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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 1 T ab le o f Co nt en ts T able of Contents Health and Safety Precautions 4 General Use Pr ecautions 5 Media Pr ecautions 5 1. Introduction T o e LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 6 1.1. A F ew W ords About Copyright Laws 7 1.1.1. Data Safet y 7 1.1.2. Manual Updates 7 2. Y our LaCie D upli [...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 2 T ab le o f Co nt en ts 4.11.6. “11.6. Startup Menu” 27 4.11.7. “11.7. Auto V er ify ” 28 4.11.8. “11.8. Auto Compar e” 28 4.11.9. “11.9. Auto P rescan ” 28 4.11.10. “11.10. Eject Disc” 29 4.11.11. “11.11. Burn On e Fl y ” 29 4.11.12. “11.12. Burn Mode”[...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 3 Fo r war d Copyrights Copyright © 2006 LaCie. All rights reser ved. No par t of this publi- cation may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, me- chanical, photocopying, recording or other wise, without the prior written [...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 4 Fo r war d is symbol on the prod- uct or on its packaging indicates that this prod- uct must not be disposed of with your other household waste. Instead, it is your responsibility to dispose of your waste equip ment by handing it over to a designed col lec- tion point f or the rec[...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 5 Do not expose the duplicator to temperatures outside the range of 5° C to 35° C (41° F to 95° F); or to op- erational humidit y beyond 5-80%, non-condensing, or non-operating humidity beyond 10-90%, non- condensing. Doing so may damage the duplicator or disfigure its casing. Av [...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 6 Y our L aCie D upli Disc DVD121 is a smart and easy-to-use device dedic ated to DVD and CD duplica- tion, bringing you the following features: T wo I DE DVD±R W drives that can record almost any type of data on D VD+R, DVD+R W , DVD-R, D VD-R W , DVD-R9/+R9 Double Layer , CD-R and C[...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 7 Y our new L aCie duplicator opens up a whole world of possibilities f or copying data and audio onto disc. Please be responsible in your use of this wonderful tech- nolog y . Before copying anything onto a CD-R , CD- R W , D VD±R or D VD±R W disc, make sur e you are not violating a[...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 8 Y our LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 2. Y our LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 2.1. Suppor ted DVD For mats Y our LaCie DVD D upli-121 can duplicate the fol- lowing D VD formats: DVD-R OM with ISO Header ISO 9660 P ersonal D VD- V ideo discs DVD±R Hybrid CD (ISO & H FS) DVD-R OM pure UDF DVD±R[...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 9 Y our LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 2.3. Views Of The Drive Control P anel Source/Master Dr ive (default setting: see “Menu 8” to modify) T arget/Slave Drive (default setting: see “Menu x 8” to modify) Activity/P ow er L E D On/Off Button 2.3.1. Front View ■ ent esc / ReWritable[...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 1 0 Display P anel - Shows which function is being performed and displays messages. Up Arrow - Push this button to scroll up through the functions and menus. ENT Butt on - Push this button to start a selected function. ESC Button - Push this button to cancel a se- lected function. Down[...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 1 1 Media Tr ay - is is where you insert the master and blank media. Load/Eject Button - Opens and c loses the media trays. Activity LED - Lights up when the drive is ac- cessing media. Emergency Eject Ho le - Insert a straightened paper clip (or similar object) and push to eject th[...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 1 2 Y our LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 Power Supply Connector - is is where you plug in the po wer supply cable supplied with y our LaCie DVD Dupli-121. F an - Helps keep your LaCie D VD D upli-121 cool during operation. Do not bloc k and ensure there is sufficient space to allow for pro[...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 1 3 Setting Up Y our LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 3. Setting Up Y our LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 3.1. Powering On Y our LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 Setting up your LaCie D upli Disc DVD121 is a snap – just follow these basic steps: Set-up your LaCie D upli Disc DVD121 on a flat surface, in an a[...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 1 4 Setting Up Y our LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 3.3. T urning Of f The LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 T o turn off the LaCie D upli Disc DVD121, wait until all duplications have finished, and then push the On/Off switch on the f ront of the device. CAUTION : Do not turn off the LaCie D upli [...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 1 5 Using Y our LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 4. Using Y our LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 ere are 12 major functions in the copy controller , and ther e are subfunctions in functions 11 and 13 as the following figures show . Copy Controller 1. Copy 2. T est 3. T est & Copy 4. V erify 5. C[...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 1 6 Using Y our LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 11. Setup 11.7 Auto V erify 11 . 6 S t a rtup M e nu 11 . 5 A ut o S t a rt D r iv e 11.4 Read Speed 1 1 . 3 D V D B u r n S p e e d 1 1 . 2 C D B u rn S p e e d 11.1 Language 1 1 .8 A ut o C o m p ar e 11.9 Auto Prescan 11.10 Eject Disc 1 1 . 1 [...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 1 7 Using Y our LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 e Copy mode allows you to copy data directly f rom a source DVD onto a blank DVD disc. Before copying, make sure that the source disc is placed into the source drive. After the initialization process has finished, press the ENT button to sele[...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 1 8 Using Y our LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 4.2. “2. T est” e T est function is designed to simulate the copy- ing process, and does not write data to the blank disc. TeChNICAl NOTe: Due to a technical limi- tation of the DVD+ for mat, the T est function does not support DVD+R or D [...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 1 9 Using Y our LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 4.3. “3. T est & Copy” e T est & Copy function first tests the source and blank discs. If the test is OK, the Copy process will then start automaticall y . TeChNICAl NO Te: D ue to a technical limita- tion of the D VD+ format, the[...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 2 0 Using Y our LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 e V erify process is used to ensur e that the disc can be read correctly . Once the initialization is completed and the 1. Copy menu is displayed, press the Down Ar row on the con- trol panel three times to scroll to the 4. V er ify menu optio[...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 2 1 Src: 02 DVD-RW Identical Using Y our LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 If the comparison fails (as belo w), the scr een will in- dicate the failure. Pr ess the ENT button twice and the screen will show the following information: Src: 02 DVD-RW TOC not match e Prescan function is used to s[...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 2 2 Using Y our LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 e Select Source function is used to choose the drive f or the source data. e default source drive is the top drive. Note that even if you change the source drive, onl y the top one can be used when connected in USB . is menu option is no[...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 2 3 Using Y our LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 Once y ou have selected the track, use the Down Ar- row button to mo ve to the End menu, as shown in the following screen: Select T rack: End 1T rack03:25 Pr ess the E NT button to finish the CD editing, and use the to confirm Y es or No . End [...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 2 4 Using Y our LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 is function is not available. 4.10.2. “10.2 CD to HDD” ■ is function is not available. 4.10.3. “10.3 Play Audio T rack” ■ Allows you to finish up the disc (close the session) when you have burnt a CD using the track by trac k o[...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 2 5 Using Y our LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 e S etup menu allows you to change the LaCie D upli Disc DVD121 default settings. Once you have changed a setting, press the ENT button to save the changes. Once the initialization is completed and the 1. Copy menu is displayed, press the Do w[...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 2 6 Using Y our LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 is function allows you to c hange the speed at which the LaCie D upli Disc D VD121 records CDs. F r om the above menu, press the ESC button and use the up and Down Arro w s to scroll to the following screen: 11-02.Setup CD Burn Speed CD Burn S[...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 2 7 Using Y our LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 is function allows the LaCie D upli Disc DVD121 to automatically copy or test blank DVD discs when they are placed in the D VD±R W drive. F r om the above menu, press the ESC button and use the Down Ar row to scroll to the following screen: 1[...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 2 8 Using Y our LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 is function enables the LaCie D VD D upli-121 to automatically compare the source disc to the target disc after cop ying. F rom the above menu, press the ESC button and use the Down Arrow to scroll to the follow- ing screen: 11-08.Setup Auto C[...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 2 9 Using Y our LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 is option is not available on this model. is function allows y ou to set the type of recording method for CDs. ere ar e three modes: DA O (Disc At Once), T A O N ot C lose (T rack A t Once , unclosed CD) and T AO ( T rac k At Once). F ro[...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 3 0 Using Y our LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 is function displays the basic information about the DVD dr ives, such as the model and individual drive’ s firmware. Fr om the above menu, press the ESC button and use the Down Arrow to scroll to the follow- ing screen: 11-15.Setup Device [...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 3 1 Using Y our LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 is function is used to erase both the TOC ( T able Of Contents) and data f rom CD-R W and DVD±R W discs. Data cannot be retrieved af ter perf orming this function, and this process also takes more time than a Q uick Erase. F r om the above me[...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 3 2 Using Y our LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 e Advanced S etup menu allows you to change the System Configuration. T o access the Advanced Setup menu, return to the Setup menu and press the ESC button for 2 seconds. ere are 14 submenu options under the 13. Advanced Setup menu. e f[...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 3 3 Using Y our LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 is function allows you to over burn data beyond the normal limitation of your blank media. e default setting is Off . CAUTION : L aCie warns you that enabling this function may irr eversibly damage your duplicator . LaCie strongly r ecomme[...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 3 4 Using Y our LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 Updating the duplicator’ s firmware will allow you to replace the duplic ator’ s dr ives. However , this will void your warranty . New machine firmware can be obtained on a CD f rom LaCie af ter-sales ser vices. Prior to contacting our afte[...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 3 5 Using Y our LaCie Dupli Disc DVD121 is is a special copy mode. e default setting is Off . W hen duplicating an Audio CD, this mode allows you to copy of the song/album titles and author ’ s name, provided this information is available on the source CD. Use this menu if you[...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 3 6 T roubleshooting 5. T roubleshooting 5.1. About The Display Screen If, after powering on the LaCie Dupli Disc D VD121, the Display screen does not light and no images appear , check to ensure that the power cor d is firmly seated in both the drive and the power outlet. 5.2. About [...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 3 7 5.6. Emergency Ejection Of Discs In the event that a disc cannot be ejected f rom either of the dr ives using the tray open buttons (when no duplication operation is being perfor med), an emergency eject operation will open the media tray . Switc h off the LaCie D upli Disc DVD121[...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 3 8 T roubleshooting 5.7. Display Screen Messages Initialize SDRAM Initialize the memor y of the system. Detect Drives Detect what drives are connected with the system. User Abort! Cancel the job during operation. Analyzing Analyz e the source disc. Source Dr ive N ot Ready Source driv[...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 3 9 Contacting Customer Suppor t 6. Contacting Customer Suppor t Read the manuals and review the T roubleshooting section. If you have asked yourself all of the per tinent questions in the troubleshooting checklist, and you still can ’t get y our LaCie de vice to work properl y , con[...]
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La Ci e Du pl i Di sc D VD 12 1 US B 2. 0 Us er M an ua l pa ge 4 0 Contacting Customer Suppor t LaCie warrants your de vice against any defect in material and workmanship , under nor mal use, for the period designated on your warrant y cer tificate. In the event this product is found to be defective within the warranty period, LaCie wil l, at its[...]