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PlexTools® Installation and Operation Manual

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Summary of Contents for PLEXTOOL

Page 1: ...PlexTools Installation and Operation Manual 15 04 2003...

Page 2: ...Player 21 4 7 Extracting audio tracks 22 4 8 Changing advanced settings for Digital Audio Extraction 25 4 9 AudioCD Maker 30 4 10 CD ROM Maker 35 4 11 Copying a disk 41 4 12 Changing advanced options...

Page 3: ...ATAPI system information and logging of Digital Audio Extraction or CD writing activities This manual will guide you through the setup and operation of the software and will give a brief description o...

Page 4: ...ows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation Acrobat Reader is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated MPEG Layer 3 audio coding technology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson Multimedia Monkey...

Page 5: ...Plextor SCSI devices are installed or operational IDE interface when a Plextor ATAPI device is used Installed ASPI layer with updated 32 bit device drivers for Windows when Plextor devices are install...

Page 6: ...automatically Please follow the instructions shown on the startup menu In the other cases start the installation by executing the setup program on the disc Select Start Run and type D setup exe where...

Page 7: ...hange startup settings see 4 14 Customis ing general settings The application will start and will scan all your SCSI and ATAPI devices to retrieve information about connected devices from them After a...

Page 8: ...window as shown on the previous page When you click on a device using the left mouse button you will see the general information about that drive in the right window and the other options in the lower...

Page 9: ...n option Some of the information found in the General Information window For SCSI drives only Jumper Settings gives a visual indication of the settings on the selected drive SCSI ID Termination Parity...

Page 10: ...if the drive is connected as master or slave on the IDE bus Serial Number shows the drive s serial number Buffer Capacity indicates the drive s buffer memory capacity Note CD ROM drives and periphera...

Page 11: ...er SCSI ID shows the adapter s SCSI ID Max Targets shows the maximum number of devices that can be connected to this adapter Port Driver shows the name of the driver file Provider shows the provider o...

Page 12: ...ttings select Options in the toolbar select Preferences and check the Save settings on exit checkbox in the General tab Basic CD Read Speed Setting Changes the reading speed to the selected value DVD...

Page 13: ...SC IS WRITTEN FASTER THAN IS RECOMMENDED BY POWEREC YOU MAY EXPERIENCE WRITE ERRORS OR THE RESULTING CD MAY HAVE PLAYBACK DIFFICULTIES IN SOME CD DRIVES Enable DMA enables disables the drive s DMA set...

Page 14: ...change the laser power when writing CD DA on CD R at 4X TAO or DAO The default setting reflects an optimised laser power with lowest jitter Changing this setting will result in a change of sound or s...

Page 15: ...hows the interface type of the selected Plextor drive Access Time shows the average access time for your Plextor drive Current Firmware shows the current firmware of the selected Plextor drive Latest...

Page 16: ...PlexTools Installation and Operation Manual 12 CD Read Shows all possible read speeds for each type of CD Note shows additional information regarding these features...

Page 17: ...PlexTools Installation and Operation Manual 13 CD Write Shows all possible write speeds for each type of CD Note shows additional information regarding these features...

Page 18: ...PlexTools Installation and Operation Manual 14 DVD Read Shows all possible read speeds for each type of DVD Note shows additional information regarding these features...

Page 19: ...PlexTools Installation and Operation Manual 15 DVD Write Shows all possible write speeds for each type of DVD Note shows additional information regarding these features...

Page 20: ...Sessions indicates the number of tracks sessions CD R W Manufacturer prints the name of the CD R W manufacturer LBA MSF Changes between indication in logical blocks LBA or minutes sec onds frames MSF...

Page 21: ...the DVD type and label Capacity shows the capacity of the disc in sectors and MB s Megabytes Copyright protection shows the copyright protection being used on the DVD Track Path possibilities are OTP...

Page 22: ...the selected device plays files you will be prompted to select the file you want to play with Multimedia Player It is possible to play pause playing stop rewind and fast forward the file The total tim...

Page 23: ...crosoft Some of the possibilities are All supported formats can play the most common audio and video files available Video for Windows plays AVI Video files MIDI sequencer plays MIDI files Sound plays...

Page 24: ...list Add List add a playlist m3u or pls to the current playlist Load list loads a playlist only m3u and pls Save list saves the current playlist to m3u or pls Clear list removes all the files from the...

Page 25: ...tion from CD uses if available and your drive supports this feature the CD TEXT informa tion on the CD to display the Disc Title Track Title and Artist name freedb uses the information on the freedb s...

Page 26: ...ed with standard audio extraction software Audio Error Detection It will allow detection of errors during the reading of audio tracks The next section explains the options if read errors are encounter...

Page 27: ...to be altered Select Start Stop position Enter the position where the extraction of the selected track should start and stop Filename options allows the filename options to be changed see also 4 6 Cha...

Page 28: ...n audio track they will be displayed here The Print Save buttons can be used for printing or saving this information together with certain info about your Operating System and controllers The resultin...

Page 29: ...b WAV Filename Options indicates the options for the automatically assigned file names The first three options can change the way spaces in the filenames are han dled The options are include replace b...

Page 30: ...s Report Errors only no recovery action This strategy can be used when the source disc is error free or error correction is not necessary Reduce the speed upon error When Uncorrectable Errors are foun...

Page 31: ...ll details of the error recov ery The tracks on an audio CD have a small pause to seperate the tracks from each oth er The length of this pause is usually 2 seconds On live music CD s the length will...

Page 32: ...o extract audio tracks to MP3 format using the installed Windows encoder the availability the number of options and qualities depends upon the installed encoder MP3 Lame select this option if you want...

Page 33: ...extract to ape format For more information about these settings please visit the Monkey s Audio web site http www monkeysaudio com Ogg Vorbis select this option if you want to extract to ogg format Fo...

Page 34: ...is moment is 44 1KHz 16 bit stereo After clicking the Add Tracks button you can select one or more wav mp3 ogg ape files These files will be added after the selected track You can also drag and drop f...

Page 35: ...PlexTools Installation and Operation Manual 31 Right clicking on a track will allow the track to be played or deleted from the compila tion...

Page 36: ...mation such as title and artist for the entire disc can be changed or added here Also UPC EAN code can be altered Set Artist for all tracks the current Artist name is set for each track Track properti...

Page 37: ...te speed Write options You can choose to do a simulation first and then write if simulation was successful When the simulation is activated the burning process will be simu lated Nothing will be writt...

Page 38: ...PlexTools Installation and Operation Manual 34 During writing you will see a progress indicator If any errors occur they will be dis played in the activity log window...

Page 39: ...ls Installation and Operation Manual 35 4 10 CD ROM Maker CD ROM Maker allows the creation of custom CD ROM s by simply dragging and drop ping files and folders into the window and starting the write...

Page 40: ...ectors 0 through 15 While ISO 9660 specifies that this is what the System Identifier is used for it does not specify what is in sectors 0 through 15 nor does it specify how the data is used The charac...

Page 41: ...liet When checked the volume identifiers for ISO 9660 will also be used for Joliet Dates Volume Creation Specifies the Date and Time at which the volume was created Volume Modification Specifies the D...

Page 42: ...t more then 3 d characters Level 2 the filename cannot contain more than 31 characters Write Joliet File System on CD When enabled the Joliet File System will be written on the CD View Mode Specifies...

Page 43: ...PlexTools Installation and Operation Manual 39 Max Maximise Maximises the CD ROM Maker window to the size of Plex Tools Min Minimise Restores the CD ROM Maker window to its standard size...

Page 44: ...PlexTools Installation and Operation Manual 40 Start Opens the write dialog Before writing starts an ISO image file will be created...

Page 45: ...n of this image file it can be selected as a source and the destination can be the recorder with a CD R W inserted The third way is to insert the source disc into the CD Recorder and select the same d...

Page 46: ...d afterwards The Audio Error Detection allows the same powerful function as used for Digital Audio Extraction If you want to make multiple copies you can set the number of copies in the Copies field C...

Page 47: ...ll be copied Warning This will create a disc that may not be an exact copy of the source disc Audio Read Error Recovery Report Errors only no recovery action This strategy can be used when the source...

Page 48: ...ew session is automati cally created on every copy WARNING THIS WILL CREATE A DISC THAT MAY NOT BE AN EXACT COPY OF THE SOURCE DISC THE CREATED DISC IS MULTISESSION READY SO MORE SESSIONS CAN BE ADDED...

Page 49: ...on and Operation Manual 45 Use timestamp when enabled this setting will show the time for each operation listed in the progress dialog Use actual time uses the actual time Reset starttime to zero rese...

Page 50: ...contents TOC data will remain on the disc but becomes inaccessible This takes about 2 minutes at 2X writing speed Full Erase will erase everything on the disk This can take up to 40 minutes at 2X wri...

Page 51: ...placed in your System Tray Startup minimised maximised Makes it possible to select the window size at start up Minimised means only the icon in the System Tray is visible When you double click on thi...

Page 52: ...exit of PlexTools new values will be saved in the registry when save settings on exit is activated Autoplay audio CD s If this checkbox is selected the system will automatically start playing audio C...

Page 53: ...eve CD information Use local database use the local database to retrieve the cd information Search for CD on the freedb server when not found in local database s Autosave to user database when enabled...

Page 54: ...th used for HTTP access on the freedb servers Port this is the port used to connect to the freedb server Proxy Settings Here you can enter your proxy server settings such as User name Password Server...

Page 55: ...reedb server submits the CD information to the freedb server Submit email address this field specifies the email submit address Submit through specifies whether to submit the CD information using HTTP...

Page 56: ...ools Installation and Operation Manual 52 5 Test Functions 5 1 CD Test This function will scan the complete disc and detect read errors The Print Save buttons can be used for printing or saving the re...

Page 57: ...rs on the disc while calculating the transfer rate at the same time Start shows the read speed at the beginning of the test End shows the read speed at the end of the test Current shows the current re...

Page 58: ...Read Test Options Sample Length sets the sample length Test every sets the test interval time Read Test Graph Options Max Read Speed Indication sets the maximum read speed shown on the graph CD Lengt...

Page 59: ...calculating the transfer rate at the same time Start shows the write speed at the beginning of the test End shows the write speed at the end of the test Current shows the current write speed Average...

Page 60: ...lt Test every sets the test length on the graph Write Test Graph Options Max Write Speed Indication sets the maximum Write speed shown on the graph CD Length Indication sets the maximum CD length show...

Page 61: ...tain problems To print or save this info choose Print Save Information Email information With this option you can send your system information to Plex tor Technical Support Preferences Gives you acces...

Page 62: ...n be found under the help menu in the toolbar PlexTools Help or F1 starts the windows help system for PlexTools PlexTools Manual opens this manual System Info displays some info about the installed AS...

Page 63: ...own Time When a CD ROM is accessed the drive will read a file or directory and after a while stop spinning in a powerdown mode to save energy and to lower spindle motor wear The Spindown Time is the t...

Page 64: ...ology avoids buffer underruns by suspending and restarting the write pro cess when the writer s buffer empties UPC EAN Universal Product Code European Article Number ISRC code International Standard R...

Page 65: ...Startup No ASPI layer was installed or it is not working This error may occur on 2 occasions the Windows 95 98 ME system has no valid ASPI software installed while a SCSI controller and Plextor SCSI d...

Page 66: ...EK COMPLETE 030280 MEDIUM ERROR SERVO SEEK ERROR 030281 MEDIUM ERROR SERVO SEEK ERROR SYNC ERROR 030282 MEDIUM ERROR SERVO SEEK ERROR HEADER ERROR 030283 MEDIUM ERROR SERVO SEEK ERROR TARGET NOT MET 0...

Page 67: ...030C0A MEDIUM ERROR WRITE ERROR PADDING BLOCKS ADDED 037200 MEDIUM ERROR CLOSE SESSION ERROR 037201 MEDIUM ERROR CLOSE SESSION ERROR WRITING LEADIN 037202 MEDIUM ERROR CLOSE SESSION ERROR WRITING LEA...

Page 68: ...l the ASPI layer is a part of these systems and will be installed during setup Windows NT Windows 2000 and Windows XP can operate without the use of ASPI As such it is shipped without ASPI software Af...

Page 69: ...no CD TEXT information is shown If you have unchecked the option Read complete disc info in the preferences selection of the options menu the CD TEXT information is NOT read if an Audio CD containing...

Page 70: ...holidays between 8h00 and 18h00 on the following numbers Phone 32 2 718 03 99 Fax 32 2 718 03 90 E mail support plextor be Website http www plextor be english technical feedback html Plextor US E mail...

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