PINNACLE STUDIO MEDIASUITE User Manual

Pinnacle Studio MediaSuite

QUICK START GUIDE

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Pinnacle Studio MediaSuite Quick Start Guide

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Contents

PINNACLE STUDIO MEDIASUITE 1

WELCOME TO PINNACLE STUDIO MEDIASUITE 1

About this Manual 1

NSTALLATION 1

The Installation Steps 2

TUDIO MEDIASUITE STARTER 4

Starting the Studio MediaSuite Launcher 4 The Studio MediaSuite Starter window 4 The Studio MediaSuite applications 5

STUDIO MEDIASUITE APPLICATIONS 6

INSTANT DVD RECORDER 6

Starting the Instant DVD Recorder 6 The Direct-to-Disk Wizard 6

EDIAMANAGER 11

The MediaManager Main Window 11 The Media Library 12

NSTANTDISC 14

The InstantDisc Main Window 14 Creating CDs and DVDs 15

NSTANTCOPY 19

Using InstantCopy 19 A closer look at disc copying 20

NSTANTBACKUP 22

Starting InstantBackup 22 Back up data 23 Restore data 24 Verify data 24 Creating a label 24 Backup log 24

NSTANTWRITE 25

Launching InstantWrite 26 Using InstantWrite 26

NSTANTCINEMA 28

Launching InstantCinema 28 InstantCinema Control panel 28

OREL PHOTOBOOK 30

AVELAB LITE 31

Program settings 31

Pinnacle Studio MediaSuite

WELCOME TO PINNACLE STUDIO MEDIASUITE

Pinnacle Studio MediaSuite is the most complete solution to edit, mix, enhance, archive and share multimedia files saved on your PC. It comes with Studio Plus v.9, the most advanced version of Pinnacle’s award-winning video editing application, complemented by a powerful suite of applications developped by specialists such as Corel for photo editing and Steinberg for audio editing.

About this Manual

In this manual you find a detailed description of the installation of the Studio MediaSuite as well as a short overview of the Studio MediaSuite components.

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 Starter  Instant DVD Recorder  MediaManager  InstantDisc  InstantCopy

For a detailed description of the different Studio MediaSuite applications, please refer to the manuals in .pdf format or to the online-help. The Studio Plus software comes with a separate printed manual.

INSTALLATION

This section describes how to install the Studio MediaSuite application software on your PC.

Studio Plus CD

The Studio Plus software will be installed separately from the Studio Plus installation CD. For this installation, please refer to the Studio manual!

 InstantBackup  InstantWrite  InstantCinema  Corel Photobook  WabeLab Lite

Studio Bonus Content DVD

With the Studio Bonus Content DVD you can install the tutorial, electronic manual and bonus content to your hard disc.

Studio MediaSuite CD

In the course of this installation the Instant DVD Recorder, the Media Manager, InstantDisc, InstantCopy, InstantBackup, InstantWrite, InstantCinema, and WaveLab Lite will be copied to the hard disk.

Some features described in the .pdf manuals are not included in Studio MediaSuite.

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Corel Photobook CD

In addition Corel Photobook comes on a separate CD and will be installed separately.

During the installation, you will be asked to provide the product serial number(s).

 The serial number for Studio Plus and Studio MediaSuite is the same and is located

on the cover of the Studio Plus CD.

 The serial number for Corel Photobook can be found on the sleeve of the Corel

Photobook CD.

The Installation Steps

 Install the Studio Plus CD.  Install Studio Bouns Content DVD.  Install the Studio MediaSuite CD.  Install the Corel Photobook CD.

For a detailed description of the different installation steps, please refer to the manuals in .pdf format. In addition, the Studio Plus software comes with a separate printed manual.

Install Studio Plus

1. Insert the Studio Plus CD.

Insert the Studio Plus CD into your CD-ROM drive. If you have Autorun enabled for your CD-ROM, Setup will run automatically. If you do not have Autorun enabled, navigate to your CD-ROM drive, and double-click on Welcome.exe.

2. Follow the on-screen instructions

Follow the installation instructions shown on your screen.

The serial number is located on the cover of the Studio Plus installation CD.

Install Studio Bonus Content DVD

1. Insert the Studio Content DVD into your DVD drive.

If you have Autorun enabled for your DVD drive, Setup will run automatically. If you do not have Autorun enabled, navigate to your DVD drive, and double-click on Setup.exe.

If you do not have a DVD drive you may order the tutorial, electronic manual and bonus content separately on CD ROMs at http://www.pinnaclesys.com/studio9cd.

2. Follow the on-screen instructions

Please follow the on-screen installation instructions.

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Install Studio MediaSuite

1. Insert Studio MediaSuite CD.

Please insert the supplied Studio MediaSuite installation CD into the corresponding drive of your computer. The setup program will now start either automatically or you can click on DiscStart.exe in the setup directory of your CD-ROM.

2. Enter Name, e-mail, and Serial number.

If necessary, enter Name, e-mail address and the Product serial number.

The serial number is the same as for Studio Plus and can be found on the sleeve of the Studio Plus installation CD.

3. Follow the Assistant’s instructions.

Please follow the Assistant’s instructions shown on your screen.

The Studio MediaSuite components will be copied to your hard disk:

 Instant DVD Recorder  Instant CD/DVD  WaveLab Lite  Pinnacle Media Server / Media Manager.

4. Restart computer.

After the installation has been completed you will be prompted to restart your computer. For a successful installation of all components it is absolutely necessary that you restart your computer.

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Install Corel Photobook

1. Insert Corel Photobook CD.

Please insert the supplied Corel Photobook installation CD into the corresponding drive of your computer. The setup program will now start either automatically or you can click on Setup.exe in the setup directory of your CD-ROM.

2. Follow on-screen instructions.

Please follow the on-screen installation instructions.

You will find the serial number on the sleeve of the Corel Photobook installation CD.

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STUDIO MEDIASUITE STARTER

Starting the Studio MediaSuite Launcher

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• Start the Launcher by double-clicking the Studio MediaSuite Desktop icon.

—Or—

• Open the Starter application by clicking on the Windows Start menu and selecting

Programs ¾ Studio MediaSuite ¾ Studio MediaSuite.

The Studio MediaSuite Starter window

Welcome to the Studio MediaSuite Starter window.

The Starter window consists of five tabs: Video, Audio, Photo, Data and Tools. From here you can access every function within the Studio MediaSuite.

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The Studio MediaSuite applications

Seleting the application

Click on the corresponding tab and select the desired application.

Video

Studio Plus

Media Manager

Instant DVD Recorder

InstantCinema

Audio

WaveLab Lite

Media Manager

Photo

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Data

Tools

Photobook

Media Manager

InstantDisc

InstantCopy

InstantWrite

Backup

Restore

Home

Support

Settings

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Studio MediaSuite Applications

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INSTANT DVD RECORDER

The Instant DVD Recorder makes it possible for you to quickly and easily burn videos direct-to-disc, i.e. from your video source directly to a DVD – without complicated intermediate storage on your hard disk!

You simply have to connect your video source, start Instant DVD Recorder and after just a few steps your burned DVD will be completed.

Starting the Instant DVD Recorder

The Instant DVD Recorder will be set up on your computer as a separate program group.

You can start the Instant DVD Recorder simply by clicking on the Desktop shortcut or by using the Start Menu:

1. Open the Windows Start Menu by clicking it with the mouse.

2. Move the cursor to Programs ¾ Studio MediaSuite and Instant DVD Recorder. The Instant DVD Recorder will be started.

The Direct-to-Disk Wizard

The Start Window

The Start Window of the Direct-to-Disc Wizard opens after the Instant DVD Recorder has been started.

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Here you can decide whether you want to have the Wizard guide you through the various settings in an easily understandably way or whether you would prefer to perform all of the necessary settings directly in Advanced Mode.

We recommend that let the Wizard guide you through the program at the beginning and only later perform the necessary settings in Advanced Mode after you have become familiar with the Instant DVD Recorder.

• After you have made your selection click Next. Depending on your selection, you will

now be guided to the next window of the Direct-to-Disc Wizard or to Advanced Mode.

Selecting a burner and inserting the DVD

If you selected Let the Wizard Guide Me (recommended) option in the Start window of the Direct-to-Disc Wizard, then the next step will be that the Wizard will guide you to Select Burner window.

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Any DVD burners available on your system that are suitable for recording will be displayed in the upper section of the window.

• Click Next and the Direct-to-Disc Wizard will guide you to the Select video source

window.

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Select video source

In this window you can select the video source and prepare it for DVD recording.

Video source device display

The video sources that are available and suitable for recording are displayed in the upper section of the window.

You can make additional driver settings for your video source device by clicking on Options. For this please consult the documentation for your video equipment.

• Click Next and the Direct-to-Disc Wizard will guide you to Select menu style window.

Select menu style

In this window you can decide whether you want to create a menu and thus divide your DVD into individual chapters or whether you would like to burn your video film to the DVD as a single movie file with no menu.

If you choose a menu, then this window also provides you with the possibility of selecting and/or modifying a menu design. In this case a thumbnail of the first scene of each chapter is shown before a background picture. Later on, when watching the DVD, you can start the respective scene by selecting a thumbnail.

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• Click Next and the Direct-to-Disc Wizard will guide you to the Start recording

window.

Start recording

In this window you can adjust the recording length and quality as well as start the actual burning operation.

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In the right section of the window you will see the video imported from the video source in the preview window. This allows you to correct the settings of the video source for the DVD recording and to follow the video during the recording. The available functions change depending on the video source.

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Start recording

In order to start the recording, please click on Start Record The recording begins and the Start Record button changes into Stop Record. Please note that this operation may take

several minutes.

Stop recording

You can click Stop Record at any time in order to stop the recording before it is completed.

If problems occur during the DVD recording, then this is indicated by the Instant DVD Recorder.

Advanced Mode

If you have selected the Go Directly to Advanced Mode option in the Start-up window of the Direct-to-Disc Wizard, the following window will appear:

This mode gives you the option of performing all the necessary settings quickly and comfortably on a single screen. In this case, Fields 1 to 4 correspond to the four windows that you proceed through when using the Direct-to-Disc Wizard.

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MEDIAMANAGER

The Pinnacle MediaManager is installed on your PC so that you can import

 Music files,  Movies and other video files, and  Digital photos

to the constantly updated MediaManager Database and then manage and organize them.

You can also create personal playlists – compilations of your favorite songs, movies or photos that are organized according to your own special criteria. These playlists can also be exported so that, among other things, you can burn an audio CD.

The MediaManager Main Window

You can launch the Pinnacle MediaManager from the Pinnacle program group in the Start Menu or by double-clicking the Desktop shortcut. The following window will open.

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The window contains the following sections:

 Section 1

The Tools section with the Import, Organize, Playlists and Export tabs, located in the upper left-hand corner.

 Section 2

The Media Player in the upper right-hand corner.

 Section 3

The Media Library with the Music, Movies and Photos tabs, located in the bottom half of the window.

 Menu Bar

At the very top of the window is the menu bar, which contains the File, Edit and Help menus.

The window layout varies depending on what tools and lists you have selected; the three sections work together closely and interactively.

The Media Library

Media Types

The Media Library displays the contents of the database sorted by media type. It consists of the

 Music tab  Movies tab and the  Photos tab.

Categories

For each media type, you can toggle between the categories listed on the left-hand side.

 Library

Displays all the files in the database.

 Last imported

Displays the most recently imported files. For example, if you import 3 CDs in a row, you will only see the tracks from the third CD.

 New Media

All the files imported over the past twenty-four hours.

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 Missing Media

The media items displayed here are still existing as entries in the database but the belonging files are no longer available at their original storage location as they have been deleted or moved by mistake. These entries are indicated by a corresponding symbol in the left column of the Media Library. With a right click on the list you can open the context menu, search for the missing media files and "repair" the broken links.

 Top rated

Displays the files that have been rated four or five stars by the user. The rating is done via the context menu of the right column in the list and is indicated by stars.

 Most played

Displays the media files that have been played the most by the user.

 Least played

Displays the media files that have been played least by the user.

 Playlists

Displays all the files in the selected playlist.

The MediaManager's installer copies sample files to your hard drive and automatically imports them to the database. You can already see these files in their assigned categories the first time you launch the MediaManager.

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Details

The right-hand list displays details on individual files; these details will vary depending on whether you have selected the Music, Movies or Photos tab/media type. These sorting criteria are also called tags.

Depending on which media type is selected, you may see the following information: file status, track/movie/photo name, date created, etc.

If the database does not contain any data on individual tags, the associated columns will remain empty.

As in Windows Explorer, you can left-click a column header to resort the files in the list.

You can change the order of the columns by left-clicking the column headers and dragging them to a new location.

Right-clicking a column header will bring up a pop-up menu where you can choose which columns to display and which not.

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INSTANTDISC

InstantDisc is a versatile CD and DVD recording pro-gram, which you can use to create your own CDs and DVDs quickly and easily. To make working with InstantDisc an intuitive and familiar experience from the outset, the interface has been made as similar as possible to that of Windows Explorer.

The InstantDisc Main Window

For experienced users, the main window is the place to start for creating new disks, reading CDs and DVDs, creating labels, editing music and much more.

The window is normally divided into two main areas:

 The upper part is the Projects area; it contains information about your disc creation

projects and the recording hardware installed in the computer.

 The lower part is the Source Files area. It displays the file system of the computer and

can be switched on or off from the View menu.

The left part of both area contains a “tree view”, similar to the Folders panel of Windows Explorer. You can control the amount of depth displayed in the tree view by opening and closing (“expanding” and “collapsing”) parts of the “tree”. Entries that can be expanded are indicated by a symbol to the left of the entry. Click the symbol to expand the entry.

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Drives and folders can be expanded in the file view in the right-hand panels of the display in the same manner as in Windows Explorer.

The Projects area is used to obtain access to your stored projects, past and present.. Current projects are located in the “Disc projects” folder, while past projects are stored under “History”.

Creating CDs and DVDs

To create a new disc project the easy way, begin by opening the Studio MediaSuite starter application from your Start menu with Program MediaSuite. Select the Data tab and the InstantDisc icon.

You can also choose whether to be guided through the disc creation by the InstantDisc Assistant, or – if you need capabilities the Assistant doesn’t give you – to work directly with the controls in the InstantDisc Main window.

¾ Studio MediaSuite ¾ Studio

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Starting a project from the Main window

You can also start a new disc project from the InstantDisc Main window. Either click the New project button or right-click the Disc projects folder in the Folder tree, and select the New command from the context menu.

The New Disc Project dialog appears, with (by default) four choices. You can create an

audio CD, a data disc, a mixed-mode disc or an MP3 disc. Check the Use disc creation wizard option if you would like to use the InstantDisc Assistant when creating the disc.

Creating a data disc

Begin a new data disc using the Studio MediaSuite starter application and the InstantDisc controls in the main window as described above.

Creating a data disc with the Assistant

If you have requested the aid of the InstantDisc Assistant, it will now appear. Follow the Assistant's instructions.

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Creating a data disc without the Assistant

If you are not using the Assistant, InstantDisc opens the Properties dialog for the project.

In principle, it is not necessary to make any entries in the Properties dialog. However, it is recommended that you should at least name the disc (or accept the default name). The use you make of the other settings will depend on your particular requirements for the disc.

After exiting the Properties dialog with the OK button you will be transferred to the InstantDisc main window.

Now click on the Write button and the data disc will be created.

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Creating an audio CD

Begin a new audio CD using the Studio MediaSuite starter application and the controls in the main window as described under “Starting a project from the Main window” at the beginning of this section.

Creating a CD with the Assistant

If you have requested the aid of the InstantDisc Assistant, it will now appear.

The Assistant guides you through the process of creating an audio CD in a series of simple steps. In the first step, you choose the source for the audio tracks you want to create:

 Audio files  An existing CD  Direct audio input (turntable, microphone, etc.)

No matter which you choose, after you have added tracks from that source to the project, the Assistant offers three choices of what to do next:

 To proceed with burning the disc immediately (Write disc);  To add further audio tracks, whether from files, CDs, or direct input (Add additional

audio tracks); or,

 To continue working, but without the Assistant’s help, by switching to the main

InstantDisc window (Close this wizard).

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Creating a CD without the Assistant

If you are not using the Assistant, InstantDisc opens the Properties dialog for the project. The CD-Text tab on this dialog lets you enter information about the disc.

When you close the Properties dialog, you will continue working in the InstantDisc main window.

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In the Source files folder browser, locate the folder containing the audio data that you want to burn onto the CD, and drag files into the right-hand panel of the Projects area.

You can also select files for the CD by selecting the New track command in the audio CD project’s context menu. This invokes the Assistant to help you with creating one or more tracks.

Creating an MP3 disc

Begin a new MP3 disc using the Studio MediaSuite starter application and the InstantDisc controls in the main window as described under “Starting a project from the Main window” at the beginning of this section.

If you have requested the aid of the InstantDisc Assistant, it will now appear.

Creating an MP3 disc with the Assistant

The Assistant guides you through the process of creating an MP3 disc in a series of simple steps. In the first step, you choose the source for the tracks you want to create:

 Audio files  An existing CD

The only difference with an MP3 project is that the option of using direct input to create an audio track is not available.

The audio data will be automatically written in mp3 format when your disc is created.

After you have added tracks from the chosen source to the project, the Assistant offers three choices of what to do next:

 To proceed with burning the disc immediately (Write disc);  To add further audio tracks, whether from files, CDs, or direct input (Add additional

audio tracks); or,

 To continue working, but without the Assistant’s help, by switching to the main

InstantDisc window (Close this wizard).

Creating an MP3 disc without the Assistant

If you are not using the Assistant, the process of creating an MP3 disc is just the same as that for an ordinary data disc. The only difference is that the files you select will be either mp3 files or audio files (wav or wma). The audio files will be converted to mp3 format when your disc is created.

Creating discs in other formats

If you use the Advanced projects option on the New Disc Project dialog (click the New project button in the main window), InstantDisc offers a number of less frequently used

formats in addition to the usual ones. The advanced options probably won’t be needed by most users, but provided extra power for those who may require it.

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INSTANTCOPY

InstantCopy is an easy-to-use program for copying CDs and DVDs. Despite its surface simplicity, InstantCopy has many powerful features, for example:

 Copy DVD video to either DVD or CD.  Copy a dual-layer DVD to a single writable DVD using your choice of automatic or

user-configured compression.

 Perform copies – even those requiring com-pression – directly from one disc to

another, without having to use your hard drive for intermediate storage.

Using InstantCopy

InstantCopy can be started in different ways:

 With the InstantCopy command on your Windows Start menu.  From the local menu of your disc-burner device. To access this, click on the device

with the right mouse button and choose Copy CD/DVD from the local menu.

The InstantCopy window appears.

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All connected drives are automatically shown in the Source and/or Destination device selection lists.

Copying a disc

Most disc copies can be performed simply by selecting the source and destination drives and pressing the Start button.

There are three possibilities:

 Copying from CD to CD.  Copying from DVD to CD.  Copying from DVD to DVD.

In each case, the disc you are copying to must be recordable (CD-R, DVD-R) or rewritable (CD-RW, DVD-RW), but the disc you are copying from can be of any type that is readable in the source drive.

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Of course, InstantCopy also provides a number of ways of customizing the copy process for particular requirements.

Note: You are responsible for ensuring that your disc copying does not infringe any copyright restrictions on the source material. Copyright con-sid-erations aside, many DVD discs include built-in protection that prevents them from being copied.

To copy a disc using default settings:

1. Select a drive on the Source side of the InstantCopy window by clicking on the drive name.

2. Select one or more drives on the Destination side.

3. Press the Start button to begin copying.

A closer look at disc copying

As we have seen, the first step in the copying process is to select the source and target drives in the InstantCopy window.

In addition, InstantCopy provides numerous settings that allow you to adjust and customize the copying process. These are available through the Advanced button.

Copying from a hard drive

If a hard drive is chosen as the source of a copy, the data to be copied must be in one of these formats:

 A disc image file with the extension pdi.  A CUE file.  In the case of a video DVD, a local copy of the files as they should appear on the

DVD. InstantCopy will ask you to choose an ifo file that is contained in a folder named “Video_ts”. That folder is created if you use a third-party product to copy a DVD to the hard drive, or if you use InstantCopy to copy a DVD that does not have CSS encryption.

Copying to a hard drive

Copying from CD or DVD to the hard drive creates a pdi file, which can be the source for sub-sequent copies to disc. This is one way to go about making multiple copies of a disc: first create a pdi image file on the hard drive, then make the copies from there.

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Copying a CD or a data DVD

After you have selected the source and target drives, and perhaps adjusted some settings, simply click on Start and follow the instructions in the program.

Copying DVD video to DVD

Start the copying process as usual, by selecting the drives, adjusting any settings as needed, and clicking Start.

Copying DVD video to VCD or S-VCD

VCD (Video CD) and S-VCD (Super Video-CD) are disc formats for storing video on CD media. This allows you to copy DVD discs even with a CD burner (though you will still need a DVD-ROM drive to read the source disc). Most DVD players will play back VCDs, but S-VCDs are less widely supported.

If you are copying to CD, begin by inserting a blank CD in the target drive and clicking Start.

Next, whether you are copying to a CD or to the hard disk, choose VCD or S-VCD as the target format, and click Start.

Writing to multiple drives

InstantCopy enables you to write to several drives simultaneously. You can achieve this simply by selecting all the drives in the Destination list that you want to write to. The drives must be of the same type and able to write at the same speed. The best results are obtained when the same recorder models are used.

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INSTANTBACKUP

With Instant Backup it is easy to back up data on the hard disk to writable CDs or DVDs. Backed-up data can be restored at any time.

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Starting InstantBackup

1. Launch the Studio MediaSuite starter application (with the command Programs ¾ Studio MediaSuite and Studio MediaSuite on your Start menu.

2. In the starter application, click the Data tab and the Backup icon or the Restore icon.

The InstantBackup window will appear.

Choose the kind of work you want to do:

 Back up your hard drive using the InstantBackup Assistant  Back up data without using the Assistant  Restore data  Compare data  Make a label for your CD /DVD

Important: To store data with InstantBackup to optical media, InstantWrite has to be installed.

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Back up data

The InstantBackup menu offers two different methods of backing up: either with or without the InstantBackup Assistant wizard.

Using the InstantBackup Assistant

If you choose the Backup my Computer option (File ¾ Backup my Comuter), all the data in your system will be backed up. The InstantBackup Assistant gathers your input in a series of pages.

1. The Assistant opens on the Welcome page. Click the Next button to advance to the

second page.

2. Moving on to the third page of the InstantBackup Assistant, you now select the folder

or device where the back-up output file(s) should be stored. Click the destination in the folder browser window. The location will be entered for you in the Destination path edit box.

3. Click the Finish button on the final page of the Assistant to begin the back-up process.

Your whole system will be backed up. Afterwards you will be returned to the InstantBackup main window.

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Important: If you use the encryption option, make sure that you will be able to remember the password when you need. If you do not, you will not be able to restore from your back-up and the data will be irretrievably lost!

Backing up without the Assistant

If you want to back up only part of your system, choose the Backup button in the InstantBackup main window. You can use the Backup button or View, Backup menu command to open the back-up interface.

Select the folders and files you want to back up by means of the checkboxes in the file browser panels. The Select All, Invert Selection and Clear Selection commands on the Edit menu may help you carry out the file-selection phase more rapidly.

Choose a target drive or folder for the copy. An optical disc writer is a typical choice of back-up destination, but other locations – such as a hard-drive file or a Zip disk – are also valid. Use the Browse button to help you locate the destination if desired.

If necessary, click on the Options button at the bottom right of the window. This opens the Backup Options dialog, which provides extra configuration options for the backup process.

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Restore data

To retrieve data from a back-up, choose the Restore button in the InstantBackup main window. You can use either the Restore button or the View, Restore menu command.

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Verify data

In order to ensure that the data in the stored back-up are in fact identical to the original, choose the Verify button in the InstantBackup main window. You can use either the Verify button or the View, Verify menu command.

Creating a label

After backing up your data onto one or more writable CDs or DVDs, you can create labels for the discs using the built-in Label Editor. Choose the Label editor button in the InstantBackup main window, you can use either the Label editor button or the View, Label editor menu command.

Backup log

The backup log file contains all the particulars of the last procedure carried out. Pinnacle recommends that the log be checked after every action using the View, Backup log menu command or the Backup log button in the InstantBackup main window.

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INSTANTWRITE

With InstantWrite, you can use your writable CDs and DVDs in just the same way as normal floppy disks or Zip disks. You can format the media and store data directly on CD and DVD by drag-and-drop or from an application without having to resort to special programs.

Important: The full functionality of InstantWrite can only be used when a CD or DVD recorder and a compatible writable disc are available.

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Launching InstantWrite

Some of InstantWrite’s functions are available through integration with the Windows shell. Those functions may appear on menus in Windows Explorer, or may be executed automatically when a disc is inserted or rejected.

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Some commands (Format and Defrag) are available via Programs

¾ Instant Write on your Start menu.

¾ Studio MediaSuite

• To access all of InstantWrite’s functions from one place, run the Studio MediaSuite starter application and choose InstantWrite on the Data tab.

Using InstantWrite

The functions of InstantWrite follow the three stages of creating a disc:

Format: The format operation prepares the medium for writing. For many media types, this operation is handled automatically. With others, you must give an explicit command to format the disc.

Write: This is the main phase, in which you store and perhaps delete files on the medium.

Finalize: In this phase the control information on the disc is modified in order to make it compatible with other systems. As with formatting, finalizing is handled automatically with many media types but not all.

Formatting

Discs must be prepared for use by formatting. Three methods of formatting are available.

 Automatic formatting

This convenient option works with CD-R, CD-MRW and DVD+/-R(W) media, but not CD-RW. Formatting takes place automatically as you write to the medium.

If an error message appears, verify that you are using a previously-unformatted disc, and the Auto format optopin is activated in Settings.

 Formatting from the drive’s context menu

To format a disc manually, click on the drive’s icon in Windows Explorer with the right mouse button and choose the format command. The command name will be along the lines of “InstantWrite DVD-R Format”.

 Formatting using the Format Assistant

Choose Format from the context menu in the InstantWrite command center to bring up the Format Assistant, which will help you format the currently-selected drive.

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