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1. cccceceeceeceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaes 26 gt Mix Audio Tracks 28 gt Change the Setup SettingS 2 0 52 2ccccs eee cece ee caneeeneceeedebeeeecteeenede 34 Chapter 4 Menu Overview cccecceeceeceeee cesses eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesenneaeeees 36 Appendix A LightScribe Software Setup Instruction ceeeeeeeee eee 43 Appendix B External Device USB 2 0 Firewire 1394 Setup Guide Optional 45 Appendix C TroubleSnOounG sc isstdsaascsritasssaie eta aiawaiancaoncsianyeianeancsuane ise 46 gt Frequently Asked Questions 0cecceeeeeee cence ee eeeeeeeteeeeeeeeeeees 46 PO Eror COU sis otncnisbidan annulus a tire a tub a camlassdapan canada aed wid 48 Appendix D Safety amp Regulatory information cceceeeee nsec eee ee ee ee ees 53 Appendix E Technical Support Information 0ccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeees 58 Chapter 1 Introduction amp Manual Overview This system is a reliable high performance high speed standalone manual tower system with LightScribe printing feature With its professional industrial design and simple beginner user interface it will make your disc publishing experience easier than ever Before you start Before you start using this system please read the following to ensure proper operation 1 Important Notice The type of system you purchase will determine the type of discs you are able to copy For example if you purchased a CD o
2. O If the speed value you ve selected is the same as the current speed value the system will NOT respond to the ENT Enter button Please press the Note ESC Escape button to go back to the main menu Step 5 Once the speed setting has been successfully changed you shall see the following screen for 2 seconds CD to CD Speed Adjusted to 24x Then you will be directed back to the main menu DISCMAKERS X xXxX 1 Copy OSs Mix Audio Tracks This process will guide you to mix an Audio CD from various tracks among different Audio CDs The following are the ways you can mix an Audio CD gt Mix directly to Blank CD R media This option is not available if you have a CD G Duplication System By mixing an audio CD directly to blank CD R media all the tracks you selected will be transferred to the blank CD R media directly track by track Once you ve completed your track selection s you will be instructed to finalize your mixed Audio CD You can operate this by choosing Edit Track to Blank CD when asked Please do this cautiously if any of the Audio CD tracks you wish to mix are not readable due to scratches or poor quality the blank CD R media will be ruined gt Mix through the Hard Drive This option is available ONLY if your system has a hard drive installed By mixing an audio CD through the Hard Drive all the tracks you select will be transferred to the Hard Drive Once you ve completed your track
3. Preparing Waiting for a Blank have placed your master disc or blank disc into the drives please check the disc O If either one of the above screens is displayed for more than 2 minutes after you quality Note Step 4 After you ve placed an Audio CD containing the track s you wish to copy and a blank CD R media in the writer drive s please allow 5 10 seconds for the system to detect them After they have been recognized then you should see the following screen Total 0 Trk Om Os Track 1 4m 31s Total O Trk Om Os indicates that you have zero track s selected and it has zero minutes and zero seconds playtime Track 1 4m 31s indicates currently you are focusing on track one of the Audio CD you ve inserted and has a running time of four minute and thirty one seconds Step 5 When you see the above screen shot you can press the up or down button to display the playtime of each track on this audio CD and press the ENT Enter button to select the track you wish to be mixed Once a track is selected you shall see the symbol on the left of the track number on the 2nd line as shown in the below screen Total 1 Trk 4m 3l1s Track 1 4m 31s O If the track you have selected will cause the total playtime of all audio tracks to be Net more than your blank CD R media capacity you should see the following screen ote Over Blank Disc Capacity Press OK to Continue 1 W 1 Given the lim
4. Step 6 After you ve selected the desired label file the system will try to detect the LightScribe printable disc s in the drives Please allow 5 10 seconds for the system to detect them After they have been recognized then you shall see the following screen Preparing 7 Disc Detected Go The 7 indicates there are seven LightScribe printable discs recognized by the Writer Actual quantity may be different depending on your machine By default the Auto Start setting is set to Auto Therefore if your system is not completely filled with LightScribe printable discs and there is no activity within 30 seconds or if all writers are filled and the system detects this the system will start Note automatically Once the number of LightScribe printable discs you inserted matches the number of discs detected on the screen press ENT Enter if you are not using Auto Start or wish to speed up the process to confirm and the following Processing screen will Note Processing Please Wait ied O O oO fed rA 24 If the number of LightScribe printable discs you inserted does not match the number of discs detected on the screen please allow 15 30 seconds for the system to recognize all of your LightScribe printable discs Step 7 After 2 or 3 seconds of processing time one of the following Printing progress screens will appear The left hand screen is shown when Specify Counter is select
5. Choose Partition menu Choose Partition FUN1 VEF 4012MB Step 3 Use up or down button to choose the desired partition image to copy from and press the ENT Enter button to submit your selection You may then see the Counter feature screen if that is enabled If you do not see this screen please skip to Step 4 Counter No Counter The Counter feature will let you choose how many copies you want to make for your project It allows the system to count the number of copies you ve made and prompt you when the desired number of copies has been made for this job The Counter feature is for your convenience only and will allow you to make more Note copies than the amount desired if so required You can choose not to input your desired number of copies if you prefer to copy continuously with no interruption It will still count the number of copies you ve made for this job but it will not notify you when to stop To do so simply press the ENT Enter button when you see the No Counter on the 2 line of the screen below Counter No Counter Or you can choose to enter the desired number of copies for this job by following this simple procedure a Press the up or down button to following screen Counter Specify Counter b Then press the ENT Enter button to submit and you should see the following Specify Counter screen Specify Counter OK c Please refer to the Input Name and Number
6. Your Selected Drives Asus 1814 IDE 139 NEC 7201 IDE 170 Asus 1612 IDE 139 Asus 2014 IDE 159 Asus 2014 SATA 159 HP DVD 1040 IDE 136 LiteON DH20A4 IDE 169 LG GGW 20HL SATA 167 Pioneer 113KS IDE 159 Pioneer 213LS SATA 159 Samsung SH S202N TS H65 w 7 During the installation process the following applications will be installed LightScribe System Software Template Labeler ie LightScribe System Software 1 14 17 1 InstallShield Wizard E3 ie LightScribeTemplateLabeler InstallShield Wizard Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for LightScribe System Software 1 14 17 1 LightScribeTemplateLabeler The InstallShield R Wizard will install LightScribe System The InstallShield R Wizard will allow you to modify repair or Software 1 14 17 1 on your computer To continue click remove LightScribeTemplateLabeler To continue dick Next Next WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties 8 Upon successful installation of the above software click the Finish button to complete the installation 45 Appendix B External Device USB 2 0 Firewire 1394 Setup Guide Optional This only applies if you have USB 2 0 or Firewire connections installed If there s a switch next to the USB Firewire Port arons Power off your system Set the USB2 0 Firewire switch to ON position at the back of your system Using the st
7. Possible Solution This master disc contains copy protection Please try a different master disc without any copy protection Description The target blank disc s are detected but can not be identified 210 Bad Discs Possible Solution Please double check the blank disc s quality 211 This format can not be tested Description The target blank disc s is DVD R DVD RW DVD R DL BD R or BD RE Possible Solution Above disc formats are not supported by the Test function Please use DVD R RW or CD R RW discs if this function 50 Error Code Error Message Description amp Recommended Solutions 212 DVD is not supported Description Your system does not support the DVD format Possible Solution Please purchase a system that supports DVD 213 DVD RAM is not supported Description Your system does not support the DVD RAM format Possible Solution Please purchase a system that supports DVD RAM 214 Blu ray is not supported Description Your system does not support the Blu ray format Possible Solution Please purchase a system that supports Blu ray 230 Not enough HDD space Description The empty space in the hard drive is less than the size of the master disc Possible Solution Please free up hard drive space by deleting unnecessary partitions images 231 Redundant Name Description The name entered has already
8. a task has been completed 6 7 2 Startup Menu This setting will allow you to choose which menu you would like to see first when you turn on the system 6 7 3 Screen Saver Turns the screen saver on or off 6 7 4 Language This setting will allow you to choose which language you prefer to navigate the controller system of the duplicator 6 8 Counter This option will allow you to enable disable the Counter feature by turning this feature ON or OFF This feature will notify you how many discs have been copied and how many discs are left to go 6 9 Duplication Mode There are two duplication modes Load and Copy and On the Fly Load and Copy allows faster duplication from the Hard Drive by simultaneously copying onto the blank media in the writer drives while loading the master disc to the hard drive All subsequent copies will be created from the stored master on the HDD The On the Fly mode instructs the system to copy directly from the master disc When using On the Fly mode no information is stored on the hard drive 6 10 Auto Start This setting allows you to choose Auto Full or Off If Auto is selected this feature automatically starts the duplication process when all writer drives detect recordable media inside or waits for 30 seconds before starting the duplication process if there is at least one recordable disc in a writer drive and any of the remaining writer drives are AQ empty If Full is selected this feature allo
9. been used in the system Possible Solution Please enter a different name or rename the existing file name which is in conflict before you re enter this name 232 Format Failed Description The system is not able to format the hard drive A detailed error code will be displayed at the end of the error message in the following format Example Format Failed Error 232 XX YY XX The index of the hard drive which generated the error YY The error code Possible Solution Possible Hard Drive defect please contact Tech Support 233 Hard Drive Corrupted Description The hard drive s information is corrupted Possible Solution Please re format the hard drive 235 Hard Drive Access Error Description There s an error when accessing the hard drive Possible Solution Possible Hard Drive defect please contact Tech Support 51 Error Error Message Description amp Recommended Solutions Code Description The password entered is not correct 240 Wrong Password Possible Solution Please confirm you typed in the correct password or try a different password Description An incorrect password was entered 3 times consecutively 241 Login Failed Possible Solution Wait for 5 minutes then try to use the correct password for next the attempt If the problem persists call Tech Support Description The source is configured in the hard drive when t
10. fastened with screws There are no operator serviceable areas within these covers e Never locate the machine near a radiator or any other heat source e Never push objects of any kind into the ventilation openings e Never place this equipment where people might step on or trip on the power cord 55 Electrical Safety Information 1 The power receptacle for the machine must meet the requirements stated on the data plate on the rear of the machine If you are not sure that your electrical supply meets the requirements please consult your local power company or an electrician for advice The socket outlet shall be installed near the equipment and shall be easily accessible Use the power cable that is supplied with your machine Do not use an extension cord or remove or modify the power cord plug Plug the power cable directly into a correctly grounded electrical outlet If you are not sure whether or not an outlet is correctly grounded consult an electrician Do not use an adapter to connect any equipment to an electrical outlet that lacks a ground connection terminal Do not place this equipment where people might step or trip on the power cable Do not place objects on the power cable Do not push objects into slots or openings on the machine Electrical shock or fire may result Do not obstruct ventilation openings These openings are used to provide proper cooling to the machine Electrical Supply 1 This produ
11. following Processing screen will appear Processing Please Wait If the number of blank discs you inserted does not match the number of discs detected on the screen please give 10 15 seconds for the system to recognize all of your blank discs Step 6 After 2 or 3 seconds of processing time one of the following Copy progress screens will appear The left hand screen is shown when Specify Counter is selected and the right hand screen is shown when No Counter is selected Specify Counter No Counter Copying H4012MB Copying H4012MB 0 21 10 401MB 0 10 401MB H indicates you are copying from a hard drive H indicates you are copying from a hard drive partition image partition image 4012MB indicates the total capacity of your master 4012MB indicates the total capacity of your master disc image disc image 0 21 indicates you have a project size of twenty one 0 indicates you have made zero copies thus far copies and you have made zero copies thus far 10 indicates the current percentage of the copying 10 indicates the current percentage of the copying progress progress 401MB indicates the current amount data that has 401MB indicates the current amount data that has been copied from the master disc image been copied from the master disc image It is normal to see the progress indicator stays at 0 10 and 100 for approximately 30 seconds for CD duplication and up to 1 minute for DV
12. happen to have any failed discs bad print the failed disc s will not be ejected automatically You need to manually eject them and you can re use them in the next Note 25 run however the re print will make your copies looks darker than your original design 26 Select the Duplication Speed This process will allow you to adjust the duplication speed subject to your needs By default the duplication speed will be set to the optimal speed for each format and setting However under some circumstances you may want to reduce the duplication speed Those circumstances typically are as follows gt Poor Blank Media Quality When your blank media quality is not good lowering down the duplication speed is necessary to make good copies gt Poor Master Disc Quality If your master disc condition is not good lowering down the duplication speed will greatly reduce the failure rates gt Duplication Quality Overall the lower the speed the higher the quality of your duplicates If you have time it is a good choice to lower down the speed to produce the best quality duplicates When you turn on your system after it has booted up you should see the following signifying your system is ready DISCMAKERS X xXxX 1 Copy Step 1 Use the up or down arrow button to navigate to the Setup menu DISCMAKERS X XX Setup 5 Setup 1 Select Burn Speed Step 2 Press the ENT Enter button and you will see the Select Burn Speed option
13. press enter again and you shall see a screen similar to below Select Burn Speed CD to CD Step 3 Select the Correct Speed Type There are different types of recording speed based on the disc format and source HDD CD to CD Copying to CD R RW media from a pre loaded CD partition image in the hard drive or a CD master disc in the Reader Writer e HDD DVD to DVD Copying to DVD R media from a pre loaded DVD partition image in the hard drive or a DVD master disc in the Reader Writer HDD DVD DL to DVD DL Copying to Double Dual Layer Recordable DVD media from pre loaded a DVD DL partition image in the hard drive or a Double Dual Layer DVD master disc in the Reader Writer e HDD BD to BD Copying to BD R RE media from a pre loaded BD partition image in the hard drive or a Blu ray master disc in the Reader Writer Only available on models with blu ray drives installed Depending on the type of duplication job s and your system restrictions you need to select the correct speed type in order for this setting to take effect To select various speed types you need to press the up or down button to adjust and press the ENT Enter button to submit your selection 27 Step 4 Once you have submitted the desired speed types you should see the following screen for speed adjustment CD to CD Speed 16x You can press the up or down button to select the desired speed value and then press the ENT Enter to submit the selection
14. section of Chapter 2 Getting to know your System to enter the desired amount Then press the ENT Enter to continue on to the next step Step 4 Once the Counter selection is submitted you shall see the following Preparation screen and the corresponding trays that do not contain disc s in them will automatically be ejected Preparing Waiting for Blanks eis If the above screen is displayed for more than 2 minutes after you have inserted your blank discs please check the quality of the discs Note Step 5 After you ve placed your blank discs into the drives please allow 5 10 seconds for the system to detect them After they have been recognized you shall see the following screen Preparing 7 Disc Detected Go The 7 indicates there are seven discs recognized by the Writer Actual quantity may be different depending on your machine Actual quantity may be different depending on the size of your machine or the number of discs you inserted By default the Auto Start setting is set to Auto Therefore if your system is not completely filled with blank discs and there is no activity within 30 seconds or if all writers are filled and the system detects this the system will start automatically Once the number of blank discs you inserted matches the number of discs detected on the screen press ENT Enter if you are not using Auto Start or wish to speed up the process to confirm and the
15. selection s you will be instructed to copy them onto a blank 80 min CD R media You can operate this function by choosing Edit Track to Hard Drive when asked This is considered a safer method to per form the mix audio tracks If any of the Audio CD tracks you wish to mix are not readable due to scratches or bad quality the blank CD R media will NOT be ruined since the blank CD R media isn t being recorded on until all Audio CD tracks are successfully transferred to the hard drive When you turn on your system after it has booted up you should see the following signifying your system is ready DISCMAKERS X XX 1 Copy Step 1 Use the up or down arrow button to navigate to the Audio menu DISCMAKERS X XX 5 Audio Step 2 Press the ENT Enter button to enter the Audio menu and you shall see the Mix Mode screen similar to below If your system is a CD G Duplication System or does not have a hard drive installed please skip ahead to Step 3 Mix Mode Directly to Blank CD At this point you can press the UP or DOWN arrow to choose how you want to mix your audio tracks either by mixing through the hard drive or directly to blank CD s Then press the ENT Enter button to submit your selection ee Step 3 Once the Mix Mode selection is submitted you shall see following Preparation screen and the corresponding trays that do not contain disc s in them will automatically be ejected Preparing Waiting for Master
16. your system or the Firmware Update File is corrupted Possible Solution 1 Try to re download the Firmware Update File 262 Unknown flash model Description The Firmware Update File is not meant for your system Possible Solution 1 Try to contact Tech Support for the proper Update file 263 User Abort Description A job is being aborted by user pressing the ESC Escape button for more than 5 seconds during a job run Possible Solution Restart the job when ready with the proper master disc amp blank discs 53 Appendix C Safety amp Regulatory information Safety Introduction Notices and Safety Please read the following instructions carefully before operating the machine and refer to them as needed to ensure the continued safe operation of your machine This product and supplies have been designed and tested to meet strict safety requirements These include safety agency evaluation and certification and compliance with electromagnetic regulations and established environmental standards The safety and environment testing and performance of this product have been verified using certified materials only A Unauthorized alterations which may include the addition of new parts devices may impact the product certification Please contact your Warning sales representative for more information Marks Labels Symbols All warnings and instructions marked on or supplied with the pro
17. 394 Setup Guide Reset back to default Troubleshoot 11 Contact our tech support Why do I get Label Not Found error message Please verify that the label file does not contain any symbols or foreign characters Please verify that the label file has Isi extension like abc si Please verify that the label file is located under the root of your data CD Please verify that the Label CD wasn t created under Roxio s Drag to Disc Nero s In CD or Windows XP or Vista s build in burning software Please verify that the correct writer was selected during the software installation How do I reset my system back to default a Goto menu 6 Setup DISCMAKERS Mies 6 Setup b Press the ENT Enter button Setup 1 Select Burn Speed c Press down button until you see Load Default on the 2 line Setup 11 Load Default d Press ENT Enter button Load Default Press OK to Continue Utilities e Wait for 3 4 seconds 5 Load Default f Press ESC Escape button DISCMAKERS X XX 6 Setup g Press down button until you see DISCMAKERS X xx Shutdown on the 2 line 8 Shutdown h Press ENT Enter button Shutdown Press OK to Shutdown i Press ENT Enter button System Checking OK Ready to Power Off j Power off the system and power it back on All settings should be restored back to default 48 Error Code Typically the system will show an er
18. 8 EC as amended Approximation of the laws of the member states related to electromagnetic compatibility A full declaration of conformity defining the relevant directives and referenced standards can be obtained from your Authorized local dealer In order to allow this equipment to operate in proximity to Industrial Scientific and Medical ISM equipment the external radiation from the ISM equipment may have to be limited or special mitigation measures taken Warning 58 Appendix Technical Support Information Website Please visit our website at http Awww discmakers com techsupport techsupport asp For videos manuals and quick start guides for your duplicator If you require further assistance with this unit our technical support staff will be happy to assist you There may be a cost associated with any repairs if your warranty has expired Email Please contact us by email at techsupport discmakers com Telephone Call 800 468 9353 59
19. CD Front Panelis resorin ciangeciah ea owe Gays aMAeeuaa Re seas 5 lInput Characters NUMBENS i ic s veessacua vena peoansaedaa veeueewrqerens 6 Chapter 3 Basic Operations ccccceceec ene ec eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeseeeeeeeees 7 gt Make Disc to Disc Copies cscsr esas 52 tect asateeetes Mer ee Res 7 o Section 1 Selecting the Copy Source ccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 7 o Section 2 Making Copies from Reader when the Reader is g selected as the source drive 2 22 cc ceececssseeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee gt Make Hard Drive to Disc Copies ccceceecee ec ee eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeees 11 O Section 1 Loading Master Disc content into the Hard Drive as a 11 pa rtition image s een als tates ia etd De git dt hae aaa o Section 2 Selecting the Copy Source to the Hard Drive 14 o Section 3 Making Copies from an existing partition image of the 14 Hard Dive secs hit Bula ahd Ta Mahe utter a A a gt Design and Printing Labels cciidc 2s edeustieneias Hevebe Madi askeceguawe 18 o Section 1 Design your labels with LightScribe Template Labeler and 18 create a LightScribe Label CD 20 cccccceeeceeceeeceeeedeeeeeeeneees o Section 2 Selecting the Print Source of the system as the Reader 22 o Section 3 Print copies of your LightScribe label with the LightScribe Label CD you ve created 0 00 20 20sviecede sds ep rreren trnns erener rtre en gt Select the Duplication Speed
20. D duplication That is caused by the initializing and finalizing stage Note p y g g Stag 16 Step 7 Once the duplication run is completed the successful copies will be ejected and you shall see the following screen PASS 7 FAIL 0 7 Waiting for Blanks PASS 7 indicates that you ve just made 7 successful copies FAIL 0 indicates that you have no failure in this run 7 indicates that you ve successfully copied 7 copies so far Step 8 Remove the successful copies and refill the trays with additional blank media to continue making more copies You can also press the ESC Escape button to terminate your project and go back to the main menu If you ve specified a counter value for your project and your project is completed you shall see the following screen Pass 21 Fail 0 Job Completed Press OK to Finish You can then press ENT Enter to go back to main menu If you have any failed discs bad copy during a run the failed disc s will not be ejected automatically You need to manually eject them and throw them away if Note they are write once recordable disc s 17 Design and Printing Labels The instructions covered in this section will help you design and print a label from your LightScribe Standalone Duplication system proceed with the instructions below See appendix A If you have any difficulties O Please note that you must install the supplied LightScribe software in o
21. Hard Drive Setup menu And then press the ESC Escape button to return to the Main menu You should see the following screen DISCMAKERS X x 3 Image ta Section 2 Selecting the Copy Source to the Hard Drive Ignore this section and proceed to Section 3 if you have just completed Section 1 Loading Master Disc content into the Hard Drive as an image as this process will Nate automatically switch the source to the hard drive Step 1 Use the up or down arrow button to navigate to the 1 copy screen DISCMAKERS X xx 1 Copy Step 2 Press source shortcut button to enter the Select Source menu and you shall see a screen similar to below Drive 0 Port x x ASUS DVD E818A Step 3 Use the up or down button to locate the Hard Drive and press the ENT Enter button to select it HARD DRVIE Port x x HITACHI HDS721616PL If the hard drive has already been pre selected as the source the system will NOT respond to the ENT Enter button Please press the ESC Escape button to go back to the main menu Note Once the source has been selected you will be guided to the Main menu You should see the following screen DISCMAKERS X XX 1 Copy Section 3 Making Copies from an existing partition image of the Hard Drive Step 1 Use the up or down arrow button to navigate to the Copy menu DISCMAKERS X XX 1 COPY 14 Step 2 Press the ENT Enter button to enter the Copy menu You should then see the
22. Power Cord yA Reflex Quickstart Guide with User manual CD attached eo Pa r fan DA l 4 Y Software A Software 4 S N A USB Cord Lightscribe Quickstart Guide with Lightscribe Software attached certain models only Chapter Overview Chapter 2 Getting to know your system This chapter describes the physical features and instructions on how to operate your system Chapter 3 Basic Operations Guide This chapter describes how to perform basic operations like Making Copies Design and Printing Labels Changing Speed etc Chapter 4 Menu Overview This chapter describes what every function setting does Appendix A LightScribe Software Setup Instructions This section provides easy walkthrough on how to install the LightScribe software needed to generate the label files Appendix B Optional External Device USB 2 0 Firewire 1394 Setup Guide This section describes how to enables one of many writers of your system as an external writer for your PC via system s USB interface Appendix C Troubleshooting This section provides many solutions on frequently asked questions and provides insights on system error codes Appendix D Safety amp Regulatory information This section provides environment health safety and other regulatory information Chapter 2 Getting to know your system System Overview The below image is one representation of the duplicator casing Your case s outlook may vary
23. User Manual For Reflex LightScribe Duplicator V 3 5 4 2008 All Rights Reserved WARNING THIS CD DVD BLU RAY LIGHTSCRIBE DUPLICATOR IS MEANT FOR BACK UP AND DISTRIBUTION OF ORIGINAL DATAAUTHORED OR OWNED BY THE USER ANY DUPLICATED DISCS MADE FROM A THIS CD DVD BLU RAY LIGHTSCRIBE DUPLICATOR IS THE COPYRIGHT OWNERSHIP OF THE AUTHOR OR COMPANY WHICH OWNS THE SOURCE DISC ANY UNAUTHORIZED COPYING EDITING OR ANY PART THEREOF OF A COPYRIGHT DISC IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED WE DISCOURAGE THE USE OF ANY SUCH ACTION THAT GIVES RISE TO CRIMINAL INTENT AND PROSECUTION THE SELLER OF THIS PRODUCT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY POTENTIAL ILLEGAL ACTIONS OF THE USER DUE TO ACTIVITIES BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THE PRODUCTS INTENDED USE Copyrights and Trademarks ALL RIGHTS RESERVED NO PART OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE REPRODUCED IN ANY MEDIUM PRINTED OR ELECTRONIC WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE MANUFACTURER COPYRIGHT 2000 2008 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Table of Contents Title Page Chapter 1 Introduction amp Manual Overview csceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 1 X Before VOU SlaMisncctsetr sie eto wi ete ede let ee ia 1 gt Package Contents Me ats eae etd ts 3 X Chapter Overview ness sre ase o aeaea a eO eaceaunnt SOE EREA E med 3 Chapter 2 Getting to know your SYSteM ccceceee eee ee eee eeeeaeeeeeeeaeeaees 4 gt Oystem OVSIVIOW vac os its kees ences oo koe veenaieeds Henan avr EEE EEEE E EEA Ee 4 gt L
24. afety Information This equipment and supplies have been designed and tested to meet strict safety requirements These include safety agency examination approval and compliance with established environmental standards To ensure the continued safe operation of your equipment follow these safety guidelines at all times Do These e Always follow all warnings and instructions that are marked on or supplied with the equipment e Before cleaning this product unplug the product from the electrical outlet Always use materials specifically designated for this product the use of other materials may result in poor performance and create a hazardous situation e Always exercise care when moving or relocating equipment e Always locate the machine on a solid support surface not on plush carpet that has adequate strength to support the weight of the machine e Always unplug this equipment from the electrical outlet before cleaning A Do not use aerosol cleaners Aerosol cleaners can be explosive or i n electromechanical iomen Warning flammable when used on electromechanical equipment Do Not Do These e Never use a ground adapter plug to connect the equipment to a power outlet that lacks a ground connection terminal e Never attempt any maintenance function that is not specifically described in this documentation e Never obstruct ventilation openings They are provided to prevent overheating e Never remove covers or guards that are
25. age 12 4 3 Rename Partition This function will guide you to rename an existing partition image including Reserve partition image in the hard drive 4 4 Delete Partition 238 This function will guide you to delete or remove an existing partition image including Reserve partition image in the hard drive 4 5 Partition Info This function will display additional information of all existing partitions images in the hard drive Such information includes partition image disc type capacity etc 46 Select Loading Drive This function will guide you to select a Reader Writer drive as the source drive where your master disc will be placed into for partition image loading creating related operations AUDIO This process will guide you to mix an Audio CD from various tracks among different Audio CDs For more information please refer to Mix Audio Tracks on page 21 SETUP 6 1 Select Burn Speed This menu will guide you to adjust the duplication speed on various duplication job types For more information please refer to Select the Duplication Speed on page 19 6 2 Select Source This menu will guide you to select a Reader Writer drive as the source drive where your master disc will be placed into for Copy related operations For more information please refer to section 1 of Make Disc to Disc Copies Select the Copy Source on page 7 6 3 Read Error Skip Normally when the system encounters a reading e
26. andard USB 2 0 Firewire cable to connect your computer to your system Power on your system Your computer should recognize a number of external devices depending on the system you purchased If there is NOT a switch next to the USB Firewire Port 1 NOOR WN oo Using the standard USB 2 0 Firewire cable to connect your computer and your system Power on your system Go into menu 7 Utilities Go into submenu 10 USB Connection or External Connection Press up or down button to change the setting to ON Press ENT Enter button to submit your selection The system will either restart by itself or prompts you restart it manually by powering the system off and back on Your computer should recognize a number of external devices depending on the system you purchased Above instructions are for you to turn on the USB Firewire port However if you wish to turn it off please perform the same instructions except you either set the USB 2 0 Firewire switch to OFF or change the USB Connection Firewire Connection setting to OFF Every PC related product has compatibility issues Even though the USB 2 0 Firewire connection s have been thoroughly tested before the unit was shipped out of the factory there s still a slight chance that your PC Mac computer is not compatible with the units USB 2 0 Firewire connection If that happens please contact your PC Mac manufacture for possible configuration ch
27. anges to make it work or try it on another PC Mac computer 46 Appendix C Troubleshooting Frequently Asked Questions lt lt lt A lt N DONNE d NSAP oe No display on the LCD or the unit does not operate when the power is on Check the power cable connection and that the environment for the power outlet is normal Make sure the power voltage on the duplicator matches the voltage of your power outlet If the system was stored in a location where the temperature dropped below 32 F 0 C within the past 24 hours leave the system in a warm room with temperatures at least 65 F 19 C for 4 hours prior to powering it on The system can not recognize the master disc Check the format of the master disc or the master itself for damage Your master disc may be copy protected Normally most of the DVD Blu ray Disc and some of the CD you have purchase from stores have copy protected encoded in them Use one of the Writers to read your master disc by selecting one of writers as the Copy source please refer to section 1 of Make Disc to Disc Copies Selecting the Copy Source on page 7 If it works make a copy of your master disc and treat the copy as the new master Then set the Copy source back to the Reader and try again Buttons do not function Maybe it is still busy on a task Give it sometime and press it again If it still doesn t work turn off the machine and then restart the machine after a minute S
28. be entering the Counter quantity or a Hard Drive Partition Image name To enter an alpha numeric character you need to use the up or down button to scroll through varies numbers or letters then use the ENT Enter or ESC Escape button to move the cursor position right or left Once you ve finished move the cursor to OK and press the ENT Escape button Example below is meant of illustration purpose on entering a partition name For detail procedure on how to create a new partition image please refer to Section 1 Loading Master Disc content into the Hard Drive as a partition image of Making Note ope Hard Drive to Disc Copies on page 11 For example if you want to enter a partition name of FUN1 do the following Edit Partition Name OK Press the down button repeatedly until F is displayed Press the ENT Enter button once to move the cursor to the next position Press the down button repeatedly until U is displayed Press the ENT Enter button once to move the cursor to the next position Press the down button repeatedly until N is displayed Press the ENT Enter button once to move the cursor to the next position Press the down button repeatedly until 1 is displayed Press the ENT Enter button repeatedly to move the cursor to OK Then press the ENT Enter button once to submit your selection and proceed to next step TQS H L29T5 a W
29. blank discs are detected and identified as neither RW discs nor blank discs Possible Solution Please go to Disc Info in Utilities to make sure the intended blank discs are empty 49 Error Error Message Description amp Recommended Solutions Code Description When the error code occurs during the Compare process the size of the master disc and the successfully copied disc s is different When the error code occurs during a Copy related process the capacity of the blank disc s is less than the data size of the master disc Targets amp 208 Master Size Possible Solution i When the error code occurs during the Compare process contact Tech Support When the error code occurs during a Copy related process please go to Disc Info in Utilities to make sure the blank disc s capacity is large enough to fit the data size of the master disc Description The blank discs contain different manufacture codes 207 Targets M Code Possible Solution Mixed Please go to Disc Info in Utilities to make sure every blank disc has the same media ID M Code Replace the one s that are different if necessary Description The target blank discs are not Rewritable discs 208 Ln ete not Possible Solution l Please go to Disc Info in Utilities to make sure every blank disc is a rewriteable disc Description The master disc is copy protected 209 nena
30. but will have similar principles iiig Mig Figure 1 1 System Controls and Display The components shown in Figure 1 1 are oh System Power On Off Button either 1a or 1b locations varies by model Optical Disc Reader kag OONAAS Referred to as Reader throughout this manual Optical Disc LightScribe Writers Referred to as Writer throughout this manual Eject Button Keypad LCD Screen Ventilation Fans Power Supply Fan System Ventilation Vents 10 Power Voltage Switch 110v 220v not available on all models 11 Power Supply On Off Switch not available on all models 12 USB Firewire Connection not available on all models LCD Front Panel The below image is for reference only Your key assignment and appearance may differ gt DISC MAKERS Reflex Up Menu Option Scroll Up Down Menu Option Scroll Down Forward Enter OK Execute the function Backward Escape go back to the previous function Shortcut to change your master reading source Shortcut to load the master to the hard drive 000000 LOAD Shortcut to see information about discs in the drives INFO Shortcut to shutdown duplicator SHUTDOWN These shortcuts will work only when the menu displays 1 Copy Input Characters Numbers When you operate this system there are cases when a number or a name is required to be entered by you Such cases could
31. ct shall be operated from the type of electrical supply indicted on the product s data plate label If you are not sure that your electrical supply meets the requirements please consult a licensed electrician for advice Always connect equipment to a correctly grounded power outlet If in doubt have the outlet checked by a qualified electrician This equipment must be connected to a protective earth circuit This equipment is supplied with a plug that has a protective earth pin This plug will only fit into an earthed electrical outlet This is a safety Warning feature If you are unable to insert the plug into the outlet contact a licensed electrician to replace the outlet Disconnect Device The power cable is the disconnect device for this equipment It is attached to the back of the machine as a plug in device To remove all electrical power from the equipment disconnect the power cable from the electrical outlet 56 Emergency Power Off If any of the following conditions occur turn off the machine immediately and disconnect the power cable s from the electrical outlet s Contact an authorized Service Representative to correct the problem e The equipment emits unusual odors or makes unusual noises e The power cable is damaged or frayed e A wall panel circuit breaker fuse or other safety device has been tripped e Liquid is spilled into the machine e The machine is exposed to water e Any part of the machine is
32. damaged Maintenance Information 1 Any operator product maintenance procedures will be described in the user documentation supplied with the product 2 Do not carry out any maintenance on this product which is not described in the customer documentation 3 Use supplies and cleaning materials only as directed in the Operator section of this manual 4 Do not remove covers or guards that are fastened with screws There are no parts behind these covers that you can maintain or service A Do not use aerosol cleaners Aerosol cleaners can be explosive or n flammable when used on electromechanical equipment Warning Certification This product is certified by the following Agency using the Safety standards listed UL60950 1 Underwriters Laboratories Inc Underwriters Laboratories ING CSA C22 2 No 60950 1 03 EN 55022 1998 A1 2000 A2 2003 SPORTON Class B International Inc EN 61000 3 3 1995 A1 2001 EN 55024 1998 A1 2001 A2 2003 SSF Regulatory Information Certifications in Europe CE Mark European Union The CE mark applied to this equipment symbolizes the manufacture s declaration of conformity with the following applicable Directives of the European Union as of the dates indicated 2006 95 EC December 12 2006 Council Directive 2006 95 EC as amended Approximation of the laws of the member states related to low voltage equipment 2004 108 EC December 15 2004 Council Directive 2004 10
33. de the hard drive you can have access to each one easily There is no need to carry your master discs every time you want to make a copy they are all stored inside the system Throughout this manual the term partition s is also used to refer to image files in Note the hard drive If your system has a Hard Drive installed a partition image will be created whenever you begin to load master disc content into the hard drive The number of images the hard drive can hold is determined by the capacity of your hard drive and the size of every master disc image you transferred into the hard drive Hard Drive Manufactures use conversion rate of 1GB 1 Billion Bytes or 1000 3 Bytes However most Operating Systems including our Duplication System use standard conversion rate of 1GB 1 074 Billion Bytes or 1024 3 Bytes Therefore Note for an advertised 160GB Hard Drive 160 Billion Bytes the true capacity base on our system s standard is actually 149GB The following steps will show you how to load your master disc into the installed hard drive as an image and copy the stored image onto blank discs Section 1 Loading Master Disc content into the Hard Drive as a partition image When you turn on your system after it has booted up you should see the following signifying your system is ready DISCMAKERS X xx 1 Copy Step 1 Use the up or down arrow button to navigate to the Image menu DISCMAKERS X XX 3 Image Spite Step 2 Pres
34. duct should be followed A This symbol alerts users to areas of the equipment where there is the Warning possibility of personal injury FCC Notices for USA This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Reference CFR 47 Part 15 Section 15 21 Changes or modifications to this equipment not specifically approved by the manufacture may void the user s authority to operate this equipment 54 Safety Information Operational S
35. ection Warning If you have an external connection installed in your system In order to operate the system solely as a standalone unit no connection to the computer you have to make sure all of the USB Firewire connection s are off If by any chance the USB Firewire connection s are on please refer to Appendix A Optional External Device USB 2 0 Firewire 1394 Setup Guide 5 Maintenance It is very important to operate and keep the system in a dust free clean environment since dust is the number 1 killer for optical recording devices Failure to do so may severely damage your system We strongly suggest you place an Air Cleaner next to the system and constantly use the Air Duster Can Air to clear off any dust on the surface of the system Do not try to use the Air Duster to clean the system while the reader writer trays are open In doing so you may inadvertently blow dust into the recording device Warning 2d damage the recording device 6 Proper Shutdown To avoid possible system failures you need to shutdown the system properly To shutdown the system you need to press the Up or Down Arrow button to Shutdown then press ENT Enter and follow instructions on the screen to shutdown the system properly Turning off your system without performing this function will increase the risk of damaging your system Package Contents F A hes EAA 7 a f User Manual Ie A f GEN _ n ft Sa
36. ed and the right hand screen is shown when No Counter is selected Specify Counter No Counter Printing Printing 0 21 10 0 10 0 21 indicates you have a project size of 0 indicates you have printed zero discs thus far twenty one prints and you have printed 10 indicates the current percentage of the zero discs thus far printing progress 10 indicates the current percentage of the printing progress It is normal to see the progress indicator stay at 0 and 100 for approximately 5 minutes That is caused by the initializing and finalizing stage Note Step 8 Once the printing run is completed the successful printed copies will be ejected and you shall see the following screen PASS 7 FAIL 0 7 Please insert Label Disc PASS 7 indicates that you ve just printed 7 successful discs FAIL 0 indicates that you have no failure in this run 7 indicates that you ve successfully printed 7 discs so far Step 9 Remove the successful copies and refill the trays with additional LightScribe printable discs to continue printing more copies You can also press the ESC Escape button to terminate your project and go back to the main menu If you ve specified a counter value for your project and your project is completed you shall see the following screen Pass 21 Fail 0 Job Completed Press OK to Finish You can then press the ENT Enter to go back to main menu If you
37. en please skip to Step 4 Counter No Counter The Counter feature is will let you choose how many copies you want to make for your project It allows the system to count the number of copies you ve made for this job and prompt you when the desired number has been achieved The Counter feature is for your convenience only and will allow you to make more copies than the amount desired if so required Note You can choose not to input your desired number of copies if you prefer to copy continuously with no interruption It will still count the number of copies you ve made for this job but it will not notify you when to stop To do so simply press ENT Enter button when you see the No Counter on the 2 line of the screen below Counter No Counter Or you can choose to enter the desired number of copies for this job by following the simple procedure below a Simply press the up or down button to the following screen Counter Specify Counter b Then press the ENT Enter button to submit You should see the following Specify Counter screen Specify Counter OK c Please refer to the Input Name and Number section of Chapter 2 Getting to know your System on how to enter the desired amount Then press ENT Enter to continue to the next step Step 3 Once the Counter selection is submitted you shall see the following Preparation screen and the corresponding trays that do not contai
38. er button when you see the No Counter on the 2 line of the screen below Counter No Counter Or you can choose to enter the desired number of copies for this job by following the simple procedure below a Press the up or down button to the following screen Counter Specify Counter b Then press the ENT Enter button to submit and you should see the following Specify Counter screen Specify Counter OK 23 c Please refer to the Input Name and Number section of Chapter 2 Getting to know your System to enter the desired amount Then press ENT Enter to continue next step Step 4 Once the Counter selection is submitted you shall see the following Preparation screen and the corresponding trays not loaded with discs will automatically eject Preparing Waiting for Master If above screens is displayed for more than 2 minutes after you have inserted your master disc or blank discs please check them for quality Q Note Step 5 After you ve placed your label disc and LightScribe printable disc s in the system s writer drives label side face down please allow 5 10 seconds for the system to detect the label disc After they have been recognized then you shall see the following screen Please Select Label 1 SampleLabel 1si Please press the UP or DOWN button to select the desired label you wish to print and press the ENT Enter button to confirm your selection
39. er has their own settings During this process you will be prompted to enter a new user name up to 8 alphanumeric letters or numbers and user password consists of a 4 digit number for a new account 7 6 3 Edit User This menu allows you to change the existing user account s name and password During this process you will be asked to select the existing account and then you will be prompted to enter the new user name and new user password for this account User Admin is the administrative account you can NOT change the user name for this account but you will be able to change the password for this account 7 6 4 Delete User This menu allows you to delete the existing user account During this process you will be asked to select the existing account to be removed User Admin is the administrative account you can NOT change the user name for this account but you will be able to change the password for this account Note 7 7 Format hard drive This function will guide you to re format the entire hard drive of the system During the formatting process all of your hard drive contents will be permanently lost Please use this function with caution 42 7 8 Erase This menu will guide you to erase your rewriteable discs in the Writer Tray There are two options to erase your rewriteable discs 7 8 1 Full Erase It will erase the entire disc which will make it impossible to be recovered 7 8 2 Quick Erase It wil
40. fer to the Input Name and Number section of Chapter 2 Getting to know your System to enter the desired title Then press the ENT Enter to continue to the next step Q After you submitted a hard drive partition image name the system will automatically append a partition image name suffix of VEF Note gt If you have chosen to overwrite one of the existing partitions images you should see the following screen after you submit your selection This Will Overwrite FUN1 VEF OK Then press ENT Enter to continue to the next step gt If you have chosen Auto Generate Then precede to the next step Step 5 Please place your master disc into the Reader or the 1 Writer if there s no Reader installed in your system Once the system recognizes your master disc the loading progress screen will be displayed as show below Loading 4012MB FUN1 VEF 10 401MB 4012M B indicates the total capacity of your master disc FUN1 VEF indicates the name of the partition image where the data is being loaded into 10 indicates the current percentage of the master disc that has been loaded into the hard drive 401MB indicates the current amount data from the master disc that has been loaded into the hard drive Step 6 Once the loading process is completed you should see the following screen Load Partition OK Press OK to Continue 13 You can then press the ENT Enter button to go back to the
41. he following confirmation screen Mixing Complete Confirm to Finalize 31 c Press the ENT Enter button once to confirm your selection and you should see the following Finalizing screen if you choose to mix directly to a blank CD or Copying screen if you choose to mix through the hard drive Finalizing Please Wait i D Copying H 228MB 0 1 10 401MB d Once the finalizing copying process is completed you should see the following screen Job Completed Press OK to Finish You can then press the ENT Enter button and you will be guided back to the main menu Or you can choose to mix more tracks from other Audio CD s by pressing the up or down button until you see Insert Next Master on the 2 line as in the following screen Mixing Complete Insert Next Master Then press the ENT Enter button to repeat Steps 3 through 8 When the whole process is complete your mixed copy will be ejected and you shall see the following Job Completed Press OK to Finish Press ENT Enter button and you will be directed back to the main menu DISCMAKERS X XX 5 Audio ue Example of Mixing Audio Tracks directly to Blank CD For the example below we will mix a new Audio CD from 2 different Audio CD s From CD1 song 2 and song 4 From CD2 song 3 song 4 and song 5 1 10 11 12 13 14 Go to menu 5 Audio Press ENT Enter button Press ENT Ente
42. hen you enter a number normally it asks for a 4 digit number If your number is less than 4 digits you need to fill the leading spaces with Os any leading zeros will be skipped An example of that would be 0234 Two hundred and thirty four or 0010 ten So rr Chapter 3 Basic Operations Make Disc to Disc Copies This process will copy your master disc onto single or multiple blank discs simultaneously However due to its simultaneous nature a good conditioned master disc and a lower recording speed is recommended for higher success rates and better quality duplications For a disc to disc copy the copy source can be either of these devices gt The reader The reader normally is the 1 drive from the top of the system and is most often the source typically used when making disc to disc copies gt Any of the writers One of the writers can also be used as the copy source when making disc to disc copies This option is typically only used when the reader is either bad or unable to read the master disc If your system has a hard drive installed it will simultaneously load the master disc image into the hard drive while copying from the reader drive to the writer drives during the first round of the copy process Then starting from the 2 round all copies will be made from the hard drive for enhanced performance and reliability If you prefer not to utilize this feature please change the Duplication Mode setting to On
43. hortcut keys only operate when the 1 copy function is displayed Copy completed but the copies are not readable executable Use compare feature to check the copied disc Based on our experience the quality of your media plays a big role on this part Try to use high quality media to prevent such problems Please use another BD DVD CD player ROM to test the copied media Sometimes your BD DVD CD Player ROM may not be compatible with recordable BD DVD CD disc The failure rate is high Lower the write speed and try again Quality of blank disc may be poor Quality of your master disc may be poor Do need to upgrade my system s firmware Unless your system is getting unstable we strongly suggest not upgrading your system s firmware Please contact our Tech Support if your system is getting unstable Cannot boot up or fails to upgrade firmware Contact our Tech Support Can I load data directly from my computer to my system s Hard Drive No your system s Hard Drive has a unique file system that computers will not recognize Thus you can t perform any read write operations to the Hard Drive from your computer 47 EAS ES lt S Why some writers won t copy If those writers are associated with USB 2 0 Firewire IEEE 1394 connections please make sure the USB 2 0 Firewire connections is off and restart your system For more information please refer to Appendix A External Device USB 2 0 Firewire 1
44. ill be asked for the location amp the name of the label file s you wish to Note numerical digits and or some basic symbols like etc gt LightScribe Print Options Preview Select LightScribe Drive lightScribe DIRECT DISC LABELING Ke Help Step 6 Create a Label CD gt Locate the label file s Isi files on your PC gt Create a Data CD with the label file s via a CD DVD Creating Software like Nero Burning ROM or Roxio Classic CD Creator O Do NOT place label file s under any directory folder of the Label CD Failure to do Note so will result in the label file s not being recognized by your system 21 Section 2 Selecting the Print Source of the system as the Reader When you turn on your system after it has booted up you should see the following signifying your system is ready DISCMAKERS X xx 1 Copy Step 1 Press the Shutdown shortcut button to enter the Select Source menu and you shall see a screen similar to below Drive 0 Port x x ASUS DVD E818A Step 2 If you plan to use the Reader as the source use the up or down button to locate Drive 0 1 drive and press the ENT Enter button to select it Drive 0 Port x x ASUS DVD E818A If you do not have a reader installed or if would like to use one of the Writers as the source use the up or down button to locate Drive 1 or up and press ENT Enter button to select it Drive 1 Po
45. ited space of the screen the message above will scroll across the screen in order to show the full message Note You need to press the ENT Enter button to return to the track selection menu The track selected that caused this error message will be de selected automatically Then you can select a different track with smaller playtime Step 6 Once you have finished selecting the tracks on this Audio CD you want to mix you can press the up or down button until you see Are you done on the 2nd line as in the following screen Total 6 Trk 26m 17s Are you done Step 7 You can now press ENT Enter button to confirm your selection The system will now start the mixing process as shown in the following screen Mixing 1 10 4m 31s 1 indicates that the system is currently transferring track one 10 indicates that the current transferring progress of the current track track one 4m 31s indicates the current running time of that track Step 8 Once the mixing process is completed you will see the following screen Mixing Complete Finish Mixing When you re finished adding tracks you can choose to finalize the job mark the completion by performing the following steps a Press the ENT Enter button when you see Finish Mixing on the 2 line of the screen like below Mixing Complete Finish Mixing b Then press the ENT Enter button to submit and you should see t
46. l be reusable The purpose of performing such simulation is to ensure error free duplication A Due to the physical limitation of DVD R RW amp BD R RE recordable format you cannot perform this procedure on these formats If you do so you will encounter Warning a failure messages If you are using CD RW DVD RW discs as your blank media during the simulation any content that may have been recorded inside those discs will be Warning permanently ereased 3 1 Test Copy This menu will guide you to perform the simulation of copying process and if everything passes during the simulation the real copying process will be performed If there s an error encountered during the simulation an error message will be displayed and the copying process will not be initiated 3 2 Copy Compare This menu will guide you to make copies after which it will perform an additional comparison process automatically to ensure data correctness 3 3 Copy Verify This menu will guide you to make copies after which it will perform an additional process to verify playability IMAGE 4 1 Select Partition This function will guide you to choose the default partition image 4 2 Load Partition This function will guide you to load your master disc content into the hard drive as a partition image For more information please refer to section 1 of Make Hard Drive to Disc Copies Loading Master Disc content into the Hard Drive as a partition image on p
47. l erase the index of the rewritable disc not the data section 7 9 External Connection This feature will allow you to turn on off the USB Firewire port on the back of your system This option will allow one or more Writers on the system to be controlled by a PC This feature will only be visible if supported USB Firewire Connections were installed Please note that system needs to be restarted when this setting is changed SHUTDOWN This function saves any system settings that you have entered and makes sure it is safe to turn off your system Once you see the Ready to Power OFF message then you can safely turn off the machine via the Power Switch Turning off your system without performing this function will increase the risk of damaging your system AUTOCOPY This function will allow the system to operate the disc to disc copy function without any user inputs for ease of operation eee Appendix A LightScribe Software Setup Instruction Minimum Hardware Requirements Minimum Software Requirements 1 Pentium 3 Class microprocessor or better 1 Windows 2000 XP 2003 or Vista CD RW Recorder 32Mbytes of RAM A V N 10Mbytes of free disc space on your hard drive Software Installation Insert the LightScribe Installation Disc into the CD drive of your computer Using the My Computer icon or Windows Explorer click on the CD drive From the CD Drive right click the setup exe to run the setup program and choo
48. m the Template Labeler and add the exported CD artwork pictures into the empty template Templates ly Get More Templates Select a Template Category All Step 3 Insert Text and or Pictures Depending on the template chosen you may have the option to modify text box s or picture s For inserting pictures just click on the dedicated area to select the picture you d like to use 4 Use the Zoom button or the scroll wheel of your mouse to size the picture and then drag it to position where you want it within the selection window 5 For text just click on the text field and then type the text you d like to appear within the text field Note you can enter multiple lines of text depending on the template chosen 6 Vv Vv V WV Step 4 Preview and Print Label Get More Template Select Image oe y Drop image Here ta Zoom Q ER 20 Step 5 Click on Preview and Print to bring up the print window Select the LightScribe Duplicator Label Writer as the LightScribe Drive 7 Select the Best contrast mode for the darkest print 8 Select the label surface color of the disc you wish to label onto 9 If you are satisfied with the preview click Print to begin generating the Duplicator Label file Isi files 10 VVV WV generate In addition due to the system display limitation make sure the file name does not contain any foreign characters other than 26 Greek alphabets O You w
49. n disc s in them will automatically be ejected Preparing OR Preparing Waiting for Master Waiting for Blanks If either one of the above screens is displayed for more than 2 minutes after you Note have inserted your master disc or blank discs please check the quality of the discs Step 4 After you ve placed your master disc and blank discs in the drive s please allow 5 10 seconds for the system to detect them After they have been recognized then you shall see the following screen Preparing 7 Disc Detected Go The 7 indicates there are seven discs recognized by the Writer Actual quantity may be different depending on the size of your machine or the number of discs you inserted By default the Auto Start setting is set to Auto Therefore if your system is not completely filled with blank discs and there is no activity within 30 seconds or if all Note writers are filled and the system detects this the system will start automatically Once the number of blank discs you inserted matches the number of discs detected on the screen press ENT Enter if you are not using Auto Start or wish to speed up the process to confirm and the following Processing screen will Note appear Processing Please Wait If the number of blank discs you inserted does not match the number of discs detected on the screen please give 10 15 seconds for the system to recognize all of your blank discs Step 5 Afte
50. ne on the 2 line Press ENT Enter button once Press ENT Enter button once Press ENT Enter button once Press ENT Enter button once Total 2 Trk 9m 47s Track 3 4m 47s Total 3 Trk 14m 34s Track 3 4m 47s Total 3 Trk 14m 34s Track 4 Total Track 4 Total Track 5 5m 26s 4 Trk 20m 00s 5m 26s 4 Trk 20m 00s 4m 27s Total 5 Trk 24m 27s Track 5 4m 27s Total 5 Trk 24m 27s Are you done Mixing 0 Mixing Complete 3 4m 47s Confirm to Finalize Finalizing Please Wait DISCMAKERS 5 Audio eer yE X XX Mixing Complete Finish Mixing Job Completed Press OK to Finish Change the Setup settings Most of the internal settings and information is stored inside the Setup menu To explore and modify them is simple Below is an example how to modify the Auto Start setting Please note that the default setup is set for optimal performance of the system it is unnecessary to change if you are Satisfied with the outcome When you turn on your system after it has booted up you should see the following signifying your system is ready DISCMAKERS X xx 1 Copy Step 1 Use the up or down arrow button to navigate to the Setup menu DISCMAKERS X XX 6 Setup Step 2 Press the ENT Enter button to enter the Setup menu and you shall see a screen similar to below Setup 1 Select Burn Speed Step 3 Use the up
51. nly system then you will only be able to copy onto recordable CD formats If you purchased a DVD system then you can copy on to recordable DVD and CD formats If you purchased a Blu ray system then you can copy onto recordable Blu ray DVD and CD formats If you have a Blu ray capable system the terms CD or DVD can be substituted for Blu ray within the text of this user manual System Limitations The system will not copy any CD DVD or Blu ray discs that have Copy Protection encoded inside Typically the movies you purchase or rent from the store will contain copy protection In addition to the copy protection limitation the system cannot copy across formats This means that you cannot copy a DVD master onto a recordable CD or vice versa In addition you cannot copy the same formats if the discs have different maximum capacity limitations This means that you cannot copy a single layer DVD or Blu ray Disc onto a double dual layer DVD or Blu ray Disc or vice versa The recordable blanks must be the same format and maximum capacity as the master disc you intend to duplicate Temperature Warning If the system was stored in a location where the temperature dropped below 32 F 0 C within the past 24 hours please leave the system in a warm room with temperatures at least 65 F 19 C for 4 hours prior to powering it on for the first time Failure to do so may cause irreparable harm and prevent the system from functioning External Conn
52. o your system 7 3 Device Info By entering this menu you will be able to see the information for devices built inside your system such as the drives That information includes but not limited to manufacture model number etc 7 4 Update Firmware This function will update the software for your system To update you need to insert a manufacture Certified Update CD into the Reader and select this function by pressing the ENT Enter button We strongly suggest you do not upgrade your system s firmware unless your system is getting unstable 7 5 Test Options 7 5 1 Compare It will perform a comparison process to ensure data correctness 4 7 5 2 Verify It will perform a process to verify playability 7 5 3 Test Master Approximately 50 of failures reported by our system are caused by errors in the master disc which our Reader couldn t overcome When this kind of failure occurs it tends to waste all of your blank recordable media 7 6 Manage Accounts This menu will allow the Administrator to perform the following user administrative tasks This feature is disabled by default Prior to activating this feature the duplicator recognizes all users as the only activated user defined as the administrator The pre defined password for this menu is 0000 7 6 1 View User This menu allows you to view current existing user accounts 7 6 2 Create User This menu allows you to create additional user accounts Each us
53. or down arrow button to navigate to the Auto Start setting Setup 10 Auto Start Step 4 Press the ENT Enter button to enter the Auto Start setting and you shall see a screen similar to below Auto Start Auto Step 5 Use the up or down arrow button to change the value to Full Auto Start Full Step 6 Press the ENT Enter button to submit the change Once completed you will be guided back to the setting menu Setup 10 Auto Start RLE Step 7 Press ESC Escape button to go back to the main menu DISCMAKERS X XX 6 Setup This change will only be effective for the current usage until you power off the system unless you perform the Save function under the Utilities menu or perform Nate the Shutdown function under the main menu 36 Chapter 4 Menu Overview 1 COPY This menu will guide you to make CD DVD BD copies For more information please refer to Make Disc to Disc Copies on page 7 or Make Hard Drive to Disc Copies ONLY for systems that have a hard drive installed on page 11 2 PRINT 2 1 Print This menu will guide you to design and print a label from your LightScribe Standalone Duplication system 2 2 Copy Print This function allows the user to perform the disc duplication operation then the disc labeling operation as part of one process The user merely needs to flip the disc from the data side to the label side after each duplication pass To use this function the mas
54. r 2 or 3 seconds of processing time one of the following Copy progress screens will appear The left hand screen is shown when Specify Counter is selected and the right hand screen is shown when No Counter is selected Specify Counter No Counter Copying Sat 4012MB Copying hers 4012MB 0 21 10 401MB O 10 401MB 4012MB indicates the total capacity of your 4012MB indicates the total capacity of your master disc master disc 0 21 indicates you have a project size of 0 indicates you have made zero copies thus far twenty one copies and you have made zero 10 indicates the current percentage of the copies thus far copying progress 10 indicates the current percentage of the 401MB indicates the current amount of data that copying progress has been copied from the master disc 401MB indicates the current amount of data that has been copied from the master disc It is normal to see the progress indicator stay at 0 10 and 100 for approximately 30 seconds for CD duplication and up to 1 minute for DVD Net duplication That is caused by the initializing and finalizing stages ote Step 6 Once the duplication run is completed the successful copies will be ejected and you shall see the following screen PASS 7 FAIL 0 7 Waiting for Blanks PASS 7 indicates that you ve just made 7 successful copies FAIL 0 indicates that you have no failure in this run 7 indicates that you
55. r button Insert Blank CD R media Insert CD1 Press the down button until you see Track 2 on the 2 line Press ENT Enter button once Press the down button until you see Track 4 on the 2 line Press ENT Enter button once Press down button until you see Are you done on the 2 line Press ENT Enter button once Press down button until you see Insert Next Master on the 2 line Press ENT Enter button once Insert CD2 DISCMAKERS X 5 Audio XX Mix Mode Directly to Blank CD Preparing Waiting for a Blank Preparing Waiting for Master Total 0 Trk 0m 00s Track 1 4m 31s Total 0 Trk 0m 00s Track 2 4m 49s Total Track 2 1 Trk 4m 49s 4m 49s Total Track 4 1 Trk 4m 49s 4m 58s Total 2 Trk 9m 47s Track 4 4m 49s Total 2 Trk 9m 47s Are you done Mixing 2 0 4m 31s Insert Next Master Preparing Waiting for Master Total 2 Trk 9m 47s Track 1 4m 03s 33 Mixing Complete Finish Mixing 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Press down button until you see Track 3 on the 2 line Press ENT Enter button once Press down button until you see Track 4 on the 2 line Press ENT Enter button once Press down button until you see Track 5 on the 2 line Press ENT Enter button once Press down button until you see Are you do
56. rder to installing the software please contact Tech Support for assistance Note Section 1 Design your labels with LightScribe Template Labeler and create a LightScribe Label CD Step 1 Launch the LightScribe Template Labeler gt gt By clicking the shortcut icon ESUS on your desktop gt Or you can find the program launch shortcut in Start gt All Programs gt LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling gt LightScribe Template Labeler Since we use this software for design and layout purpose please ignore the LightScribe Disc Insertion prompt below by pressing the OK button Note gt LightScribe Template Labeler LightScribe gt Template Labeler Please insert a LightScribe disc into your drive label side down C Do nat show this message again 18 Step 2 Select Template gt Choose one of the preinstalled templates or click on Get More Templates to download additional templates 1 gt Select the Category filter function to better view and choose a template Note that each template may appear in multiple categories 2 gt Click on your Template choice to activate 3 If you prefer more advanced design capabilities instead of the pre designed templates you can do following a Design your own CD label artwork using a more advance design software like Adobe PhotoShop b Export your completed CD artwork as a picture format like bmp jpeg png etc c Choose an empty template fro
57. ror message and error code if a problem occurs Please reference the below diagram for a description of the error codes and the recommend solution Error Code Error Message Description amp Recommended Solutions 200 Source Disc Empty Description The intended master disc is detected and identified successfully but it is a blank disc Possible Solution Please double check the master disc to ensure it contains data 201 Bad Master Description The master disc is detected but can not be identified within 3 minutes Possible Solution Please check the master disc quality for defects or errors 202 No Targets Description The blank disc s are missing when the job has already started Possible Solution Please make sure blank discs are placed in writer trays 203 Burner Mixed or Firmware version Mixed Description The model or firmware version of all writers in the duplicator is not the same Possible Solution This typically happens when you recently replaced a writer drive Contact Tech Support 204 Targets amp Master Not Compatible Description The master disc and targets blanks do not have same format Possible Solution Please go to Disc Info in Utilities to make sure the master disc and the blank discs are the same format for example using a CD Master and CD blank discs 205 Targets Not Blank Description The target
58. rror while reading your master disc the duplication job will be aborted and all the recordable media will be ruined However if you believe that your master disc has a small insignificant error due to physical damages you can enable the setting to allow the system to skip any read error it encounters This function will not fix the error it will only skip it to make the rest of the data readable 6 4 CD Writing Mode This setting will allow you to select which mode you would like to duplicate a CD There are two different modes Disc at Once and Track at Once Unless you understand completely what they mean we strongly suggest you to set it as Disc at Once 6 5 Max Audio VCD amp CDG Speed 39 Audio CD s and Video CD s do not have internal error checking capability so duplicating at too high a speed may cause frequent errors This setting will allow you to adjust the maximum duplication speed for Audio and Video CD 6 6 DVD R High Compatibility Mode This feature will allow you to enable disable the DVD R High Compatibility Mode feature by turning this feature ON or OFF The purpose of this feature is to increase the compatibility of DVD R media with a broader range of DVD Video players This process will increase the amount of time required to duplicate your disc s 6 7 Display and Sound Settings 6 7 1 Buzzer This setting will allow you to choose whether you want to hear a beep when you press a button or when
59. rt x x Pioneer DVD RW DVR 1 If the drive youve selected is the same as the original source the system will NOT respond to the ENT Enter button Please press ESC Escape button to go back Note to the main menu Once the source has been selected you will be guided to the Main menu You should see the following screen DISCMAKERS X xx 1 Copy Oss Section 3 Print copies of your LightScribe label with the LightScribe Label CD you ve created Step 1 Use the up or down arrow button to navigate to the Print menu DISCMAKERS X XX 2 Print Step 2 Press the ENT Enter button to enter the Print menu You should then see PRINT 1 Print Step 3 You may then see the Counter feature screen if that is enabled If you do not see this screen please skip to Step 4 Counter No Counter The Counter feature will let you choose how many copies you want to print for your project It allows the system to count the number of copies you ve made and prompt you when the desired number of copies has been made for this job The Counter feature is for your convenience only and will allow you to make more copies than the previously desired amount if so required Note You can choose not to input your desired number of copies if you prefer to print continuously with no interruption It will still count the number of copies you ve made for this job but it will not notify you when to stop To do so simply press ENT Ent
60. rying to perform the 250 Source Cannot Mix Audio Tracks function Be HDD Possible Solution Change the Copy source to the Reader Description Pa Copy Audio An error occurred during the mixing process of your audio CD pror Possible Solution Try a different master or blank disc Description The Master Disc is not an Audio CD when preparing the mixing 252 NotAudio CD Process Possible Solution Please verify your master disc is an Audio CD Description The total size of the selected tracks is larger than the capacity of the 253 Over Blank Disc target blank disc during the track selection process Capacity Possible Solution Try to select an alternative track with a smaller capacity Description The system can NOT locate the Firmware Update File during the Update Firmware process Possible Solution 260 No Update File 1 Confirm the file is not a zip file If it is please extract it before you burn it into a CD 2 Confirm the update file is written as Mode 1 Data CD Usually a Data CD created with Windows XP or Roxio s Drag to Disc is not in this format Please use a software like Nero Burning ROM 3 Make sure there are no other discs in the system and try to insert the update disc into another tray to perform the operation Da Error Code Error Message Description amp Recommended Solutions 261 Wrong update File Description The Firmware Update File is not compatible with
61. s ENT Enter button to enter the Image menu If the current source is not Hard Drive you will see the screen below Please press the ENT Enter button once to proceed Select HDD as source OK Once you ve entered the Image menu you will see following screen Image 1 Select Partition Step 3 Use the up or down button to locate the Load Partition menu as shown in the reference screen shot below Image 2 Load Partition Step 4 Press the ENT Enter key to enter the Load Partition menu and you should see the following screen Load Partition 160GB Load gt New Partition 160GB indicates the total available capacity of the system s hard drive this number will vary based on the size of the hard drive installed in your duplicator You have a choice when loading your master disc content into the hard drive by pressing the up or down button to find your desired partition naming method Option 1 A new partition image Option 2 Overwrite one of the existing partitions images if any exists including the reserved partition image Option 3 Choose Auto Generate to have the system automatically generate a partition image name for you From 1 of the 3 choices above press the ENT Enter button to submit your selection ee ie gt If you have chosen to create a new partition image you should see the following screen after you submit your selection Edit Partition Name OK Please re
62. se run as administrator 4 Follow the Installation Wizard to start the installation process see screen below ii LightScribe Template Labeler 2 0 Setup License T onMm gt Please review the license agreement before installing f you accept all terms of the agreement select the first option below Click Next to continue INSTALLATION UTILITY End User License Agreement BE SURE TO READ THIS INSTALLATION UTILITY END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT AGREEMENT BEFORE TRYING TO USE THIS INSTALLATION UTILITY Vinpower INC Vinpower GRANTS YOU THE RIGHT TO USE THIS INSTALLATION UTILITY ONLY IF YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT THE INSTALLATION UTILITY IS LICENSED AND NOT SOLD TO YOU BY Vinpower AND MAY BE USED ONLY FOR THE LIMITED PURPOSES ALLOWED UNDER THE 5 During the installation process you will be prompted for a Product Key The product key can be found on the Installation Disc ie LightScribe Template Labeler 2 0 Setup User Info E Please enter your information Name E 4m e Product Key IMPORTANT You can find your product key on your installation disc 6 You will then be asked to choose the LightScribe writer model that was installed in your duplication system The default writer that comes with your system should be pre selected You can then click Install to continue the installation process jis LightScribe Template Labeler 2 0 Setup Select Yo T x
63. ter disc partition image and LightScribe Duplication Label file Isi file are required to be preloaded onto the duplicator s internal hard drive For more information please refer to Load Partition under Image on page 38 and Load Label under Print on page 37 2 3 Load label This function allows you to load your LightScribe Duplicator Label file Isi file from the Label Disc onto the system s internal hard drive For instructions on how to generate the LightScribe Duplicator Label please refer to Design and Print Labels on page 18 2 4 Rename Label This function allows you to rename your existing LightScribe Duplicator Label in the system s hard drive 2 5 Delete Label This function allows you to delete your existing LightScribe Duplicator Label in the system s hard drive 2 6 Print Surface Info This function allows you reveal the ID code of the LightScribe printable media s label surface and the ID code of the LightScribe writer itself for tech support troubleshooting purposes 2 7 Label Info 2 8 Select Loading Drive This function will guide you to select a Reader Writer drive as the source drive where your LightScribe Label Disc will be placed into for LightScribe Duplicator Label loading creating related operations me 4 ADVANCED COPY OPTIONS This menu will guide you to make a simulation of the copying process During this simulation process all write once recordable discs such as DVD R CD R wil
64. the Fly under Setup menu Please refer to page 39 for more details Section 1 Selecting the Copy Source When you turn on your system after it has booted up you should see the following signifying your system is ready DISCMAKERS X XX 1 Copy Step 1 Step 1 Press the source shortcut under the display Drive 0 Port x x ASUS DVD E818A Step 2 If you plan to use the Reader as the source use the up or down button to locate Drive 0 1 drive and press ENT Enter button to select it Drive 0 Port x x ASUS DVD E818A If you do not have a reader installed or if you would like to use one of the Writers as the source use the up or down button to locate Drive 1 or up and press ENT Enter button to select it Drive 1 Port x x Pioneer DVD RW DVR 1 If the drive youe selected is same as the original source the system will NOT respond to the ENT Enter button Please press ESC Escape button to go back to the main menu Note Once the source has been selected you will be guided to the main menu You should see the following screen DISCMAKERS X xx 1 Copy Section 2 Making Copies from the Reader when the Reader is selected as the source drive Step 1 Use the up or down arrow button to navigate to the Copy menu DISCMAKERS X xx 1 Copy Step 2 Press the ENT Enter button to enter the Copy menu You may then see the Counter feature screen if that is enabled If you do not see this scre
65. ve successfully copied 7 copies so far Step 7 Remove the successful copies and refill the trays with additional blank media to continue making more copies You can also press the ESC Escape button to terminate your project and go back to the main menu If you ve specified a counter value for your project and your project is completed you shall see the following screen Pass 21 Fail 0 Job Completed Press OK to Finish You can then press ENT Enter to go back to main menu If you happen to have any failed discs bad copy the failed disc s will not be ejected automatically You need to manually eject them and throw them away if Note they are write once recordable disc s 10 Making Hard Drive to Disc Copies Copying from the hard drive is the best way to make copies Overall there are four benefits of copying from the hard drive gt Performance Copying from the hard drive will enable the writer dives to boost the copying performance to its limit gt Stability Copying from hard drive will stabilize the duplication process compared to disc to disc duplication gt Durability The hard drive is a more durable storage device than recordable discs The recording surface of a recordable disc is exposed and can easily be scratched on its surface while hard drives are covered with metal and mounted inside the system protecting it from incidental damage gt Convenience With your master disc s stored insi
66. ws the system to copy automatically once your master disc and all of the writer trays of the system are filled with recordable media but will not start automatically if any writer drives remain empty If Off is selected the copy process requires you to press the ENT Enter button to start the duplication This feature applies to applications inside the operation menu such as COPY TEST TEST COPY COPY COMPARE etc 6 11 Load Default This function will reset all of the options back to manufacture s default You can perform this function if your system is acting abnormal You ll need to perform Shutdown and restart the system in order for this to take effect 6 12 Advanced Settings Mixed Media Code This function will allow the duplicator to copy usinge media with different media codes Caution this should not be selected unless there is a specific problem as it will slow burn speeds UTILITIES 7 1 Disc Info If you are uncertain about the type of blank recordable media you are using the system is equipped with the disc info function to help identify and notify you of the disc information encoded within This feature will identify your blank recordable media s format capacity manufacture ID as well as the media s certified writing speed Please note that limited information will be displayed for media in the Reader drive 7 2 System Info By entering this menu you will be able to see the hardware and software information pertaining t

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