LaCie Slim Blu-ray, User Manual

Page 1: ... 2 1 Connecting the USB 2 0 Y Cable 14 2 2 Installing the BD DVD CD Burning Software Windows 15 2 2 1 Installing the Recording Software 15 2 2 2 Software Bundle 15 3 Using Your LaCie Slim Blu ray 16 3 1 Inserting Discs 16 3 2 Accessing Discs 16 3 3 Ejecting Discs 17 3 4 Emergency Disc Ejection 17 4 Helpful Technical Information 18 4 1 Cyberlink Software Assistance 18 4 2 File System Formats 18 4 3...

Page 2: ...ce when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interfer ence to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful in terference to r...

Page 3: ...circuiting or dangerous emissions Your drive contains no user serviceable parts If it appears to be malfunctioning have it inspected by qualified LaCie service staff Never expose your device to rain or use it near water or in damp or wet conditions Never place containers on it containing liquids that may spill into its openings Doing so in creases the risk of electrical shock short circuiting fire...

Page 4: ...ly rec ommends that you keep TWO copies of your data one copy on your external hard drive for instance and a second copy ei ther on your internal hard drive another external hard drive or some other form of removable storage media LaCie offers a complete line of CD and DVD drives If you would like more information on back up please refer to our website IMPORTANT INFO 1GB 1 000 000 000 bytes 1TB 1 ...

Page 5: ...s To provide support for more common formats you also have the option to burn or copy files to DVD and CD DVD dual layer DL can have up to 8 5GB capacity and remain a widely used format for many users They are compatible with most DVD players and computer DVD ROM drives Always portable the Slim Blu ray enables you to burn HD content at work family pictures at home and music on the road When the BD...

Page 6: ...1 Connect the Mini USB plug to the Slim Blu ray 2 Connect the primary USB 2 0 A plug without the lightning bolt sticker to your computer 3 Your drive is ready for general use 4 Install the software on the included CD for disc burning NOTE Your Slim Blu ray must be connected to a USB 2 0 port Performance is not guaranteed using USB 1 1 NOTE The primary Y cable USB 2 0 A plug should provide ample si...

Page 7: ...VIDIA GeForce Mobile NVIDIA Quadro Mobile NVIDIA Tesla ATI Stream Screen Resolution 1024 x 768 16 bit color Internet Access Recommended CPU Content Minimum CPU AVI Capture Production Pentium 2 450MHz or AMD Athlon 500MHZ VCD Quality MPEG 1 Pentium 3 600MHz or AMD Athlon 700MHz DVD Quality MPEG 2 Pentium 4 2 2GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2200 High quality MPEG 4 WMV Quicktime RealVideo Pentium 4 2 4GHz or ...

Page 8: ...2 66GHz or AMD Phenom 9450 2 10GHz RAM Playback Minimum RAM DVD 1GB SDRAM Blu ray and Blu ray 3D 2GB SDRAM Graphics Cards with the most recent drivers Playback Minimum Graphics DVD AGP or PCI Express graphic accelerator sup porting DirectX 9 0 Blu ray Intel G45 graphics de coder NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT ATI Radeon X1600 Blu ray 3D Intel G45 graphics de coder NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT ATI Radeon HD 2400 D...

Page 9: ... paper clip or similar object and push to eject the tray if the load eject button does not work In normal operation the eject button should always be used to unload the tray If you must use the emergency eject hole make sure the drive s power is turned off and wait until disc rotation has stopped Rear View 1 Power Supply Connection Plug in the optional AC adapter See section 2 Connecting Your LaCi...

Page 10: ...h the USB 2 0 Y cable 1 The primary USB 2 0 A plug that connects a device to a com puter For most computers attaching this primary A plug will provide ample signal and power for the LaCie Slim Blu ray This USB 2 0 A plug carries the data signal to and from your device 2 In the event that the device does not receive enough power via the primary USB 2 0 A plug you may connect this secondary USB 2 0 ...

Page 11: ...g criteria The choice of the codec has great impact on playback time as well For example on a single layer BD two hours of HD Video is approximately equal to 135 minutes of HD using MPEG2 compression plus two hours of bonus material in standard definition quality OR 10 hours of broadcast quality standard definition video There are many different codecs that can increase or decrease the amount of v...

Page 12: ... Type of Disc Read Speed Write Speed Capacity Blu ray BD R SL 6x 6x 25GB BD R DL 4x 4x 50GB BD RE SL or DL 4x 2x 25 50GB BD R LtH 6x 6x 25GB BD ROM SL 6x BD ROM DL 4x DVD DVD R SL 8x 8x 4 7GB DVD R DL 6x 4x 8 5GB DVD RW 6x 8x 4 7GB DVD RW 6x 6x 4 7GB DVD RAM 5x 5x 9 4GB DVD ROM SL 8x 4 7GB DVD ROM DL 6x 8 5 GB CD CD R 24x 24x 700MB CD RW 24x 10x 650MB CD ROM 24x SL Single Layer DL Dual Layer LtH L...

Page 13: ... can be written and erased up to 1 000 times DVD R Discs Best suited for recording DVD videos storing multiple photo albums and data storage under 4 7GB Just as CD R discs DVD R is write once but with 4 7GB of capacity versus 700MB for CD R discs DVD R supports lossless linking and the combination of Constant Angular Velocity CAV and Constant Linear Velocity CLV recording DVD R Discs Best suited f...

Page 14: ... correctly installed and communicating with your computer follow these steps Windows Users Right click My Computer to select Properties Gen eral Your drive should be listed Mac Users In the Apple menu choose About This Mac More Info to open the Apple System Profiler Your drive should be listed under Hardware 4 If your Slim Blu ray does not appear to be receiving adequate power attach the secondary...

Page 15: ...NICAL NOTE You will be prompted for the CD key the first time you use your application The serial number for your copies of the Cyberlink software suite are located on the back of the CD sleeve IMPORTANT INFO Please check the LaCie website for software updates http www lacie com support index htm id 10008 2 2 2 Software Bundle The Cyberlink Blu ray Disc Suite is included with your LaCie Slim Blu r...

Page 16: ...ly placed in the center of the disc tray 3 Push the Open Close button to close it Fig 09 To close the disc tray Press the Open Close button Fig 09 LaCie highly recommends pushing the Open Close button to close the media tray 3 2 Accessing Discs The BD DVD or CD volume will appear in My Computer Windows XP users or Computer Windows Vista and Windows 7 users Click on the icon to access the contents ...

Page 17: ...y damage the drive and or data stored on the disc and will void your warranty 3 4 Emergency Disc Ejection Use this method only if the Open Close button is not working In the event that a BD DVD or CD cannot be ejected with the Open Close button and software is not controlling the drive use the emergency eject operation to open the disc tray 1 Make sure the drive is off and the power if applicable ...

Page 18: ...n a Mac PC or other major computer platform Published by the International Organization of Standardization this standard defines a file system for DVD ROM and CDs It supports Micro soft Windows Mac OS and operating systems that follow the Unix specification but doesn t support custom features of Mac file sys tems such as long file names or icon options Microsoft created an extension to the format ...

Page 19: ...e recording the disc Multi Border Recording MBR A writing process that is very similar to IR MBR allows you to make an IR disc and then play the disc back on an IR compatible device without finalizing the recording MBR creates a very short boundary zone around a recording session so a compatible player or DVD ROM drive does not attempt to play beyond the border of the recorded area Instead the unf...

Page 20: ...at is commonly referred to as MPEG video actually consists of three common media standards MPEG1 MPEG2 and MPEG4 HD with full motion video and multi channel sound multi lingual soundtracks surround sound etc is a data hungry application MPEG2 compression allows you to fit a full length feature film in HD plus bonus material on just one disc MPEG4 AVC H 264 and VC 1 are two other HD video compressi...

Page 21: ...th ends of the cable from the drive to the computer If you are using a USB cable other than the one supplied with your LaCie drive check that it is Hi Speed USB 2 0 certified 2 Check that the power supply and ground connection are seated properly 3 Disconnect your computer s USB cable Wait 30 seconds Re connect TECHNICAL NOTE Controller This is a component or an elec tronic card referred to in thi...

Page 22: ...lso visit the downloads page where the most recent software updates will be available If you need further assistance please contact your LaCie reseller or LaCie Technical Support see section 6 Contacting Customer Sup port for details Manual Updates LaCie strives to give you the most up to date comprehensive user manuals available on the market It is our goal to provide you with a friendly easy to ...

Page 23: ...y and Mac OS 10 6 The Slim Blu ray is compatible with Mac OS 10 6 but LaCie can not guaranty performance when using it with your Mac computer Additionally LaCie cannot guaranty that the Slim Blu ray will burn author or copy any type of data when using it with any third party software on a Mac computer ...

Page 24: ...e all of the cables connected securely and correctly Make sure that all the steps in 2 Connecting Your LaCie d2 Blu ray Drive have been followed correctly Examine the connections carefully to ensure that all the cables are inserted in the correct orientation and in the correct location Are both ends of the FireWire or USB cable connected and properly seated Check both ends of the FireWire and USB ...

Page 25: ...t About this Mac Select More Info The Apple System Profiler will launch and will list your internal and external peripherals The drive s media tray will not open Has a running software program locked the eject function To check disconnect the USB or FireWire cable then reconnect and press the Open Close button If the disc will still not eject go to 3 4 Emergency Disc Ejection for more instructions...

Page 26: ...ter and that you have the following information on hand 6 Contacting Customer Support Information Where to Find Information LaCie Slim Blu ray serial number Located on a sticker at the back of drive or on the original packaging Macintosh PC model Mac users Click on the Apple icon in the menu bar and select About This Mac Windows users Right click My Computer and select Properties General Operating...

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Page 28: ...or consequential damages such as but not limited to damage or loss of property or equipment loss of profits or revenues cost of replacement goods or expense or inconvenience caused by service interruptions Any loss corruption or destruction of data while using a LaCie drive is the sole responsibility of the user and under no circumstances will LaCie be held liable for the recovery or restoration o...