Aleratec 115 DVDCD Tower Publisher SLS User Guide

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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 operation 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.  
						

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Control Functions
For detailed descriptions of each control function and feature see the Menu Overview 
section beginning on page 61 of this User Guide. 
Control Functions
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 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:
2. Make sure the Source Drive is set to the DVD-ROM drive.
It is very important to make sure that your current Source Drive is the DVD-ROM 
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:
b. Press ENT to enter Select Source menu and you shall see the following:
Make sure it is located at “Drive 2 Port 2.1”. If not, press the UP or 
DOWN navigation button to search for it.
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:
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DUPLICATOR 1.009. Select Source
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Drive 2 Port 2.1  DVD-ROM
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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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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:
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 shall see the following screen:
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Specify Counter:[X   ]  OK?
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Preparing...Waiting for Master
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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 will see the following display:
Note: “7” indicates there are 7 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:
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...
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Preparing...7 Disc Detected, Go?
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Making Disc-to-Disc Copies - continued
e. 2 or 3 seconds after copying begins the following “Copy Progress” screen 
will appear:
Note: It is normal to see the progress indicator stay at 
0-10% and at 100% for approximately 30 seconds during 
CD duplication. Additionally it is normal to see the progress 
indicator stay at 0-10% and at 100% for up to 1 minute during 
DVD duplication. This delay is caused by the initializing and 
finalizing stage of disc duplication. Once the disc duplication is 
completed, successful copies will be ejected and you will see 
the following display:
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...   4012MB       0  12%    481MB
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To continue making additional copies, remove the successfully completed copies 
from the ejected trays and replace with blank discs. To terminate your project and 
return to the main menu, press ESC. 
If you’ve specified a counter value you will see the following display when your 
project is completed:
If you see above message, you can press ENT to go back to main menu.
Note: If you enabled the counter and the number of blank discs you 
have inserted is greater than the number you requested, you will 
receive a message indicating you have inserted more discs than 
what you need. You can continue to copy or you can eject the extras 
discs.
Note: Failed discs will not be ejected automatically. You will need to 
manually eject these. 
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Make Hard Drive (HDD)-to-Disc Copies 
Copying from the Hard Drive is the best way to make copies. Overall, there are 3 
benefits to copying from the Hard Drive:
1. Performance – Duplicating from the Hard Drive will be able to boost the DVD 
duplication speed to 8x or above.
2. Stability – Duplicating from Hard Drive will stabilize the duplication process 
compared to the Disc to Disc duplicating.
3. 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.
The capacity of any created partition will be the same as the size of your Master 
Disc rounded up to the next Gigabyte.
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. Your HDD is 250GB. 
• Hard Drive Manufactures use conversion rate of 1GB. 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.
The  steps to load a Master Disc to the Hard Drive as a partition and copy the stored 
partition onto blank discs can be found in the tutorial beginning on page 35 of this 
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How to Make Copies from the Hard Drive
When you turn on your duplicator, after it has booted up, you should see the 
following signifying your duplicator is ready.
1. Make sure the Source is set to the Hard Drive.
It is very important to make sure the Source is set to 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, then you need to press UP 
or DOWN navigation button to search for it.
c. Press ENT to submit your selection. After your selection has been 
submitted, you will see the following:
2. Load your Master Disc onto the Hard Drive. 
If you have already loaded your Master Disc onto the Hard Drive, then you can 
skip step 2 and go to step 3.
a. Use UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen.
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DUPLICATOR 1.009. Select Source
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DUPLICATOR 1.0011. Hard Drive Setup