MF Digital CD-5916 (Rev: 03/05/01) - Manual (Page 47)

CD-5916
Operator’s Guide
Document Revision: 060102
Page 46
Copy Protection
Copy protection is a feature to hinder unauthorized copying that can be
written into data discs (CD-ROM Mode 1 only) duplicated with the CD-
5916. This offers a basic level of defense against casual copying
attempts by inserting and writing invalid blocks at the beginning of a
CD-ROM, in its header section.
The CD-5916’s copy protection function is an elementary tool designed
to frustrate commercial duplication equipment, and consumer software
that copies discs at the block-level. It will not, however, defeat
specialized copying utilities, which are capable of blind reading. In
addition, it will not prevent discs from being re-authored one file at a
time using a CD-R/RW recorder, and a premastering program (such as
Adaptec Easy CD Creator and Toast, CeQuadrat WinOnCD, Ahead
Nero, NTI CD-Maker, and others).
Copy protected discs cannot be duplicated by the CD-5916 and therefore
cannot be used as masters. It is also important to remember that copy
protected discs may also be mistakenly identified by industrial mastering
systems as containing errors, and therefore should not be used as master
discs for mass replication purposes.
Enabling Copy Protection
To write copy protection into discs copied with the CD-5916, the steps
are as follows:
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From the main operating screen depicted below:
1 6 X C O P Y O R C O M P A R E
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Press the “2” key. The screen will now read:
F U L L S C A N O P T I O N
P R E S S Y E S / N O
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Set Full Scan as desired by pressing the “START/YES” or “STOP/NO”
key (see page 18). The screen will now read: