Pico for Mac Getting Started Guide
from any physical disturbances, such as accidental jarring or sharp impact. The
duplicator should only be operated in areas protected from airborne contaminants
and away from strong electromagnetic fields. Avoid setup locations exposed to
direct sunlight or very strong artificial light; the optical sensors inside the unit may
not operate properly if ambient light levels are too high.
For consistent duplication results, whether attended or unattended, we strongly
recommend the use of an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) for isolating the du-
plication system from the effects of AC power fluctuations or brief power outages.
An AC power strip with line filtering and surge protection offers some protection if
you do not use a UPS device.
Meeting the setup requirements
The Pico duplicator performs most effectively when used in combination with a
computer system that meets or exceeds the following requirements:
Computer hardware requirements
Operating system requirements
Minimum: A tower Macintosh system
powered by a G5 processor
Mac OS X Version 10.4.3 or higher
Minimum: 700 rpm 40-Gigabyte hard
drive with 70-percent free space
51MB memory
One available USB .0 port
Note: Under most conditions, optimizing the hard disk drive is not necessary to
ensure efficient disc duplication with the Pico. If you are running Mac OSX 10.3
Panther or above, a process known as Hot-File Adaptive-Clustering automatically
defragments any discontinuous files.
Installing the media adapters
1
Install the four pillars into the circular slots of the input bin so that the bin will
accommodate a standard size disc. The curved guides of each pillar should be
rotated until they are flush with the outer perimeter of the disc bin, as shown in
the following figure.
