User manual LACIE PORTABLE DVD±RW WITH LIGHTSCRIBE

[. . . ] Portable DVD±RW with LightScribe Hi-Speed USB 2. 0 FireWire 400 user manual manuel utilisateur manual de instrucciones gebruikershandleiding guída utente handbuch Design by sam HecHt LaCie Portable DVD±RW with LightScribe Design by Sam Hecht User Manual Table of Contents page Table of Contents Health, Safety & General Use Precautions Health & Safety Precautions General Use Precautions 1. Connecting Your LaCie Portable DVD±RW Drive 2. 1. Using Your LaCie Portable DVD±RW Drive 3. 1. Warranty Information 4 4 4 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 19 19 20 20 21 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 31 34 35 36 LaCie Portable DVD±RW with LightScribe Design by Sam Hecht User Manual Copyrights Copyright © 2007 LaCie. [. . . ] CAUTION: Do not attempt to open the drive's disc tray or remove the disc while the unit is in use and being accessed by the computer. You may injure yourself and/or damage the drive and/or your computer system. Do not transport the drive with the disc tray open or with a DVD or CD disc inside. Doing so may damage the drive and/or data stored on the disc, and will void your warranty. 3. 4. Emergency Disc Ejection In the event that a DVD or CD cannot be ejected with the Open/Close button and the software is not controlling the drive, use the emergency eject operation to open the disc tray. Switch off the drive and unplug the interface cable. Insert a small metal poker, such as an unbent paper clip, into the emergency eject hole (see Fig. 3. 4) until the poker presses against the manual eject mechanism. You will feel the mechanism eject the disc tray. Only use this method if the Open/Close button is not working. CAUTION: Make sure the drive is off and the power unplugged before attempting the emergency ejection procedure. Fig. 3. 4 LaCie Portable DVD±RW with LightScribe Design by Sam Hecht User Manual Helpful Technical Information page 4. File System Formats When writing DVD±R/RW and CD-R/RW discs, you will have the option to assign the disc a particular file format (the way in which a computer names and organizes files for storage and to manage data exchange). There are essentially three file system formats to be concerned with when using a LaCie DVD/CD Drive: Universal Disk Format (UDF) ISO 9660 Mac OS Extended (also known as HFS+) UDF - This specification, developed by Optical Storage Technologies Association, is the predominant file system that allows compatibility across various Bluray, DVD and CD applications, hardware platforms and computer operating systems. ISO 9660 - This is the standard file system which allows media to be read on 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 Microsoft Windows, Mac OS and operating systems that follow the Unix specification, but doesn't support custom features of Mac file systems such as long file names or icon options. Microsoft created an extension to the format, called Joliet, which allows for Unicode file character names and file names up to 64 characters in length (twice as many as the ISO 9660 Level 2 and 3 specifications). Mac OS Extended - Also known as HFS+, this is the file system used by Macintosh. If you will be using your disc only on Macs, this is the preferred file format. Hybrid discs (Mac & PC) - Mac users can also choose to create hybrid discs which contain two partitions: one to be viewed by Mac users, one by Windows users. Toast Titanium does allow this file system choice. LaCie Portable DVD±RW with LightScribe Design by Sam Hecht User Manual Helpful Technical Information page 4. 2. [. . . ] If possible, make the drive the only external device on the CPU, and make sure that all of the cables are correctly and firmly attached. If you have asked yourself all of the pertinent questions in the troubleshooting checklist, and you still can't get your LaCie drive to work properly, contact us via the provided Web link. Before contacting us, make sure that you are in front of your computer and that you have the following information on hand: Information 1. LaCie Portable DVD±RW Drive serial number 2. [. . . ]