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LaCie 301076 - DVD+/-RW Drive Slim Design User Manual

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    Lacie slim dvd±rw drive user manual firewire / lightscribe / toast 7 titanium table of contents foreword 2 precautions 4 1.Unpackingyourlaciedrive 6 1.1.Minimumsystemrequirements 7 2.Gettingconnected 9 2.1.Installtherecordingsoftware 9 2.1.1.Installingtherecordingsoftware 9 2.1.2.Installingthelights...

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    Lacie slim dvd±rw drive user manual firewire / lightscribe / toast 7 titanium copyrights copyright©2006lacie.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,or transmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recordingorotherwise,withouttheprior w...

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    Lacie slim dvd±rw drive user manual firewire / lightscribe / toast 7 titanium shieldedcablesandi/ocardsmustbeusedforthisequipmenttocomplywiththerelevantfccregulations. Thisdevicecomplieswithpart15ofthefccrules.Operationissubjecttothefollowingtwoconditions:(1)thisdevicemay notcauseharmfulinterference...

  • Page 4: General Use Precautions

    Lacie slim dvd±rw drive user manual firewire / lightscribe / toast 7 titanium health, safety and general use precautions thedriveyouhavejustpurchasedincludesalaserdiodedevice,whichclassifiesitasa“laserclassi”product.Thislaseris notdangerousfortheuserundernormaloperatingconditions.However,westronglya...

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    Lacie slim dvd±rw drive user manual firewire / lightscribe / toast 7 titanium theventilationoutletsmaycausedamagetoyourdriveandcauseanincreasedriskofshort-circuitingorfire. •alwaysunplugthedriveifthereisariskoflightningorifitwillnotbeusedforanextendedperiodoftime.Otherwise, thereisanincreasedriskofe...

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    Lacie slim dvd±rw drive user manual firewire / lightscribe / toast 7 titanium . Unpacking your lacie slim dvd±rw drive becometheproducer,directorandstarofyourowndvdepics,thedjwiththefreshestmusiccompilations,andtheitex- pertthatarchivesallofyourimportantfilesanddata.Useyourlacieslimdvd±rwdriveinconj...

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    Lacie slim dvd±rw drive user manual firewire / lightscribe / toast 7 titanium .. Minimum system requirements hardware requirements computerequippedwithafirewireinterfacecard. System requirements double layer recording toast titanium 7 lightscribe labeler 4.7gbor8.5gbsingle/doublelayer disc recordabl...

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    Lacie slim dvd±rw drive user manual firewire / lightscribe / toast 7 titanium unpacking your lacie drive page importantinfo: toensureoptimalrecordingresults,avoidcopyingfromacdordvdandrecorddirectlyfrom aharddrivethatsupportssustaineddatatransferratesforthefollowingspeeds: •8x=11.08mb/s •4x=5.54mb/s...

  • Page 9: . Getting Connected

    Lacie slim dvd±rw drive user manual firewire / lightscribe / toast 7 titanium . Getting connected .. Installing the lacie dvd utilities ... Installing the recording software insert your lacie dvd utilities cd-rom into your internal dvd/cd- rom,andfollowtheinstructionsbelowthatarebasedoneachparticu- ...

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    Lacie slim dvd±rw drive user manual firewire / lightscribe / toast 7 titanium .. Connect the firewire cable to your lacie drive and to your computer examinethecablecarefullyandmakesurethatyouhavethefirewirecableproperly aligned,theninsertthecablefirmlyintothefirewireportonthebackofthedrivefora stabl...

  • Page 11: . Using Your Lacie Drive

    Lacie slim dvd±rw drive user manual firewire / lightscribe / toast 7 titanium . Using your lacie drive .. Supported dvd/cd formats yourlaciedriveiscompatiblewithmostpopulardvdandcdformats: format typeofdisc record read dvd dvd+r9dl x x dvd+r x x dvd+rw x x dvd-r4.7gbforgeneraluse(ver.2.0) x x dvd-ro...

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    Lacie slim dvd±rw drive user manual firewire / lightscribe / toast 7 titanium ... Cd and dvd media definitions yourlacieslimdvd±rwdrivewillletyoucreate,saveandshareyourdigitalfilestocd-r/rw,dvd-r/rw,dvd+r/rw anddvd+r9dlmedia.Pleaserefertosection1.1.Minimumsystemrequirementsandyourrecordingsoftware’s...

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    Lacie slim dvd±rw drive user manual firewire / lightscribe / toast 7 titanium cd-r discs •bestsuitedfor:recordingaudiocds,storephotosanddatacds. •filescannotbedeletedfromcd-rdiscs,andyoucannotwriteoverexistingfilesonacd-rdisc. Cd-rw discs •bestsuitedfor:passingmediumsizedfilesaroundanofficeoramongst...

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    Lacie slim dvd±rw drive user manual firewire / lightscribe / toast 7 titanium ... Dvd-video zone nearlyallcommercially-availabledvddiscsfeaturearegionprotectioncode(rpc).Inordertowatchdvd-videodiscs, therpcneedstomatchthesettingonthedvdplayer.Bydefault,alllaciedvd-video-compatibledrivesaresettotherp...

  • Page 15: .. Inserting Discs

    Lacie slim dvd±rw drive user manual firewire / lightscribe / toast 7 titanium .. Inserting discs toinsertadisc,pushtheopen/close(#1)buttononyourlacieslimdvd±rwdrive.Whenthedisctrayopens,putthe dvdorcdmediaintothetraywiththelabelsidefacingup.Makesurethedvdorcdiscorrectlyplacedinthecenterof thedisctra...

  • Page 16: .. Ejecting Discs

    Lacie slim dvd±rw drive user manual firewire / lightscribe / toast 7 titanium .. Ejecting discs mac users dragthedvd/cdicononthedesktoptothetrash.Theslimdvd±rwdrive’straywillthenopen. Removethedvdorcd. Gentlypushinthedisctrayorpushtheload/ejectbuttontocloseit. .. Emergency ejection of discs intheeve...

  • Page 17: .. Accessing Discs

    Lacie slim dvd±rw drive user manual firewire / lightscribe / toast 7 titanium .. Accessing discs mac users thecdordvdvolumewillappearasanicononthedesktop.Clickontheicontohaveaccesstothecontentsofthecdor dvd. .. Writing discs thefollowingisabriefoverviewofsomeoftherecordingterminologytohelpyouunderst...

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    Lacie slim dvd±rw drive user manual firewire / lightscribe / toast 7 titanium ... Dvd±rw writing methods disc at once (dao) –advdwritingprocessinwhichtheentiredvdisrecordedinonesession,anddatacannotbe addedaftertherecordingisfinished.Differsfromthecd-rdaomethodbecausethelead-in,dataareaandlead-outar...

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    Lacie slim dvd±rw drive user manual firewire / lightscribe / toast 7 titanium session at once (sao)–acdwritingprocesswhichissimilartodao,wherealloftheinformationiswritteninoneses- sion,butsaoallowsfortheabilitytobeginanothersessionandrecordatalatertime.Thismodeallowsforgreatercontrol oftherecordingp...

  • Page 20: . Helpful Information

    Lacie slim dvd±rw drive user manual firewire / lightscribe / toast 7 titanium . Helpful information .. Advice for optimizing firewire connections thefollowingtechnicalinformationrelatestoyourlacieslimdvd±rwdriveandgivessomepracticaladvice: ... What is firewire/ieee 9? Aserialbususedtoconnectexternal...

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    Lacie slim dvd±rw drive user manual firewire / lightscribe / toast 7 titanium firewire cables and connectors therearethreedifferenttypesoffirewirecablesonthemarket:6-to-6-pin,6-to4-pinand4-to-4-pin.Laciefirewire devicesareshippedwithacertified6-to-6-pinfirewirecable.Mostfirewire-equippedlaptopcomput...

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    Lacie slim dvd±rw drive user manual firewire / lightscribe / toast 7 titanium ... Data transfers datatransfersaretheflowofdatathataccomplishesatask,usuallyrelatedtomovingdatafromstoragetocomputerram orbetweenstoragedevices.Duringdatatransfers,it’sbesttowaitbeforelaunchingotherapplicationsonthesamefi...

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    Lacie slim dvd±rw drive user manual firewire / lightscribe / toast 7 titanium .. User advice on mpeg-ii decoders alldvd-videomaterialiscompressedusingmpeg-iicompression.Dvd-video,withfull-motionvideoandmulti-channel sound(multi-lingualsoundtracks,surroundsound,etc.),isadata-hungryapplication.Without...

  • Page 24: .. Dvd Capacity

    Lacie slim dvd±rw drive user manual firewire / lightscribe / toast 7 titanium .. Dvd capacity thereareimportantfactorstoconsiderwhenrecordingvideo,audioordatatodvd.Thedvdmediaspecificationprovides fortwophysicalsizes:4.7”(12cm)and3.1”(8cm)(bothare.47”(1.2cm)thick).Dvddiscscanalsobesingle-sided(ss)or...

  • Page 25: . Troubleshooting

    Lacie slim dvd±rw drive user manual firewire / lightscribe / toast 7 titanium . Troubleshooting intheeventthatyourlacieslimdvd±rwdriveisnotworkingcorrectly,pleaserefertothefollowingchecklisttofindout wheretheproblemiscomingfrom.Ifyouhavegonethroughallofthepointsonthechecklistandyourdriveisstillnot w...

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    Lacie slim dvd±rw drive user manual firewire / lightscribe / toast 7 titanium the issue questions to ask possible solutions thedriveisnotrecog- nized. Areallofthecables connectedsecurelyand correctly? Makesurethatallthestepsinsection2. Getting connected havebeenfollowedcorrectly.Examinetheconnection...

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    Lacie slim dvd±rw drive user manual firewire / lightscribe / toast 7 titanium the issue questions to ask possible solutions hasarunningsoftware programlockedtheeject function? Tocheck,disconnectthefirewirecable,thenreconnectand presstheopen/closebutton. Ifthediscwillstillnoteject,gotosection3.4. Eme...

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    Lacie slim dvd±rw drive user manual firewire / lightscribe / toast 7 titanium the issue questions to ask possible solutions hasbufferunderrunoc- curred(hassomething interruptedthestreamof datatotherecorder)? Disableallothersoftwareprogramsthatarerunningduring therecordingsession. Disconnectthenetwor...

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    Lacie slim dvd±rw drive user manual firewire / lightscribe / toast 7 titanium . Contacting customer support before you contact technical support readthemanualsandreviewthetroubleshootingsection. Trytoisolatetheproblem.Ifpossible,makethedrivetheonlyexternaldeviceonthecpu,andmakesurethatallofthe cable...

  • Page 30: Contacting Customer Support

    Lacie slim dvd±rw drive user manual firewire / lightscribe / toast 7 titanium contacting customer support page 0 contacting customer support lacie asia, singapore, and hong kong contactusat: http://www.Lacie.Com/asia/contact/ lacie australia contactusat: http://www.Lacie.Com/au/contact/ lacie belgiu...

  • Page 31: . Warranty

    Lacie slim dvd±rw drive user manual firewire / lightscribe / toast 7 titanium warranty page . Warranty laciewarrantsyourdriveagainstanydefectinmaterialandworkmanship,undernormaluse,fortheperioddesignated onyourwarrantycertificate.Intheeventthisproductisfoundtobedefectivewithinthewarrantyperiod,lacie...