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Stand-Alone Tower Publisher SLS: Tutorials

4.  Start the Copy Process.

a.  Insert your Master Disc and blank discs into their corresponding tray(s) and 

press the 

ENT

 button. You will see the following display:

b.  “Duplication Mode” offers three choices:

 ▪

Load and Copy

 ▪

On the Fly

 ▪

Prompt

Press 

UP

 or 

DOWN

 arrow button to display your desired mode. Press the 

ENT

 button to confirm.

c.  “No Counter” can be used when you prefer to copy continuously with no 

interruption. (It will still count the number of copies, but it will not notify 

you when to stop.) To select the “No Counter”, press 

ENT

 when you see 

the above screen. Then skip to step “d” on page 19 of this User Guide.

“Specify Counter” lets you to select the number of copies you want to 

make. The duplicator will count the number of copies you’ve made and 

prompt you when the desired number of copies has been completed. 

Press 

ENT

 button to select. Enter between 1 to 9999 copies. 

Enter a 4-digit number to specify the number of copies you want to make. 

To specify a number less than 4 digits, fill the leading spaces with “0”s 

(any leading “0” will be skipped). For example, “0234” will give you two 

hundred and thirty four copies, and “0010” will give you ten copies. 

Duplication Mode:
Load and Copy

COPY

USB

PRINT

SOURCE

ESC ENT

Counter:
No Counter

COPY

USB

PRINT

SOURCE

ESC ENT

Counter:
Specify Counter

COPY

USB

PRINT

SOURCE

ESC ENT

Specify Counter:
[0   ]  OK?

COPY

USB

PRINT

SOURCE

ESC ENT

Summary of Contents for Tower Publisher SLS 260202

Page 1: ...USER GUIDE Aleratec 1 7 Blu ray DVD CD Tower Publisher SLS Part No 260202...

Page 2: ...ht 2011 Aleratec Inc 9851 Owensmouth Avenue Chatsworth CA 91311 U S A Aleratec is a registered trademark and 1 7 Blu ray DVD CD Tower Publisher SLS is a trademark of Aleratec Inc Check out Aleratec On...

Page 3: ...use 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 foll...

Page 4: ...r beam in these 1 7 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...

Page 5: ...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 Dr...

Page 6: ...www aleratec com...

Page 7: ...m with the capability of simultaneously producing up to 7 BD DVD CD copies or 7 clearly labeled DVD CD discs and no computer is required Removable Hard Disk Drive to store disc images and label files...

Page 8: ...uction Key Items 1 7 Blu ray DVD CD Tower Publisher SLS Note There is currently no LightScribe Blu ray media available Control Panel Removable Hard Disc Drive see page 4 BD DVD CD Source Drive BD DVD...

Page 9: ...utton 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...

Page 10: ...py 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...

Page 11: ...C 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...

Page 12: ...ile 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 cle...

Page 13: ...1 7 Blu ray DVD CD Tower Publisher SLS without proper packaging will void your warranty Connect the Cables and Apply Power Plug the power cord into the power supply of the 1 7 Blu ray DVD CD Tower Pub...

Page 14: ...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...

Page 15: ...e 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 eith...

Page 16: ...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 w...

Page 17: ...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 Te...

Page 18: ...o 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 P...

Page 19: ...this folder Note The 1 7 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 re...

Page 20: ...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...

Page 21: ...tor 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...

Page 22: ...elete Partition 5 Partition Info 6 Select Loading Drive 7 Format Hard Drive 12 Print Setup 1 Load Label 2 Rename Label 3 Delete Label 4 Print Surface Info 5 Label Info 6 Select Loading Drive 13 Mix Au...

Page 23: ...ce 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 b Press...

Page 24: ...screen Then skip to step d on page 19 of this User Guide Specify Counter lets you to select the number of copies you want to make The duplicator will count the number of copies you ve made and prompt...

Page 25: ...layed 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...

Page 26: ...example number of discs could be up to 7 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 w...

Page 27: ...and you will see the following display Counter Specified No Counter 4012MB indicates the capacity of the Master Disc 481MB indicates the current progress of the duplication in terms of MB 12 indicates...

Page 28: ...ESC ENT 21 Disc Copied Press OK to Finish 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 pa...

Page 29: ...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 4 Use UP or DOWN arrow to select ON and press ENT 5 The Hard Drive...

Page 30: ...ease do the following a Use UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen b Press ENT to enter Select Source menu and you will see the following Make sure it is located at Hard Drive If...

Page 31: ...e To do so use the UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen d Press ENT to enter Load Partition menu and you will see the following display The 228GB indicates the available capacit...

Page 32: ...r 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 Make sure the cursor is located at the f...

Page 33: ...letely you will see the following display Press the ENT button to go back to the Hard Drive Setup menu 4000MB indicates the total capacity of your Master Disc 423MB indicates the current MB from the M...

Page 34: ...rrow button to navigate to the following screen 4 Press ENT to enter the Rename Partition menu You will see the following display 5 Use the UP or DOWN arrow button to find the desired partition Press...

Page 35: ...FUN2 do the following a Move the cursor to the forth position by pressing ENT until you reached desired location b Press DOWN button consecutively until 2 is displayed c With the Image Name changed fr...

Page 36: ...to enter the Delete Partition menu You will see the following display 5 Use the UP or DOWN arrow button to find the desired partition Press ENT to submit your selection You will see the following disp...

Page 37: ...ublisher SLS Tutorials 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...

Page 38: ...OPY menu You will be asked to choose which hard drive partition to copy from b Choose the desired partition to copy from and press ENT button to submit your selection Then you will see the following C...

Page 39: ...hirty 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 a...

Page 40: ...cognized then you will see the following screen 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 d...

Page 41: ...opies will be ejected and you will see the following display 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 su...

Page 42: ...will see the following screen 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 request...

Page 43: ...ring 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...

Page 44: ...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 dupl...

Page 45: ...nce 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 C...

Page 46: ...rive 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 S...

Page 47: ...Setup menu You will see the following display 3 Use the UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen 4 Press ENT to enter Auto Start Setting menu You will see the following display 5 U...

Page 48: ...ia 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 instructe...

Page 49: ...ognized you will see the following display 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 trac...

Page 50: ...ou 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 arr...

Page 51: ...confirm the finalization During the finalization process you will see following progress indicator OR When the whole process completes your mixed copy will be ejected and you will see the following di...

Page 52: ...e 2nd Drive 5 Wait until the following screen appears 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 Tr...

Page 53: ...eader Tray When CD2 is recognized you will see the following display 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 o...

Page 54: ...utton until you see following 17 Press ENT to submit your selection You will see the following display 18 Once the loading process to the hard drive is complete you will see following display 19 When...

Page 55: ...ng display 21 When the process is complete your mixed copy will be ejected You will see the following display You will then be directed back to the main menu Processing to Disc 10 COPY USB PRINT SOURC...

Page 56: ...y 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...

Page 57: ...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 passwo...

Page 58: ...ssword for a new account 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 alphan...

Page 59: ...count to be removed 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 ca...

Page 60: ...ator 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 Reserv...

Page 61: ...rior 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 followin...

Page 62: ...ired mode 7 Press the ENT button once to submit your selection You will see the following display 8 Press ESC button once to go back to the main menu Duplication Mode Auto COPY USB PRINT SOURCE ESC EN...

Page 63: ...s 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...

Page 64: ...utes before moving on Once the disc duplication is completed successful copies will be ejected and you will see the following display Next refill your blank Discs to continue making more copies If you...

Page 65: ...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 o...

Page 66: ...djust 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...

Page 67: ...ires 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 3...

Page 68: ...ou 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...

Page 69: ...rives 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...

Page 70: ...sing 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 mode...

Page 71: ...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...

Page 72: ...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 agai...

Page 73: ...Utility Menu You will see the following display c Use UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen d Press ENT to enter Load Default Menu You will see the following display e Press ENT...

Page 74: ...e 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 Targets Not Blank The blank media you ve inserted are not blank Check yo...

Page 75: ...firm the password and try again 241 Login Failed 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 Er...

Page 76: ...ack Part No 230114 DVD R LightScribe V1 2 Duplicator Grade Media 600 Pack Part No 230117 DVD R LightScribe V1 2 Duplicator Grade Rainbow 600 Pack Part No 230115 DVD R LightScribe V1 2 Duplicator Grade...

Page 77: ...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 Ple...

Page 78: ...nc 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 per...

Page 79: ...nc 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 o...

Page 80: ...f 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 Aler...

Page 81: ...__________________ RE _ ___________________________ TEL ________________________________ DATE ___________________ OF PAGES ________________________________ I am experiencing the following problems wit...

Page 82: ...Document Number 260202_UG_ENG_Rev A Copyright 2011 Specifications subject to change without notice Aleratec Inc 9851 Owensmouth Avenue Chatsworth CA 91311 U S A www aleratec com...

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