PowerFile C200 Mounting Discs, Unmounting Discs from Drives, Formatting/Writing DVD-RAMDiscs

PowerFile Macintosh Users

1.Open the MFX preference pane

2.Select the disc(s) from within the Discs tab.

3.Click the Unload Disc button. The carousel will rotate to place the selected disc at the load/unload slot, and the disc will be lifted up and out for removal. (If the disc is not removed from the slot within approximately 10 seconds, it will be lowered back down into the carousel.)

Mounting Discs

Mounting a disc to an available drive enables that disc to be accessed/played.

1.Open the PowerFile Desktop icon to reveal its corresponding window.

2.Double-click on the disc you wish to access.

You can also mount a disc to the MFX Finder Desktop by selecting ‘Mount on Desktop’ from the disc’s contextual menu.

Unmounting Discs from Drives

Discs automatically unmount from their drives when no activity is detected on the disc after approximately 5 minutes.

Discs in drives also automatically unmount when:

-a disc mounted to the Desktop is dragged to the Trash.

-the PowerFile Desktop icon is dragged to the Trash.

-a disc mount command is made when all available drives are mounted. (The idle disc will unmount in this scenario.)

Formatting/Writing DVD-RAM Discs

Disk Formatting

All DVD-RAM discs must be formatted prior to attempting any write operation. The default format under MFX is Mac OS Extended (HFS+).

1.Open the MFX preference pane.

2.Select the disc(s) to be formatted.

3.Click the ‘Format Disc as HFS+…’ button.

4.A disc format options sheet will be displayed:

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