via Power Switch Turning off your duplicator without perform this function will increase the risk of damaging your duplicator www aleratec com 65 Troubleshooting 66 No display on LCD or the unit does not operate when the power is on Check the power cable connection and the power outlet Make sure the power voltage matches the voltage of your power outlet Ifthe duplicator was stored in a location where the temperature dropped below 32 F 0 C within the past 24 hours leave the duplicator in a warm room with temperatures at least 65 F 19 C for 4 hours prior to powering 1t on Cannot read source disc Check the format of the master BD DVD CD or t
4. 2 Create User on page 54 of this User Guide for more information 3 Enable the Manage Accounts feature by turning on the Password on Boot UP setting Please refer to Password on Bootup on page 55 of this User Guide for more information Note This duplicator comes with standard license which allows you to create up to 32 users 50 www aleratec com Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials Manage Accounts Overview To access the Manage Accounts feature perform the following steps 1 Turn on the duplicator After the bootup is complete you will see the following display Aleratec 1 00 O 1 COPY EXEN V Press the UP or DOWN button consecutively until you see following Aleratec 1 00 O 16 Manage Accounts EXEN V Press ENT You will be asked for the Administrator s Password Enter Admin s PWD gt XS By default the Administrator s Password is 0000 To enter that press UP or DOWN button to select the first digit of your password and press the ENT button to submit the current digit You will be guided to select the next digit Repeat above steps until you ve selected all digits of your password After you have entered the password press the ENT button to submit your password Once your password is validated you will be guided to Manage Accounts You will see the following display Manage Accounts O K There are five menus in Manage Accounts View Us
5. Aleratec www aleratec com The Prosumers Choice USER GUIDE Aleratec 1 15 Blu ray DVD CD Tower Publisher SLS Part No 260203 Copyright Model Identification The content of this manual is for informational purposes only and is subject to change without notice This manual is copyright with all rights reserved Under copyright laws this manual and the software described within may not be copied except in the normal use of the product s described within or to make a backup copy Copyright 2011 Aleratec Inc 9851 Owensmouth Avenue Chatsworth CA 91311 U S A Aleratec is a registered trademark and 1 15 Blu ray DVD CD Tower Publisher SLS is a trademark of Aleratec Inc Check out Aleratec Online e aleratec com e facebook com Aleratec e twitter com Aleratec e youtube com Aleratec Please record the following information to help expedite any warranty claim Model No Serial No Date Purchased Place of Purchase www aleratec com Radio TV Interference Statement The equipment described in this guide emits radio frequency energy If it is not installed in accordance with the manufacturer s instructions it may cause interference with radio or television reception This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interfe
6. Label Info 6 Select Loading Drive 13 Mix Audio Tracks 14 Setup 1 Language 2 Auto Start 3 Read Error Skip 4 CD Writing Mode 5 Max Audio 6 Buzzer 7 Start Up Menu 8 Screen Saver 9 Duplication Mode 10 Counter 11 DVD R High Compatibility 12 IRSC 13 Disable Drivers 14 USB Connection 15 Overburn 16 www aleratec com Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials Making Disc to Disc Copies This process copies a Master Disc to several blank discs simultaneously Due to the nature of simultaneous disc duplication a good quality Master Disc and lower recording speeds maybe necessary to ensure high success and quality duplications rates 1 Turn on the duplicator After the duplicator has booted up you will see the following display Aleratec 1 00 1 COPY Ex V 2 Make sure the Source Drive is set to the BD DVD CD source drive It is very important to make sure that your current Source Drive is the BD DVD CD source drive in order to avoid unnecessary error messages To check the Source Drive do the following a Use UP or DOWN arrow buttons to navigate to the following screen or press the SOURCE Fast Key Aleratec 1 00 O 9 Select Source ESEN b Press ENT to enter Select Source menu and you will see the following Drive 1 Port 0 0 XS Make sure it is located at Drive 1 Port 0 0 If not press the UP or DOWN navigation button to search for it There will be drive model info
7. click on the text field and type the text you d like use Note Depending on the template chosen you may enter multiple lines of text 1 Choose Temphite 2 Edit Items 3 Preview and Print w H a r a Get More Templates F l m Su R So a S Sere Eo gt 4 a When you are satisfied with your disc design click Preview and Print Select the Best contrast mode for the darkest print Select the label surface color you wish to label onto Note The LightScribe Duplicator Label Writer must be selected in the drive menu When you are satisfied with the preview click Print LightScribe Print Options Select LightScribe Drive Preview Drive Ligh Scribe Duplicator Label Writer Drive status Ready to lebel 0 ooo Retesh Select Print Options Contrast Levei EES v Copies 1 lightSecribe DIRECT vise LASELING www aleratec com Overview Using the LightScribe Labeling Software continued A menu will appear prompting you to save your file Navigate to the label folder located on the Duplicator drive You may copy multiple files into this folder Note The 1 15 Tower Publisher SLS will only recognize label files located in the main LABEL folder Any file that is placed outside of the main LABEL folder or in a subfolder will not be recognized as a label Create a name for the file
8. copy this type of disc 210 Bad Discs The Blank media you are using are not being recognized by the Writers 211 This format can not The blank media you ve inserted does not support be tested TEST function You need to use either CD R or DVD R RW media to perform TEST function 212 DVD is not The system does NOT support DVD format supported 68 www aleratec com Troubleshooting Error Code Error Message Recommendation 213 DVD RAM is not The system does NOT support DVD RAM format supported 230 Not enough HDD There is not enough hard drive space to create a space new partition Please delete some existing nonimportant partition to free up more spaces 231 Redundant Name The Partition Name you ve entered has already been used Please choose a different partition name 232 Format Failed Unable to format the built in hard drive It is likely the hard drive is bad Contact Tech Support for Replacement 233 Partition Corrupted The partition data is corrupted Normally either the Hard Drive is bad or the hard drive had being used by another system Please re format the hard drive 240 Wrong Password Incorrect Password has been entered Please confirm the password and try again 241 Login Failed After 3 attempts of entering an incorrect password the unit will lock Please confirm the password and restart the system to try again 251 Copy Audio Error An error o
9. Once the disc duplication is completed successful copies will be ejected and you will see the following display PASS 7 FAIL 0 7 Ex Waiting for Blanks X PASS 7 indicates that you ve just made 7 successful copies FAIL 0 indicates that you have no failure in this run 7 indicates that you ve successfully copied 7 copies so far Next refill your blank Discs to continue making more copies If you wish to copy anew Master Disc remove the old master and load the new Master Disc prior to loading any new blank discs into the Writer Trays Note Failed discs will not be ejected automatically You will need to manually eject these Throw away any failed write once discs 58 www aleratec com Menu Overview Menu Overview 1 Copy This menu will guide you to make BD DVD CD copies Before you enter this menu to copy please make sure you have selected the correct Source drive Print This menu will guide you to burn LightScribe labels Before you enter this menu to print please make sure you have selected the correct Source drive Copy Print This menu will guide you to make BD DVD CD copies and burn LightScribe labels When the BD DVD CD copies are finished flip the discs over in the recorders and the menu will guide you to select a label and initiate the printing function Before you enter this menu co
10. Setup ESEN V 3 Press ENT button once You will see the following display am 1 fstangunge 4 Press the UP or DOWN button consecutively until you see following display Setup ay 9 Duplication Mode EXEN V www aleratec com 55 Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials Introduction to Duplication Mode continued 5 Press the ENT button once You will see the following display Duplication Mode oo copy UsB_ PRINT SOURCE 6 Press the UP or DOWN button consecutively to select your desired mode Duplication Mode Load and Cop C uss _ SOURCE Duplication Mode On the FI _usB_ SOURCE Duplication Mode ae CusB_ SOURCE 7 Press the ENT button once to submit your selection You will see the following display Setup 9 Duplication Mode R copy usB_ PRINT SOURCE O 8 Press ESC button once to go back to the main menu 56 www aleratec com Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials Using AUTOCOPY The Autocopy function allows you to copy from Disc to Disc automatically without pressing any keys It is the simplest way to make BD CD DVD copies The following tutorial will show you how to use this feature 1 Use the UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen Aleratec 1 00 XS 2 Press the ENT button to enter the Autocopy mode You will see the following display AUTOCOPY O Waiting for Master EEN O 3 Insert your Master Di
11. and click the Save button LightScribe image Isi file destination folder Savein E label E Tiie Mode Test lsi Aleratec Test Image LightScribe Image File Isi 5 The image writing process will begin gt LightScribe Creating image file please wait 0 gt LightScribe Print Options i LightScribe Image File saved and ready to be printed La When the image process has completed the file should now be located on the Duplicator drive in the label folder www aleratec com 13 Overview 10 14 Press the USB button on the duplicator and set the USB mode to Off Reboot the duplicator by turning it off and then on again After the device has completed the start up process press the Print fast key also menu option 2 on the main menu of the duplicator and push the ENT key The Please Select Label menu will appear The newly created label file will appear below this prompt within the label folder If there are multiple files use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to make your selection Press the ENT key Next the Counter Selection menu will prompt you to choose the number of copies you want to make You can select No Counter if you prefer to copy continuously or you can select Specify Counter to specify the number of copies 1 to 9999 Note See page 27 of this User Guide for instructions on using No Counter an
12. are temporary storage location choices e Hard Drive Choosing Hard Drive as the temporary storage location you will be instructed to load your music files onto the Hard Drive After all of your favorite songs are selected you will be instructed to copy them onto a blank 80 min CD R media e Blank CD R Media Choosing Blank CD R as the temporary storage location you will be instructed to copy your music files onto a blank CD R you ve inserted After you are finished you will be instructed to finalize the CD R disc 1 Turn on the duplicator After the bootup is complete you will see the following display Aleratec 1 00 O 1 COPY EXEN 2 Going to the Mix Audio Tracks menu Press the UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen Aleratec 1 00 Q 13 Mix Audio Tracks SS V 3 If your duplicator does not have a Hard Drive installed please skip to Step 4 If your duplicator does have a Hard Drive installed you will see the following display Edit Track To Blank CD XS Press the UP or DOWN arrow button to select your temporary storage location Hard Drive or Blank CD R Media 42 www aleratec com Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials 4 Once you made your selection you will see the following display Preparing cay Waiting for Master ESEN V OR Preparing XS When you see the above display insert an audio CD that contains your music track s in the Master R
13. finished booting up you will see the following display oe 1 00 1 cory 1 Navigate to the Speed Selection menu Press UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen Aleratec 1 00 8 Select Burn Speed EXEN Enter the Speed Selection menu Press ENT button to enter into Speed Selection menu You will see the following display Select Burn Speed K www aleratec com 37 Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials Select Burn Speed continued 3 38 Select duplication speed type There are different types of recording speeds HDD BD to BD Copying to Blu ray Media from Pre loaded BD Partition or Original BD Media HDD CD to CD Copying to CD R RW Media from Pre loaded CD Partition or Original CD Media HDD DVD to DVD Copying to DVD R Media from Pre loaded DVD Partition or Original DVD Media HDD DVD DL to DVD DL Copying to Double Dual Layer Recordable DVD Media from Pre loaded DVD DL Partition or Original Double Dual Layer DVD Media To select the recording speed types you need to press UP or DOWN button to adjust and press ENT button to submit your selection Select desired duplication speed Once you have submitted the duplication speed type you will see the following display DVD to DVD Speed XS Press UP or DOWN button to select the desired speed and then press ENT to submit your speed selection Once your selection has been changed successfu
14. of Track 4 You will see the following display Total 4 Trk 20m 01s Q Track 4 5m 26s X CusB_ SOURCE Use the UP or DOWN arrow button until you see Track 5 on the 2nd line of the display Press ENT to confirm A symbol will appear on the left of Track 5 You will see the following display Total 5 Trk 24m 29s Y Track 5 4m 27s X CusB_ SOURCE Use the UP or DOWN arrow button until you see following Total 5 Trk 24m 29s Y Are you done X Cuse SOURCE Press ENT to submit your selection You will see the following display Auto Editing 3 xa 4m 47s SS CusB_ SOURCE Once the loading process to the hard drive is complete you will see following display Total 5 Trk 24m 29s Y Finish Editing gt X C_usB_ SOURCE When you have finished selecting all of our tracks press the ENT button to finalize You will see the following display Total 5 Trk 24m 29s ay Confirm to Finalize s End O Cuse SOURCE www aleratec com Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials 20 Press the ENT button again to confirm You will see the following display Processing to Disc Cx C_usB_ SOURCE V 21 When the process is complete your mixed copy will be ejected You will see the following display Job Completed ay Ex Cuse SOURCE V You will then be directed back to the main menu 13 Mix Audio Tracks usB_ ww
15. you start using your 1 15 Blu ray DVD CD Tower Publisher SLS please read the following to ensure proper operation Good care will help assure maximum product life Improper operating environment and misuse may void the warranty Choose a Good Location 1 Allow adequate clearance for moving parts 2 Do not place near heat sources such as radiators or air ducts or in a place subject to direct sunlight mechanical vibration or shock 3 If the duplicator was stored in a location where the temperature dropped below 32 F 0 C within the past 24 hours please leave the duplicator in a warm room with temperatures at least 65 F 19 C for 4 hours prior to powering it on for the first time Failure to do so may cause irreparable harm and prevent the duplicator from functioning Input Voltage Selection There is a voltage selection switch on the back of the unit located directly above where the power cord is connected to This switch can be set for input power of 115 VAC the default setting or 230 VAC Be sure it is set correctly for the input voltage you will be using Operation Do not move the duplicator during operation This may cause it to malfunction during writing operation Avoid exposing the duplicator to sudden changes in temperature as condensation may form on the lens inside the duplicator Should the surrounding temperature suddenly rise while the duplicator is on wait at least one hour before turning off the power Op
16. 7 You will be directed back to the Hard Drive Setup menu You will see the following display Hard Drive Setup O 4 Delete Partition EEN V www aleratec com 31 Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials How to Make Copies from the Hard Drive 1 Load a master disc to the HDD if it is not already loaded and make sure Source is set to the Hard Drive 2 Go back to COPY Menu a Use UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen Aleratec 1 00 1 0 COPY Ex 3 Start the Copy Process a Now please insert your blank discs into the Writer Trays make sure the Reader Tray is empty and press ENT button to enter the COPY menu You will be asked to choose which hard drive partition to copy from Choose Partition O OS b Choose the desired partition to copy from and press ENT button to submit your selection Then you will see the following Counter Selection Menu Counter Q No Counter SEND c The Counter Selection Menu will let you to choose how many copies you want to make for your project This Counter Selection feature will allow the duplicator to count the number of copies you ve made and prompt you when the desired number of copies has been made 32 www aleratec com Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials You can select No Counter if you prefer to copy continuously with no interruption It will still count the number of copies but it will not notify you when t
17. Cuse _ SOURCE V 3 Use the UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen Hard Drive Setup Y 3 Rename Partition ESEN 4 Press ENT to enter the Rename Partition menu You will see the following display Choose Partition O FUN _ DVD _4000MB XY Cuse SOURCE 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 Rename Partition ay FUN _ DVD OK CY uss _ SOURCE 6 Press ENT once again to confirm You will see the following display Rename Partition O FUN _ OK YX Cuse SOURCE 28 www aleratec com Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials Rename Existing Hard Drive Partition Name continued Tis 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 Enter HDD Image Name Y FUNx__ OK EXEN V 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 W
18. Master Reading Source and all the copied discs inside the Writer Tray Select Burn Speed This menu will guide you to adjust the duplication speed in various duplication modes Select Source This menu will guide you to set the Master Reading Source Erase This menu will guide you to erase your rewriteable discs in the Writer Tray There are two options to erase your rewriteable discs a Full Erase It will erase the entire disc which will make it impossible to be recovered b Quick Erase It will erase the index of the rewriteable disc not the data section Hard Drive Setup This menu will guide you to perform various Hard Drive related operations such as Loading Renaming or Deleting your images Print Setup This menu has the utilities for setting up a print job and managing labels Load Label Rename Label Delete Label Print Surface Info Label Info Select Loading Drive www aleratec com Menu Overview 13 14 Mix Audio Tracks This menu will guide you through the Mix Audio Tracks feature This feature helps you combine audio tracks from various CDs into a single customize audio CD Setup 14 1 Language This setting allows you to choose which language you prefer to navigate this duplicator Current supported languages are Spanish and English 14 2 Auto Start This setting allows you to choose Auto Full or Off When full is selected this feature will allow the duplicator to copy automatically on
19. Mode 54 www aleratec com Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials Disadvantage The loading time may have an impact on overall duplication time for small duplication jobs The Master Disc will be loaded to the reserve partition in the Hard Drive temporarily until a new master is loaded and overrides the previous image In comparing this duplication mode with the traditional Duplication from Hard Drive process it offers the user more simplicity By selecting the Load and Copy mode via one simple touch all the necessary tasks will be automated for you and loaded on to the Reserved partition You can rename the data on the Reserved partition and place it in a standard partition if you wish to keep it This must be done prior to loading a new master through Load and Copy By default the duplication mode is set to Auto This will prompt you to choose between one of the duplication modes when you enter any of the following functions Copy Test Test Copy and Copy Compare However if you prefer not to be prompted each time you can always go to 14 Setup and select sub menu 9 and manually reset it To do so preform the following steps 1 Turn on the duplicator After the bootup is complete you will see the following display Aleratec 1 00 1 COPY Ex 2 Press the UP or DOWN button consecutively until you see following display Aleratec 1 00 Q 14
20. NT SOURCE Finalizing os C_usB_ SOURCE V When the whole process completes your mixed copy will be ejected and you will see the following display Job Completed Press OK to Finish Ro Ccopy usB_ PRINT SOURCE O You will then be directed back to the main menu Aleratec 1 00 XS uss SOURCE www aleratec com 45 Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials Audio CD Editing continued Example of Mixing Audio Tracks to the Hard Drive In this example we will be creating a new Audio CD from 2 different discs 46 CD1 song 2 and song 4 CD2 song 3 song 4 and song 5 Go to function 13 Mix Audio Tracks Aleratec 1 00 Q 13 Mix Audio Tracks ES XEND V Press ENT button Use the UP or DOWN arrow button to select Hard Drive Press ENT button to continue Insert CD1 into the 1st Drive and a blank CD into the 2nd Drive Wait until the following screen appears Total 0 Trk Om Os Track 1 4m 03s Ex V Use the UP or DOWN arrow button until you see Track 2 on the 2nd line of the display Press ENT to confirm A symbol will appear on the left of Track 2 You will see the following display Total 1 Trk 4m 49s YQ Track 2 _4m _ 49s EENS Use the UP or DOWN arrow button until you see Track 4 on the 2nd line and then press ENT to confirm A symbol will appear on the left of Track 4 like following Total 2 Trk 9m 47s cay T
21. R LightScribe V1 2 Duplicator Grade Media 600 Pack DVD R LightScribe V1 2 Duplicator Grade Rainbow 100 Pack Non LightScribe Blu ray Media BD R 4x Duplicator Grade Blu ray 10 Pack BD R 4x Inkjet Printable Duplicator Grade Media Part No Part No Part No Part No Part No Part No Part No Part No Part No Part No Part No 110116 110120 110117 230114 230117 230115 300114 300115 300116 370101 370102 Please visit www aleratec com lightscribe media html for the most current listing of available Aleratec Duplicator Grade LightScribe Media 70 www aleratec com Technical Support After reading this User Guide if you need additional assistance with this product please contact Aleratec Technical Support Our technical staff will be happy to assist you but they may need your help to better assist you Calling Aleratec Technical Support without all the necessary information can be both time consuming and frustrating Therefore please try to have the following information ready before calling 1 Part Number the part number is located on the back of the Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Serial Number the serial number is located on the back of the Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Troubles your questions about the Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Please provide enough information about your problems so our technical staff can recreate and diagnose it Technical Support A
22. SLS Tutorials Note User Admin is the administrative account you can NOT change the user name for this account but you will be able to change the password for this account Note User name consists of maximum 8 alphanumeric letters or numbers Note User password will consist of 4 numbers Delete User This menu allows you to delete an existing user account You will be asked to select and existing user account to be removed Manage Accounts Y 4 Delete User EXEN V 1 Press the ENT button to enter into this menu Press the ESC button to go back to the main menu or cancel the current selection Note User Admin is the administrative account you can NOT delete this account Password on Bootup This menu allows you to enable disable the Manage Accounts feature upon boot up During this process you will be asked to select ON or OFF enable disable Manage Accounts A 5 Password on Bootup ENEN O 1 Press ENT button to enter into this menu Press the ESC button to go back to the main menu or cancel the current selection www aleratec com 53 Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials Introduction to Duplication Mode This feature reduces the Duplication from Hard Drive process to a single step There are three features under Duplication mode 1 On the Fly 2 Load and Copy 3 Prompt On the Fly This mode instructs the duplicator to copy directly from the Master Disc The duplicato
23. apacity you will see the following two screens flashing OVER BLANK DISC CAPA Press OK to Continue D CussB_ SOURCE BLANK DISC CAPACITY Press OK to Continue Cusp _ SOURCE If you see the above messages press ENT button to continue Once the Copying process is complete you will see the following display Total 6 Trk 26m 17s Finish Editing gt Ex Cus _ SOURCE 7 You now have the choice to finalize it mark the completion or insert another audio CD with additional music files If you choose to insert another audio CD with additional music files press the DOWN arrow button until you see the following display Total 6 Trk 26m 17s Q Insert Next Master s Ent CusB_ SOURCE V 44 www aleratec com Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials 8 Press ENT button to continue Your old Master Disc will be ejected and you can insert another audio CD into the Reading Tray To continue go back to Step 3 9 Ifyou choose to finalize it press the DOWN arrow button until you see the following display Total 6 Trk 26m 17s Finish Editing Cuse Press the ENT button to continue You will see following confirmation display Total 6 Trk 26m 17s Confirm to Finalize RK copy J usB_ PRINT SOURCE V Press the ENT button again to confirm the finalization During the finalization process you will see following progress indicator Processing to Disc SS copy usB_ PRI
24. ation 200 Master Disc Empty Blank Disc is in the Source Tray Make sure the source is properly selected and double check the Master Disc 201 Bad Master The Master Disc is not recognized by the Source Tray Please eject and reload the Master Disc or double check the Master Disc for quality 202 To targets There is no blank disc s recognized by the system Please make sure the blanks disc s is properly placed in the recording tray s 203 Burner Mixed or The writers carry different model version They Firmware Version are required to be identical for proper duplication Mixed Contact our Tech Support for detail 204 Targets amp Master The Master Disc is a different format than the Not Compatible blank disc s The format between the Master Disc and blank must be the same 205 Targets Not Blank The blank media you ve inserted are not blank Check your blank media s quality 206 Targets amp Master The size of your Master Disc and the copied disc Size Mismatch doesn t match This error usually occurs during the Compare process Double check the master and the copied disc 207 Targets M Code The blank discs you ve placed are not identical Mixed Please make sure they have the same brand and speed to ensure proper duplication 208 Targets are not RW The media you are trying to erase are not RW discs media ONLY RW media is able to be erased 209 Master Disc is CSS Your Master Disc is Copy Protected You can not Protected
25. ccurred during the recording process of a particular track Mostly due to bad blank media Please try with different blank 252 Not Audio CD The Master Disc is not an Audio CD Only Audio CD s will be able to Edit Audio Tracks 253 Over Blank Disc The Audio Tracks you ve selected is more than the Capacity blank media can hold Please remove some tracks in order to proceed 260 No update file The system couldn t find the Update file to perform the System Firmware Update Contact Tech Support for assistance 261 Wrong update file The update file you are trying to update is not compatible for your system 262 Unknown flash model This is a system error during the System Firmware Update Please contact Tech Support for assistance 263 User Abort The system has acknowledged the Abort command www aleratec com 69 Recommended Media Certified LightScribe media is required for burning direct to disc LightScribe labels For best results Aleratec Duplicator Grade LightScribe media is recommended LightScribe CD R CD R LightScribe V1 2 Duplicator Grade Media 100 Pack CD R LightScribe V1 2 Duplicator Grade Media 600 Pack CD R LightScribe V1 2 Duplicator Grade Rainbow 100 Pack DVD R LightScribe V1 2 Duplicator Grade Media 100 Pack DVD R LightScribe V1 2 Duplicator Grade Media 600 Pack DVD R LightScribe V1 2 Duplicator Grade Rainbow 600 Pack DVD R LightScribe V1 2 Duplicator Grade Media 100 Pack DVD
26. ce your Master Disc and all of the Writer Trays of the duplicator are filled with recordable media When it is Off the copy process requires you to press ENT button to confirm the duplication If for example your duplicator has detected 3 blank discs on a 4 target or higher duplicator and doesn t detect any additional blank discs for 30 seconds the duplication will be started automatically In order for this feature to take effect you need to be inside the operation menu such as COPY TEST TEST COPY COPY COMPARE etc 14 3 Read Error Skip Normally when the duplicator encounters a reading error while reading your Master Disc all the duplication will be aborted and all the recordable media will be ruined However if you believe that your Master Disc has a small insignificant error due to physical damages you can enable the setting to allow the duplicator to skip any read error it has encountered This function will not fix the error it will only skip it to make the rest of the data readable www aleratec com 61 Menu Overview 14 Setup continued 14 4 CD Writing Mode This setting allows you to select which mode you can duplicate a CD with There are two different modes Disc at Once and Track at Once Unless you understand completely what they mean we strongly suggest you to set it as Disc at Once 14 5 Max Audio VCD amp CDG Speed This setting allows you to adjust the maximum duplication s
27. d Specify Counter When you are satisfied with the number press the ENT key one more time This will eject all of the drives Load the drives with LightScribe discs label side facing down Close the drive trays by pressing the drive tray button or lightly pushing the tray to close itself The printing process will begin automatically after all of the drives have been retracted and the discs have been recognized Note If you would like to manually start printing without waiting for all of the discs to be recognized or if you selected No Counter wait until the device recognizes at least one disc The display will prompt you to Go Press the ENT button and the printing process will begin When the disc printing is complete the drives will automatically eject If you are printing additional discs reload the trays and close them manually to continue www aleratec com Overview Other Label Printing Related Options There are other label printing related operations available as described below Menu 3 Copy Print This function allows you to perform the disc duplication then the disc labeling operation as part of one process Just flip the disc from the data side to the label side after each duplication pass To use this function the data file required for duplication and the label file required for labeling will need to be preloaded onto the duplicator s internal hard drive Menu 12 1 Load Label This operati
28. ddresses and Phone Numbers gt gt gt By e mail support aleratec com By Telephone 1 818 678 0484 Technical Support Group can be reached 8 00 AM to 5 00 PM Pacific Time Monday through Friday excluding U S holidays Please try to call from a phone near your computer system Access is available 24 hours a day 365 days a year via The World Wide Web at www aleratec com FAX at 1 818 678 0483 www aleratec com 71 Service and Support Aleratec Inc Limited Warranty This Limited Warranty covers defects encountered in the course of normal use of this product and does not apply to damage from improper use abuse accidents unauthorized service or inadequate packaging when shipping the product to Aleratec Inc Aleratec Inc provides the following limited warranty for this product only if the product was originally purchased for use not re sale from Aleratec Inc an Aleratec Inc authorized dealer or distributor or any other Aleratec Inc approved reseller for this product This product is warranted to be free from defects in workmanship and material for a period of one year from the date of your original purchase If the product fails during normal and proper use within the warranty period Aleratec Inc will at its option repair or replace the product at no cost except shipping and insurance This limited warranty does not include service to repair damage from improper installation accident disas
29. eading 0 will be skipped For example 0234 will give you two hundred and thirty four copies and 0010 will give you ten copies www aleratec com Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials Making Disc to Disc Copies continued Example To enter a value of 21 copies do the following Make sure the cursor is located at the first position Specify Counter CxS V i Press DOWN button consecutively until 0 is displayed ii Press ENT button once to move the cursor to the next position iii Press DOWN button consecutively until 0 is displayed iv Press ENT button once to move the cursor to the next position v Press DOWN button consecutively until 2 is displayed vi Press ENT button once to move the cursor to the next position vil Press DOWN button consecutively until 1 is displayed viii Now 0021 is displayed press ENT once and the cursor moved to OK ix Then press ENT once to submit your counter value Now you will see the following screen Preparing XS OR Preparing O Waiting for Blanks SS O www aleratec com 19 Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials Note If either one of the PREVIOUS 2 screens are displayed for more than 2 minutes please check your Master Disc or blank discs for quality d Allow 5 10 seconds for the duplicator to detect both your Master Disc and blank discs After your Master Disc and blank discs have been recognized you
30. eading Tray and a blank CD R media into one of Writer Trays Note If either one of the above screens is shown for more than 2 minutes please check your Master Disc or Blank Discs for quality Please allow 5 10 seconds for the duplicator to detect your Master Disc and Blank Discs as well After your Master Disc and Blank Discs have been recognized you will see the following display Total 0 Trk Om Os xa Track 1 _4m_ 31s SS O 5 Once the previous screen is displayed press the UP or DOWN arrow button to display the information on each track of the audio CD Press ENT to select a track to be copied Once a track is selected you will see on the left of the track number on the 2nd line You will also see the total tracks and total playtime you have selected Once you have finished selecting the tracks to be copy press the UP or DOWN arrow button until you see ARE YOU DONE You will see the following display Total 6 Trk 26m 17s XS www aleratec com 43 Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials Audio CD Editing continued 6 Press ENT button to submit your selection You will see the following display Auto Editing 1 ay 4m 37s EXEN Cusp _ SOURCE V 1 indicates that it is working on track 1 4m 37s indicates the track s playback time Warning If the capacity of total audio tracks you have selected is more than your blank CD R disc s c
31. ected 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 21 Disc Copied ay Press OK to Finish ESEN 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 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 10243 Bytes Therefore for an advertised 80GB Hard Drive 80 Billion Bytes the Duplication Syst
32. ed This manager allows Windows to recognize the hard drive on the 1 15 duplicator Note Your 1 15 Tower Publisher SLS should already have the Hard Disk Drive HDD properly formatted If it is not while the duplicator is not in USB mode go to the Hard Drive Setup menu option 11 and press ENT and in the sub menu choose 7 Format Hard Drive and press ENT Do not use Windows to format the hard drive This will result in the 1 15 Tower Publisher SLS being unable to recognize the HDD Install the LightScribe Software Follow the prompts and complete the installation procedure There will be two programs that will be installed a LightScribe System Software b LightScribe Template Labeler In order to correctly burn LightScribe labels using your Aleratec Tower Publisher SLS you first must correctly configure the LightScribe Template Labeler Software During the LightScribe Template Labeler Setup you will be presented with a list of Supported LightScribe Drives and a list of Your Selected Drives Supported LightScirbe Drives Your Selected Drives LiteON DH2044 169 LiteON IHAP222 06 183 LiteON IHAS424 216 LiteON IHB5212 226 LiteON LH2041 135 LiteON IHAP222 180 LiteON SHM 165H6S 122 LiteON IHAS224 06 200 LG GSA HSSL 144 LG GGW 2OHL 167 LG GH22LP20 162 LG BHOS L520 184 gt Cancel www aleratec com Overview c Click Install to complete the installation lt e Creat EA Connect
33. em 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 22 www aleratec com Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials 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 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 External Connection Off 4 Use UP or DOWN arrow to select ON and press ENT External econ T a 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 you
34. er Create User Edit User Info Delete User IEEE Password on Bootup www aleratec com 51 Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials Manage Accounts Feature Overview continued View User This menu allows you to view current existing user accounts Manage Accounts 1 View User 1 Press the ENT button to enter into this menu Press the ESC button to go back to the main menu or cancel the current selection Note User Admin is the administrative account It will always be there Create User This menu allows you to create additional user accounts Each user has their own settings and hard drive partitions During this process you will be prompted to enter a new user name and user password for a new account Manage Accounts os O 1 Press the ENT button to enter into this menu Press the ESC button to go back to the main menu or cancel the current selection Note User name can consists of maximum 8 alphanumeric letters or numbers Note User password will consist of 4 numbers Edit User Info This menu allows you to change an existing user account s name and password You will be asked to select an existing user account and then enter a new user name and new user password Manage Accounts Y 3 Edit User Info EXEN V 1 Press the ENT button to enter into this menu Press the ESC button to go back to the main menu or cancel the current selection 52 www aleratec com Stand Alone Tower Publisher
35. erating the duplicator immediately after a sudden increase in temperature may result in a malfunction during playback or writing operation Duplicator Limitations The duplicator will not copy any BD DVD or CD disc that have Copy Protection encoded inside Typically the movies you purchase or rent from the store will contain copy protection In addition to the copy protection limitation the duplicator cannot copy across formats This means that you cannot copy a DVD master onto a recordable CD In addition you cannot copy the same formats if the discs have different maximum capacity limitations This means that you cannot copy a single layer DVD disc onto a double dual layer DVD disc or vice versa The recordable blanks must be the same format and maximum capacity as the Master Disc you intend to duplicate www aleratec com 5 Precautions Before you start continued External Connection Warning In order to operate the duplicator solely as a standalone unit no connection to the computer you have to make sure all of the USB connection s are off If by any chance the USB connection s are on please refer to Setup Guide Setup USB 2 0 device s Maintenance It is very important to operate and keep the duplicator in a dust free clean environment since dust is the number 1 killer for BD DVD CD recording devices Failure to do so may severely damage your duplicator Warning Do not try to use the Air Duster to clean the d
36. erview 15 Utilities continued 15 2 Prescan This feature allows you to scan and detect any bad sectors existing in the Master Disc It is recommended that you perform a Prescan before starting the duplication task for all Master Discs Approximately 50 of failures reported by the duplicator are caused by errors in the Master Disc which the Reader couldn t overcome When this kind of failure occurs it tends to waste all of your blank recordable medias 15 3 System Info By entering this menu you will be able to see the many specification of your duplicator such as the firmware version CPU type RAM capacity You can check the specifications by pressing UP or DOWN button 15 4 Device Info By entering this menu you will be able to see the information for devices built inside your duplicator That information includes but limited to manufacture model number etc 15 5 Load Default This function will reset all of the options back to manufacture s default You can perform this function if your duplicator is acting abnormal You need to perform Shutdown and restart the system in order for this to take effect 15 6 Update Firmware This function will update the software of your duplicator To update you need to insert manufacture Certified Update CD into the Reader and select this function by pressing ENT button We strongly suggest you to not upgrade your duplicator s firmware unless your duplicator is getting unstable
37. ess will increase the amount of time required to duplicate your disc s 14 12 ISRC This option allows you to enable disable copying ISRC code of the Audio CD ISRC is the serial of the audio tracks that uniquely identifies the song in that audio track This ISRC code is commonly found in commercial Audio CD and rarely seen on the home made Audio CDs By enabling this feature the duplication performance will be lowered 14 13 Disable Drives This feature allows you to disable certain drives trays when those drives trays are producing high failure rates or not functioning properly 14 14 USB Connection This feature allows you to turn on off the USB port on the back of your duplicator This option will allow a Writer on the duplicator to be controlled by a PC This feature will only be visible if the supported USB Connection were installed Please note that system will be restarted when this setting is changed 14 15 Overburn CDs Only This feature allows you to burn a few MB more than the standard capacity of the target CD e g 75 minutes of recording time vs 74 minutes The default setting is OFF Utilities 15 1 Disc Info This feature will identify your blank recordable Media s format capacity manufacture ID as well as the Media s certified writing speed This function Disc Info can be found in the Utility menu Note This feature only applies to media in the recording trays www aleratec com 63 Menu Ov
38. for your project and your project is completed you will see the following screen 21 Disc Copied Press OK to Finish Ex 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 discs you have inserted is more than what you requested you will receive a message regarding you have inserted more discs than what you need You can continue to copy or you can eject the extras Note Failed discs will not be ejected automatically You will need to manually eject these Throw away any failed write once discs www aleratec com Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials Select Burn Speed This process will allow you to adjust the duplication speed subject to your various needs By default the duplication speed will be set to the optimal speed However under some circumstances you might want to lower the duplication speed Those circumstances are as follows Poor Blank Media Quality When your media quality is not good lowering down the duplication speed is necessary to make good copies Poor Master Disc Quality If your Master Disc condition is not good lowering down the duplication speed will reduce the failure rates greatly Duplication Quality Overall the lower the speed the higher the quality of your duplicates If you have time it is a good choice to lower down the speed to produce the best quality duplicates Turn on your duplicator After it has
39. 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 EDIT PARTITION NAME XS 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 EDIT PARTITION NAME XS 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 vil With the partition name FUN displayed press ENT consecutively until the cursor is moved to OK vili Press ENT once to submit your name selection g You will see the following confirmation screen Load Partition O FUN _ OK XY 26 www aleratec com Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials Load Master Disc on
40. he LightScribe Template Labeler program will be placed LightScribe image Isi file destination folder lt Duplicator E z e ck cup label system LightScribe Image Fie si Duplicating from folders on the Duplicator HDD only supports file sizes 4GB and smaller 10 www aleratec com Overview Using the LightScribe Labeling Software The following procedure demonstrates using the LightScribe Template Labeler to generate the label files 1si used by the Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS 1 Launch the LightScribe Template Labeler Click the shortcut on your desktop or go to Start All Programs LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling LightScribe Template Labeler Note Ignore the LightScribe Disc Insertion shown below by pressing the OK button 5 LightScribe gt Template Labeler Please insert a LightScribe disc into your drive label side down 2 Laiosa Tempe 2 Eitens 3 Prevew and Print Galo Pow G rents Get More Templates ack tO add e Cy te Click to add nage e Tarna ay www aleratec com 11 4 12 Overview 3 Insert Text and or Pictures into the template Depending on the template chosen you may have options to modify text box es or picture s To insert pictures click on the dedicated area to select the picture you d like to use To insert text
41. he master BD DVD CD itself for damage Your Master Disc may be copy protected Normally most of the BD DVD and some of the CD you have purchase from stores have been copy protected Use the Writers to read your Master Disc by selecting one of writers as the Master Reading Source Please refer to the tutorial Select the Source drive if it works make a copy of your Master Disc and treat the copy as the new master Then set the Source back to the drive and try again Buttons do not function The duplicator may still be busy with a task Give it a moment and press it again If it still doesn t work turn off the machine and then restart the machine after one minute Copy completed but the copies are not readable executable Use the COMPARE feature to check the copied disc Based on our experience the quality of your media plays a big role on this part Try to use high quality media to prevent such problems Please use another BD DVD CD player ROM to test the copied media Sometimes your BD DVD CD Player ROM may not be compatible with recordable BD DVD CD disc The failure rate is high Lower the write speed and try again Please refer to the tutorial Select Burn Speed Quality of blank disc may be poor Quality of your Master Disc may be poor Do I need to upgrade my duplicator s firmware Unless your system is getting unstable we strongly suggest not upgrading your duplicat
42. hen you are done you will see the following display Partition FUN2 XS You will be directed back to Hard Drive Setup menu Hard Drive Setup ay www aleratec com 29 Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials 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 Aleratec 1 00 lt a gt 11 Hard Drive Setup CS Cuse SOURCE 2 Press ENT to enter Hard Drive Setup menu You will see the following display Hard Drive Setup ON 1 Select Partition D NY C uss _ SOURCE V 3 Use the UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen Hard Drive Setup 4 Delete Partition Ex Ents uss SOURCE V 4 Press ENT to enter the Delete Partition menu You will see the following display Choose Partition Y FUN __J DVD_ __4000MB X Cuss_ SOURCE 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 Delete Partition YQ FUN _ DVD OK SY uss SOURCE 6 Press ENT to confirm You will see the following screen for 2 seconds Partition FUN k Deleted XS Cus _ SOURCE 30 www aleratec com Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials Delete Existing Hard Drive Partition Permanently continued
43. l rights you may also have other rights which vary from state to state 74 www aleratec com Technical Support FAX Back Form Aleratec Inc Technical Support Fax Back Form Please record the following information to help expedite any warranty claim Model No Serial No Date Purchased Place of Purchase To Technical Support Group FAX 1 818 678 0483 FROM FAX E MAIL RE TEL DATE OF PAGES I am experiencing the following problems with my 1 15 Blu ray DVD CD Tower Publisher SLS By answering these questions your problem will be solved more rapidly Make copies as necessary You can reach us electronically at www aleratec com on the internet www aleratec com 75 Aleratec www aleratec com The Prosumers Choice Document Number 260203_UG_ENG_Rev A Copyright 2011 Specifications subject to change without notice Aleratec Inc 9851 Owensmouth Avenue Chatsworth CA 91311 U S A www aleratec com
44. le HDD provides extra security in that you can remove the drive containing the disc images and put it in a safe place where no un authorized users can copy or view the data The removable HDD includes a keyed lock to protect the data on the drive from being misused or stolen The HDD is used in the copy process as described in the following pages of this user guide Note You can use the duplicator to copy directly from BD DVDs or CDs with or without the HDD Just place your source disc in the BD DVD CD source drive or any of the BD DVDRW writers To remove the HDD 1 Unlock the HDD by inserting the key and turning it left counterclockwise 1 4 turn The drive is now in the unlocked position 2 Lift the HDD carriage lever upward and pull out The HDD carriage will come out of the tower and a protective drive bay door will close To replace the HDD 1 Align the HDD carriage with the door opening and push the drive carriage through the protective drive bay door until you feel the drive seat in its connector 2 Push the HDD carriage lever down then insert your key and turn it 1 4 turn to the right clockwise The HDD is now in its locked position You can remove the key Note The HDD will not work unless it is secured in position with the carriage lever and locked with the key Do not unlock the HDD during operation as you will destroy any copies you are making 4 www aleratec com Precautions Before you start Before
45. lly you will see the following screen for 2 seconds DVD to DVD Speed XS Then you will be directed back to the main menu DUPLICATOR 1 00 XS www aleratec com Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials Select the Source drive When making a copy you will need to specify where the master is Is it in the Source drive Or is it an Image inside the Hard Drive This tutorial will show you how to change the Master Reading Source to satisfy your needs Basically there are 3 scenarios that require you to select the Source drive 1 Disc to Disc copy Copy from Ist Tray This is the case when you would normally make copies on the fly You need to set the Source drive as your Master Reading Source Hard Drive to Disc copy If you want to make copies from your Hard Drive Image you need to select the source as Hard Drive There are three benefits to copy from Hard Drive a Performance Duplicating form the Hard Drive will be able to boost duplication speeds b Stability Duplicating from Hard Drive will stabilize the duplication process compared to the Disc to Disc duplicating c Convenience With your Master Discs stored inside the Hard Drive you can have access to each one easily There is no need to carry your Master Discs they are all stored inside the duplicator Disc to Disc copy Copy from 2nd Tray This is the case when your Master Disc is full of scratches You would need to u
46. media available 2 www aleratec com Introduction 1 15 Blu ray DVD CD Tower Publisher SLS LCD Front Panel View may vary from picture cs 2 3 Aleratec Y Initialize Duplicator Q 1 3 ver X XX AA coPY CUSB a oe 1 Display shows all functions and messages 2 ESC button is used to cancel a selected function 3 ENT button is used to execute a selected function 4 COPY button will start the Autocopy menu function See page 59 for more information 5 USB button will take you directly to the USB On Off mode option See page 65 for more information 6 PRINT button will take you directly to the print menu 7 SOURCE button will allow you to change the Source drive that the duplicator uses for loading Master Discs The default for this option is the BD DVD CD source drive See page 33 for more information 8 UP arrow is used to scroll up through functions or menus 9 DOWN arrow is used to scroll down through functions or menus www aleratec com 3 Introduction 1 15 Blu ray DVD CD Tower Publisher SLS Removable Hard Disk Drive Carriage Lever Removable Hard Disk Drive Key in Lock Your Tower Publisher SLS is equipped with a removable hard disk drive HDD for storing images of frequently copied discs Storing an image of a disc you want to copy on an HDD improves duplication speed and adds the convenience of not having to look around for the actual source disc you want to copy Your removab
47. o purchase a new shipping container Shipping the 1 15 Blu ray DVD CD Tower Publisher SLS without proper packaging will void your warranty Connect the Cables and Apply Power Plug the 2 power cords into the power supply of the 1 15 Blu ray DVD CD Tower Publisher SLS also located on the rear side make sure the red switch is set at 115 VAC for US operation Plug into a standard 115 VAC outlet Plug the USB 2 0 Cable into the USB connector located on the center rear of the 1 15 Blu ray DVD CD Tower Publisher SLS Connect the other end of the USB cable into an available USB 2 0 port on your PC Note Use only with a USB 2 0 port This system cannot be used with USB 1 1 as this will greatly affect system performance If Windows displays a message that a fast USB device is detected on a slow USB port then you will need to upgrade your computer by adding a USB 2 0 port www aleratec com 7 Overview LightScribe Software Installation Minimum System Requirements PC running Windows 2000 XP Vista or 7 1 Install the Aleratec File System Manager First write down the key code labeled Product Key on the front of the disc and then put the disc into your PC If Autorun does not begin go to My Computer and explore the CD and double click Setup to begin the installer manually Follow the prompts and insert the key code that you wrote down where Serial Number is displayed and restart your PC when the installer has finish
48. o stop To select the No Counter simply press ENT button when you see the screen above Then skip below and continue on to step de Or you can select Specify Counter to specify the number of copies 1 to 9999 by pressing the UP or DOWN navigation button to the below screen X Specify Counter XK Then please press ENT button to submit You will see the screen below Specify Counter 0 10k Oe V To specify the number of copies for your project you need to enter input a 4 digit number If you are planning to specify a number that is less than 4 digits please fill the leading spaces with 0 s any leading 0 will be skipped An example of that 4 digit number could be 0234 Two hundred and thirty four or 0010 ten Remember the beginning 0 s are skipped therefore 0010 means 10 which is the number 10 To enter the number you need to use UP or DOWN button to select the number for each digit and use ENT or ESC button to move the cursor position right or left once you ve finished move the cursor to OK and press ENT For example if I want to specify a counter value of 21 twenty one The 4 digit value would be 0021 To input the desired quantity please do the following Make sure the cursor is located at the first position Specify Counter ay X OK CS i Press DOWN button consecutively until 0 is displayed ii Press ENT button once to move the curs
49. on allows you to load your existing label file from a disc onto the duplicator s hard drive HDD Menu 12 2 Rename Label This operation allows you to rename your existing label in the duplicator s hard drive Menu 12 3 Delete Label This operation allows you to delete your existing label in the duplicator s hard drive Menu 12 4 Print Surface ID This operation allows you reveal the ID code of the media s label surface for tech support troubleshooting purposes Menu 12 5 Select Loading Drive This operation allows you to choose the default drive to read the label file s on to the duplicator s hard drive when you perform the Load Label operation www aleratec com 15 Overview Control Functions For detailed descriptions of each control function and feature see the Menu Overview section beginning on page 59 of this User Guide Control Functions 1 Copy 15 Utilities 2 Print 1 Disc Info 3 Copy Print 2 Prescan 4 Test 3 System Info 5 Compare 4 Device Info 6 Test Copy 5 Load Default 7 Copy Compare 6 Update Firmware 8 Select Burn Speed 7 Save 9 Select Source 16 Manage Accounts 10 Erase 17 Autocopy 11 Hard Drive Setup 18 Shutdown 1 Select Partition 2 Load Partition 3 Rename Partition 4 Delete Partition 5 Partition Info 6 Select Loading Drive 7 Format Hard Drive 12 Print Setup 1 Load Label 2 Rename Label 3 Delete Label 4 Print Surface Info 5
50. or s firmware Please contact our Tech Support if your system is getting unstable www aleratec com Troubleshooting 7 Cannot boot up or fails to upgrade firmware Contact our Tech Support 8 Can I load data directly from my computer to my duplicator s Hard Drive No your duplicator s Hard Drive has a unique file system that computers will not recognize Thus you can t perform any read write operations to the Hard Drive from your computer 9 How do I reset my duplicator back to default a Use UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen Aleratec 1 00 lt a 15 Utilities Cuse _ b Press ENT to enter Utility Menu You will see the following display Utilities 1 Disc Info Cuse SOURCE Utilities 5 Load Default usB_ d Load Default Press OK to continue use _ SOURCE e Press ENT to confirm and you system will be loaded back to default Once the operation is complete you will see the following display Utilities R Cuse SOURCE f You need to perform Shutdown and restart the system in order for this to take effect www aleratec com 67 Troubleshooting Error Codes Typically the system will show an error message and error code if a problem occurs Please reference the below diagram for a description of the error codes and the recommend solution Error Code Error Message Recommend
51. or to the next position iii Press DOWN button consecutively until 0 is displayed iv Press ENT button once to move the cursor to the next position v Press DOWN button consecutively until 2 is displayed vi Press ENT button once to move the cursor to the next position www aleratec com 33 Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials How to Make Copies from the Hard Drive continued vii Press DOWN button consecutively until 1 is displayed vili Now we have 0021 displayed and then press ENT once and the cursor is now moved to OK ix Then press ENT once to submit your counter value Now you will see following screen Preparing Waiting for Blanks Ex Note If the ABOVE screen is displayed for more than 2 minutes please check your Blank Discs for quality d Please allow 5 10 seconds for the duplicator to detect your Hard Drive partition and Blank Discs as well After your Hard Drive partition and Blank Discs have been recognized then you will see the following screen Preparing XS The 7 indicates there are 7 discs that were recognized by the recording tray Actual quantity may be different depending on your machine Note By default the Auto Start setting is set to Auto For example if your duplicator has detected 3 blank discs and didn t detect any additional blank discs for 30 seconds then the duplication will be started au
52. peed for Audio and Video CD Audio CD s and Video CD s do not have internal error checking capability so duplicating at too high a speed may cause frequent errors 14 6 Buzzer This setting allows you to choose whether you want to hear a beep when you press a button or when a task has been completed 14 7 Startup Menu This setting allows you to choose which menu you see first when the duplicator is powered on 14 8 Screen Saver This setting allows you to enable the Screen Saver feature or not By enabling this feature a screen saver will be displayed when your duplicator has been idle for a long period of time 14 9 Duplication Mode To simplify the Hard Drive loading and copying process a feature called Load and Copy and On the Fly is introduced under the category Duplication Mode This feature reduces the Duplication from Hard Drive process to a single step 14 10 Counter This option allows you to enable disable the Counter feature by turning this feature ON or OFF This feature will notify you how many discs have been copied and how many discs are left to complete your project 62 www aleratec com Menu Overview 15 14 11 DVD R High Compatibility Mode This feature allows you to enable disable the DVD R High Compatibility Mode feature by turning this feature ON or OFF The purpose of this feature is to increase the compatibility of DVD R media with a broader range of DVD Video players This proc
53. prevent fire or shock hazard do not expose the unit to rain or moisture To avoid electrical shock do not open the cabinet Refer servicing to authorized personnel only CAUTION As the laser beam in these 1 15 Blu ray DVD CD Tower Publisher SLS is harmful to the eyes do not attempt to disassemble the cabinet Refer servicing to authorized personnel only The use of optical instruments with this product will increase eye hazard This BD DVD CD Duplicator is classified as a CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT The CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT label is located on top of the internal drive enclosure CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT LASER KLASSE 1 PRODUKT www aleratec com Table of Contents Tah cele lUe iLe p eee eee 1 Produict Features isrann iener iiaee aiaeei eee iE AE EAE EE EA 1 Key Items 1 15 Blu ray DVD CD Tower Publisher SLS 0 0 00 eeeeeeeeseeteeeeee 2 1 15 Blu ray DVD CD Tower Publisher SLS LCD Front Panel 00 3 1 15 Blu ray DVD CD Tower Publisher SLS Removable Hard Disk Drive 4 PrecaUti ee 5 Before YOU STALE csve veesdevdeasise chs dgc Chasuavseds oitous iapa I a EIEE TERORA Sair ISTENE EESE 5 OVOFVIOW viincscnsissnastasicssnaneniesaninassnannatsnsncanadbsnaganaatsssianaasanasdgendsnanaansianenadisiends 7 Unpacking the Unit vs ised eetresesisvecadesiersevsctecnvetetieatece us aiteshe tose miaveds fersaesye 7 Connect the Cables and Apply Power inva LightScribe Software Installation vcssisiccssssose
54. py and print please make sure you have selected the correct Source drive Test This menu will guide you to make simulation of copying process During this simulation process all write once recordable discs such as BD R DVD R CD R will be reusable The purpose of performing such simulation is to ensure error free duplication Warning Due to the physical limitation of DVD R RW you can not perform this procedure if your recordable discs are DVD R RW recordable format If you do so you will encounter failure messages Warning If you are using CD RW DVD RW discs as your blanks media during the simulation all of the content inside those discs will be erased permanently Compare This menu will guide you to perform a bit by bit comparison between the Master Reading Source and all the copied discs inside the Writer Tray The purpose of the Compare function is to ensure that all of your copies have exactly same information as your Master Reading Source www aleratec com 59 Menu Overview 10 11 12 60 Test Copy This menu will guide you to perform a simulation of the copying process If everything passes the simulation the copying process will be performed If there s an error encountered during the simulation an error message will be displayed and the copying process will not be initiated Copy Compare This menu will guide you to make copies and automatically perform a bit by bit comparison between the
55. r 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 www aleratec com 23 Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials 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 24 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 Aleratec 1 00 9 Select Source SS b Press ENT to enter Select Source menu and you will see the following ae Drive Port 1 0 moo Make sure it is located at Hard Drive If not press the UP or DOWN arrow button to search for it There will be d
56. r performs simultaneous read and write operations without any delays Advantage Ideal for small quantity quick duplication Disadvantage Requires a Master Disc for each and every run Could be harmful for the Master Disc Maximum DVD duplication speed is typically limited under 8x Requires the Master Disc to be in excellent condition for error free duplication Load and Copy This mode instructs the duplicator to load your Master Disc into the built in hard drive partition called Reserved and make the requested quantity of copies directly from the hard drive The content will remain stored in the Reserved partition available for future duplications of the same project until you perform this function again with a new master or manually rename or delete the content from Hard Drive Setup Once a new master is used for Load and Copy the Reserved partition will be overridden or one will be created if it didn t exist Advantage Faster duplication in a long run Un Restricted DVD Duplication speed supported by the duplication blank media Stable duplication Reliable duplication Prompt If you set to Prompt when you go to 1 Copy you will be asked if you want to do Load and Copy or on the Fly If you set Duplication Mode to Load and Copy or On the Fly you will not be prompted when you go to 1 Copy The duplicator will do what you have selected in Duplication
57. rack 4 4m 58s EXEN V www aleratec com Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials 8 Use the UP or DOWN arrow button until you see following display Total 2 Trk 9m 47s ay Are you done XK uss _ SOURCE 9 Press ENT to submit your selection You will see the following display Auto Editing 3 4m 58s R uss SOURCE V 10 Once the loading process is complete you will see the following display Total 2 Trk 9m 47s Finish Editing gt usB 11 To continue with your music selections press the DOWN button once and you will see following display Total 2 Trk 9m 47s ay Insert Next Master amp NY Y C_usB_ SOURCE 12 Press ENT button to continue Insert CD2 into the Reader Tray When CD2 is recognized you will see the following display Total 2 Trk 9m 47s Y Track 1 4m 03s XK Cuse _ SOURCE 13 Use the UP or DOWN arrow button until you see Track 3 on the 2nd line of the display Press ENT to confirm A symbol will appear on the left of Track 3 You will see the following display Total 3 Trk 14m 35s Y Track 3 4m 47s X uss _ SOURCE www aleratec com 47 Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials Audio CD Editing continued 14 15 16 17 18 19 48 Use the UP or DOWN arrow button until you see Track 4 on the 2nd line of the display Press ENT to confirm A symbol will appear on the left
58. rence in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy If not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual this equipment may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be verified by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver e Connect the equipment to an electrical outlet on a circuit that is different from the circuit to which the receiver is connected e Consult your dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help This equipment has been certified to comply with the limits for a Class B computing device pursuant to FCC Rules In order to maintain compliance with FCC regulations shielded cables must be used with this equipment Operation with non approved equipment or unshielded cables is likely to result in interference to radio and TV reception The user is cautioned that changes and or modifications made to this equipment without the approval of manufacturer could void the user s authority to operate this equipment www aleratec com Safety Regulations To
59. rive model information where XXXXXX is shown above c Press ENT to submit your selection After your selection has been submitted you will see the following display Aleratec 1 00 9 Select Source ESEN Load your Master Disc onto the Hard Drive a Use the UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen Aleratec 1 00 11 Hard Drive Setup EENS www aleratec com Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials Load Master Disc onto the Hard Drive continued b Press ENT to enter Hard Drive Setup menu and you will see the following display Hard Drive Setup nO 1 Select Partition EXEN Cusp _ SOURCE 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 Hard Drive Setup 2 Load Partition Ex C uss SOURCE O Press ENT to enter Load Partition menu and you will see the following display Load Partition 228GB Q Load gt New Partition EEN V Cuss_ PRINT SOURCE The 228GB indicates the available capacity of your hard drive in term of GB www aleratec com 25 Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials 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
60. rmation where XXX XXX is shown above c Press ENT to submit your selection 3 Go back to the COPY menu a Use UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen Aleratec 1 00 Q 1 COPY XK www aleratec com 17 Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials 4 18 Start the Copy Process a Insert your Master Disc and blank discs into their corresponding tray s and press the ENT button You will see the following display Duplication Mode R V Duplication Mode offers three choices Load and Copy On the Fly Prompt Press UP or DOWN arrow button to display your desired mode Press the ENT button to confirm No Counter can be used when you prefer to copy continuously with no interruption It will still count the number of copies but it will not notify you when to stop To select the No Counter press ENT when you see the above screen Then skip to step d on page 19 of this User Guide Counter Y XR V Specify Counter lets you to select the number of copies you want to make The duplicator will count the number of copies you ve made and prompt you when the desired number of copies has been completed Counter A XS Press ENT button to select Enter between 1 to 9999 copies tee Counter free Enter a 4 digit number to specify the number of copies you want to make To specify a number less than 4 digits fill the leading spaces with 0 s any l
61. sansssses senses assvesiexeneroad ossavensnsianneadseenss 8 Using the LightScribe Labeling Software cccccecesescesseseesseseceeceeeeseeeeatenes 13 Other Label Printing Related Options cece eeeseeseeeeeceseeeeeceeeceeeneeecseeneees 15 Control FUMCtiONS cccecseceeseeseescesceseeseesceseceeceeceaeeaesaecaecaecaaesceseeseeeeeeaeesenseeaees 16 Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials ccccssssssseseeenees 17 Making Disc to Disc Copies ccccessessessessesscerceeceseeseeaecaecaecaeeseeseeceeeeeeeeeseeeees 17 Load Source Files onto the Hard Drive eccecesesceecseseceeceeeeceeseceecaseecnesatees 22 Load Master Disc onto the Hard Drive ececececcesseseeseeseeeeececeseeeeeeeeeeeeseneees 24 Rename Existing Hard Drive Partition Name ccecesceseseeeceeeeeeecseeeceeeetees 28 Delete Existing Hard Drive Partition Permanently ceceeeeeseeeneeeeeeeeeees 30 How to Make Copies from the Hard Drive Select Burn Speed oo eececeseeceeseeeeeeeeeeeeees Select the Sources Cry eneee asennan er eaa AEE RTENE Ra e TEORA NERS Change the SETUP Settings esciscessiscisciscssesscsacssasscsscssesstsctacdsassccsassuedeenssdevesvexcas Audio CD Editing eee Introduction to Manage Accounts Manage Accounts Overview Introduction to Duplication Mode cccceescescescesssseeeceecseeeeesceseeeeeeeeeeeeseeseeaees 54 Using AW TOCORY Yorni aiaee av sule O A E ESE E E EASE Menu Overview
62. sc into the top Reader Tray and your blank discs into corresponding Writer Trays Close the trays after you load the discs You can automatically close all trays by pressing ENT when the display shows Waiting for Blanks 4 Allow 5 10 seconds for the duplicator to detect your Master Disc and Blank Discs After all the discs are recognized you will see the following display Processing XS 5 After 2 or 3 seconds of processing time the following Copy Progress Screen will appear Copying 4012MB Q 0 12 481MB soXen O 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 www aleratec com 57 Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials Using AUTOCOPY continued 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
63. se the Writer Tray as your Source to make a copy and use the new copy as your new master to make more copies When you turn on your duplicator after it has booted up you should see the following signifying your duplicator is ready XS a Navigate to Source Selection Menu Press UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen 1 00 XS www aleratec com 39 Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials Select the Source drive continued b 40 Enter Source Selection menu Press ENT to enter into Source Selection menu You will see the following display Drive 1 Port 0 0 oS Make sure it is located at Drive 1 Port 0 0 If not press the UP or DOWN navigation button to search for it There will be drive model information where XXXXXX is shown above Select desired master reading device Press the UP or DOWN button to select the desired master reading source Then press ENT to submit your Source Selection Once your selection has been changed successfully you will see the following screen for 2 seconds Drive 1 Port 0 0 XS Then you will be directed back to the main menu DUPLICATOR 1 00 xD www aleratec com Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials Change the SETUP Settings Most of the internal settings and information are stored inside the Setup menu To explore and modify these settings is simple In the following example you will be modifying the Auto S
64. tart setting Noite The default Setup is set for optimal performance It is unnecessary to change this setting if you are satisfied with your duplicator performance 1 Use the UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen Aleratec 1 00 Y 14 Setup X Cuss_ SOURCE 2 Press ENT to enter Setup menu You will see the following display Set XO Ccopy usB_ PRINT SOURCE O 3 Use the UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen Set oo Ccopy usB_ PRINT SOURCE O 4 Press ENT to enter Auto Start Setting menu You will see the following display Auto Start wo dS copy usB_ PRINT SOURCE 5 Use the UP or DOWN arrow button to modify the setting to Full Press ENT to submit your selection You will see the following display Set SS copy _usB_ PRINT SOURCE O 6 To modify more settings go back to step 3 Otherwise press ESC button to go back to main menu Aleratec 1 00 lt a 14 Setup YX uss SOURCE www aleratec com 41 Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials Audio CD Editing This procedure will guide you in using the Mix Audio Tracks feature This process allows you to combine audio tracks from various CDs into a single customized audio CD To use this feature you need a temporary storage location to hold your music before the duplicator can make it an audio CD The following
65. ter misuse abuse or modifications to the subsystem or by any other causes unrelated to defective materials or workmanship 72 www aleratec com Service and Support Please Note This Warranty is valid only within the United States and Puerto Rico and applies only to products that are new and unopened on the date of purchase For areas outside the United States and Puerto Rico contact the authorized dealer from whom you purchased this product to determine which warranty if any applies THIS LIMITED WARRANTY CONSTITUTES YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY AND THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE LIABILITY OF ALERATEC INC AND IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OF ITEMS FORA PARTICULAR PURPOSE Your sole remedy will be repair or replacement with new or refurbished components as provided in this Limited Warranty Aleratec Inc will not be liable for any direct indirect special incidental products or consequential damages including but not limited to any loss of data or loss of profits or business regardless of the form of action or theory of liability resulting from any defect in or use of this product even if Aleratec Inc has been advised of the possibility of such damages In any event the liability of Aleratec Inc under this Limited Warranty for damages to you or any third party regardless of the form of action or theory of liabili
66. the 1 15 to your PC with the USB cable 4 Make sure the 1 15 is in USB mode Press the USB fastkey on the control panel on the front of the 1 15 Ifthe screensaver is on you may have to press the button twice 5 You will see the LCD screen display the USB Connection menu Below this title you will see an On or Off listed This is the current status of the USB connection To change the current status use either the Up or Down arrow keys to select the mode you want Then press the ENT key to confirm the selection You will be prompted to restart the system For this guide make sure that the USB mode is enabled Note While in USB mode the duplicator cannot access the hard drive only the PC can www aleratec com 9 Overview 6 After the 1 15 Tower Publisher SLS has rebooted go to My Computer in Windows and look to see if the HDD is there It will be labeled as Duplicator LightScribe image Isi file destination folder My Computer Local Disk C BDV Drive 0 DVD RAM Drive F DVD RAM Drive G lE Shared Documents E Dev s Documents Fie name Saveastype LightScribe Image Fie si 7 If you open the drive location you will see three or four folders a The dup folder is where iso files nrg files and folders of data can be put in for disc burning b The label folder is where lsi files created by t
67. to 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 Loading 4000MB FUN 10 423MB 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 i Once your Master Disc has been loaded completely you will see the following display Load Partition OK x Press the ENT button to go back to the Hard Drive Setup menu www aleratec com 27 Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials 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 Aleratec 1 00 ay 11 Hard Drive Setup SS Cuse _ SOURCE 2 Press ENT to enter Hard Drive Setup menu You will see the following display Hard Drive Setup 1 Select Partition Ex
68. tomatically Note Once the number of blank discs you inserted matches the number of discs detected on the screen Then press ENT if you are not using Auto Start or wish to speed up the process to confirm and the following Processing screen will appear Processing Please Wait 34 www aleratec com Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials Note If the number of blank discs you inserted doesn t match the number of discs detected on the screen please give 10 15 seconds for the duplicator to recognize all of your blank discs e After 2 or 3 seconds of processing time the following Copy Progress Screen will appear Counter Specified Copying H4012MB 0 21 12 481MB Ro O No Counter Copying H4012MB 0 12 481MB Ro V 4012MB indicates the capacity of the Master Disc 4012MB indicates the capacity of the Master Disc 481MB indicates the current MB from the Master Disc that has been copied 481MB indicates the current MB from the Master Disc that has been copied 12 indicates the current progress of the duplication 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 0 indicates that you have made 0 copies so far
69. ty will not exceed the purchase price you paid for this product Some states do not allow limitations of the disclaimer of implied warranties the period an implied warranty lasts or the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages so the exclusions and limitations stipulated in this Limited Warranty may not apply to you This Limited Warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may have other rights which vary from state to state www aleratec com 73 Service and Support To Obtain Warranty Service You must ship your subsystem to the authorized dealer where your subsystem was purchased within the one year warranty period and no later than thirty days after discovery of claimed defect whichever occurs first In either case you must provide proof of original purchase before any warranty service can be performed Products and parts provided as a result of warranty service may be other than new but will be in good working order and become your property at the time of exchange At the same time the exchanged products or parts become the property of Aleratec Inc When shipping the subsystem for service you agree to insure the Duplicator to prepay shipping charges and to use the original shipping container or equivalent Any service outside the scope of this limited warranty will be at Aleratec Inc s or its Authorized Service Provider s rates and terms then in effect This warranty gives you specific lega
70. uplicator while the Reader Writer Trays are open In doing so you may inadvertently blow dust into the recording device and damage the recording device Warning The Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS must never be cleaned with a lens cleaning kit Proper Shutdown To avoid possible system failures you need to shutdown the duplicator properly To shutdown the duplicator you need to press the down arrow V to 18 Shutdown and follow instructions on the screen to shutdown the duplicator properly Turning off your duplicator without performing this function will increase the risk of damaging your duplicator Transportation Please keep the original packing materials for future moving or shipping of the 1 15 Blu ray DVD CD Tower Publisher SLS Shipping the 1 15 Blu ray DVD CD Tower Publisher SLS without proper packaging will void the warranty 6 www aleratec com Overview Unpacking the Unit Your system was shipped in one box and contains the 1 15 Blu ray DVD CD Tower Publisher SLS and cables Carefully open the box and remove the top protective foam padding Remove the following e 1 15 Blu ray DVD CD Tower Publisher SLS e 2 Power Cords e 1 USB 2 0 Cable e 1 Quick Start Guide I Installation CD Note It is important to keep the original shipping container and packaging In the event you misplace your packaging and need to ship the 1 15 Blu ray DVD CD Tower Publisher SLS you should first contact technical support t
71. urrent progress of the duplication 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 0 indicates that you have made 0 copies so far 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 PASS 7 FAIL 0 Waiting for Blanks 7 Q OS successful copies PASS 7 indicates that you ve just made 7 this run FAIL 0 indicates that you have no failure in copies so far 7 indicates that you ve successfully copied 7 www aleratec com 21 Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials To continue making additional copies remove the successfully completed copies from the ej
72. w aleratec com 49 Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials Introduction to Manage Accounts The Manage Accounts feature allows the administrator to e Create user accounts and passwords to prevent unauthorized use of the duplicator e View existing user account lists e Edit existing user account information including name and password e Delete existing user account s e Enable Disable the Manage Accounts feature The Manage Accounts feature is disabled by default Prior to activating this feature the duplicator recognizes all users as the only activated user defined as the administrator The pre defined password for this function is 0000 With this feature enabled additional users will have their own settings and have access only to the hard drive partitions they have loaded No one else will have the permission to access these settings partitions other than the Administrator For example if USER1 logged in and loaded a Master Disc to the hard drive partition Partition A and USER2 logs in USER2 will not have access to any partition loaded by USER1 which includes partition A To take advantage of this feature use the following instructions 1 Change the Administrator password Please refer to Feature Overview 3 Edit User Info on page 54 of this User Guide for more information 2 Create a User Name and Password for every authorized person on this duplicator Please refer to Feature Overview
73. will see the following display Preparing SS Note X indicates the number of discs recognized by the Writer Tray For this example number of discs could be up to 15 Note By default the Auto Start setting is set to Auto For example if your duplicator has detected 3 blank discs and didn t detect any additional blank discs within 30 seconds the duplication will start automatically When the number of blank discs inserted matches the number of discs detected press ENT to confirm You will see the following display Processing Y Please Wait SEND Note Give the duplicator 10 15 seconds to recognize all the blank discs If the number of blank discs you inserted doesn t match the number of discs detected 20 www aleratec com Stand Alone Tower Publisher SLS Tutorials Making Disc to Disc Copies continued e 2 or3 seconds after copying begins the following Copy Progress screen will appear Counter Specified Copying 0 21 2 4012MB 1 481MB RK No Counter Copying 4012MB Y 0 12 481MB X 4012MB indicates the capacity of the Master Disc 4012MB indicates the capacity of the Master Disc 481MB indicates the current progress of the duplication in terms of MB 481MB indicates the current progress of the duplication in terms of MB 12 indicates the c

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