PM 2000 User`s Manual, 4th draft
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3. 8 track item forward control 8 U uninstalling 6 unlock control 27 USB speakers 30 use temp image control 22 V verify disc control 22 verifying a copy 24 video acceleration 40 volume adjust bar 8 volume slider 27 W WAV file default for playback 32 drag and drop 30 recording 10 saving 17 18 saving multiple 18 typical size 32 Windows 3 1 3 11 capturing audio 40 Plextor applications 35 Windows 95 installation in 5 sound utilities 32 WAV files and 32 Windows 98 installation in 5 Windows NT AudioFS and 29 installation 5 Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 51 Index This page intentionally left blank 52 Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual
4. D PLEXTOR PLEMTORIMANAGER 2000 Plextor CD ROM CD R and CD RW Software Suite and Utilities For Microsoft Windows 95 98 and NT Congratulations Plextor Manager 2000 is a remarkable suite of software utilities that help you get the most from your Plextor drive Plextor Manager 2000 puts more features at your fingertips and makes them easier to use than ever before This manual will show you how to begin using Plextor Manager 2000 for greater productivity and more fun ii Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual Table of Contents 1 Plextor Manager 2000 Applications csscsscssscssscsssscssscssscssscssseesseseeees 1 System Requirements cccs scsivessscsesesesssccesessscecsecestesscesiaseseestdevsesasseesecetdennenes 1 About Plextor Manager 2000 Modules 0 eceeessseeseeeeceeeeeseeneceeeeeeeseeneeeees 2 MEV O00 ccasesstscesstasveestse E E A 2 Audio Capture 2000 0 cceccsscatesensecerssnccecensegeeneeanecuestenstasarenseceacagecageaedsactazes 2 IB iced B tof 194 0 0 0 rier eee eee Perret E eer mere preven reer ere ttre 3 Enhanced Drive Properties ecceceescecessesseeneeeeceeceeeeeseeesseeseeaeeaeeereeseeeeaseaes 3 AudioP See ceteces ce ne acca set apsgshes eas E E R 4 2 Installing and Starting Plextor Manager 2000 sccsssscssscsssssssseseseseeeees 5 Installing in Windows 95 98 and NT ou eseeessseceeeeeeeeceseeeeeaessecaeeneeseeeaeeaeeaeeas 5 About Windows NT Installation
5. Selecting this option enables and applies Plextor s Video Acceleration utility to any Plextor drive in the system Refer to Plextor Video Acceleration on page 40 for more information Transfer Rate Monitor Selecting this option causes the title bar or icon title of the Plextor Manager to display the current transfer rate demanded of the Plextor drive This option is only available when Plextor Manager is running AutoPlay Enabled Selecting this option will automatically start audio playback any time you insert a CD audio disc and will automatically execute CD ROM discs that contain an AUTORUN INF file as well as CD Plus and Windows 95 disks designed for AutoPlay This option is only available when Plextor Manager is running Drive Setup Page The Drive Setup page EA o to control the speed spindown time and eject functions q ed Control optign allows you to set your drive to any of its suppdorted_opera e e Spindow me option allows you to set the inactivity time before the drive stops spinning Setting the spindown time to infinite will prevent your drive from cooling down and is not recommended Selecting Prevent Eject will lock the disc in the drive The Eject button will eject the disc unless Prevent Eject is enabled 38 Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual Appendix A Plextor Applications for DOS and Windows 3 1 Audio Setup Page The Audio Setup page allows you to set basic audio output characteristics of your drive S
6. 2000 supports sampling rates of 44 kHz 22 kHz or 11 kHz 8 bit or 16 bit resolution as well as CD 44 kHz sampling 16 bit stereo stereo and monaural sound 2 Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 1 Plextor Manager 2000 Applications e Error correction You can adjust the error correction rate as needed to eliminate pops clicks or hissing noises from the source disc Error correction can be set from 0 percent to 100 percent DiscDupe 2000 DiscDupe 2000 is a single disc replication program Simple to use the feature filled interface provides numerous ways to copy discs and includes a disc verification function to ensure your duplicate disc is identical to the master You can copy most kinds of discs Features of DiscDupe 2000 include e Disc to disc duplication You can copy a disc from a Plextor drive to another Plextor drive e Disc to image and image to disc Copy an entire CD as an image on your hard drive Store the image for future use and copy that image to a CD R or CD RW disc as needed e Single drive disc duplication If you have only a single Plextor drive DiscDupe 2000 writes an image to a temporary file on your hard drive allowing you to read from the hard drive to your PlexWriter source drive for writing Enhanced Drive Properties Plextor Manager 2000 adds features to the Properties menu just right click on the Plextor drive s icon located in My Computer or Windows Explorer then select Properties Enh
7. 2000 to record MP3 files WAV files or CDA tracks directly to a blank CD media MVP 2000 will automatically decode these formats and record them on the fly as a standard audio CD CD DA Red Book audio These audio CDs can be played on most home car and computer CD players 10 Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 3 Running MVP 2000 Recording Digital Music to CD R or CD RW To record digital music to CD R or CD RW 1 Place a blank CD R or CD RW disc in the PlexWriter 2 Inthe main MVP 2000 window set the CD DA A V rocker switch to the A V lower position 3 Click the Playlist icon and create a playlist of your selections Use the Add Delete buttons to select any of a variety of supported music formats Change the order of your selections in the list by clicking and dragging 4 Once your playlist is complete click the Record to CD R button to record your compilation to CD using the PlexWriter NOTE If you have CD writing software that auto starts when a blank disc is inserted please wait for the application to load Then exit the software and start MVP 2000 A good example of such an application is DirectCD from Adaptec NOTE Depending on your system s decoding speed and overall performance the recording speed may not always be set to your PlexWriter s maximum possible speed MVP 2000 will determine the safest recording speed and proceed accordingly Using Test Mode When Making an Audio CD Recording to a CD requi
8. Information Locally You only need the connection to the Internet the first time you play a particular disc After that the CDDB information is saved in a small database on your hard drive Then every time you put that CD in your system the related information appears Retrieving and Viewing CDDB Information To retrieve and view CDDB information 1 Ensure that your computer has an active connection to the Internet 2 Start MVP 2000 3 Inthe MVP 2000 window click Options You see tabs for MVP 2000 options 4 Click the CDDB tab You see the CDDB screen 14 Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 3 Running MVP 2000 z Aoo oo eddbeddbocom Master Sener i Go to COBB hormepiage Figure 4 Connecting to the CDDB Database Nn Inthe E mail Address field enter your e mail address 6 Click the Use Escient CDDB box until it is checked on 7 If desired click on the Get Server List arrow to obtain a list of CDDB servers then select the location to connect to On the CDDB screen click OK to connect to the CDDB server 9 Now insert the audio CD into your Plextor drive It must be the default playback drive You see another screen with a message indicating you are connecting MVP 2000 downloads the disc data for you and shows it in the MVP 2000 main display You see information such as the album and artist name 10 When you play the CD you also see the song name scroll across the screen 11 You can n
9. click a track to select it You can double click any track to start capture or you can click it once then click the Capture button to proceed When a single track is selected you can specify the location and filename of the track The audio track is now saved as a WAV file Selecting Multiple Tracks To select multiple tracks e Hold down the Control key while clicking on tracks in the track selection display to select one track at a time or hold down the Shift key to select several tracks in a row The tracks are saved as TRACKxx WAV where xx is the track number in the location you specify 18 Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 4 Running Audio Capture 2000 Specifying Audio Quality To specify audio quality e Select the Audio Quality drop down list and choose a level of audio quality You can choose from many different levels of audio quality In general the higher the quality the greater the time required for capture and the greater the file size As you select different levels of audio quality note the change to file size shown under Length in the track selection display Specifying Error Correction To specify error correction during audio capture e Click and drag the Error Correction bar Plextor CD ROM drives are renowned for their ability to read audio at high speeds as if it were data Most of our newer model CD ROM drives can extract audio at a maximum speed of 24X In most cases the quality of the extracte
10. disturbance to your system you should disable it and use the Plextor driver without this option If you are using a PIO type SCSI controller use of acceleration will not improve performance However performance will increase significantly if you enable acceleration in conjunction with a bus mastering SCSI controller such as a BusLogic BT 540CF Adaptec AHA 2940UW and many others In a bus mastering environment Plextor s acceleration feature will improve the transfer of data and significantly reduce CPU utilization Best performance will be obtained with PCI adapters Less improvement will result with VLB EISA and ISA adapters In DOS acceleration will enhance performance when downloading large files e g pictures images and Photo CDs from a CD ROM disc It will also improve performance of DOS based games featuring graphics animation or video read from the CD ROM In Windows acceleration will enhance applications such as Video for Windows software MPEG videos QuickTime for Windows animation and any other multimedia graphics and large data files accessed from a drive Plextor Audio Capture Program for Windows 3 1 and 3 11 This utility allows you to capture CD audio tracks to Windows compatible WAV files on your hard drive Clicking the Capture button on the CD Audio page will open the Plextor Audio Capture window where you may specify the Plextor drive in which the audio CD is inserted the track number you wish to capture and v
11. drop down menu choose Properties You see the Drive Properties screen Click on the Settings tab 4 Uncheck the AudioFS check box to turn it off U Using USB Speakers with Digital Audio Support for USB Universal Serial Bus speakers for Digital Audio is a unique feature of Plextor Manager 2000 With this feature any Windows 98 system equipped with USB speakers a Plextor drive and Plextor Manager 2000 can be used to play audio CDs digitally The data is sent from the Plextor drive directly over the SCSI bus and through a USB port to your USB speakers NOTE At this time no other SCSI CD based drive and very few ATAPI CD ROM drives can stream digital audio directly to USB speakers This makes Plextor products the only SCSI devices that support this feature Why Use Digital Audio Your drive normally transmits an analog signal from the audio output to the sound board This can be limiting if you have more then one drive You don t want to open your computer and re connect the analog signal wire to another drive just to play a CD Furthermore there is a limit to the number of devices that can be connected to a sound board using analog connections 30 Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 7 Using AudioFS Plextor Manager 2000 and Plextor drives allow you to play digital audio on Windows 98 systems equipped with USB speakers With this combination of hardware and software music from a CD is now played digitally over the SCSI
12. for playing CD R or CD RW drive for writing Supported Plextor drive models are e CD ROM drives Models PX 4XCE PX 8XCS or later e CD R RW drives Models PX R412C PX R820T PX W4220T or later NOTE Plextor Manager 2000 does not support the Plextor MegaPleX jukebox NOTE If you re running Windows 3 x or MS DOS Plextor Manager includes a full set of 16 bit utilities for control in that environment Please refer to Appendix A for information on the Plextor Manager 16 bit version Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 1 1 Plextor Manager 2000 Applications About Plextor Manager 2000 Modules Here are the modules that make up the Plextor Manager 2000 suite MVP 2000 Music Video Producer 2000 is a full featured Windows application for recording and playing both music and video with your Plextor drive Features of MVP 2000 include e Informative main display Shows disc title track time and other information During playback double click this display to switch the time display from counting up to counting down e CD DA or A V player mode Toggle between playing audio from a CD DA audio CD or playing digital audio video from a playlist or individual file e Comprehensive playback controls Includes standard track controls such as play record fast forward skip track forward or backward etc A handy adjustment bar allows you to move anywhere within a CD track e Digital CD DA playback All audio CDs in CD DA mode are
13. 0 Click Close on the next two selections to complete the change At this point you are ready to double click on any WAV file on your computer specifically those created by AudioFS Your default player will play them automatically Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 33 7 Using AudioFS This page intentionally left blank 34 Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual Appendix A Plextor Applications for DOS and Windows 3 1 With your Plextor drive you will find a CD ROM disc labeled Plextor You will need the DOS Windows device driver from this CD ROM disc to properly install and operate your Plextor drive in a DOS Windows 3 x environment You can contact our Technical Support Department for other options Plextor Manager is also on this CD ROM Plextor Manager is the 16 bit version of Plextor Manager 2000 and will be useful when installing Windows 95 from a CD ROM on a new computer where a CD ROM device driver has not yet been installed Windows 95 provides a standard 32 bit device driver so once it has been installed you will disable the DOS device driver Installation Plextor Manager may be installed from either DOS or Microsoft Windows This software was designed for your Plextor CD ROM drives 4PleX and later models and Plextor PlexWriter drives PlexWriter 2 4 and later models It will not support CD drives made by other manufacturers Prior to installing Plextor Manager you must first install the Plextor drive a
14. 000 Settings Screen The Settings screen extends your control over your Plextor drive and lets you change many of the operational parameters for the drive Audiofs D Properties 21x General Details Settings Di F AudioFS ves ees i2x 20 PCAY z Lock Unlock Spindown Timeout 2 minutes 1 i 1 i Min Volume Ma L Balance R Left channel output _Left_ Restore Defaults Right channel output _Right Cancel Epp Figure 8 Drive Settings Screen e AudioFS Turns AudioFS on default or off See the next chapter for information on AudioFS e Lock Locks the drive preventing use of the Plextor drive s front panel eject button e Unlock Unlocks the drive allowing use of the Plextor drive s front panel eject button e Drive Speed Click to choose a read speed for the drive e Spindown Timeout Click to choose how long the drive will continue to spin the disc before stopping when not playing or recording e Volume slider Click and drag to set music volume e Balance slider Click and drag to change stereo balance between left and right channels e Left channel output Click to toggle between left and right e Right channel output Click to toggle between right and left e Restore Defaults Click to restore drive default settings NOTE All audio controls actually affect the drive not the sound board Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 27 6 Using the Enhanced Drive Properties Th
15. AV player default to 32 test mode 11 O options DiscDupe 2000 23 MVP 2000 6 8 9 10 11 14 P pause control 8 play control 8 playback controls 8 player changing default 32 playing an audio CD 9 playlist arranging 13 building 13 controls 12 creating and using 12 opening 13 recording from 14 saving 13 playlist control 8 Plextor icon 5 Plextor Manager DOS device driver 36 Plextor Manager 16 bit 35 38 PLEXTOR EXE 36 position adjust slider 8 properties enhanced 3 25 R random sequential mode control 13 record to CD R or CD RW control 8 recording digital music 11 space required 22 using a playlist 14 recording audio 10 restore defaults control 27 right channel output control 27 S save playlist control 12 save settings 39 Session At Once 24 Settings screen 27 skip back control 8 skip forward control 8 Sndrec32 exe 32 software license 45 sound quality 2 Sound Recorder 32 source drop down list 21 speed recording gt 11 selecting 23 setting for read 27 speed select drop down list 22 spindown timeout control 27 splash screen 6 disabling 6 start copy control 22 starting Plextor Manager 2000 6 stop control for MVP 2000 8 system requirements 1 T technical support 43 temporary image 23 Index test mode 11 track selection 18 track selection display 17 track item back control
16. P 2000 7 ASPI manager 35 Windows NT 5 audio capturing 18 capturing in Windows 3 1 3 11 40 digital 30 31 error correction during capture 19 graphic display 10 quality 19 recording 10 requirements for digital 31 USB speakers 30 Audio Capture 2000 2 17 application controls 17 capturing audio tracks 18 selecting a drive 18 audio quality control 17 Audio Setup page 39 audio tracks selecting 18 AudioFS 4 29 advantages 29 control 27 default 29 enabling 29 turning off 30 using for extraction gt 30 WAV files and 29 Windows 95 and 32 Windows NT and 29 auto start software 11 B balance slider 27 C capture track control 17 capturing audio 18 CD duplicating 22 space for copying 22 verifying copy 24 CD Audio Page 39 CD to CD copy 21 CD to image copy 21 CD DA player playing audio CD 9 CD DA A V rocker switch 8 CDA track 10 CDDB 14 connecting to 15 home page 15 requirements 14 storing information 14 viewing information 14 clear playlist control 12 clear playlist entry control 13 D default AudioFS 29 drives 9 player 32 default drive control 17 destination drop down list 21 Details screen 25 digital audio 30 enabling 31 requirements 31 digital file 10 digital music 11 DiscDupe 2000 3 21 application controls 21 duplicating with a single drive 22 duplication CD to CD 22 duplicat
17. TWARE OR ANY PART THEREOF b YOU MAY NOT USE THE SOFTWARE TO MAKE UNAUTHORIZED COPIES OF ANY COMPUTER PROGRAM OR OTHER WORKS You shall defend indemnify and hold Plextor harmless from any loss damage claim or liability incurred by Plextor as a result of any unauthorized copies of third party computer programs or other works made by you with the Software 3 Termination This license is effective until terminated This License will terminate immediately without notice from Plextor or judicial resolution if you fail to comply with any provision of this License Upon such termination you must destroy the Software all accompanying written materials and all copies thereof and sections 4 5 6 and 10 of this Agreement will survive any termination 4 Limited Warranty Plextor warrants only that the disk s upon which the Software is recorded will be free from defects in material or workmanship under normal use and service for a period of thirty 30 days from your date of purchase PLEXTOR DOES NOT AND CANNOT WARRANT THE PERFORMANCE OR RESULTS YOU MAY OBTAIN BY USING THE SOFTWARE OR DOCUMENTATION EXCEPT FOR THE FOREGOING LIMITED WARRANTY PLEXTOR MAKES NO WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED AS TO NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE Some states do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or limitations on how long an implied warranty must last so the above limitations may not apply to y
18. ager 2000 1 On the Windows Taskbar right click on the Plextor icon and select OK to remove the icon 2 From the Windows Start menu select Settings Control Panel You see the Windows Control Panel 3 Inthe Control Panel select Add Remove Programs You see the Install Uninstall dialog box 4 In the list of programs in the dialog box select Plextor Manager 2000 then click Add Remove and follow the prompts to remove Plextor Manager completely 6 Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 3 Running MVP 2000 MVP 2000 Music Video Producer 2000 lets you use your Plextor drives to play music and video CDs If you are using a PlexWriter drive it even will let you record an audio CD from your playlist MVP 2000 Application Controls Figure gives a detailed view of the main MVP 2000 window CODA Rocker Swiloh Cik to toggle CD Audio and AudioVideo player Tuit Open File Graphic Volume Options About Display Adjust Le gt m De Jie gt mils JG Play Stop Ski Skip Eject Playlist bution scale Pause Back Forward Open ihe EO Trackittam Trackitiam Playlist ii l Back Forward Position Adjust fai in display Doubke dick when playing io switch lime display Figure 1 MVP 2000 Controls Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 7 3 Running MVP 2000 CD DA A V Rocker Switch Click to toggle playing audio from a CD DA disc or playing digital audio video from a playlist or an individual file Open Fi
19. anced drive properties include e Settings Tab Enable disable AudioFS set spindown timeout set drive read speed lock or unlock the eject button for security and adjust sound balance and volume settings all from a convenient dialog box e Details Tab Shows you details about your Plextor drive including the model number serial number the SCSI driver that s loaded the ASPI version and other data Also provides information about the disc in the drive such as disc format number of sessions number of data and audio tracks and more With Plex Writer drives you can also identify the CD R and CD RW media manufacturer and disc type Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 3 1 Plextor Manager 2000 Applications AudioFS Enabled by default during Plextor Manager 2000 installation AudioFS is currently available only from Plextor AudioFS makes tracks on Audio CDs Red Book CD DA format discs appear automatically as WAV files on Windows 95 and 98 systems This has a number of advantages e Allows easy drag and drop of audio tracks to your hard disk for simple and quick audio extraction to WAV format e Removes the need to use third party software for audio extraction e Eliminates the need to store large WAV files on your hard disk because your application can now access the tracks from the audio CD directly through AudioFS e Simplifies audio editing encoding and creation or compilation of audio CDs 4 Plextor Manager 2000 User
20. arious quality and performance characteristics The quality characteristics you specify will affect the size of the file created The estimated file size will be displayed The captured audio will yield a perfect digital copy of the audio on the disc with no jitter or distortion Several choices are available for capture quality Full CD quality audio is stereo 44 1 kHz samples per second and 16 bits per sample This requires 172 kilobytes per second of audio or just over 10 megabytes per minute You can reduce the file size of the capture by reducing the sample rate capturing less than full stereo sound or eliminating the 16 bit requirement in favor of an 8 bit capture A very low quality capture requires 11 kilobytes per second from a single channel at 8 bits per sample and consumes one megabyte every 95 seconds 40 Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual Appendix A Plextor Applications for DOS and Windows 3 1 If no tracks are listed in the Track window there are no audio tracks on the current disc If Channel is set to mono the left and right channels will be digitally mixed Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 41 Appendix A Plextor Applications for DOS and Windows 3 1 This page intentionally left blank 42 Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual Appendix B Contacting Plextor Technical Support Store Plextor s email web site phone and fax numbers in a convenient location Keep your drive s serial number and a copy of yo
21. ating and Using a Playlist Creating a playlist is similar to programming a digital jukebox Select music tracks regardless of file type put them in any order and then play back or record Playlist Controls Figure 3 shows the main controls for the playlist screen in MVP 2000 Save Cles Clear Playlist Playlist Playlist Entry Load Edit Add to Random Sequential Playlist Piaylist Playlist hlode Entry Figure 3 Playlist Controls e Load Playlist Click to select and load a playlist PLL file e Save Playlist Click to save the current playlist as a PLL file e Edit Playlist Entry Click to edit the selected playlist entry To move an entry from one position to another click on the track then use the down arrow to move the track into the correct position e Clear Playlist Click to clear all entries from the current playlist e Add to Playlist Click to add a digital audio or video file to the playlist 12 Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 3 Running MVP 2000 e Clear Playlist Entry Click to delete the selected entry from the playlist e Random Sequential Mode Click to toggle between random and sequential modes for playing the playlist This button is red to indicate when random mode is active black when in sequential mode Building a Playlist To build a playlist 1 Inthe main MVP 2000 window set the CD DA A V rocker switch to the A V lower position You see the Playlist button is enabled 2 Click the Playlis
22. bus straight to your USB speakers This provides you with digital sound which has a much better quality than that from the analog speakers normally used with sound boards Digital audio also allows for multiple drives to be used as source drives and has fewer restrictions caused by cabling What You Need for USB Digital Audio Sound Discs that are supported by the Plextor Manager 2000 USB feature include e Standard CD DA audio music CDs e Enhanced music CDs such as CD Extra e Multimedia game CDs that have audio tracks on them To take advantage of USB digital audio you need the following e Personal computer with USB support Windows 98 installed on the PC USB speakers installed on your system Plextor Manager 2000 installed on your system A Plextor drive installed on your system These are the Plextor drives you can use Q All Plextor CD ROM drives starting with 4 5x 8x or higher Q All Plextor CD R and CD RW drives starting with 4x or higher To enable USB digital audio 1 In Windows 98 from the Start menu select Settings then select Control Panel and click the Multimedia icon You see the Multimedia Properties screen 2 In the Properties dialog box select the CD Music tab and turn on Enable Digital Audio 3 Also in the Properties dialog box specify the drive letter of your Plextor drive to be the default for music playback 4 Click OK to exit the Multimedia Properties screen and enable USB digital audio Plexto
23. ct until you reboot your system after software installation This feature is available only with Windows 98 and with systems running Windows 95 NT if Internet Explorer 4 0 or higher has been installed Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 5 2 Installing and Starting Plextor Manager 2000 Starting Plextor Manager 2000 Modules To start Plextor Manager 2000 modules e Click the Plextor icon on the taskbar then choose the module to run Or e Click the Start button then select Programs then Plextor Manager 2000 finally select the module you want Or e In My Computer or Windows Explorer right click the Plextor drive icon then choose one of the menu items added by Plextor Manager 2000 These menu items include Copy CD Extract Audio or Play Play with MVP 2000 Some menu items are only available when a disc is present inside the Plextor drive The Plextor Manager Splash Screen Every time you start your system you will see the Plextor Manager 2000 splash screen By default this screen is installed by the Plextor Manager 2000 installation An option in MVP 2000 allows you to disable this screen To disable the Plextor Manager 2000 splash screen Start MVP 2000 Click on the Options button Click on the General tab Uncheck the box Display splash screen on system startup Click the OK button to exit the options dialog box Exit MVP 2000 Se eee Uninstalling Plextor Manager 2000 To uninstall Plextor Man
24. d WAV files is excellent with no pops clicks or hissing noise However if the source disc has scratches fingerprints or is badly manufactured the drive may read errors due to the quality of the disc Such read errors could result in noisy or imperfect extracted WAV files By changing the Error Correction setting in Audio Capture 2000 you can ensure high quality audio in your WAV files You can set error correction anywhere from 0 percent no correction the default setting to 100 percent NOTE Error correction is not available for Plextor CD R and CD RW drives It may not be possible to accomplish perfect audio extraction from discs with large imperfections However with Audio Capture 2000 and Plextor drives you have the best possible chance to achieve a perfect recording Error correction affects recording speed as follows e When Error Correction is set to 0 percent the drive almost never slows down and will always extract audio at the highest possible speed for best performance e When Error Correction is set higher the drive and the software ensure good quality however the techniques they use to achieve this quality cause the extraction to take a longer time to complete HINT Normally you don t need to set error correction Error correction is not necessary unless you experience poor quality in your extracted WAV files Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 19 4 Running Audio Capture 2000 This page intentionally l
25. d you use Brand name and model number of any other peripherals you have installed or connected to your computer e g CD ROM scanner fax board network board 44 Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual Appendix C Software License PLEXTOR SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT PLEASE READ THIS LICENSE CAREFULLY BEFORE OPENING THIS PACKAGE PLEXTOR IS WILLING TO LICENSE THE ENCLOSED SOFTWARE TO YOU ONLY UPON THE CONDITION THAT YOU ACCEPT ALL OF THE TERMS CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT BY OPENING THIS PACKAGE YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND UNDERSTAND IT AND YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LICENSE DO NOT OPEN THIS PACKAGE AND PROMPTLY RETURN IT UNOPENED TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU OBTAINED IT FOR A FULL REFUND FOR THE VALUE OF THE SOFTWARE The enclosed computer program s Software is licensed not sold to you by Plextor Plextor for use only under the terms of this License and Plextor reserves any right not expressly granted to you As Licensee you own the media upon which the software is fixed but Plextor retains title and ownership of the Software recorded on the original media and all subsequent copies of the Software regardless of the form or media in which or on which the original and other copies may exist This License is not a sale of the Software or any copy In return for acquiring a license to use the Software and related docume
26. e AudioFS 7 Click the OK button to save your changes and exit the Properties screen NOTE AudioFS is enabled by default during the Plextor Manager 2000 installation You only need to use this procedure to manually enable AudioFS if you have previously disabled it If an audio CD is in the drive when you change AudioFS from enabled to disabled or vice versa the drive ejects the CD In tray model drives the tray with the CD is automatically re inserted on its own In caddy model drives you must insert the caddy with the CD back into the drive Ejecting the CD is necessary in order to update the file system when switching from and to AudioFS NOTE AudioFS is not supported under Windows NT Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 29 7 Using AudioFS Using AudioFS for Audio Extraction To use AudioFS 1 Ensure AudioFS is enabled 2 Place an audio CD in the Plextor drive The Volume Label for the Audio CD is AudioFS 3 Using My Computer or Windows Explorer open or explore the disc You see a list of WAV files instead of the CDA file extensions normally seen when exploring an audio CD 4 You can now drag and drop the audio WAV files into a folder on your hard drive Turning Off AudioFS To disable AudioFS 1 Go to My Computer and right click the drive icon that shows an AudioFS volume label or In Windows Explorer right click the drive icon that shows an AudioFS volume label You see a drop down menu 2 From the
27. eft blank 20 Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 5 Running DiscDupe 2000 DiscDupe 2000 is single CD duplication software It creates a duplicate copy from a source disc that you provide DiscDupe 2000 works only with Plextor products You can use either a Plextor CD ROM or a PlexWriter as the source and use a PlexWriter as the destination drive You can even use a single PlexWriter as both source and destination DiscDupe 2000 Application Controls Figure 6 shows the main controls for DiscDupe 2000 Quit About Start Copy al E o a PLEXTOR JIS 4 J oR 00 Deshnation Figure 6 DiscDupe 2000 Controls e About Click to see information about this application e Source drop down list Click to select the source drive for the disc copy e Select Operation Q CD to CD Copies from one CD to another If only one PlexWriter exists the Use Temp Image option is automatically checked Q CD to Image Copies from a CD to an image on the hard disk Q Image to CD Copies an image from the hard disk to a CD e Destination drop down list Click to select the destination drive for the disc copy Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 21 5 Running DiscDupe 2000 Options panel Q Use Temp Image When duplicating disc image is read from the source disc to a temporary file on your hard drive It is then written to the Plex Writer Verify Disc Reads data from the duplicate CD and compares it to the ori
28. erse Reverse Scan Forward Scan and Track Advance Scan is a unique feature from Plextor that allows you to hear the audio track while you fast forward until you get to the desired location You may scan a recording by clicking on and holding down the forward reverse Scan buttons The Track Advance button will automatically start the next audio track on the CD The Track Reverse button will restart the current audio track To start the previous audio track quickly double click the Reverse Track button The Capture button will load the Plextor Audio Capture Program See Plextor Audio Capture Program for Windows 3 1 and 3 11 on page 40 for more information Save Settings When you exit Plextor Manager this automatic feature saves your changes This affects the Volume Control Drive Speed and Spindown Timeout Appendix A Plextor Applications for DOS and Windows 3 1 Plextor Video Acceleration Video acceleration is an optional utility of the Plextor device driver To use your Plextor drive in a DOS Windows 3 x environment you need only the Plextor device driver PLEXTOR SYS an ASPI Manager for your interface board and MSCDEX EXE The Plextor device driver requires only 7K of memory Enabling acceleration will require an additional 8K of memory If available memory is limited you should run the Plextor device driver without enabling acceleration If you find that the acceleration does not improve your drive performance or it causes any
29. es tsoen n Ereni R N A 24 6 Using the Enhanced Drive Properties sesseseserecoesosesecoesoroesesecocoesosoesesecoeeesoe 25 How to View the Enhanced Drive Propertics ccccccssesseesseeseeeteeeteeeteeeneeaes 25 About the Enhanced Properties cccccccscssseesseeseeeseeeseceeeeseeceeeseeeseenaeeeseenneeaes 25 Details Screen te 2 thcctettice a eaae a a saltiog ial a a iaaa aae 25 SAna tarate oa n S a AE A TE Aceh as ot ashe de tie alt 27 7 Using Audio FS 3 ccccsssssscssesssoadevassossessounssessinestasaansadesoscesdeenscenesonsienassosseunseassendes 29 1 Plextor Manager 2000 Applications Just look at all you get with Plextor Manager 2000 e MVP 2000 A music video player and recorder specifically designed to take advantage of your Plextor drive s audio capabilities including support for MP3 e Audio Capture 2000 The one software tool you need to capture music tracks from CD to hard disk e AudioFS View and manipulate CD Audio files as WAV files e DiscDupe 2000 Duplicate music video or data CDs with this one touch program e Drive Properties Enhanced of control and more information about your drive and media System Requirements e Hardware Personal computer not a Macintosh or UNIX machine Operating systems Windows 95 98 or NT CPU Pentium 133 MHz RAM 32 MB Sound Card for MVP 2000 Graphics Super VGA SCSI Controller PCI bus mastering Plextor drive CD ROM CD R or CD RW drive
30. fication Follow the instructions in the install program Remove the CD ROM disc Exit Windows Reboot your computer Din The next time you load Windows icons for the Plextor utility will be added and you will be asked if you wish to have Plextor Manager added to your start up group If your answer is yes it will be loaded each time you start Windows Some features of the Plextor Manager such as AutoPlay and the data transfer rate monitor are available only when the manager is loaded DOS Device Driver and Plextor Manager The Plextor device driver is essential for proper operation of your Plextor drive Plextor is the first CD drive manufacturer to include its own driver for SCSI drives in order to ensure optimum performance Installation of Plextor Manager loads your device driver and gives you access to various CD ROM CD R and CD RW drive related utilities DOS CD ROM Utilities PLEXTOR EXE Many of the utilities provided with your Plextor drive PLEXTOR EXE are DOS executable They may be run from a DOS command prompt or they can be automatically loaded when you boot your system by placing them into your AUTOEXEC BAT file The DOS utilities are used by typing the word Plextor followed by a space a forward slash and then an option code If you have more than one Plextor drive installed in your computer and wish to limit applicability to a single drive you may add a qualifier at the end For example PLEXTOR o
31. ginal disc Q Emulate Test Mode Performs all functions as for an actual duplication but the PlexWriter s laser is not turned on and nothing is actually written to the disc Speed Select drop down list Click to choose the speed of writing Start Copy Click to begin copying a disc Quit Click to quit this application Duplicating from CD to CD To duplicate a CD disc 1 aie Go In DiscDupe 2000 use the drop down lists to select a source and destination drive Insert the source disc in the source drive This can be an audio CD or a data CD Insert a CD R or CD RW disc in the destination drive Click the CD to CD selection to enable it Click the Start Copy icon Duplicating When the PlexWriter Is Your Only Drive To duplicate a CD when the PlexWriter is the only drive in the system l Make sure you have enough free space on your hard disk NOTE You may need as much as 700 MB of free space on your hard disk in order to create the CD image Most CDs contain 650 MB of data per 72 minute disc 2 3 4 Insert the source CD in the PlexWriter drive Click the CD to CD selection to enable it The Use Temp Image option is automatically set on Click the Start Copy icon DiscDupe 2000 creates a temporary image of the CD on your hard disk When the image has been created remove the source CD from the PlexWriter and insert a blank CD R or CD RW disc then proceed as directed by the on screen prompts A cop
32. ion process 24 using options 23 DOS device driver 36 Plextor applications 35 drive duplicating with 22 enhanced properties 25 selecting 18 Drive Setup page 38 drive speed control 27 Drives page 38 drives supported 1 Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 49 Index duplicating CD to CD 22 duplication 24 single drive 22 E edit playlist entry control 12 eject control 8 emulate test 24 emulate test mode control 22 enhanced drive properties 3 25 about 25 viewing 25 error correction 3 19 control 17 recording speed and 19 extraction error correction and 19 using AudioFS 30 F file associations changing 10 viewing 10 file formats supported 2 10 G graphic display screen 8 10 I icon drive 25 Plextor 5 image 23 temporary 23 image to CD copy 21 installation 5 Plextor applications for DOS Windows 3 1 35 L left channel output control 27 license 45 load playlist control 12 50 Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual lock control 27 M main display 8 Media Player 32 switching WAV player default to 33 MegaPleX jukebox 1 MP3 file recording 10 MPLAYER EXE 32 MVP 2000 2 7 application controls 7 CDDB 14 default drives 9 file associations 10 graphic audio display 10 playing audio CD 9 playing digital files 10 playlist 12 recording audio 10 recording digital music 11 switching W
33. is page intentionally left blank 28 Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 7 Using AudioFS AudioFS makes all tracks on audio CDs Red Book CD DA format discs appear as WAV files on Windows 95 and 98 systems This allows easy drag and drop of audio tracks to your hard drive for simple and quick audio extraction Advantages of AudioFS AudioFS has several advantages e AudioFS saves time by accessing tracks from the audio CD directly as WAV files e Ifyou are encoding to compression formats such as MP3 Real Audio Liquid Audio etc AudioFS eliminates the need for third party software to first extract audio tracks to your hard disk as WAV files e Because a CD s audio tracks now appear as WAV files to your operating system and applications AudioFS eliminates the need for hard disk storage space to store those large WAV files e AudioFS makes the creation or compilation of audio CDs very easy Enabling AudioFS To enable AudioFS 1 In Windows select My Computer or select Windows Explorer 2 In My Computer or Explorer navigate until you see the drive icon for the Plextor drive for which you want to enable AudioFS 3 Right click on the Plextor drive icon You see a drop down menu that includes choices for Plextor Manager 2000 4 Select Properties to view the enhanced Drive Properties 5 Inthe Properties screen click on the Settings tab 6 Inthe Settings screen ensure the AudioFS check box is checked on to enabl
34. k position within the CD Audio track or digital file 8 Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 3 Running MVP 2000 Selecting the Default Drives Figure 2 illustrates how to select the default drives for playing and writing 1 2 3 4 Salect ihe default Co player Salect the etault writer Figure 2 Choosing the Default Drives To select the default drives for MVP 2000 On the MVP 2000 main window click on the Options button You see the MVP 2000 options Click the General tab to view general options In the upper drop down list box select the Plextor drive to use as default for playback From the lower drop down list box select the PlexWriter as the default for recording to CD R or CD RW media NOTE The player and writer can be the same drive Playing an Audio CD with CD DA Player To play an audio CD 1 Insert the audio CD into a Plextor drive 2 3 In the MVP 2000 main window flip the CD DA A V rocker switch to the CD DA upper position Click the Play button Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 9 3 Running MVP 2000 Playing Digital Files Audio and Video To play a digital audio or video file 1 In the MVP 2000 main window flip the CD DA A V rocker switch to the A V lower position 2 Click the Open File button and select the file you want to play Or Click on the Playlist icon and load a playlist that you previously saved Click the Play button U
35. le Select digital audio video files for playing Options Open an option screen with other options for MVP 2000 About Click here to see the Plextor ID and web site Graphic Display Click once to bring up a graphic display screen Click twice to close the screen Click inside the graphic display screen itself to toggle the display type Volume Adjust bar Drag up or down to control audio volume Quit Click to close the MVP 2000 window Playlist Click to open the playlist screen Click again to close the screen MVP 2000 Main Display Shows title track time and other information During playback double click this window to switch the time display Playback controls Record to CD R or CD RW Click to start recording to CD R or CD RW media Q Play Click to begin playback of the active digital file playlist or CD Audio track Q Pause Click to pause playback Resumes from current location in file or on audio CD Q Stop Click to stop playback Resumes from the beginning of this file or audio CD track Track Item Back Click to move to the previous CD track or digital file Skip Back Click to move backward or rewind the CD Audio track or digital file Skip Forward Click to move forward in this CD Audio track or digital file Track Item Forward Click to move to the next CD Audio track or digital file Q Eject Click to open the drive s tray Position Adjust slider Click and drag to adjust playbac
36. n capture e Error Correction Click and drag to select error correction level Not supported by Plextor CD R and CD RW drives e Audio Quality Click to choose audio quality e Quit Click to exit this application Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 17 4 Running Audio Capture 2000 Selecting a Drive The Drive Selection drop down box displays all Plextor drives in your system and allows you to select the drive from which to extract audio tracks To select a drive 1 Start Audio Capture 2000 2 Inthe main Audio Capture 2000 window click the Drive Selection drop down list box and select a drive Capturing Audio Tracks to WAV files To capture audio tracks from an audio CD to your hard drive 1 Start Audio Capture 2000 2 Click the Default Drive drop down list box and select a default drive from which to capture audio 3 Insert an audio CD into the drive In the track selection display you see information about the tracks on the CD The Length column shows how long the track plays in minutes and seconds and also the file size necessary to save that track as a WAV file to your hard disk 4 Click the Audio Quality drop down list box and select the level of quality for the audio file Level of audio quality determines the file size 5 If using a Plextor CD ROM drive as a source click and drag the Error Correction bar to set error correction PlexWriters do not support this feature 6 In the track selection display
37. nd SCSI host adapter You can refer to the hardware installation chapter of your operation manual and the SCSI host adapter manual for instructions If your drive includes a Plextor supplied SCSI host adapter the necessary installation files for the SCSI controller can also be found on the Plextor provided CD If you already have access to read this CD you can copy necessary files to floppies If you purchased your drive without a Plextor supplied SCSI host adapter you must load the ASPI Manager before installing Plextor Manager The ASPI Manager should have been supplied by the manufacturer of your SCSI host adapter If you do not find this file please contact the manufacturer of your SCSI host adapter to obtain it If you are having difficulties obtaining this file please contact Plextor s Technical Support Department at 1 800 886 3935 Installing from DOS Insert your CD with Plextor Manager into the CD ROM drive Type x PLEXTOR PMDOS INSTALL where x your drive specification Follow the instructions in the install program Remove the CD ROM disc Reboot your computer Cie Ge oe Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 35 Appendix A Plextor Applications for DOS and Windows 3 1 Installing from Microsoft Windows 3 1 with Plextor Manager 1 Insert your CD with Plextor Manager into the CD ROM drive 2 Select File and Run from the Program Manager menu bar When the dialog box appears type x PLEXTOR PMDOS INSTALL x your drive speci
38. ntation you agree to the following terms and conditions 1 License This Agreement grants you the Licensee a License to a Use one copy of the Software on a single computer at a time To use the Software means that the Software is either loaded in the temporary memory i e RAM of a computer or installed on the permanent memory of a computer 1 e hard disk CD ROM etc You may install the Software on a common storage devise which is accessible by multiple computers provided that if more computers have access to the common storage device than the number of licensed copies of the Software you must have some software mechanism which locks out any concurrent users in excess of the number of licensed copies of the Software an additional license is not needed for the one copy of Software installed on the common storage device accessed by multiple computers Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 45 Appendix C Software License b Make one copy of the Software in machine readable form solely for back up purposes provided you reproduce Plextor s copyright notice and any proprietary legends 2 Restrictions a The Software contains trade secrets and in order to protect them you may not decompile reverse engineer disassemble or otherwise reduce the Software to a human perceivable form YOU MAY NOT MODIFY ADAPT TRANSLATE RENT LEASE LOAN RESELL FOR PROFIT DISTRIBUTE NETWORK OR CREATE DERIVATIVE WORKS BASED UPON THE SOF
39. number and the hours during which you can be reached Be as detailed as possible in describing your problem It is helpful if you also send us information about your computer such as hardware configuration versions and names of drivers etc e Call 800 886 3935 and select the technical support extension Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 43 Appendix B Contacting Plextor Technical Support Before You E mail Log On FAX Call Please gather as much of the following information as possible before contacting us The serial number and TLA number of your PlexWriter Your serial number can be found both on the warranty card that accompanied the drive and on a label on the drive itself The TLA number appears both on the drive label and on a sticker at the rear of internal drives The version of Plextor Manager you are using The latest version of firmware you loaded onto the drive if applicable The name and model number of your SCSI interface board e g Adaptec AHA 2940 Advansys ABP 930UA The version of the software device drivers if any that came with your SCSI interface board this typically is found on the label of the floppy disk which contains the device drivers The version of the Windows DOS or other operating system you are using The brand name and model number of your computer e g Dell 466 NP Micron P66PCI Powerstation ALR Evolution V Performa 575 etc The type of VGA Super VGA or other graphics car
40. ou This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state 46 Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual Appendix C Software License 5 Limitation of Liability IN NO EVENT WILL PLEXTOR BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY SPECIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS LOST SAVINGS OR OTHER INCIDENTALS OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES EVEN IF PLEXTOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY OTHER PARTY Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of special incidental or consequential damages so the above limitation may not apply to you 6 Limitation of Remedies Plextor s entire liability and your exclusive remedy shall be a The replacement of any disk not meeting Plextor s limited warranty which is returned to Plextor or b If Plextor or its distributor is unable to deliver replacement media which is free of defects in materials or workmanship you may terminate this Agreement by returning the Software and your money will be refunded 7 Export You acknowledge that the laws and regulations of the United States restrict the export and re export of the Software You agree that you will not export or re export the Software in any form without the appropriate United States and foreign government approval 8 U S Government Restricted Rights Legend for Units of the DoD Use duplication or disclosure by the Government is subject to restrictions as se
41. ound Recorder to MVP 2000 or you can select Media Player as your default player Either of these utilities will play back a WAV file directly from the CD drive without having to cache it Changing the Default Player The following procedures explain how to select MVP 2000 or Media Player as your default player in Windows 95 To switch the default WAV player to MVP 2000 1 Start MVP 2000 by clicking on Start then selecting Programs then Plextor Manager 2000 then MVP 2000 In MVP 2000 click on Options Click on the tab labeled Associations Make sure the WAV check box is selected Click on OK Exit MVP 2000 eee oS 32 Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 7 Using AudioFS NOTE You may need to restart your computer before this change takes effect To switch the default WAV player to Media Player SEDO NS Go to My Computer or Windows Explorer From the Taskbar choose View In the View menu choose Option On the Option screen choose the File Type tab Scroll the Registered File Types until you find the Wave Sound icon Double click the Wave Sound icon or select it and chose Edit In the Edit File Type dialog box double click on Play Entry or click on Play Entry and select Edit In the new edit screen that pops up change the line Change the line from c windows sndrec32 exe Change the line to c windows mplayer exe CAUTION Do NOT modify the command line parameters in this screen 9 Click OK 1
42. ound related options for non audio CDs must be controlled via the software provided with your sound board The rear audio output of your drive is connected to the CD input of your sound board or any other amplified input device to which it is connected The options on the Audio Setup page control the signal to your sound board rather than the sound board itself The Volume control will increase or decrease sound output to the audio connection on the back of the drive The software Volume control will adjust both the rear output and the headphone jack the wheel knob volume control on the front of the Plextor drive adjusts only the headphone jack volume With some sound boards audio CDs might sound distorted if the drive s audio output level is too high for the sound board CD input If this is the case you can decrease the drive s audio volume and turn up the sound board volume to eliminate distortion Please note that this allows you to control the volume without having a sound board software mixer The Balance control will emphasize the left or right channel as you move the slider If you wish sound from only one speaker move the Balance control all the way to the left or the right With the Output Channels control you may reverse the left and right channels or listen to only one audio channel through both speakers CD Audio Page The CD Audio page is a simple CD audio player for your Plextor drive Features include Play Stop Pause Track Rev
43. ow eject the disc insert another disc and repeat steps 9 and 10 above 12 When finished updating MVP 2000 with information about new discs click on the Options button again 13 Click on the CDDB tab and uncheck the box Use Escient CDDB 14 Click the OK button to exit options NOTE If desired click the CDDB icon in the CDDB screen to connect to the CDDB home page Your Internet browser shows the home page where you can get more information about artists and albums oe Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 15 3 Running MVP 2000 This page intentionally left blank 16 Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 4 Running Audio Capture 2000 Audio Capture 2000 lets you extract audio tracks from an audio CD directly to your hard drive saving them as digital WAV files You can vary the sound quality select multiple or single tracks and rename tracks as you are saving them You can also perform error correction Audio Capture 2000 Application Controls Figure 5 shows the main controls for the Audio Capture 2000 application About a Track Selection Display Default Capture Error Audio Drier Trackis Comecton Gwality Figure 5 Audio Capture 2000 Controls e About Click to view information about this application e Track Selection Display View track information or click a track to select it for capture e Default Drive Click and choose a default drive from which to capture audio e Capture Track s Click to begi
44. played back digitally through the SCSI bus for better sound quality e Graphic display View music as you play it e Digital jukebox Create your own mixed audio MP3 WAV format playlists Play them back sequentially or at random e CDDB MVP 2000 can link to CDDB the world s largest online database of audio CD information and download the album name artist and song titles as your CD plays The CDDB database has information on most commercially manufactured audio CDs e Support for variety of digital formats Play MP3 WAV CDA AVI MPEG or QuickTime formats Record MP3 and WAV files to audio CD tracks MVP 2000 automatically decodes these formats and records them on CD ready for playing on most home car or computer audio CD players Audio Capture 2000 Audio Capture 2000 lets you extract CD Audio tracks right to your hard drive The extracted audio tracks are saved as WAV files and are ready for playing in Windows by MVP 2000 or any other digital audio player and for encoding to formats such as MP3 Real Audio etc These files can also be used with sound editing software Features of Audio Capture 2000 include e Comprehensive track information A track selection screen gives you all necessary information about the source disc at a glance Double click to capture an individual track or select several tracks at once e Choose the sound quality You can select the sound quality level of the tracks you want to capture Audio Capture
45. ption d Command line options A Start Video Acceleration lt default gt This command starts the Plextor drive video acceleration Refer to Plextor Video Acceleration on page 40 for more information D Disable Video Acceleration 36 Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual Appendix A Plextor Applications for DOS and Windows 3 1 IS Display Driver Status This command displays various status information about the drive s E Eject Disc This command sends a software eject command to the Plextor drive If the drive is not locked the disc is ejected You can use this instead of the eject button on the front of the Plextor drive IL Lock Drive This command locks all or specified Plextor CD ROM drives connected to the system and prevents ejection of a CD ROM disc either manually or by using a software eject command This feature is useful for drives in public areas where discs are subject to loss or misplacement See the section about setting drive switches jumpers and dials in your operation manual for information on locking your drive automatically by using the eject jumper or switch on the back of your drive U Unlock Drive This command unlocks the drive and allows ejection of the CD ROM discs M Toggle Monaural Enhancement If only one speaker is operating in a CD ROM application it is probably using monaural sound typical of older multimedia applications This command enhances monaural sound by
46. r Manager 2000 User s Manual 31 7 Using AudioFS Windows 95 Users and AudioFS WAV Files When Plextor Manager 2000 was installed it automatically made MVP 2000 the default player for most multimedia files However if you disabled WAV file association in MVP 2000 then there may be a chance that you are using another player for WAV file playback e Ifyou are using the default Sound Player installed by Windows 95 please read further e If you are using another player you can skip this section Windows 95 Sound Utilities Windows 95 has several utilities that use WAV sound files For example e You play back WAV files with Media Player MPLAYER EXE e You can play edit and record WAV files with Sound Recorder Sndrec32 exe Apparent Problems with Sound Recorder Plextor s AudioFS creates WAV files from regular audio discs CD DA Red Book only on the fly The typical WAV file size from a song on a CD is about 40 MB This causes the appearance of a problem with Sound Recorder Here s why If Sound Recorder is set as the default player in Windows 95 it launches when you click on a WAV file However it does not start to play until the entire WAV file is loaded into memory in most computers it is cached as a swap file on the hard drive which can take quite a long time In fact it may appear that Sound Recorder is not working To eliminate this inconvenience we recommend you switch the default player of WAV files from S
47. read fast enough for duplication Verifying the Copied Disc The Verify Disc option reads the data from your duplicate CD and compares it to the original disc Audio CD verification is not supported at this time How Duplication Occurs All CDs made with DiscDupe 2000 use the Session At Once mode for duplication Session At Once mode copies CDs without turning the PlexWriter s laser off between tracks or sessions That is the laser is turned on at the beginning of the disc and does not turn off until the end of the disc is reached This mode is best for creating bit for bit identical duplicates Session At Once is similar to Disc At Once but it allows you to create accurate bit for bit duplicates of multi session CDs 24 Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 6 Using the Enhanced Drive Properties When you install Plextor Manager 2000 in Windows 95 98 and NT the installation makes some changes to the appearance of the drive icons shown in My Computer or Windows Explorer During the installation options are added to the right click menu for your Plextor drive How to View the Enhanced Drive Properties To view the enhanced drive properties added by Plextor Manager 2000 1 In Windows select My Computer or select Windows Explorer 1 In My Computer or Explorer navigate until you see the drive icon for your Plextor drive 2 Right click that is click the right mouse button on the Plextor drive icon You see a drop do
48. res continuous data flow to the CD R drive in order to successfully complete a write session System and source drive performance are sometimes limiting factors and can determine whether or not you will have a successful write session Test mode in MVP 2000 allows you to determine before writing whether or not your session will be successful To specify test mode before recording an audio CD 1 Open MVP 2000 2 On the main MVP 2000 window click on the Options button You see tabs for MVP 2000 options 3 Click the General tab to view general options 4 Inthe Write Mode section select Test only or select Test amp Write You can choose to leave the selection at Write only if you are confident Test mode is not needed 5 Click on OK to exit options and return to MVP 2000 You should use Test mode after any configuration change such as a new SCSI device new hard drive new software new SCSI controller etc in the system This will allow you to verify that the change has not affected CD writing capabilities You can use the Test mode to assess the state of your source drive too For example if your source drive contains a disc that is dirty or scratched and you are not sure if you can successfully read it use the Test mode Test mode will verify that the CD can read the disc at a speed sufficient to provide the data to MVP 2000 in order to create the audio CD Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 11 3 Running MVP 2000 Cre
49. s Manual 2 Installing and Starting Plextor Manager 2000 This section explains how to install and launch Plextor Manger 2000 Installing in Windows 95 98 and NT To install Plextor Manager 2000 in Windows 95 98 and NT 1 You need to have a Plextor drive installed Make sure the drive operates correctly Insert the Plextor software disc into the drive In Windows click on My Computer then click the CD drive icon When the contents of the disc are displayed open the Plextor folder In the Plextor folder open the PM2K folder then double click on Setup exe Accept the defaults offered during the installation process Ye ho About Windows NT Installation Plextor Manager 2000 installs Plextor s own ASPI manager under Windows NT Unlike Windows 98 and 95 Windows NT does not have its own ASPI manager With Plextor s ASPI manager installed you can take full advantage of Plextor Manager 2000 extended features NOTE If an ASPI manager already exists on a Windows NT system Plextor Manager does not install its ASPI manager and will use the one already installed The Plextor Icon After installation of Plextor Manager 2000 and rebooting your computer the Plextor Manager 2000 icon appears on the Windows taskbar at the lower right of your screen This is supported in Windows 95 98 and NT NOTE Plextor Manager 2000 will install and update CD drive icons for all Plextor drives in your system The change will not take effe
50. sending the single channel of sound data to both the left and right speakers nN List of commands If a drive letter is not used the operation will be performed on all CD ROM drives For example PLEXTOR A start acceleration for all Plextor drives PLEXTOR L lock all drives PLEXTOR L E lock drive E Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 37 Appendix A Plextor Applications for DOS and Windows 3 1 Plextor Manager 16 bit Utilities for Microsoft Windows 3 1 and 3 11 Plextor Manager s 16 bit utilities provide access to all utilities via a graphical user interface environment It also provides access to additional utilities not available in DOS Plextor Manager is divided into four different pages or sheets To switch pages click on the notebook tabs at the bottom of the window Drives Page The Drives page displays all Plextor drives in your system and allows you to select which drive you would like to manipulate using the other pages If you have only one Plextor drive in your system selecting that drive is automatic If you have more than one Plextor drive connected to your computer you may click on the drive you wish to manipulate and then go to the other three pages to customize various features and performance aspects of the highlighted drive The Drives page displays the drive letter SCSI ID model cache size ROM revision and current CD ROM disc for each Plextor drive in your system Video Acceleration
51. st 3 Click the desired file PLL file The playlist is loaded and displayed on the playlist screen Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 13 3 Running MVP 2000 Recording from a Playlist To record a playlist 1 Place a blank CD R or CD RW disc in the Plex Writer 2 Inthe main MVP 2000 window set the CD DA A V rocker switch to the A V lower position 3 Load an existing playlist or create a new one as described on page 12 4 Click Record to CD R to record the entire file to a CD Using CDDB CDDB or CD Database is an online database of audio CD information that you access through the Internet Because Plextor s MVP 2000 application is CDDB enabled it can provide information about the album artist and song names right on the screen as your CD DA audio CD plays Here s how it works When CDDB is enabled and connected to the Internet each time you insert an audio CD MVP 2000 accesses CDDB for information about that specific disc CDDB has data on all kinds of music even CDs with multiple pressings Accessing CDDB is a free service provided for your private use NOTE CDDB supports only commercially available audio CDs Information is available for most audio CDs and is continuously updated What You Need for CDDB L In order to view CDDB information you need e An active connection to the Internet e MVP 2000 open and running e A commercially available audio CD in your Plextor drive Storing CD
52. t button to open the playlist screen You see a blank playlist 3 Click the Add to Playlist button to browse and select a file you want to be added or On the main MVP 2000 window click Open File and select a file to be added to the playlist or Drag and drop files to the open playlist screen 4 Add other files as desired NOTE When you make your first selection the file automatically starts to play To stop it click the Stop button on the main MVP 2000 window Arranging your Playlist To arrange order in playlist 1 Click on a track or shift and click on several tracks then drag them up or down the list to alter the order you want tracks played back or recorded You can also use the up and down arrows to move tracks 2 Repeat for additional tracks until your playlist is set up the way you want it Saving a Playlist To save a playlist 1 Click on Save on the playlist screen You see a text box where you can select a name and location for the playlist file 2 In the text box navigate to the desired folder and enter a filename for the playlist The file is saved with extension PLL Opening a Playlist To open a playlist 1 Inthe main MVP 2000 window set the CD DA A V rocker switch to the A V lower position You see the Playlist button enabled 2 Click on Open in the playlist screen You see a text box showing playlist PLL files or Click on Playlist to open the playlist screen then click on Load Playli
53. t forth in subparagraph c 1 ii of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at 252 227 7013 Plextor Corp 4255 Burton Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 9 U S Government Restricted Rights Legend for Civilian Agencies Use reproduction or disclosure is subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraphs a through d of the Commercial Computer Software Restricted Rights clause at 52 227 19 and the limitations set forth in this standard commercial agreement for this software Unpublished rights reserved under the copyright laws of the United States 10 General This Agreement shall be governed by California law except as to copyright matters which are covered by Federal law This Agreement is deemed entered into at Santa Clara California by both parties Should any provision of this Agreement be declared unenforceable in any jurisdiction then such provision shall be deemed to be severable from this Agreement and shall not affect the remainder hereof All rights in the Software not specifically granted in this Agreement are reserved by Plextor Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 47 Appendix C Software License Should you have any questions concerning this Agreement you may contact Plextor by writing to Plextor Corp 4255 Burton Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 48 Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual Index A add to playlist control 12 application controls Audio Capture 2000 17 DiscDupe 2000 21 MV
54. the maximum data read speed Maximum read speed is affected by fingerprints poor disc manufacturing scratches etc The software will always find the highest possible read speed and set the write speed accordingly If you are using extremely poor quality CD R discs as a destination or if the Auto speed setting failed and created a bad copy you may need to use a manual setting for Speed The 1X speed setting will give the best chance to make a clean copy but will take the most time If you are not successful recording from CD to CD even at 1X speed try the Use Temp Space option or Image File option Either of these options creates an image file on your hard disk and then writes that image file to a PlexWriter This will give you the best chance to duplicate a disc successfully Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 23 5 Running DiscDupe 2000 Emulate Test If you select Emulate Test Mode the software and your PlexWriter perform all the functions for an actual duplication except the PlexWriter s laser is not turned on and nothing is actually written to the disc Use Emulate Test mode after any configuration change new SCSI device new hard drive new software new SCSI controller etc in the system This will allow you to verify that the change has not affected CD writing capabilities Test mode may also be used with a dirty or scratched CD to see if it can be successfully read Test mode allows you to verify that the CD can be
55. ur sales receipt handy as well If you experience a problem while installing or operating your this application please refer first to the relevant sections of the manual regarding setup and installation You may also wish to refer to the Frequently Asked Questions FAQ section of our web site to assist you in troubleshooting the problem on your own NOTE We encourage you to go the Plextor web site www plextor com before attempting to contact Technical Support The answers to the most common questions callers ask can be found quickly in the FAQ area A link to the FAQ area can be found on our home page If you have not been successful in your quest our Technical Support Department will help you solve problems that relate specifically to your PlexWriter drive and Plextor software In many cases a problem that appears to be caused by your software or PlexWriter actually originates in another part of your computer In such instances our technical support staff will try to help you identify the part e g SCSI interface board at fault and will refer you to the manufacturer of that part for further assistance How to Contact Us There are several ways for you to contact Plextor s Technical Support Department e Visit our web site www plextor com for answers to Frequently Asked Questions e Send us email at support plextor com or send a fax to the attention of the Technical Support Department at 408 986 1010 Include your telephone
56. wn list that includes choices for the Plextor Manager 2000 applications The new choices are Q Play Play with MVP 2000 Launches MVP 2000 Q Copy CD Launches DiscDupe 2000 Q Extract Audio Launches Audio Capture 2000 Q Properties Additional dialog boxes with enhanced properties for the Plextor drive Select any of the applications or select Properties to view the Properties dialog box U About the Enhanced Properties The enhanced properties provide information about your Plextor drive and allow greater control of drive operation Details Screen The Details screen provides a wealth of information about your Plextor drive your system configuration and your disc You can view information on SCSI adapter Drive model number Drive firmware version Drive buffer size Drive serial number ASPI version Current settings of the drive Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 25 6 Using the Enhanced Drive Properties If a disc is in the drive the Details screen also provides disc information Format of the disc Number of tracks on the disc Type of tracks data or audio Number of sessions CDDB identifier that tells the CD database on the Internet what information to provide for display in MVP 2000 Media manufacturer with PlexWriters only Type of media with PlexWriters only Audio CD D Properties Figure 7 Details Screen 26 Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 5 Running DiscDupe 2
57. y of the source disc is made to the destination disc 22 Plextor Manager 2000 User s Manual 5 Running DiscDupe 2000 Using DiscDupe 2000 Options This section explains how to use DiscDupe 2000 options Using a Temporary Image Use Temp Image allows you to save a temporary image file on your hard disk and then write the image to your PlexWriter The file is automatically deleted when the duplication is completed You should use a temporary image file for a CD to CD copy if the source disc is damaged or scratched Use Temp Image is the safest way to copy a CD but requires extra time if the source disc is poor quality Depending on the size of the source disc you may need up to 700 MB of free space on your hard drive Use Temp Image also lets you use a single PlexWriter both as source and destination drive Using Images The CD to Image option creates an image of the source CD disc in a user specified location on your hard disk This image is only useful for later writing to a PlexWriter in DiscDupe 2000 Images are particularly useful when several copies of a disc are needed or if another duplicate of this disc will be needed at a later time It is also extremely helpful if you do not have a blank disc available The Image to CD option copies the image of your CD from your hard drive to the PlexWriter drive Selecting the Speed When speed is set to Auto DiscDupe 2000 tests the source disc for read errors and determines
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