Aleratec 115 Bluray DVD CD Tower Publisher SLS Duplicator User Guide

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Overview
Other Label Printi\Bng 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 La\bbel
This operation allows you to load your existing label file from a disc onto the 
duplicator’s hard drive (HDD). 
Menu 12.2: Rename \bLabel
This operation allows you to rename your existing label in the duplicator’s hard 
drive. 
Menu 12.3: Delete L\babel
This operation allows you to delete your existing label in the duplicator’s hard drive. 
Menu 12.4: Print Su\brface ID
This operation allows you reveal the ID code of the media’s label surface for tech 
support troubleshooting purposes.
Menu 12.5: Select \bLoading 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.  
						

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Overview
Control F\fnctions
For detailed descriptions of each control function and feature see the Menu Overview 
section beginning on page 59 of this User Guide. 
Control F\fnctions
1. Copy2. Print3. Copy + Print4. Test5. Compare6. Test + Copy7. Copy + Compare8. Select Burn Speed9. Select Source10. Erase11. Hard Drive Setup1. Select Partition2. Load Partition3. Rename Partition4. Delete Partition5. Partition Info6. Select Loading Drive7. Format Hard Drive12. Print Setup1. Load Label 2. Rename Label3. Delete Label4. Print Surface Info5. Label Info6. Select Loading Drive13. Mix Audio Tracks14. Setup1. Language2. Auto Start3. Read Error Skip4. CD Writing Mode5. Max Audio 6. Buzzer7. Start Up Menu8. Screen Saver9. Duplication Mode10. Counter11. DVD+R High Compatibility12. IRSC 13. Disable Drivers14. USB Connection15. Overburn
15. Utilities1. Disc Info2. Prescan 3. System Info4. Device Info5. Load Default6. Update Firmware7. Save16. Manage Accounts17. Autocopy18. Shutdown  
						

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Making Disc-to-Disc \BCopies
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:
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:
b. Press ENT to enter Select Source menu and you will see the following:
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.
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 1.001. COPYCOPYUSBPRINTSOURCE
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Aleratec 1.009. Select So\frceCOPYUSBPRINTSOURCE
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Drive 1 Port 0.0 XXXXXXCOPYUSBPRINTSOURCE
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4. 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:
b. “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.
c. “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.
“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. 
Press ENT button to select. Enter between 1 to 9999 copies. 
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 leading “0” will be skipped). For example, “0234” will give you two 
hundred and thirty four copies, and “0010” will give you ten copies. 
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Specify Co\fnter:[0   ]  OK?COPYUSBPRINTSOURCE
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Making Disc-to-Disc \BCopies - continued 
Example:
To enter a value of 21 copies, do the following
Make sure the cursor is located at the first position:
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.
vii. 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:
OR
Specify Counter:[X   ]  OK?COPYUSBPRINTSOURCE
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Preparing...Waiting for MasterCOPYUSBPRINTSOURCE
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Note: If either one of t\bhe PREVIOUS 2 \bcree\bn\b are di\bplayed for\b 
more than 2 minute\b\b, plea\be check your\b Ma\bter Di\bc or blank\b di\bc\b 
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 will see the following display:
Note: “X” indicate\b the n\bumber of di\bc\b recog\bnized by the Writer 
Tray. For thi\b example,\b number of di\bc\b cou\bld be up to 15.
Note: By default, the “A\buto Start” \betting \bi\b \bet to “Auto”. Fo\br 
example, if your du\bplicator ha\b detect\bed 3 blank di\bc\b and\b didn’t 
detect any addition\bal blank di\bc\b within\b 30 \becond\b, the du\bplication 
will \btart automatic\bally.
When the number of blank discs inserted matches the number of discs 
detected press ENT	to confirm. You will see the following display:
Note: Give the duplicato\br 10-15 \becond\b to \brecognize all the b\blank 
di\bc\b. If the number\b of blank di\bc\b you \bin\berted doe\bn’t mat\bch the 
number of di\bc\b dete\bcted...
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Preparing...X Disc Detected, Go\B?
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Making Disc-to-Disc \BCopies - continued
e. 2 or 3 seconds after copying begins the following “Copy Progress” screen 
will appear:
Note: It i\b normal to \bee\b the progre\b\b indica\btor \btay at 0-10% a\bnd at 
100% for approximat\bely 30 \becond\b durin\bg CD duplication. Additionally 
it i\b normal to \bee \bthe progre\b\b indicat\bor \btay at 0-10% an\bd at 100% 
for up to 1 minute \bduring DVD duplicatio\bn. There i\b a delay ca\bu\bed by 
the initializing and \bfinalizing \btage of d\bi\bc duplication. Due \bto thi\b delay, 
it i\b normal to \bee \bprogre\b\b indicator\b \b\btay at 100% for up\b to \beveral 
minute\b before movin\bg on. Once the di\bc\b duplication i\b comp\bleted, 
\bucce\b\bful copie\b wil\bl be ejected and yo\bu will \bee the foll\bowing di\bplay:
Counter SpecifiedNo Counter
“4012MB” indicates the capacity of the Master Disc.
“481MB” indicates the current progress of the duplication in terms of MB.
“12%” indicates the current progress of the duplication.
“0/21” indicates you have a project size of 21 copies and you have made 0 copies so far.
“4012MB” indicates the capacity of the Master Disc.
“481MB” indicates the current progress of the duplication in terms of MB.
“12%” indicates the current progress of the duplication.
“0” indicates that you have made 0 copies so far.
“FAIL 0” indicates that you have no failure in this run.
“PASS 7” indicates that you’ve just made 7 successful copies.
“7” indicates that you’ve successfully copied 7 copies so far.
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Copying...  4012MB0/21  12%    481MBCOPYUSBPRINTSOURCE
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Copying...   4012MB       0  12%    481MB
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PASS  7  FAIL  0  (   7)Waiting for Blanks                         
						

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To continue making additional copies, remove the successfully completed copies 
from the ejected trays and replace with blank discs. To terminate your project and 
return to the main menu, press ESC. 
If you’ve specified a counter value you will see the following display when your 
project is completed:
If you see above message, you can press ENT to go back to main menu.
Note: If you enabled the\b counter and the n\bumber of blank di\bc\b \byou 
have in\berted i\b gre\bater than the numbe\br you reque\bted, yo\bu will receive 
a me\b\bage indicating \byou have in\berted m\bore di\bc\b than what \byou need. 
You can continue to \bcopy or you can ej\bect the extra\b di\bc\b\b.
Note: Failed di\bc\b will not\b be ejected automat\bically. You will need to 
manually eject the\b\be. 
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21 Disc CopiedPress OK to Finish
Load So\frce Files on\Bto 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 fa\bctor\b that could co\bntribute to the cap\bacity difference 
between the adverti\b\bed capacity and th\be actual capacity:
 ▪Hard Drive Manufactures use conversion rate of 1GB = 1 Billion Bytes 
or 1000^3 Bytes. However, most Operating Systems, including our 
Duplication System use standard conversion rate of 1GB = 1.074 Billion 
Bytes or 1024^3 Bytes. Therefore, for an advertised 80GB Hard Drive (80 
Billion Bytes), the Duplication System capacity is actually 74.5 Billion 
Bytes (74.5GB).
 ▪In addition, we round off all fractions of a GB to the lower whole number. 
That means for a hard drive that has a 74.5GB system capacity, we only 
recognize and utilize 74GB.      
						

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Load So\frce Files on\Bto 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: 
 
 
 
 
4. Use UP or DOWN arrow to select ON and press ENT:
 
 
 
 
5. The Hard Drive should now show up on your computer as “Duplicator”
6. Copy your source data into the “Duplicator/dup” directory 
The partition name displayed in the tower publisher will be the name of your ISO 
or NRG file.  For loose directories and files, create a new folder in the “Duplicator/
dup” directory and copy your directories and files into it.*  The name of this folder 
will be the partition name for this source data.  You will ONLY be able to choose 
this “root” directory for burning onto a disc.  You will not be able to navigate into 
the folder when selecting a partition to create discs.
 
* Duplicating from folders on the Duplicator HDD only supports file sizes 4GB 
and smaller.
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Load Master Disc ont\Bo the Hard Drive
The following steps will show you how to load your Master Disc into the installed 
Hard Drive as a partition and copy the stored partition onto blank discs. This process 
is recommended for mass volume production.
To load your Master Disc onto a hard drive partition, please do the following:
1. Make sure the Source is set to the Hard Drive.
It is very important to make sure the Source is set for the Hard Drive in order to 
avoid unnecessary error messages. To check what the Source is set to, please do 
the following:
a. Use UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen.
b. Press ENT to enter “Select Source” menu and you will see the following:
Make sure it is located at “Hard Drive”. If not, press the UP or DOWN 
arrow button to search for it. There will be drive model information where 
XXXXXX is shown above.
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c. Press ENT to submit your selection. After your selection has been 
submitted, you will see the following display:
2. Load your Master Disc onto the Hard Drive.
a. Use the UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen.
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Aleratec 1.0011. Hard Drive Set\fp\BCOPYUSBPRINTSOURCE
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