CD/DVD Multi-target Instruction Manual (Rough Draft) - CD
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1. and press the ENT button The drives will automatically close trays and begin the test process 5 Once the test process is complete the disc trays will eject and the display will read Test Result Pass X Fail Y with X being the number of discs that passed the test and Y being the number of failed copies Use discs that have passed the test for the actual duplication 6 ES Press to load gt Analyze source disc gt disc and execute Test gt Start simulation gt gt Finish and eject discs 3 Copy Verify This command will perform the copy process and immediately follow with a verification process on all target discs This command is especially useful for audio CD duplication Note The verification process uses a Disc Readability Check to individually check the presence of data on each copy This process does not compare the contents of duplicated discs against that of the master It only verifies that the duplicated discs are readable To start the Copy amp Verify process 1 Power on the machine if not already on 2 Eject disc tray of the Source Drive and place the master disc in the designated Source Drive usually the top The master disc is the original of which copies are made 3 Eject disc tray s of the Writer Drives and place blank disc s on the tray s Number of drives used depends on number of copies desired It is not necessary to always use all drives 4 Use the scroll buttons2. Machine locks up during the copy process a b C Hold down the ESC button to abort the copy process The copy process will cancel and menu goes back to the last function executed If the button cancel does not work power cycle the unit power the unit off leave off for five seconds and power the unit back on Change the master disc A master disc with error s or a poor quality master disc can cause duplication to lock up at particular points during the copy process Button s do not function on the unit a b The duplicator may be busy Buttons pressed while the duplicator is processing will not perform functions unless otherwise specified Possible faulty button Contact your technical support department for further information One of the drives does not open and or LED does not light up a b Check USB and or Firewire port switch and make sure the switch is in the OFF position before machine power is turned on If a disc is stuck inside a drive insert a paper clip or safety pin in the pinhole underneath the drive door and push gently Make sure the power is OFF during this step Then press the EJECT button of the drive a few times to test the disc tray The blank CD or DVD is not recognized in the writer drive s a b C Test the blank disc in another writer drive A faulty writer drive will not recognize blank discs Change the blank disc to another disc A defective blank disc will not be recogniz
3. Transfers the information from the master CD DVD to the HDD After the image s transfer is complete the reader drive is ejected and the source drive is changed to the HDD gt A or v to select image and press ENT to confirm gt The source disc loaded to HDD as image file A001 gt Press ENT gt gt PR Note The Source Disc may be placed in the Reader Drive or any of the Writer Drives 3 Set Reader Speed Change the read speed load speed for the HDD The speeds for CD are 1 2 4 8 10 12 16 20 24 32 36 40 44 48 52 56 default MAX The speeds for DVD are 1 2 2 4 4 6 8 10 12 16 18 20 default MAX 16 at Speed and press ENT to confirm gt A or v to select DVD Read Speed and press ENT to confirm 4 Show Image Info Shows the image number in sequential order the file name of the image stored on the HDD the type of image stored and the amount of data the image contains in MB for DVD or time for CD gt A or y a select image and Aa ENT to display info E DVD disc image of 3 875GB as file A001 ee CD disc image of 65 min 28 sec as file A003 5 Rename Image Renames the image instead of using default file names A001 A002 etc Up to 8 characters gt ea gt Press gt Select the image file to be ENT gt renamed and press gt EN gt A or x to select character Press to go to the next position gt
4. gt gt Press gt Al or V to select mode and press ENTI to confirm 9 Reader Speed Sets the reader speed for the duplicator to read the master disc s The speeds for CD are 1 2 4 8 10 12 16 20 24 32 36 40 44 48 52 56 default MAX The speeds for DVD are 1 2 2 4 4 6 8 10 12 16 18 20 default MAX gt Press gt A or N to select gt CD Read and press gt gt A or v to select DVD read speed and press ENT to finish 10 Compare Speed Sets the speed at which the master disc is compared with the copies disc s The speeds for CD are 1 2 4 8 10 12 16 20 24 32 36 40 default 44 48 52 56 MAX The speeds for DVD are 1 2 2 4 4 6 8 12 16 default 18 20 MAX gt Press gt A or y to select CD Compare gt Speed and press gt gt A or y to select DVD Compare speed and press ENT to finish 11 Change Bad Master Allows the changing of the master disc during duplication when there is an uncorrectable error on the master disc s that threatens to disrupt the copy process gt Press gt A or v to select mode and gt press ENT to confirm 12 CD Overburn Allows the copying of CDs that have been burned over their maximum capacity The target disc s must be the same capacity as the master disc gt Press gt A or N to select mode and gt press ENT to confirm 13 Copy CD TEXT Allows the copying of the CD TEXT on the master disc s to
5. gt Press to confirm gt There are 8 characters for each image name No empty space allowed in the image file name Press to cancel the process Delete Image Deletes the image s from the HDD and reclaims the space occupied by the image on the HDD gt Press gt Select the image file ENT gt to be deleted gt gt Press gt Delete Image completed gt Repeat to delete more images 7 Show HDD Info Shows the amount of used and free images available on the HDD in both CD and DVD formats 8 Format HDD Deletes and formats all image s on the HDD restores the HDD to factory defaults and initializes the HDD for use with the duplicator gt Press ENT to gt Press again to formatting gt 9 Load and Copy There are three 3 modes in this function gt gt Pross gt A or y to select between First and press ENT to confirm a Load First Completes loading of the image s to the HDD before automatically begins the copy process from the image stored on the HDD to all target disc s Image s are loaded one at a time and copied to the Writer Drives with blank disc s ready The image s are stored ina TEMP partition on the HDD gt Press ESC to exit gt Press Image Manager to confirm gt and go back to main menu gt or y to select 1 Copy gt we gt Loads master disc gt O ru 100 then start copy gt into TEMP on HDD to Complete copying gt from HDD file to targe
6. This controller is specifically engineered to run a stand alone CD DVD duplicator without additional computer or processing unit With a simple four button interface and a LCD screen to display menu commands and real time status the Athena CD DVD Duplicator Controller provides a fast and reliable solution for CD and DVD duplication up to 15 targets from one single master disc Operating Environment Working Temperature 0 C 75 C nn Storage Temperature 20 C 85 C Humidity Working Humidity 20 80 Storage Humidity 5 95 LCD Front Panel Overview aaa Scroll Button UP ENT Button ENTER 4 E gt _ 1 ESC Button gt gt ESCAPE Control Buttons There are 4 control buttons A v Scroll Button DOWN Up Backward To navigate backward in the menu LCD Screen Down Forward To navigate forward in the menu ENT Enter OK Execute the function ESC Escape Cancel Go back to the previous level in the menu Hardware Installation Guide Connect drives with cables provided to the appropriate slot on controller as indicated below Writer 1 Witter 2 Writer 84 1 to 4 Target Controller gt Writer 1 Writer 02 Writer 5 Writer 6 Writer 87 1 to 7 Target Controller Writer 81 Writer 3 Reader Wiriber 4 Writer 5 Writer 6 Writer 07 Writer 8 Writer 9 Writer 10 1 to 11 Target Controller a Writer 11 Athena D4 D7 D11 C
7. be set as Writer Drives and numbered in sequential order beginning from Drive 2 and on When all drives are installed ensure that the READER drive is connected to the HDD The READER will be set as the Source Drive and as Drive 1 WRITERS will be set as Writer Drives and numbered in sequential order from Drive 2 and on Menu Overview Below is a quick reference chart of the functions available on all Athena II CD DVD Duplicator Controllers After the drives are successfully installed user may access the menu functions by powering on the system COPY Copies the master CD DVD All contents of the master disc will be duplicated on to all target disc s simultaneously TEST Simulates the copy process but no data is recorded onto the blank disc s Note Test mode can only be done with DVD R and CD R media only COPY 8 VERIFY Copies the master CD DVD and then verifies the presence of data on the copied disc s to ensure readability of the copied disc s COPY amp COMPARE Copies the master CD DVD and then immediately follows the copy process with a bit for bit comparison between the master disc and copied disc s to ensure exact duplication Note The Compare function cannot be used with audio CDs VERIFY an the presence of data on the copied disc s to ensure that the copied disc s can be read back 6 COMPARE Performs a bit for bit comparison between the master disc and copied disc s 2 S BURN SPEED Allows the speed
8. on the slowest writer drive and the amount of buffer used 5 Copy Interrupt Allows interruption and abortion of a command while in progress Applies to Copy Test Copy and Verify Copy and Compare Verify and Compare functions Also applies to sub commands for example Prescan under Utility 6 Update Plextor Updates Plextor DVD CD drives Only select models tested and approved by the manufacturer can be updated by the controller Note The source drive must be different from the writer drive model being updated This function will not work in all writer duplicators Instructions for updating Plextor drives 1 Place the CD with the appropriate bin file inside the designated source drive 2 Proceed to Advanced Setup menu see section 13 on page 22 3 Use the Scroll buttons to select Advanced Setup 6 Update Plextor Press the ENT button 20 4 If the file inserted is correct the display will read PLEXTOR Updating drive The drive firmware will be updated Once the drive firmware update is finished the screen will display Firmware Update Complete Restart the duplicator for the update to take effect This completes the drive firmware update process gt Insert update CD u Ze gt Eject CD gt EN gt Re boot system Update NEC Updates NEC DVD CD drives Only select models tested and approved by the manufacturer can be updated by the controller Note The source drive must b
9. settings to be changed for various formats SELECT SOURCE Allows the source drive to be changed to any of the available drives in the duplicator including the Hard Disk Drive HDD TRACK EDIT Allows for the selection of individual track s from different master audio CDs to create custom compilation 9 1 Copy Track Allows the selection of individual track s from the master CD and copies the selected track s onto all target discs 9 2 Close Disc Closes the target discs when all of the track s are burned on to all target discs Note The copied disc s will NOT play back without this step Do NOT skip this step 9 3 Disc Info Displays the information regarding the track s on the disc s and how much o is remaining on the target disc s UTILITY the master disc can be copied in the duplicator 10 5 Disc Info Displays basic information of the discs inserted such as disc type amount of data on disc for master disc s in MB and media book type For blank media displays the media book type available soace and speed of the media 10 6 Drive m Displays information of all zen in the duplicator including the Reader HDD if rae and Writer drive s 10 7 System Info Displays the duplicator controller information such as the hardware version buffer memory and currently loaded firmware 10 8 Update BIOS Updates the firmware for the controller Note Please make sure that the firmware is approved by the manufacturer and comp
10. step 10 Use the Scroll buttons to select Edit Track 2 Close Disc Press the ENT button The target disc s will now be finalized and closed for completion Once completed the disc s will be automatically ejected This concludes the Edit Track process gt Repeat steps for next gt E nn Eh nn master or press A or v and un to close discs gt gt iaie ree Note A copied audio CD must be closed finalized before it can be played back gt A or v and press to select tracks gt gt Finish and eject disc a Once all tracks to be copied have been selected pressiv to select OK on the display Press to confirm and begin the copy process b Once the track selection is entered the LCD screen will read Copying Audio Tracks and display the track number total time of current track and the current copying status 10 c Once the copy process is completed the LCD screen will display the total number of tracks on target CD s total time used and total time remained d Repeat the track selection and copy process until all desired tracks have been copied to target disc s Proceed with disc closing process Note Once disc closing process is performed no more track s can be added to target CD s 10 Utility This command contains various tools to check functionality of the drive s information of the components and other system information 1 Prescan Prescans the
11. Athena CD DVD Duplicator Controller User Manual Version 1 70 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 1 e Setup 13 e Image Manager 16 Specifications 1 o Power on Time 13 o Select Image 16 LCD Front Panel Overview 1 o Auto Start Time 13 o Disc gt Image 16 Hardware Installation Guide 2 o Start up Menu 13 o Set Reader Speed 16 Configuration Guidelines 3 o Display Mode 13 o Show Image Into 17 Menu Overview 3 6 o Button Beep 13 o Rename Image 17 Functions 6 o Skip Read Error 13 o Delete Image 17 e Copy 6 o Eject on Start 13 o Show HDD Info 18 e Test 6 o Show Copy Time 14 o Format HDD 18 e Copy amp Verify 7 o Reader Speed 14 o Load and Copy 18 e Copy amp Compare 7 o Compare Speed 14 e Advanced Setup 19 e Verify 8 o Change Bad Master 14 o Set Burn Loop 19 e Compare 8 o CD Overburn 14 o Set Burn Time 19 e Set Burn Speed 9 o Copy CD Text 14 o Burn In 20 e Select Source 9 o Show HDD Image 15 o Display Mode 20 e Edit Track 10 o Boot Password 15 o Copy Interrupt 20 e Utility 11 o Setup Password 15 o Update Plextor 20 o Prescan 11 o Language 16 o Update NEC 21 o Quick Erase 11 o Clear Setup 16 o Update BIOS 21 o Full Erase 11 o Adv Counter 22 o Eject All Discs 11 o Disc Info 11 Basic Troubleshooting 22 o Drive Info 12 o System Info 12 o Update BIOS 12 o Copy Count 12 Introduction Thank you for purchasing Athena CD DVD Duplicator Controller
12. The selection is only available on DVD duplicators The last speed selection is for DVD DL Use the Scroll buttons to select the desired burn speed and press the ENT button Note The selection is only available on DVD duplicators gt A or v and press to set general data CD burning speed gt gt aa gt JA or y and press to set audio CD burning speed gt gt gt A or v and press to gt Finish and return set DVD burning speed gt to main menu 8 Select Source This command will allow you to change the source drive to any one of the drive s inside the unit including the HDD if installed To change the source drive inside the unit to a different drive 1 2 3 Power on the machine if not already on Use the Scroll buttons to select the 8 Select Source Press the ENT button The current Source Drive will be displayed along with the partial model number of the drive and the port number in brackets Use the Scroll buttons to select from other available drives until the port number of the desired drive is displayed 9 Press the ENT button The desired drive will then become the Source Drive gt Display current Source Drive setting gt gt Alor o to select drive gt gt Press to finish Setting 9 Edit Track This command allows users to select tracks from multiple audio CDs and burn to target CDs This command also closes edited audio CDs and displays the disc info
13. atible with the duplicator before performing the update 10 9 Copy Count Counts the number of successful and failed copies of CD and DVD made by the duplicator 11 1 Power On Time Sets system warm up time from 5 sec to 99 sec Default is 15 seconds 11 2 Auto Start Sets auto start time from OFF no auto start to 99 sec Allows the duplicator to automatically start one of six following functions once the master disc and desired number of target disc s are inserted and the drive trays are closed Copy Test Copy amp Verify Copy amp Compare Verify and Compare 11 3 Startup Menu Assigns a command to be displayed first after the duplicator has been initialized 11 4 Display Mode Sets the amount of information displayed on the LCD during the performance of various functions 11 5 Button Beep Enables or disables the audio feedback when buttons are pressed 11 6 Skip Read Error Enables the option to halt the duplication process if there is an error on the master disc Disables the option to allow the process to continue with the same errors as the master disc 11 7 Eject on Start Allows the duplicator to eject disc tray s with disc present inside upon boot up 11 8 Show Copy Time Enables or disables the copy time to be displayed when the copy process is finished Also allows for the various other timed functions to display the completion time 11 9 Reader Speed Sets the speed at which discs are read during various proce
14. desired It is not necessary to always use all drives 4 Use the scroll buttons to select the 4 Copy amp Compare command and press the ENT button The drives will automatically close trays and begin the copy process 5 Once the copy process is complete the tray s will open briefly and then automatically close again to begin the compare process 6 Once the compare process is completed the trays will automatically eject discs that have passed the Copy amp Compare process gt Press to 3 Analyzing load disc gt source disc gt Copy completed and start Compare gt Fa gt Finish and eject discs 5 Verify This command verified readability on the master disc and or all target discs This command is especially useful for audio CD duplication Note The verification process uses a Disc Readability Check to individually check the presence of data on each copy This process does not compare the contents of duplicated discs against that of the master It only verifies that the duplicated discs are readable To start the verify process please follow the instructions below 1 Power on the machine if not already on 2 Eject disc tray of the Source Drive and place the master disc to be verified in the designated Source Drive usually the top The master disc is the original of which copies are made 3 Eject disc tray s of the Writer Drives and place copied disc s to be verified on the tray s Number of d
15. e different from the writer drive model being updated This function will not work in all writer machines Instructions for updating the NEC drives 1 2 O 4 Place the CD with the appropriate bin file inside the designated source drive Proceed to Advanced Setup menu see section 13 on page 22 Use the Scroll buttons to select Advanced Setup 6 Update NEC Press the ENT button If the file inserted is correct the display will read NEC Updating drive The drive firmware will be updated Once the drive firmware update is finished the screen will display Firmware Update Complete Restart the duplicator for the update to take effect This completes the drive firmware update process gt Insert update CD a er ins gt Eject CD 3 NEON gt System re boot Update BIOS Allows for update or rollback of the controller firmware This function is used for firmware rollbacks as the standard firmware update does not allow rollbacks Note Use this command to restore previous version of controller firmware The update command under utility menu can only update but not rollback 21 gt Insert update CD gt oes et gt Eject CD gt Be gt System re boot 9 Adv Counter Keeps the total count to date of CDs and or DVDs duplicated by the controller Counter can also be reset to zero The two options are Show Counter and Clear Counter a Show Counter Shows the total number of copi
16. e the scroll buttons to select the command 6 Compare and press the ENT button The drives will automatically close trays and begin the compare process Once the compare process is complete the trays will eject the discs that have passed the compare process Er gt Press to 0 gt Analyzing source load discs gt disc gt gt Finish gt a Start and eject comparison gt disc 7 Set Burn Speed This feature allows you to set the burn speed of various types of disc general CDs data and VCDs audio CDs DVDs and dual layer DVDs DVD DL Selectable burn speeds CD 1 2 4 8 10 12 16 20 24 32 36 40 default 44 48 52 56 MAX Audio CD 1 2 4 8 10 12 16 20 24 default 32 36 40 44 48 52 56 MAX DVD 1 2 2 4 4 6 8 default 12 16 18 20 MAX DVD DL 1 1 2 default 2 4 4 6 8 12 16 18 20 MAX To Set the Burn Speed 1 2 3 4 Press A or v Power on the machine if not already on Use the Scroll buttons to select 7 Set Burn Speed Press the ENT button The first speed selection is for general CDs Use the Scroll buttons to select the desired burn speed and press the ENT button The second speed selection is for audio CDs Use the Scroll buttons to select the desired burn speed and press the ENT button The third speed selection is for DVDs Use the Scroll buttons to select the desired burn speed and press the ENT button Note
17. ect gt Press gt different Drives 7 System Info Checks the model number buffer memory and firmware version of the duplicator controller gt Press ENTS 8 Update BIOS Updates the BIOS firmware of the duplicator controller gt Insert update CD gt Update completed and gt Re boot system eject disc gt 9 Copy Count Tracks the numbers of successful and failed copies made by the duplicator for both CDs and DVDs There are three 3 parts of this tool Show Count to display current copy counter Enable Counter to turn the counter on or off and Reset Counter to clear counter 1 Show Count 2 Enable Count gt 3 Reset Counter gt A or v and press to select choice gt Press z E ENT gt gt Press to confirm or press to cancel gt NN 11 Setup This command contains options to configure the duplicator system 1 Power On Time Set the amount of time the duplicator controller counts down before initializing the system The default is 15 seconds The time can be set from 5 to 99 seconds in 1 second increments 5 6 7 97 98 99 gt Press gt A or v to select seconds and gt press ENT to confirm 2 Auto Start Time Set the amount of time before the duplicator will automatically start the selected command ranging from OFF no auto start to 99 seconds in 1 second increments 1 2 3 97 98 99 3 Start up Menu Sets the command to be displayed first w
18. ed by the writer drive Change the brand of media or media type Certain types of media may not be compatible with the drives Poor quality media can also cause high failure rate OA ATHENN Copyright 2008 All rights reserved 23
19. es CDs and or DVDs duplicated by the controller to date gt Press ENT gt b Clear Counter Clears the counter and resets it to zero confirm gt Basic Troubleshooting Follow these simple steps for quick and proper troubleshooting 1 Power does not turn on or unit receives no power a b C Check power cord and outlet to make sure power connections are secured Check voltage switch on the back of the duplicator to make sure power supply is set for correct outlet rating Test with another power cord same as a PC power cord to eliminate cable failure Master disc cannot be read a b C Change the master disc The master disc may be of poor quality or with error s that can make duplication difficult or impossible Remake the master disc on another disc Master disc may be of poor quality or with error s that make duplication difficult or impossible Change the source drive to one of the other drives to test Make sure the master disc is finalized in standard ISO format 22 High failure rate a b C Change the media type Certain types of media may not be compatible with the drives Poor quality media can also cause high failure rate Lower the burn speed and attempt another copy process Lowering the speed increases the stability of the duplication process Check for available firmware updates for the unit A firmware update may resolve any unspecified issues
20. hen the machine is powered up and initialized All primary commands are available to be set for Start up Copy Test Copy amp Verify Copy amp Compare etc gt Press gt A or y to select function and gt press ENT to confirm 4 Display Mode Changes the display readout during the performance of various commands The Basic mode displays a progress bar along with the amount of total data in MB on the master DVD or in time for the master CD The Expert mode displayed the percentage of the process completed the amount of data transferred and the total amount of data on the master disc 5 Button Beep Turns the audio signal a beeping sound ON or OFF for pressing of the buttons 6 Skip Read Error Allows the duplicator to skip uncorrectable read errors on the master DVD or CD This feature can be turned ON or OFF 7 Eject On Start Allows the drive s with disc s present inside to eject the disc trays when the machine is done initializing gt A or w to select seconds and press ENT to confirm gt Alor v to select mode and press ENT to confirm gt A or v to select mode and press ENT to confirm gt A or y to select mode and press ENT to confirm 13 8 Show Copy Time Allows the display of total time taken for the copy process to be complete gt Press gt Al or v to select Eject All No gt Eject Eject Target Eject Source and press ENT to confirm
21. le are 1 default 2 5 10 20 50 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 10000 gt A or v to select loop gt Press gt AE count and press ENT to confirm 2 Set Burn Time Sets the time limit for test burn in process The times available are 30 minutes default 1 hour 2 hours 3 hours 4 hours 5 hours up to 65 536 hours gt A or v to select gt Press gt ES Burn in Time and press ENT to confirm 3 Burn In Performs the burn in test which tests the unit for stability and longevity The test is performed for the specified time and loop count selected gt Load master and ENTI to start gt Finish and eject discs Automatically restarts until all parameters are reached 4 Display Mode Sets the amount of information displayed on screen There are three 3 modes Basic Expert and Debug gt No yos select mode Basic Display Settings will display the gt command a progress bar type of disc CD or DVD and size of disc time for CD MB for DVD p Expert mode displays the command execution time of the process size of the master disc time for CD MB for DVD the percentage completed speed and amount of data completed Debug Mode displays the command the gt amount of data on the master disc the amount of data read by the designated source drive with the amount of buffer used and the amount of data written
22. master disc and verifies the integrity and quality of the master disc a Select Utility and press ENT to enter the sub menu b Select 1 Pre scan and press gt Finish z ENT gt ini Prescan gt 2 Quick Erase Performs a quick erase of rewritable RW media for next use Note Do NOT perform this function on recordable R media 3 Insert re writable 3 Finish Quick Erase discs and press ENT gt and eject discs Note If the display shows O o blinking Erasing is in progress If the display shows F f blinking DVD RW Disc Formatting is in progress 3 Full Erase Performs a full erase and format of rewritable RW media for next use Note Do NOT perform this function with recordable R media gt Insert re writable disc gt Finish Full Erase and press ENT gt and eject discs Note If the display shows O o blinking Erasing is in progress If the display shows F f blinking DVD RW Disc Formatting is in progress 4 Eject All Discs Performs a simultaneous ejection of all of the optical disk drive s on the duplicator EET gt Press gt All disc trays will open 5 Disc Info Checks the capacity and space used on the disc s inside of the drive s of the duplicator 11 gt Press gt 6 Drive Info Checks the make model firmware and the channel port of the drive s that are connected to the duplicator controller gt Press A or v to sel
23. of drives used depends on number of copies desired It is not necessary to always use all drives 4 Use the scroll buttons to select the command 1 Copy and press the ENT button The drives will automatically close trays and begin the copy process 5 Once the copy process is completed the disc trays will eject and the display will read Copy Result Pass X Fail Y with X being the number of successful copies and Y being the number of failed copies To reduce copy failure please refer to the troubleshooting section of the manual gt Press to load ENS disc and execute Copy EAS gt Analyze master disc gt gt gt Finish discs 2 Test This command will simulate the copy process and make sure all target discs are usable The test process does NOT burn anything to the blank disc s A built in diagnostic algorism is used to verify the chance of successful copy for each target disc gt Start copying gt To start the Test Process 1 Power on the machine if not already on 2 Eject disc tray of the Source Drive and place the master disc in the designated Source Drive usually the top The master disc is the original of which copies are made 3 Eject disc tray s of the Writer Drives and place blank disc s on the tray s Number of drives used depends on number of discs to be tested It is not necessary to always use all drives 4 Use the scroll buttons to select the command 2 Test
24. ontroller with Frame Back View Interface Connector SIEH SS i i eee black head N I goes to Writer Drive Inn IM AKI AMARA Interface Connector A Hh IM Power black head CHA MI Connector if Hard Drive presents es N connect to Reader Drive AA WN IW DI Interface Connector Hi Hi I Wi black head q Hu Connect Hard Drive __ lif hard drive not present connect to Reader Drive Configuration Guidelines Next are the basic operation guidelines on how to set IDE devices including optical reader writers and or hard drive The system will automatically detect the drives and assign drive numbers READER WRITER ard Disk Drive HDD System Setting Information When machine is turned on the system will detect and assign the READER drive as the Source Drive which will be automatically set as Drive 41 WRITERS will be set as Writer Drives and assigned in sequential order after the READER drive starting from Drive 2 Drive 3 etc When machine is turned on the system will assign the WRITER drive connected to Port 1 of the controller as the Source Drive and as Drive 1 The rest of the WRITERS will then be set as Writer Drives and numbered in sequential order beginning from Drive 2 and on When machine is turned on the system will assign the WRITER drive connected to Hard Disk Drive HDD as the Source Drive and as Drive 1 The rest of the WRITERS will then
25. play will direct back to the Setup sub menu If Enable is selected a password must be entered using the following guidelines Use A or v to select the character desired Press ENT to go to the next position There are a total of 6 positions for the password To enable the password set all 6 positions 15 For space press without choosing a character to leave the position empty Press ESC to cancel the process The duplicator will ask for password when 11 Setup is selected 17 Language Sets the language selection of the display Available languages are English default Spanish Portuguese and Japanese ar gt Al or V to select language and press ENT to confirm 18 Clear Setup Resets the duplicator controller back to factory default settings gt o 12 Image Manager This command is for the management of the hard disk drive HDD installed in the duplicator Note This feature is only available on duplicators with a HDD installed If there is no HDD present in the duplicator this feature will NOT show in the menu of commands Press to confirm gt gt Press ENT to clear all settings 1 Select Image Allows the selection of the image s present on the HDD The Scroll buttons cycle through the image s on the HDD and the ENT button confirms the selection while the ESC button cancels the selection The image s are listed in order of which they were loaded 2 Disc gt Image
26. rives used depends on number of copies to be verified lt is not necessary to always use all drives 4 Use the scroll buttons to select the command 5 Verify and press the ENT button The drives will automatically close trays and begin the verify process 5 Once the verify process is complete the trays will eject the discs that have passed the verify process gt Press to NN load discs gt RER Analyzing source disc gt Finish gt ESO gt Start verification gt PATAS and eject discs 6 Compare This command compares copied disc s to the master disc and ensures that the copies are exact duplicates of the master disc This command is especially useful for DVDs data CDs and video CDs Note The Compare process is a bit by bit comparison between the master disc and the copied discs This operation ensures that all of the copies are completely identical to the Master disc This command is not applicable to audio CDs To start the Compare process please follow the instructions below 1 Power on the machine if not already on 2 Eject disc tray of the Source Drive and place the master disc in the designated Source Drive usually the top The master disc is the original of which copies are made 3 Eject disc tray s of the Writer Drives and place copied disc s to be compared on the tray s Number of drives used depends on number of copies to be compared It is not necessary to always use all drives Us
27. rmation To create and copy custom compilation audio CDs from multiple master discs 1 Si do 10 11 Power on the machine if not already on Use the Scroll buttons to select 9 Edit Track Press the ENT button The display will read Edit Track 1 Copy Track Press the ENT button The display will read Waiting Master Disc Insert the first master disc and press the ENT button Once the master disc is successfully read the display will read Waiting Blank Disc Insert blank disc s into writer drive s and press the ENT button The number of tracks on the master CD will be displayed on the lower half of the screen Use the Scroll buttons to select track s to be copied In alphabetical order a lower case letter will be assigned to the tracks selected Once the selection of tracks is finished use the Scroll buttons to select OK at the end of the numeric listing of tracks Press the ENT button The duplicator will begin copying the selected track s to the target CD s Once the copy process is completed the display will read the number of tracks that are currently on the target CD s time used on the target CD s and time left free spaces Press the ENT button The display will now read Edit Track 1 Copy Track If tracks from a different master CD are desired press the ENT button and repeat steps 4 through 8 for each different master CD If selection of tracks is completed proceed to
28. sses 11 10 Compare Speed Sets the speed at which the compare process is executed 11 11 Change Bad Master Enables or disables changing of a master disc during the copy process when an error is detected on the master disc 11 12 CD Overburn Enables or disables the duplication of overburned CDs 11 13 Copy CD TEXT Enables or disables the copying of the CD subcode CD TEXT information for audio CDs 11 14 Show HDD Image Allows the image name to be displayed on the LCD screen when selecting the Name HDD as the source drive Allows different language selections for LCD display IMAGE MANAGER The management for various functions of the hard disk drive HDD Note For this function and submenu to be displayed a HDD must be installed in the duplicator 12 1 Select Image Selects an image file as a source to be copied to the discs 12 2 Disc Image Loads an image to the HDD from a master CD or DVD as an Image file 12 3 Set Reader Speed Sets the speed of data loading from the master CD DVD to the HDD 12 4 Image Info Displays the image file information such as image order name file size and type of image 12 5 Rename Image Renames the HDD image partition name up to 8 characters 12 6 Delete A Deletes an image file in HDD Note A file selected as the source file cannot be pi E until a different image is selected See 12 1 12 7 HDD Info Displays the information in HDD such as the number of discs stored on the HDD and the amo
29. t E discs gt b Synchronous Loads the image at the same time while the duplicator is making copies from the master disc to the blank discs As the copies being made the image is also being created and stored in the TEMP directory on the HDD 18 gt Press ESC to exit gt Press Image Manager to confirm gt and go back to main menu gt or y to select 1 Copy gt gt Press gt gt Start copying to gt target disc s and loads image into HDD at the same time gt Ejects copies and in TEMP gt c OFF Disables the load and copy function No temporary image is loaded to the HDD during the copy process gt press ENT to Kr gt press gt ARE confirm choice gt gt press ESC to exit gt Image Manager and move Al v to select from main menu 13 Advanced Setup This menu is for the more advanced functions of the controller including changing the display of the controller updating writer drive s of specific brands setting the loop and time parameters for the burn in process to test the machine and performing firmware rollbacks to earlier versions Note The Advanced Setup is hidden within the Setup Menu step 11 To access Advanced Setup navigate to Setup Menu then press and hold down the scroll buttons simultaneously until the menu stop looping 1 Set Burn Loop Set the number of test loops performed for the Burn In process The numbers of loops availab
30. the target disc s gt Press gt Al or N to select mode and press ENT to confirm Y i 14 Show HDD Image Allows the option to display the name of the HDD image name default or the image size in MB m gt A or v to select Image gt Press l NT gt Name Capacity and press to confirm 15 Boot Password Sets password protection for the duplicator before the boot up process can be started The boot password prevents anyone unauthorized from using the duplicator system gt Press gt A or y to select mode and gt press ENT to confirm If Disable is selected no password will be set and the display will direct back to the Setup sub menu If Enable is selected a password must be entered using the following guidelines Use A or v to select the character desired Press ENT to go to the next position There are a total of 6 positions for the password To enable the password set all 6 positions For space press without choosing a character to leave the position empty Press to cancel the process The duplicator will ask for password when the unit is restarted Setup Password Sets password protection for the duplicator before the setup settings can be altered The setup password prevents unauthorized changes to the system gt Press gt A or V to select mode and gt press ENT to confirm If Disable is selected no password will be set and the dis
31. to select the command 3 Copy amp Verify and press the ENT button The drives will automatically close trays and begin the copy process 5 Once the copy process is completed the tray s will open briefly and then automatically close again to begin the verify process 6 Once the verify process is completed the trays will automatically eject discs that have passed the Copy amp Verify process gt Press to e Ve gt Analyzing load disc gt source disc gt Copy completed m and start Verify gt Fa gt Finish and eject discs 4 Copy 8 Compare This command will perform the copy process and immediately follows with a comparison between the master disc and the copied disc s to ensure the copies are exact duplicates of the master disc This command is especially useful for DVDs data CDs and video CDs Note The Compare process is a bit by bit comparison between the master disc and the copied discs This operation ensures that all of the copies are completely identical to the Master disc This command is not applicable to audio CDs To start the Copy Compare process 1 Power on the machine if not already on 2 Eject disc tray of the Source Drive and place the master disc in the designated Source Drive usually the top The master disc is the original of which copies are made 3 Eject disc tray s of the Writer Drives and place blank disc s on the tray s Number of drives used depends on number of copies
32. unt of space left in the HDD 12 8 Format HDD Formats the HDD erasing ALL data stored on the HDD 12 9 Load 8 Copy Allows an image to be loaded onto the HDD from a master CD or DVD and automatically copied on to the target disc s Select from 3 modes Synchronous Load First and Off 13 1 Set Burn Loop Sets the number of test loops performed for the Burn In process Use the scroll buttons to select loop count 13 2 Set Burn Time Sets the time for the burn in process to be performed Use the scroll buttons to select the desired time 13 3 Burn In Performs the simulation of the testing process to verify the operability of the controller and or drive s 5 five seconds during the performance of the function Functions 1 Copy This command will copy the master disc placed in the designated Source Drive to all target discs in the Writer Drives This process burns all information contained on the master disc to the target discs so the copies are exact duplicates of the master disc 13 4 Display Mode Sets the amount of information to be displayed during the performance of various functions To Start the Copy Process 1 Power on the machine if not already on 2 Eject disc tray of the Source Drive and place the master disc in the designated Source Drive usually the top The master disc is the original of which copies are made 3 Eject disc tray s of the Writer Drives and place blank disc s on the tray s Number
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