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LaCie d2 DL DVD±RW Drive – Toast 7 Titanium How To Use This Manual
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LaCie d2 DL DVD±RW Drive – Toast 7 Titanium Table of Contents User’s Manual Table of Contents Foreword 4 Precautions 6 1. Introduction 8 1.1. What Your LaCie Drive Can Do 8 2. Your LaCie Drive 9 2.1. Minimum System Requirements 9 2.2. Package Contents 10 2.3. Views Of The Drive 11 2.4. Cables And Connectors 13 3. Installing Your LaCie Drive 14 3.1. Installing The Recording Software 15 3.2. Connecting The Power Supply 16 3.3. Connecting The Interface Cable 17 3.4. Connecting Multiple Devices 18
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LaCie d2 DL DVD±RW Drive – Toast 7 Titanium Table of Contents User’s Manual 5. Tech Tips 24 5.1. DVD & CD Media – Definitions 24 5.2. File System Formats – Definitions 25 5.3. DVD Capacity 25 5.4. DVD-Video Regional Playback Zones 26 5.5. Optimizing Data Transfers 27 6. FireWire Questions & Answers 28 7. Troubleshooting 30 8. Contacting Customer Support 35 9. Warranty 37 Glossary 38
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LaCie d2 DL DVD±RW Drive – Toast 7 Titanium Foreword User’s Manual page 4 Copyrights Copyright © 2005 LaCie. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written consent of LaCie. Trademarks Apple, Mac, Macintosh and FireWire are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Sony and iLink are registered trademarks of S
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LaCie d2 DL DVD±RW Drive – Toast 7 Titanium Foreword User’s Manual page 5 Canada Compliance Statement This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations. Manufacturer’s Declaration for CE Certification We hereby certify that this device is in compliance with both the EMC Directive (89/336/EEC) and the Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC) issued by the Commission of the European Community. Compliance with these directives implies confor
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LaCie d2 DL DVD±RW Drive – Toast 7 Titanium Precautions User’s Manual page 6 Health, Safety and General Use Precautions The drive you have just purchased includes a laser diode device, which classifies it as a "Laser Class I" product. This laser is not dangerous for the user under normal operating conditions. However, we strongly advise you not to place any reflective objects in the disc loading system, due to the risk of exposure to laser emissions that may be reflected by such objects. Alway
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LaCie d2 DL DVD±RW Drive – Toast 7 Titanium Precautions User’s Manual page 7 General Use Precautions: • Do not expose the drive to temperatures outside the range of 5° C to 40° C (41° F to 104° F) during operation. Doing so may damage the drive or disfigure its casing. Avoid placing your drive near a source of heat or exposing it to sunlight (even through a window). Inversely, placing your drive in an environment that is too cold or humid may damage the unit. • Do not block the ventilation ou
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ReWritable LaCie d2 DL DVD±RW Drive – Toast 7 Titanium 1. Introduction User’s Manual page 8 1. Introduction Congratulations on the purchase of your new LaCie d2 DL DVD±RW Drive – your complete DVD and CD creation solution! This drive gives you maximum compatibility with the various DVD and CD formats, reading and writing to all of the popular standards (DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW and CD-R/RW) and introduces a brand new standard: DVD+R9 Double Layer (DL). Supported DVD and CD Logos DVD+R9 DL Logo DVD+R
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LaCie d2 DL DVD±RW Drive – Toast 7 Titanium 2. Your LaCie Drive User’s Manual page 9 Tech Note: Mac Users! 2. Your LaCie Drive DVD Playback: At the time of publication (September, 2.1. Minimum System Requirements 2005), Apple only supports DVD playback on Macintosh computers with a built-in DVD-ROM drive. If your Mac Users system does not have a built-in DVD- ROM drive, in order to enable DVD Hardware Requirements – playback you will need to utilize a Computer equipped with a FireWire interfac
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LaCie d2 DL DVD±RW Drive – Toast 7 Titanium 2. Your LaCie Drive User’s Manual page 10 2.2. Package Contents 1 2 ReWritable 4 3 •••••••••• •••••• •••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••• •• •• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••• ••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••••••••• ••••••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••••• ••
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LaCie d2 DL DVD±RW Drive – Toast 7 Titanium 2. Your LaCie Drive User’s Manual page 11 2.3. Views Of The Drive Front View – 2 1 ReWritable 5 4 3 1 – On/Off Button / Power LED – The Power LED automatically lights up after the power supply has been connected and the drive has been attached to the computer via either the FireWire interface. Use this button to turn your drive on and off. 2 – Media Tray – Open the tray by pressing the load/eject button, then place a CD/DVD into the tray with the labe
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WARRANTY VOID IF SEAL BROKEN. ! LaCie d2 DL DVD±RW Drive – Toast 7 Titanium 2. Your LaCie Drive User’s Manual page 12 Rear View – 1 2 3 3 GARANTIE NULLE SI BANDE ROMPUE. LaCie Ltd. XXXXXX Serial Number XXXXXXXXX 6 5 4 1 – Ventilation Outlet – These holes help to keep your drive cool during operation. Be sure not to block these openings when using your drive. 2 – FireWire 400 Port – This is where you plug in the FireWire 400 or iLink/DV cables furnished with the drive. See sect
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LaCie d2 DL DVD±RW Drive – Toast 7 Titanium 2. Your LaCie Drive User’s Manual page 13 2.4. Cables And Connectors FireWire Icons Theses icons will help you easily identify the FireWire interface. They FireWire appear on FireWire cables, and FireWire is Apple's implementation of IEEE 1394, and is capable of transferring large next to the FireWire port connectors amounts of data between computers and peripherals at a high rate of speed. The on certain computers. FireWire standard defines 1
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LaCie d2 DL DVD±RW Drive – Toast 7 Titanium 3. Installing Your LaCie Drive User’s Manual page 14 3. Installing Your LaCie Drive Follow these steps to quickly get your LaCie Drive powered on and connected to your computer. Refer to a section to get started! 3.1. Installing The Recording Software 3.2. Connecting The Power Supply 3.3. Connecting The Interface Cable Once you’ve gotten the drive powered on and connected to your computer, move on to section 4. Using Your LaCie Drive for important
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LaCie d2 DL DVD±RW Drive – Toast 7 Titanium 3. Installing Your LaCie Drive User’s Manual page 15 3.1. Installing The Recording Software Insert your LaCie Toast CD-ROM into your internal DVD/CD-ROM, and follow the instructions below that are based on each particular operating system. For more information about the various programs, please refer to the Help sections of the specific software program. Mac Users: Mac OS 10.3.9 and later – Double-click the the Toast 7 Titanium CD-ROM icon a
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LaCie d2 DL DVD±RW Drive – Toast 7 Titanium 3. Installing Your LaCie Drive User’s Manual page 16 3.2. Connecting The Power Supply There are two cables that are supplied with the power supply: one cable (A) connects to the LaCie drive; and the other cable (B) connects to a power outlet, such as a wall outlet or a surge protector. 3 1 2 Cable B Power Supply brick Cable A 1 Connect Cable A to your LaCie Drive. 2 Connect Cable B to the Power Supply brick. Connect Cable B to a grounded sur
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LaCie d2 DL DVD±RW Drive – Toast 7 Titanium 3. Installing Your LaCie Drive User’s Manual page 17 3.3. Connecting The Interface Cable Connect one end of the FireWire cable into the FireWire 1 port on the back of the LaCie d2 DL DVD±RW Drive. FireWire 400 Cable 6-pin end Tech Note: For more information about connecting additional FireWire devices to the LaCie d2 DL DVD±RW Drive, please see section 3.4. Installing Multiple Devices. 2 Connect the other end of the FireWire cable into an ava
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LaCie d2 DL DVD±RW Drive – Toast 7 Titanium 3. Installing Your LaCie Drive User’s Manual page 18 3.4. Connecting Multiple Devices FireWire The FireWire interface standard allows for the connection of up to 63 devices on the bus (called daisy-chaining), with a maximum of 16 devices on one branch. FireWire’s support of daisy-chaining means that you can connect one FireWire device directly to a computer’s FireWire port, and then connect another FireWire device to the first device’s ot
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LaCie d2 DL DVD±RW Drive – Toast 7 Titanium 4. Using Your LaCie Drive User’s Manual page 19 4. Using Your LaCie Drive 4.1. Supported DVD/CD Formats Your LaCie drive is compatible with most popular DVD and CD formats: Format Type of Disc Record Read DVD DVD+R9 DL X X DVD+R9 X X DVD+RW X X DVD-R 4.7GB for General use (Ver. 2.0) X X DVD-R DL X X DVD-ROM -- X DVD-R (General use only for write) X X DVD-RW (General use only for write) X X DVD-ROM (single and dual layer) -- X DVD (single a
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LaCie d2 DL DVD±RW Drive – Toast 7 Titanium 4. Using Your LaCie Drive User’s Manual page 20 4.2. Inserting Discs 1 2 1 Media Tray Open/Close Button 2 ReWritable 3 Activity LED 4 Emergency Eject Hole 4 3 Fig. 4.2 To insert a disc push the Open/Close (#2) button on your LaCie d2 DL DVD±RW Drive. When the disc tray opens, put the DVD or CD media into the tray with the label side facing up. Make sure the DVD or CD is correctly placed in the center of the disc tray. Gently push in the disc
