Aleratec Computer Accessories 260203 User Manual

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USER GUIDE  
Aleratec 1:15 Blu-ray/DVD/CD  
Tower Publisher SLS™  
Part No. 260203  
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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 interference 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:  
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.  
Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.  
Connect the equipment to an electrical outlet on a circuit that is different from  
the circuit to which the receiver is connected.  
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.  
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Safety Regulations  
WARNING  
To 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  
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Table of Contents  
Introduction...................................................................................................1  
Product Features...................................................................................................1  
Key Items – 1:15 Blu-ray/DVD/CD Tower Publisher SLS.................................2  
1:15 Blu-ray/DVD/CD Tower Publisher SLS: LCD Front Panel........................3  
1:15 Blu-ray/DVD/CD Tower Publisher SLS: Removable Hard Disk Drive......4  
Precautions...................................................................................................5  
Before you start:...................................................................................................5  
Overview........................................................................................................7  
Unpacking the Unit..............................................................................................7  
Connect the Cables and Apply Power..................................................................7  
LightScribe Software Installation ........................................................................8  
Using the LightScribe Labeling Software..........................................................13  
Other Label Printing Related Options................................................................15  
Control Functions...............................................................................................16  
Stand-Alone Tower Publisher SLS: Tutorials...........................................17  
Making Disc-to-Disc Copies..............................................................................17  
Load Source Files onto the Hard Drive .............................................................22  
Load Master Disc onto the Hard Drive..............................................................24  
Rename Existing Hard Drive Partition Name....................................................28  
Delete Existing Hard Drive Partition Permanently............................................30  
How to Make Copies from the Hard Drive........................................................32  
Select Burn Speed..............................................................................................37  
Select the Source drive.......................................................................................39  
Change the SETUP Settings ..............................................................................41  
Audio CD Editing ..............................................................................................42  
Introduction to Manage Accounts .....................................................................50  
Manage Accounts: Overview.............................................................................51  
Introduction to Duplication Mode .....................................................................54  
Using AUTOCOPY............................................................................................57  
Menu Overview ...........................................................................................59  
Troubleshooting .........................................................................................66  
Recommended Media ................................................................................70  
Technical Support ......................................................................................71  
Service and Support...................................................................................73  
Technical Support FAX Back Form...........................................................75  
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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.  
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Introduction  
Key Items – 1:15 Blu-ray/DVD/CD Tower Publisher SLS  
Removable  
Hard Disk Drive  
(see page 4)  
Control Panel  
BD/DVD/CD  
Source Drive  
BD/DVD/CD RW  
LightScribe Drives*  
*Note: There is currently no LightScribe Blu-ray media available.  
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1:15 Blu-ray/DVD/CD Tower Publisher SLS: LCD Front Panel  
(View may vary from picture)  
1
2
ESC  
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3
Initialize  
1-3  
Duplicator  
ver: X.XX  
ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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5
6
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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  
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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 removable 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.  
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Precautions  
Before you start:  
Before 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. Operating 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.  
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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 duplicator 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 ( ) 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.  
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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:  
1:15 Blu-ray/DVD/CD Tower Publisher SLS  
2 Power Cords  
1 USB 2.0 Cable  
1 Quick Start Guide  
1 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  
to 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.  
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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 finished. 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.  
2. 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.  
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c. Click Install to complete the installation.  
3. Connect 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. If the 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.  
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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”.  
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 the LightScribe Template  
Labeler program will be placed.  
* Duplicating from folders on the Duplicator HDD only supports file sizes 4GB  
and smaller.  
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Using the LightScribe Labeling Software  
The following procedure demonstrates using the LightScribe Template Labeler to  
generate the label files (.lsi) 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.  
2. Select a Template. You must choose a template before moving to the next step.  
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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, 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.  
4. 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”.  
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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 and click the “Save” button.  
5. The image writing process will begin.  
When the image process has completed the file should now be located on the  
“Duplicator” drive in the label folder.  
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6. 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.  
7. 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.  
8. 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”, and “Specify Counter”.  
When you are satisfied with the number press the ENT key one more time.  
This will eject all of the drives.  
9. 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.  
10. 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.  
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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 59 of this User Guide.  
Control Functions  
1.  
2.  
3.  
4.  
5.  
6.  
7.  
8.  
9.  
Copy  
Print  
Copy + Print  
Test  
Compare  
Test + Copy  
Copy + Compare  
Select Burn Speed  
Select Source  
15. Utilities  
1.  
2.  
3.  
4.  
5.  
6.  
7.  
Disc Info  
Prescan  
System Info  
Device Info  
Load Default  
Update Firmware  
Save  
16. Manage Accounts  
17. Autocopy  
10. Erase  
11. Hard Drive Setup  
18. Shutdown  
1.  
2.  
3.  
4.  
5.  
6.  
7.  
Select Partition  
Load Partition  
Rename Partition  
Delete Partition  
Partition Info  
Select Loading Drive  
Format Hard Drive  
12. Print Setup  
1.  
2.  
3.  
4.  
5.  
6.  
Load Label  
Rename Label  
Delete Label  
Print Surface Info  
Label Info  
Select Loading Drive  
13. Mix Audio Tracks  
14. Setup  
1.  
2.  
3.  
4.  
5.  
6.  
7.  
8.  
9.  
Language  
Auto Start  
Read Error Skip  
CD Writing Mode  
Max Audio  
Buzzer  
Start Up Menu  
Screen Saver  
Duplication Mode  
10. Counter  
11. DVD+R High Compatibility  
12. IRSC  
13. Disable Drivers  
14. USB Connection  
15. Overburn  
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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. COPY  
1.00  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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  
9. Select Source  
1.00  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
b. Press ENT to enter Select Source menu and you will see the following:  
Drive 1 Port 0.0  
XXXXXX  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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. COPY  
1.00  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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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:  
Duplication Mode:  
Load and Copy  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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.  
Counter:  
No Counter  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
“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:  
Specify Counter  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
Press ENT button to select. Enter between 1 to 9999 copies.  
Specify Counter:  
[0 ] OK?  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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:  
Specify Counter:  
[X ] OK?  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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:  
Preparing...  
Waiting for Master  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
OR  
Preparing...  
Waiting for Blanks  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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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:  
Preparing...  
X Disc Detected, Go?  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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...  
ESC ENT  
Please Wait  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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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Making Disc-to-Disc Copies - continued  
e. 2 or 3 seconds after copying begins the following “Copy Progress” screen  
will appear:  
Counter Specified  
No Counter  
Copying...  
4012MB  
481MB  
SOURCE  
Copying...  
12%  
4012MB  
481MB  
ESC ENT  
ESC ENT  
0/21  
12%  
0
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
“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 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.  
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)  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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.  
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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:  
21 Disc Copied  
Press OK to Finish  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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 1024^3 Bytes. Therefore, for an advertised 80GB Hard Drive (80  
Billion Bytes), the Duplication System capacity is actually 74.5 Billion  
Bytes (74.5GB).  
In addition, we round off all fractions of a GB to the lower whole number.  
That means for a hard drive that has a 74.5GB system capacity, we only  
recognize and utilize 74GB.  
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Load Source Files onto the Hard Drive - continued  
You can create a new partition by either loading it directly from a Master Disc  
or by copying it directly onto the Hard Drive through the tower publisher’s USB  
connection. Here we will discuss loading source data directly onto the Hard Drive.  
The next section will explain how to load a partition from a Master Disc.  
The tower publisher will recognize three different formats of source data:  
1. ISO disc image file  
2. NRG disc image file  
3. Data in the form of directories and files  
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  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
4. Use UP or DOWN arrow to select ON and press ENT:  
External Connection:  
On  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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 onto the Hard Drive  
The following steps will show you how to load your Master Disc into the installed  
Hard Drive as a partition and copy the stored partition onto blank discs. This process  
is recommended for mass volume production.  
To load your Master Disc onto a hard drive partition, please do the following:  
1. Make sure the Source is set to the Hard Drive.  
It is very important to make sure the Source is set for the Hard Drive in order to  
avoid unnecessary error messages. To check what the Source is set to, please do  
the following:  
a. Use UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen.  
Aleratec  
9. Select Source  
1.00  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
b. Press ENT to enter “Select Source” menu and you will see the following:  
Hard Drive Port 1.0  
XXXXXX  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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.  
c. Press ENT to submit your selection. After your selection has been  
submitted, you will see the following display:  
Aleratec  
9. Select Source  
1.00  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
2. Load your Master Disc onto the Hard Drive.  
a. Use the UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen.  
Aleratec  
11. Hard Drive Setup  
1.00  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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Load Master Disc onto the Hard Drive - continued  
b. Press ENT to enter “Hard Drive Setup” menu and you will see the  
following display:  
Hard Drive Setup  
1. Select Partition  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
c. Load your Master Disc on to the Hard Drive. To do so, use the UP or  
DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen.  
Hard Drive Setup  
2. Load Partition  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
d. Press ENT to enter “Load Partition” menu and you will see the following  
display:  
Load Partition [ 228GB]  
Load-> New Partition  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
The “228GB” indicates the available capacity of your  
hard drive in term of GB.  
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e. You now have the choice to load your Master Disc into a new (empty)  
partition or overwrite one of the existing partitions (if any exist) by  
inputting/modifying the name you desire; or you can simply choose “Auto  
Generate” to have the system automatically generate a partition name for  
you. Afterwards, simply press the UP or DOWN arrow button to find your  
desired selection and press ENT to submit your selection. You will see the  
following (unless you have chosen “Auto Generate”, then please skip to  
Step “h”):  
EDIT PARTITION NAME  
ESC ENT  
[
] OK?  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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  
ESC ENT  
[x  
] OK?  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
Make sure the cursor is located at the first position:  
i. Press DOWN button consecutively until “F” is displayed.  
ii. Press ENT button once to move the cursor to the next position.  
iii. Press DOWN” button consecutively until “U” is displayed.  
iv. Press ENT button once to move the cursor to the next position.  
v. Press DOWN” button consecutively until “N” is displayed.  
vi. Press ENT button once to move the cursor to the next position.  
vii. With the partition name “FUN” displayed press ENT consecutively  
until the cursor is moved to OK.  
viii. Press ENT once to submit your name selection.  
g. You will see the following confirmation screen:  
Load Partition?  
ESC ENT  
[FUN  
] OK?  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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Load Master Disc onto the Hard Drive - continued  
h. Press ENT button to confirm. Once your Master Disc has been recognized.  
The loading progress indicator will be displayed and you will see the  
following:  
Loading...  
FUN  
4000MB  
423MB  
SOURCE  
ESC ENT  
10%  
PRINT  
COPY  
USB  
“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!  
Press OK to Continue  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
Press the ENT button to go back to the “Hard Drive Setup” menu.  
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Rename Existing Hard Drive Partition Name  
When you load your Master Disc to a hard drive partition, you are asked to give it a  
name. You can rename it at anytime afterwards (including the Reserved Partition).  
To rename your existing hard drive partition name, do the following:  
1. Use the UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen.  
Aleratec  
11. Hard Drive Setup  
1.00  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
2. Press ENT to enter “Hard Drive Setup” menu. You will see the following display:  
Hard Drive Setup  
1. Select Partition  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
3. Use the UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen.  
Hard Drive Setup  
3. Rename Partition  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
SOURCE  
PRINT  
4. Press ENT to enter the “Rename Partition” menu. You will see the following  
display:  
Choose Partition:  
ESC ENT  
[FUN  
] DVD  
4000MB  
SOURCE  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
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:  
ESC ENT  
[FUN  
] DVD, OK?  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
6. Press ENT once again to confirm. You will see the following display:  
Rename Partition:  
ESC ENT  
[FUN  
] OK  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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Rename Existing Hard Drive Partition Name - continued  
7. Rename the partition you’ve just selected.  
To enter a partition name, use the UP or DOWN button to select the character  
and use ESC or ENT button to move the cursor position. When you are  
finished, move the cursor to OK and press ENT. For example, if I want to  
rename the image from “FUN” to “FUN2”, do the following:  
a. Move the cursor to the forth position by pressing ENT until you reached  
desired location:  
Enter HDD Image Name  
ESC ENT  
[FUNx  
] OK  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
b. Press DOWN button consecutively until “2” is displayed.  
c. With the Image Name changed from “FUN” to “FUN2”, press ENT  
consecutively until the cursor is moved to OK.  
d. Press ENT once to submit your name selection. When you are done you  
will see the following display:  
Partition FUN2  
Renamed!  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
You will be directed back to “Hard Drive Setup” menu.  
Hard Drive Setup  
3. Rename Partition  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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Delete Existing Hard Drive Partition Permanently  
If for some reason you need to delete your existing hard drive partition permanently,  
do the following:  
1. Use the UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen.  
Aleratec  
11. Hard Drive Setup  
1.00  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
2. Press ENT to enter “Hard Drive Setup” menu. You will see the following display:  
Hard Drive Setup  
1. Select Partition  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
3. Use the UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen.  
Hard Drive Setup  
4. Delete Partition  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
4. Press ENT to enter the “Delete Partition” menu. You will see the following  
display:  
Choose Partition:  
ESC ENT  
[FUN  
] DVD  
4000MB  
SOURCE  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
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:  
ESC ENT  
[FUN  
] DVD, OK?  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
6. Press ENT to confirm. You will see the following screen for 2 seconds.  
Partition [FUN  
Deleted !  
]
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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Delete Existing Hard Drive Partition Permanently - continued  
7. You will be directed back to the “Hard Drive Setup” menu. You will see the  
following display:  
Hard Drive Setup  
4. Delete Partition  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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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  
1.0 COPY  
1.00  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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:  
ESC ENT  
[FUN  
]
DVD  
4000MB  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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:  
No Counter  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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.  
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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 to stop.) To select the “No Counter”, simply press ENT button  
when you see the screen above. Then skip below and continue on to step  
“d”.  
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:  
Counter:  
Specify Counter  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
Then please press ENT button to submit. You will see the screen below:  
Specify Counter:  
ESC ENT  
[0  
] OK?  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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:  
ESC ENT  
[X  
] OK?  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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.  
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How to Make Copies from the Hard Drive - continued  
vii. Press DOWN button consecutively until “1” is displayed.  
viii. 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  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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...  
7 Disc Detected, Go?  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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 automatically.  
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...  
ESC ENT  
Please Wait  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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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  
No Counter  
Copying...  
H4012MB  
481MB  
Copying...  
12%  
H4012MB  
ESC ENT  
ESC ENT  
0/21  
12%  
0
481MB  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
“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” indicates that you have made 0 copies so  
far.  
“0/21” indicates you have a project size of 21  
copies and you have made 0 copies so far.  
“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  
(
7)  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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.  
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How to Make Copies from the Hard Drive - continued  
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 for your project and your project is  
completed, you will see the following screen:  
21 Disc Copied  
Press OK to Finish  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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.  
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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 finished booting up, you will see the following  
display.  
Aleratec  
1. COPY  
1.00  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
1. Navigate to the “Speed Selection” menu.  
Press UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen.  
Aleratec  
8. Select Burn Speed  
1.00  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
2. Enter the “Speed Selection” menu.  
Press ENT button to enter into “Speed Selection” menu. You will see the  
following display:  
Select Burn Speed:  
DVD to DVD  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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3. 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.  
4. Select desired duplication speed.  
Once you have submitted the duplication speed type, you will see the following  
display  
:
DVD to DVD Speed:  
6x  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
Press UP or DOWN button to select the desired speed and then press ENT to  
submit your speed selection.  
5. Once your selection has been changed successfully, you will see the following  
screen for 2 seconds.  
DVD to DVD Speed:  
Adjusted to  
ESC ENT  
4x  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
Then you will be directed back to the main menu:  
DUPLICATOR  
8. Select Burn Speed  
1.00  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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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 1st 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.  
2. 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.  
3. Disc-to-Disc copy (Copy from 2nd Tray) – This is the case when your Master  
Disc is full of scratches. You would need to use 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.  
1.00  
ESC ENT  
1. COPY  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
a. Navigate to Source Selection Menu.  
Press UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen.  
1.00  
ESC ENT  
9. Select Source  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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Select the Source drive - continued  
b. Enter “Source Selection” menu.  
Press ENT to enter into “Source Selection” menu.  
You will see the following display:  
Drive 1 Port 0.0  
XXXXXX  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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. 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.  
d. Once your selection has been changed successfully, you will see the  
following screen for 2 seconds:  
Drive 1 Port 0.0  
ESC ENT  
Selected!  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
Then you will be directed back to the main menu:  
DUPLICATOR  
9. Select Source  
1.00  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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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 Start” setting.  
Note: 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  
14. Setup  
1.00  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
2. Press ENT to enter “Setup” menu. You will see the following display:  
Setup  
1. Language  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
3. Use the UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen.  
Setup  
2. Auto Start  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
4. Press ENT to enter “Auto Start Setting” menu. You will see the following display:  
Auto Start  
Auto  
ESC ENT  
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:  
Setup  
2. Auto Start  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
6. To modify more settings, go back to step 3. Otherwise, press ESC button to go  
back to main menu.  
Aleratec  
14. Setup  
1.00  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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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 are temporary storage  
location choices:  
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.  
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. COPY  
1.00  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
2. Going to the “Mix Audio Tracks” menu. Press the UP or DOWN arrow button  
to navigate to the following screen.  
Aleratec  
13. Mix Audio Tracks  
1.00  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
Press the UP or DOWN arrow button to select your temporary storage location.  
(Hard Drive or Blank CD-R Media)  
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4. Once you made your selection, you will see the following display:  
Preparing...  
Waiting for Master  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
OR  
Preparing...  
Waiting for Blank  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
When you see the above display, insert an audio CD that contains your music  
track(s) in the Master Reading 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  
Track 1: 4m :31s  
0m : 0s  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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  
Are you done?  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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Audio CD Editing - continued  
6. Press ENT button to submit your selection. You will see the following display:  
Auto Editing  
1
4m : 37s  
SOURCE  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
“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 capacity, you will see the following two  
screens flashing:  
OVER BLANK DISC CAPA  
Press OK to Continue  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
BLANK DISC CAPACITY  
Press OK to Continue  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
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? >  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
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  
Insert Next Master?  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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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. If you choose to finalize it, press the DOWN arrow button until you see the  
following display:  
Total 6 Trk 26m : 17s  
Finish Editing?  
ESC ENT  
>
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
Press the ENT button to continue. You will see following confirmation display:  
Total 6 Trk 26m : 17s  
Confirm to Finalize?  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
Press the ENT button again to confirm the finalization. During the finalization  
process, you will see following progress indicator:  
Processing to Disc...  
ESC ENT  
10%  
SOURCE  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
OR  
Finalizing...  
Please Wait  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
When the whole process completes, your mixed copy will be ejected and you  
will see the following display:  
Job Completed!  
Press OK to Finish  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
You will then be directed back to the main menu:  
Aleratec  
13. Mix Audio Tracks  
1.00  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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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:  
CD1: song 2, and song 4  
CD2: song 3, song 4 and song 5  
1. Go to function 13 “Mix Audio Tracks”.  
Aleratec  
13. Mix Audio Tracks  
1.00  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
2. Press ENT button.  
3. Use the UP or DOWN arrow button to select “Hard Drive”. Press ENT button to  
continue.  
4. Insert CD1 into the 1st Drive and a blank CD into the 2nd Drive.  
5. Wait until the following screen appears.  
Total: 0 Trk  
Track 1: 4m :03s  
0m : 0s  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
6. 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  
*Track 2: 4m :49s  
4m : 49s  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
7. 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  
*Track 4: 4m :58s  
9m : 47s  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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8. Use the UP or DOWN arrow button until you see following display:  
Total: 2 Trk  
Are you done?  
9m : 47s  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
9. Press ENT to submit your selection. You will see the following display:  
Auto Editing...  
3
4m : 58s  
SOURCE  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
10. Once the loading process is complete, you will see the following display:  
Total: 2 Trk  
Finish Editing?  
9m : 47s  
>
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
11. To continue with your music selections, press the DOWN button once and you  
will see following display:  
Total: 2 Trk  
Insert Next Master?  
9m : 47s  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
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  
Track 1: 4m : 03s  
9m : 47s  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
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  
*Track 3: 4m : 47s  
14m : 35s  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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Audio CD Editing - continued  
14. 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 of  
“Track 4”. You will see the following display:  
Total: 4 Trk  
*Track 4: 5m : 26s  
20m : 01s  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
15. 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  
*Track 5: 4m : 27s  
24m : 29s  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
16. Use the UP or DOWN arrow button until you see following:  
Total: 5 Trk  
Are you done?  
24m : 29s  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
17. Press ENT to submit your selection. You will see the following display:  
Auto Editing...  
3
4m : 47s  
SOURCE  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
18. Once the loading process to the hard drive is complete, you will see following  
display:  
Total: 5 Trk  
Finish Editing?  
24m : 29s  
>
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
19. When you have finished selecting all of our tracks, press the ENT button to  
finalize. You will see the following display:  
Total: 5 Trk  
Confirm to Finalize?  
24m : 29s  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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20. Press the ENT button again to confirm. You will see the following display:  
Processing to Disc...  
ESC ENT  
10%  
SOURCE  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
21. When the process is complete, your mixed copy will be ejected. You will see  
the following display:  
Job Completed!  
Press OK to Finish  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
You will then be directed back to the main menu:  
1.00  
ESC ENT  
13. Mix Audio Tracks  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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Introduction to Manage Accounts  
The “Manage Accounts” feature allows the administrator to:  
Create user accounts and passwords to prevent unauthorized use of the  
duplicator.  
View existing user account lists.  
Edit existing user account information, including name and password.  
Delete existing user account(s).  
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 “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.  
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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. COPY  
1.00  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
2. Press the UP or DOWN button consecutively until you see following:  
Aleratec  
16. Manage Accounts  
1.00  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
3. Press ENT. You will be asked for the Administrator’s Password.  
Enter Admin’s PWD  
[XXXX] OK  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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.  
4. Once your password is validated, you will be guided to “Manage Accounts”.  
You will see the following display:  
Manage Accounts  
1. View User  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
There are five menus in “Manage Accounts”:  
1
2
3
4
5
View User  
Create User  
Edit User Info  
Delete User  
Password on Bootup  
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View User  
This menu allows you to view current existing user accounts.  
Manage Accounts  
1. View User  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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  
2. Create User  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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  
3. Edit User Info  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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.  
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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  
4. Delete User  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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  
5. Password on Bootup  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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.  
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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  
duplicator 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 Mode.  
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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. COPY  
1.00  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
2. Press the UP or DOWN button consecutively until you see following display:  
Aleratec  
14. Setup  
1.00  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
3. Press ENT button once. You will see the following display:  
Setup  
1. Language  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
4. Press the UP or DOWN button consecutively until you see following display:  
Setup  
9. Duplication Mode  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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Introduction to Duplication Mode - continued  
5. Press the ENT button once. You will see the following display:  
Duplication Mode:  
Auto  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
6. Press the UP or DOWN button consecutively to select your desired mode.  
Duplication Mode:  
Load and Copy  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
SOURCE  
Duplication Mode:  
On the Fly  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
Duplication Mode:  
Prompt  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
7. Press the ENT button once to submit your selection. You will see the following  
display:  
Setup  
9. Duplication Mode  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
8. Press ESC button once to go back to the main menu.  
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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  
17. AutoCopy  
1.00  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
2. Press the ENT button to enter the “Autocopy” mode. You will see the following  
display:  
AUTOCOPY  
Waiting for Master  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
3. Insert your Master Disc 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...  
ESC ENT  
Please Wait  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
5. After 2 or 3 seconds of processing time, the following Copy Progress Screen  
will appear.  
Copying...  
0
4012MB  
481MB  
SOURCE  
ESC ENT  
12%  
PRINT  
COPY  
USB  
“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.  
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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. 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)  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
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 a new 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.  
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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.  
2. 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.  
3. 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 copy and print, please make sure you  
have selected the correct Source drive.  
4. 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.  
5. 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.  
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Menu Overview  
6. 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.  
7. Copy + Compare  
This menu will guide you to make copies and automatically perform a bit-by-  
bit comparison between the Master Reading Source and all the copied discs  
inside the Writer Tray.  
8. Select Burn Speed  
This menu will guide you to adjust the duplication speed in various duplication  
modes.  
9. Select Source  
This menu will guide you to set the Master Reading Source.  
10. 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.  
11. Hard Drive Setup  
This menu will guide you to perform various Hard Drive related operations  
such as Loading, Renaming, or Deleting your images.  
12. 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  
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Menu Overview  
13. 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.  
14. 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 once 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.  
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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 & CDG Speed  
This setting allows you to adjust the maximum duplication speed 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.  
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Menu Overview  
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 process 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.  
15. 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.  
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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.  
15.7 Save  
This function will save all the settings you’ve modified since last time the  
system is booted.  
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16. 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.  
17. Autocopy  
This function will allow the system to operate under the “Autocopy” mode  
for ease of operation.  
18. 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.  
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Troubleshooting  
1. 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.  
If the 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  
it on.  
2. Cannot read source disc.  
Check the format of the master BD/DVD/CD or the 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.  
3. 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.  
4. 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.  
5. 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.  
6. Do I need to upgrade my duplicator’s firmware?  
Unless your system is getting unstable, we strongly suggest not upgrading  
your duplicator’s firmware. Please contact our Tech Support if your system  
is getting unstable.  
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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  
15. Utilities  
1.00  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
b. Press ENT to enter Utility Menu. You will see the following display:  
Utilities  
1. Disc Info  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
c. Use UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen.  
Utilities  
5. Load Default  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
d. Press ENT to enter Load Default Menu. You will see the following display:  
Load Default  
Press OK to continue  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
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  
5. Load Default  
ESC ENT  
COPY  
USB  
PRINT  
SOURCE  
f. You need to perform “Shutdown” and restart the system in order for this to  
take effect.  
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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  
Recommendation  
200  
201  
202  
203  
204  
Master Disc Empty  
Blank Disc is in the Source Tray. Make sure the  
source is properly selected and double check the  
Master Disc.  
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.  
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).  
Burner Mixed or  
Firmware Version  
Mixed  
The writers carry different model/version. They  
are required to be identical for proper duplication.  
Contact our Tech Support for detail.  
Targets & Master  
Not Compatible!  
The Master Disc is a different format than the  
blank disc(s). The format between the Master Disc  
and blank must be the same.  
205  
206  
Targets Not Blank!  
The blank media you’ve inserted are not blank.  
Check your blank media’s quality.  
Targets & Master  
Size Mismatch!  
The size of your Master Disc and the copied disc  
doesn’t match. This error usually occurs during the  
Compare process. Double check the master and the  
copied disc.  
207  
Targets M Code  
Mixed!  
The blank discs you’ve placed are not identical.  
Please make sure they have the same brand and  
speed to ensure proper duplication.  
208  
209  
210  
211  
Targets are not RW  
discs!  
The media you are trying to erase are not RW  
media. ONLY RW media is able to be erased.  
Master Disc is CSS  
Protected!  
Your Master Disc is Copy Protected. You can not  
copy this type of disc.  
Bad Discs!  
The Blank media you are using are not being  
recognized by the Writers.  
This format can not  
be tested!  
The blank media you’ve inserted does not support  
TEST function You need to use either CD-R or  
DVD-R/RW media to perform TEST function.  
212  
DVD is not  
supported!  
The system does NOT support DVD format.  
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Error Code Error Message  
Recommendation  
213  
DVD-RAM is not  
supported!  
The system does NOT support DVD-RAM format.  
230  
Not enough HDD  
space  
There is not enough hard drive space to create a  
new partition. Please delete some existing  
nonimportant partition to free up more spaces.  
231  
232  
Redundant Name  
Format Failed!  
The Partition Name you’ve entered has already  
been used. Please choose a different partition name.  
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  
241  
Wrong Password!  
Login Failed  
Incorrect Password has been entered. Please confirm  
the password and try again.  
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  
Not Audio CD  
An error occurred during the recording process of  
a particular track. Mostly due to bad blank media.  
Please try with different blank.  
252  
253  
The Master Disc is not an Audio CD. Only Audio  
CD’s will be able to Edit Audio Tracks.  
Over Blank Disc  
Capacity  
The Audio Tracks you’ve selected is more than the  
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.  
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262  
263  
Wrong update file  
The update file you are trying to update is not  
compatible for your system.  
Unknown flash model This is a system error during the System Firmware  
Update. Please contact Tech Support for assistance.  
User Abort  
The system has acknowledged the Abort command.  
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Recommended Media  
Certified LightScribe media is required for burning direct-to disc LightScribe labels.  
For best results, Aleratec Duplicator Grade LightScribe media is recommended.  
CD-R LightScribe V1.2 Duplicator Grade Media 100 Pack™  
CD-R LightScribe V1.2 Duplicator Grade Media 600 Pack™  
Part No. 110116  
Part No. 110120  
CD-R LightScribe V1.2 Duplicator Grade Rainbow 100 Pack™  
Part No. 110117  
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™  
Part No. 230114  
Part No. 230117  
Part No. 230115  
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 100 Pack™  
Part No. 300114  
Part No. 300115  
Part No. 300116  
Non-LightScribe Blu-ray Media:  
BD-R 4x Duplicator Grade Blu-ray 10-Pack™  
BD-R 4x Inkjet Printable Duplicator Grade Media™  
Part No. 370101  
Part No. 370102  
available Aleratec Duplicator Grade LightScribe Media.  
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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.  
2. Serial Number - the serial number is located on the back of the Stand-Alone  
Tower Publisher SLS.  
3. 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 Addresses and Phone Numbers  
X
X
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.  
X
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  
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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, disaster, misuse, abuse, or  
modifications to the subsystem, or by any other causes unrelated to defective  
materials or workmanship.  
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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 FOR A  
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  
liability, 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.  
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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 legal rights; you may also have other rights  
which vary from state to state.  
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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  
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Document Number: 260203_UG_ENG_Rev. A  
Specifications subject to change without notice.  
Copyright © 2011  
Aleratec, Inc.  
9851 Owensmouth Avenue  
Chatsworth, CA 91311 U.S.A.  
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