LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive User Manual Table of Contents Page 1 Table of Contents General Use Precautions Health & Safety Precautions 4 4 Health, Safety & General Use Precautions 4 1. The LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive 1.1. Minimum System Requirements 1.2. Package Content 1.3. Views of the Drive 1.4. Cables and Connections 1.5. Blu-ray Technology 1.6. Supported Blu-ray/DVD/CD Formats 6 7 8 9 11 13 14 2. Connecting Your LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive 2.1. Installing the BD/DVD/CD Burning Software 2.2.
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive Forward User Manual Copyrights Copyright © 2008 LaCie. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written consent of LaCie. Trademarks Blu-ray, FireWire, Apple, Mac, and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive Forward User Manual This symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates that this product must not be disposed of with your other household waste. Instead, it is your responsibility to dispose of your waste equipment by handing it over to a designed collection point for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment.
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive User Manual Health, Safety & General Use Precautions Page 4 Health, Safety & General Use Precautions The drive you have just purchased includes a laser diode device, which classifies it as a “Laser Class I” product. This laser is not dangerous for the user under normal operating conditions. However, we strongly advise you not to place any reflective objects in the disc loading system, due to the risk of exposure to laser emissions that may be reflected by such objects.
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive Precautions User Manual Otherwise, written data may be destroyed or the drive’s internal components may be damaged. ❖❖ Never use excessive force on the disc loading system; discs should be inserted effortlessly into your drive. If you detect a problem, consult the Page 5 Troubleshooting section and contact your after-sales department. ❖❖ Protect your drive from excessive exposure to dust during use or storage.
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive Introduction User Manual Page 6 R DL ReWrit able Ultra Speed 1. The LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive Congratulations on your purchase of the LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive. The LaCie Blu-ray Drive facilitates recording, rewriting and playback of High-Definition (HD) video and storing on a disc much larger amounts of data than ever before. Saving a 2-hour HD video to disc requires 23.3GB of storage capacity, so a Blu-ray drive is a necessity for anyone storing HD video.
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive User Manual 1.1. Minimum System Requirements ■■For Burning/Mastering ❖❖ FireWire (IEEE 1394) or USB 2.0-equipped computer ❖❖ Pentium 4 Dual Core 3GHz processor or higher, or PowerPC G4 or higher, or Mac Intel Core Duo processor ❖❖ 512MB of RAM minimum ❖❖ Windows XP with Service Pack 2, or Mac OS 10.4.
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive Introduction User Manual Page 8 1.2. Package Content Your LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive should contain the following: LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive 2 Power supply kit 3 Hi-Speed USB 2.
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive Introduction User Manual Page 9 1.3. Views of the Drive ■■Front View 1 1 Media Tray - Open the tray by pressing the load/ eject button, then place a BD/CD/DVD into the tray with the label facing up. Close the tray by pushing the load/eject button or pushing the front part of the tray. This drive hasn’t been designed to accept media with cartidges.
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive Introduction User Manual Page 10 ■■Rear View XXXXXX . LaCie Ltd Serial Nu X XXXXXX mber XX ON OFF 4 1 1 On/Off Switch - Turns the drive on and off. 2 Power Supply Connection - This is where you plug in the AC adapter supplied with the drive. See 2.2. Connecting the Power Supply for more information. 3 Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Port - This is where you plug in the USB 2.0 cable furnished with the drive. See 2.3.a. Connecting via the USB 2.0 Interface Cable for more information.
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive Introduction User Manual Page 11 1.4. Cables and Connections ■■Hi-Speed USB 2.0 USB is a serial input/output technology for connecting peripheral devices to a computer. Hi-Speed USB 2.0 is the latest implementation of this standard, and it provides the necessary bandwidth and data transfer rates to support high speed devices such as hard drives, CD/ BD/DVD drives and digital cameras. Please see 4.6. USB Questions & Answers for more information on USB’s uses and capabilities.
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive Introduction User Manual Page 12 ■■FireWire 400 FireWire 400, also known as IEEE 1394, is a highspeed serial input/output technology for connecting peripheral devices to a computer or to each other. FireWire 400 is ideal for bandwidth-intensive applications, such as audio, video and graphics. Please see 4.5. FireWire Questions & Answers for more information on FireWire. FireWire Icons Theses icons will help you easily identify the FireWire interface.
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive Introduction User Manual Page 13 1.5. Blu-ray Technology The precise blue laser that gives Blu-ray its name reads and writes smaller areas of information, allowing much more data to fit on a disk than red rays (used in standard CD/DVD burners), while maintaining superb HD picture quality. The LaCie Blu-ray records BD-R/BD-RE/DVD±R single and Double layer/DVD±RW/CD-R/CD-RW, reads BD-ROM, DVD-ROM and CD-ROMs. Blu-ray Disc abbreviations Blu-ray Disc can be shortened down to “BD”.
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive Introduction User Manual Page 14 1.6. Supported Blu-ray/DVD/CD Formats Format Type of Disc Write Read Write Speed Read Speed Capacity Blu-ray BD-RE (Single or double layer) X X 2x 2x 25/50GB BD-R (Single or double layer) X X 4x to 8x 4x 25/50GB BD-ROM (Single or double layer) -- X -- 4x to 8x -- BD-ROM AACS content protected X X X 2x DVD±R DL X X 8x 8x 8.5GB DVD±R X X 16x 16x 4.7GB DVD+RW X X 8x 8x 4.7GB DVD-RW X X 6x 8x 4.
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive Introduction User Manual techniques as DVD+R. ❖❖ Incorporates the Direct Overwrite (DOW) system, allowing data to be written directly over existing data in a single pass. DVD-RW Discs ❖❖ Best suited for: backing up and archiving digital content. ❖❖ These discs serve the same general purpose as CDRW media, but with 4.7GB of space versus 650MB. ❖❖ Discs can be written and erased up to 1,000 times.
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive Connecting Your LaCie Drive User Manual Page 16 2. Connecting Your LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive There are three parts to connecting and turning on your LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive. The LaCie d2 Blu-ray drive can be connected to both Macintoshes and PCs; however bundled software vary depending on the model. Step 1 2.1. Installing the BD/DVD/CD Burning Software Page 17 Step 2 2.2. Connecting the Power Supply Page 18 Step 3 2.3.a. Connecting via the USB 2.0 Interface Cable Page 19 2.3.
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LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive Connecting Your LaCie Drive User Manual Page 18 2.2. Connecting the Power Supply The power supply kit is composed of two cables: one cable (A) connects to the LaCie drive; and the other cable (B) connects to a power outlet, such as a wall outlet or a surge protector. 1. Connect Cable A to your LaCie Drive. B 2. Connect Cable B to the Power supply brick (C). 3. Connect Cable B to a surge protector or wall outlet. XXXXXX LaCie Ltd.
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive Connecting Your LaCie Drive User Manual Page 19 2.3.a. Connecting via the USB 2.0 Interface Cable 1. Connect the Power supply cable (page 18). XXXXXX ber XXX Serial Num ON OFF 2. Connect the Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable into the HiSpeed USB 2.0 port on the back of the LaCie Bluray Drive. Turn the drive on using the on/off switch on the back. XXXXXX . LaCie Ltd 3. Attach the other end of the interface cable to an available USB port on your computer. XXXXXX LaCie Ltd.
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive Connecting Your LaCie Drive User Manual Page 20 2.3.b. Connecting via the FireWire 400 Interface Cable 1. Connect the Power supply cable (page 18). XXXXXX ber XXX Serial Num ON OFF 2. Connect the FireWire 400 cable into the FireWire 400 port on the back of the LaCie Blu-ray Drive. Turn the drive on using the on/off switch on the back. XXXXXX . LaCie Ltd 3. Attach the other end of the interface cable to an available FireWire 400 port on your computer. XXXXXX LaCie Ltd.
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive Using Your LaCie Drive User Manual Page 21 3. Using Your LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive 3.1. Inserting Discs A To insert a disc, push the Open/Close (A) button on your LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive. When the disc tray opens, put the BD, DVD or CD media into the tray with the label side facing up. Make sure the BD, DVD or CD is correctly placed in the center of the disc tray. Push the Open/Close button (A) to close it. Do not attempt to force the door open, you will damage the drive.
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive User Manual Using Your LaCie Drive Page 22 3.3. Ejecting Discs Mac Users 1. Drag the DVD/BD/CD icon on the desktop to the Trash. The d2 Blu-ray DVD Drive’s tray will then open. 2. Remove the DVD, BD or CD. 3. Gently push in the disc tray or push the load/eject button to close it. Windows Users 1. Press the Open/Close button on the d2 Blu-ray DVD Drive.
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive Helpful Technical Information User Manual Page 23 4. Helpful Technical Information 4.1. File System Formats When writing DVD±R/RW, BD-R/RE 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).
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive Helpful Technical Information User Manual Page 24 ■■DVD±RW Writing Methods Disc at Once (DAO) – A DVD writing process in which the entire DVD is recorded in one session, and data cannot be added after the recording is finished. Differs from the CD-R DAO method because the lead-in, data area and lead-out areas are all written sequentially.
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive Helpful Technical Information User Manual Page 25 4.3. About BD/DVD/CD available capacity There are important factors to consider when recording video, audio or data to CDs, DVDs or Blu-ray discs. The DVD media specification provides for two physical sizes: 4.7” (12cm) and 3.1” (8cm) (both are .47” (1.2cm) thick). Blu-ray and DVD discs are single-sided and can have one (SL) or two (DL) layers of data.
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive User Manual Helpful Technical Information Page 26 4.5. FireWire Questions & Answers ■■What is FireWire /IEEE 1394? A serial bus used to connect external computer and consumer electronic devices to computers and consumer electronic consoles. ■■What does IEEE 1394 mean? “1394” is an abbreviation of IEEE 1394, the name given to this highperformance serial bus.
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive User Manual Helpful Technical Information Page 27 4.6. USB Questions & Answers ■■ What Are The Benefits Of The USB Interfaces? ❖❖ Cross-platform: All recent Macintoshes and PC include USB ports. ❖❖ “Hot Swappable”: No need to shut down or restart your computer when adding or removing a USB device. Plug it in and its ready. ❖❖ Automatic configuration: Once your device is connected, your computer recognizes the device and configures the software (Windows XP and 2000).
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive User Manual Helpful Technical Information Page 28 4.7. Choosing between FireWire and USB If your computer supports both interfaces, we advise you to use the FireWire interface. FireWire technology allows for daisy chaining of drives (i.e. you can connect the peripherals to each another) which avoids the use of a hub. Furthermore, sustained data transfer rates are usually higher with FireWire. 4.8.
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive Troubleshooting User Manual Page 29 5. Troubleshooting In the event that your LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive is not working correctly, please refer to the following checklist to find out where the problem is coming from. If you have gone through all of the points on the checklist and your drive is still not working correctly, please have a look at the FAQs that are regularly published on our Web site – www.lacie.com. One of these FAQs may provide an answer to your specific question.
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive Troubleshooting User Manual Page 30 Problem Question Solution The drive is not recognized. Is there a conflict with other device drivers or extensions? Consult LaCie Technical Support. See 6. Contacting Customer Support for more details. Try using the eject function of the software program that you are using. Check if the drive is seen by the computer. PC: Right-click My Computer and select Properties.
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive Contacting Customer Support User Manual Page 31 6. Contacting Customer Support ■■Before You Contact Technical Support ❖❖ Your LaCie drive’s serial number Read the manuals and review the Troubleshooting section. ❖❖ Operating system and version ❖❖ Computer brand and model (to view, look in the Finder bar and select About this Mac) Try to isolate the problem.
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive Contacting Customer Support User Manual Page 32 6.1. LaCie Technical Support Contacts LaCie Asia, Singapore, and Hong Kong LaCie Australia LaCie Belgium LaCie Canada LaCie Denmark LaCie Finland LaCie France LaCie Germany LaCie Italy LaCie Japan LaCie Netherlands LaCie Norway LaCie Spain LaCie Sweden LaCie Switzerland LaCie United Kingdom LaCie Ireland LaCie USA Contact us at: http://www.lacie.com/asia/contact/ Contact us at: http://www.lacie.
LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive User Manual Warranty Information Page 33 7. Warranty Information LaCie warrants your drive against any defect in material and workmanship, under normal use, for the period designated on your warranty certificate. In the event this product is found to be defective within the warranty period, LaCie will, at its option, repair or replace the defective drive.
