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1. 1 Make sure all of the spindles are empty Master B 2 Place 30 blank discs for job C on to the first input spindle 3 Place the master disc for job C on top of the stacked blank discs for job C 4 Place 40 blank discs for job B on top of the master disc for job C 5 Place the master disc for job B on top of the stacked blank discs for job B 6 Place 20 blank discs for job A on top of the master disc for job B SE ases ZER 7 Place the master disc for job A on top of the stacked blank discs for Job A Figure 1 8 After you have completed these steps the Input Spindle should be loaded in the The Order of Discs order shown in Figure 1 8 in MM mode When you start the copy operation the robotic arm will pick up discs from the Input Spindle and place them into the drives If any of the discs in the drives contains data in this case that would be the first disc Master A the autoloader will copy the entire content of this disc Master A onto the internal hard drive while simultaneously copying to all of the blank discs in the remaining writer drives Once the copy process is completed Master disc A and the successfully copied discs will be removed from the drives and dropped on to the Output Spindle At the same time the system will pick up the next discs from the input bin and place them in the corresponding writer drives Then the copying process will start over again from the hard drive If a new master is detected in this cas
2. After a few seconds the system will detect the discs and ask you if you want to proceed Wait until all of the discs have been detected and press the ENT Enter button to continue Disc Info 3 Disc Detected GO 14 2 System Info The System Info menu provides a lot of hardware information about the autoloader such as firmware versions Duplication Robot Control Boards type etc You can scroll through the various specifications by pressing the A Up or Y Down button System Utilities Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the System Info menu and press 2 System Info the ENT Enter button to enter that menu 40 14 3 Device Info This menu allows you to see information about the recording devices built inside your autoloader This information includes but is not limited to manufacturer model number etc System Utilities Use the A Up or V Down button to select the Device Info menu and press 3 Device Info the ENT Enter button to enter that menu 14 4 Load Default This function will reset all of the options back to the manufacturer s default settings You should only perform this function if your autoloader is acting abnormally oystem Utilities Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the Load Default menu and press 4 Load Default the ENT Enter button to enter that menu Load Default Ee OF to Mee Press the ENT Enter button to load the default parameters or the ESC Escape button to return to the System Utilities menu 14
3. By adding additional users each individual user has their own settings To take advantage of this feature follow these instructions gt Change the Administrator password Refer to Edit User Info on page 46 for additional information gt Create a User Name and Password for each authorized person on this autoloader Refer to Create User on page 46 for additional information gt Enable the Manage Accounts feature by turning on the Password on Bootup setting Refer to Password on Bootup on page 47 for additional information Note This system comes with a standard license that allows you to create up to 32 users However if you desire to create more than 32 users please contact Tech Support Service regarding our special 64 user license pack To access the Manage Accounts feature you need to perform the following tasks Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the Manage Accounts menu and press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu You will be shown the Enter Password menu Duplicator eo 16 Manage Accounts Enter PWD l 1 OK The system will ask you for the Administrator s Password The default Administrator s Password is 0000 To enter press the A Up or Y Down button to select the first digit of your password and press the ENT Enter button to submit the current digit You will automatically move to the next digit Repeat these steps until you ve selected all four digits for your password
4. TFNPOWER DIGITAL The Future of Digital Storage wee ROBOTIC lt AUTOLOADER User s Manual v3 6 0 WARNING VINPOWER DIGITAL S CD DVD BLU RAY LIGHTSCRIBE DUPLICATOR IS MEANT FOR BACK UP AND DISTRIBUTION OF ORIGINAL DATA AUTHORED 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 VINPOWER DIGITAL 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 VINPOWER COPYRIGHTO2000 2013 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction amp Manual OVNI Mia 3 BE ee eer oD Pe RD OEE Pre ea nee a eee 3 X ACHR OUOUC la re e EE 6 ee Ee Controlan eebe 10 Bp MENE EEN 11 5 Single Master and Multi Master Modesto 16 6 Setting Counters and Assigning Names EE 17 Os Seno OUMES id 17 SN EE 18 EE eege e 19 Wee e E 19 1 1 Making Copies in Single Master Mode 19 1 2 Making Copies in Multi Master Mode 21 ABOSI C OD a E 24 e ee EE 24 e e KE 26 I OTM
5. Quick Erase This option erases the index TOC of the Rewritable disc not the data section It is much faster than Full Erase However the data section is still recoverable If you prefer the old content not be recovered for security purposes please perform Full Erase 11 Hard Drive Setup page 30 Use the Hard Drive Setup menu to perform various hard drive related operations These options include loading renaming or deleting your images 12 Print Setup page 33 Use the Print Setup menu to perform various printing related operations These operations include loading renaming or deleting your print labels 13 Setup page 35 Use the Setup menu options to control how the autoloader operates You can scroll between the various options using the AUp or Y Down button 13 1 Language Use this setting to choose the language used to navigate the autoloader The autoloader officially supports English and Spanish menus More languages could be added 13 2 Read Error Skip Normally when the autoloader encounters a read error while reading the master disc all the duplication will be aborted and all the recordable media in the writers will be ruined However if you believe that your master disc has a small insignificant error due to physical damage you can utilize this setting to allow the autoloader to skip any read errors that it encounters It is Off with Retry by default Important When this function is ON it does not fix the err
6. gt The reason the autoloader may remain frozen at system bootup is caused by improper shut down To solve the problem contact the Tech Support department Even though this problem can be solved all the hard drive information will be lost due to this failure How do I reset my autoloader back to default gt See Load Default on page 41 52 Chapter 4 List of Robot Error Codes Short Description Full Description Arm did not return to top position Arm did not detect specified location in the allotted time Unable to move to the next input output bin Unable to move into the drop disc position Unable to perform the horizontal Z Maneuver from bin 1 to the starting point Unable to perform the horizontal Z Maneuver from the starting point to the original position Unable to perform vertical Z Maneuver while placing disc in drive tray Unable to perform the horizontal Z Maneuver from the original position to the starting point If error code 10 is shown it represents that the vacuum picking arm did not return to the top position within 10 seconds after a command was sent out The vacuum picking arm must return to the top position after each action This indicates an obstruction or mechanical failure prevented the vacuum picking arm from completing the requested action If error code 11 is shown it represents that when the vacuum picking arm is instructed to pick up a disc it has failed to detect anything
7. 5 Update Firmware This function will update the software of your autoloader To update you need to insert the manufacturer s Certified Update CD into one of the drives and make sure no other discs are in rest of the drives Then select this function by pressing the ENT Enter button We strongly suggest that you do not upgrade your autoloader s firmware unless your autoloader has become unstable or you are instructed to do so by Tech Support Warning When you update the firmware on your system there may be a chance that you will lose all of the data contents of master discs stored in the user HDD partitions Make sure that you back up all of the data on the HDD before attempting this procedure 15 Loader Utilities The Loader Utilities is used to provide useful tools for the robotic aspect of the system Each of these options is discussed in its own subsection 15 1 Drive Alignment The Drive Alignment menu option is used to check the alignment of the drive trays in connection with the robotic arm When the Drive Alignment function is selected the system picks a disc from the first input spindle and moves it to just above approx 1 4 inch the drive tray and holds it there To start the alignment place a disc on to the first input spindle leaders urilitias Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the Drive Alignment menu and 1 Drive Alignment press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu The system will proceed to the Please Select D
8. ALC sie cee E tees Ehe 26 AS EE 27 TEE Ee ascii eee a a a 27 a o A eet 28 SO E E 29 O A O A TR 29 MA A Pon A N 30 MRS O tea cane 30 A E A o De On o A ee ee ee 31 RI o E 31 eege 31 W Parni omnii e EEN 32 16 Selection DAS a 32 Ikr Fonna En Ee 32 ES DIS ER E 33 PR E E E 33 PLANET A 33 22 Rename Lala doin 34 LAMB Cte EE 34 Rer SULT col n 34 TZ SAS MAL EEN 35 IS 11110 ER E nat cea A A thee shah E E clues taanatanes 35 ee GE 82 24 EE 35 A o AAA no a a N 35 LADA a e E 36 IR Max Audio VEIES CDE SP dis 36 A EE 36 A A NEE E TEE 36 e TE E aN EEN 37 ERAO OO eege 37 139 DVD R High Compatibility ee 37 A 37 SEL DISable Dy S a cisco 38 Eet 38 CARA ADA a 38 IS lax Fane Der Diye dit 39 ASA A a 40 o EE 40 E eet 40 E et WE 40 AAA AA 4 EE NR EE 4 AS Update A o e Ol bdo 4 order UGES aos 41 AD A A 41 5 2 Spindle Alentar 42 E EIERE ee 43 ee e EE EE 43 15 5 Robot Speed Mode Not available on all SyStemdS oooononnnonononononnnooonronornonno no nonnnos 43 A O 44 E Sucky Ee ENK E e te o e o 44 15 8 Robot Capacity For 100 200 Disc Capacity Models ONLY ooooccccncnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnoss 44 159 Update ODO Iii Ale le da LES 44 NG EIERE ee 45 IEF VEW US EE 45 KREO AB E EE 46 A E RE Gi e e EE 46 MFT CS EE 47 853 Password on EE EE See 47 e ENK en EE 47 LOAN LOA CODY COMPA ais 49 19 AWO COMPA es 49 Sun E 49 Chapter 5 Trouble SMO EE 51 Chapter 4 List Of Robot Eror Codes eege
9. DVD R High Compatibility Mode is on or off and press the ENT Enter button to select that option DVD R High Compatibility Mode Orr 13 10 ISRC This option will allow you to enable disable copying ISRC code of the Audio CD ISRC is the serial number of the audio tracks that uniquely identifies the song in that audio track This ISRC code is commonly found in commercial Audio CDs and rarely seen on the home made Audio CDs By enabling this feature the duplication performance will be lowered 37 Setup Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the SRC menu 10 ISRC and press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu Use the A Up or Y Down button to select whether the ISRC is ON or OFF and press the ENT Enter button to select that option 13 11 Disable Drives This feature allows you to disable certain drives trays when those drives trays are producing high failure rates or not functioning properly Setup Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the Disable Drives menu and 11 Disable Drives press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu Ges 1 Port 1 0 Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the desired drive trays you would Enable Disable like to enable disable Then press ENT Enter or ESC Escape button to Drive 1 Port 1 0 move the asterisk in front of Enable or Disable JEnable Disable Use the A Up or Y Down button until you see the Save Changes screen S Ch 2 ENE ea and press the ENT Enter
10. In addition due to the system display limitation make sure the file name does not contain any foreign characters other than those in the 26 Greek alphabets numerical digits and or some basic symbols like etc Note gt Lightscribe Print Options Select Lightscribe Drive Preview Select your disc color Learn more Drive LightScribe Duplicator Label Writer mes sua p NODO gt ightscribe e DIRECT DISC LABELING E e ES Step 6 Create a Label CD gt Locate the label file s lsi 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 Do NOT place the label file s under any directory folder of the Label CD Failure to do so will result in the label file s not being recognized by your system Q Note 62
11. Note User Admin is the administrative account you cannot change the user name for this account but can change the password for this account Note The User name consists of a maximum of eight alohanumeric letters or numbers Note The User password consists of four digits Manage Accounts Press the ENT Enter button to enter this menu 3 Edit User Info pore Ue ae Use the A Up or Y Down button to scroll through the list of users Press Sie the ENT Enter button to select user Rae meses Nance Edit the user s name using the instructions shown in Setting Counters RALPH OK and Assigning Names on page 17 Press the ENT Enter button to move on to the Enter Password stage Enter PWD Enter the new password for this user via the instructions shown in rO 1 OK Setting Counters and Assigning Names on page 17 Press the ENT Enter button to complete 46 User Ralph The autoloader will display a confirmation message and automatically Changed return you to the Manage Accounts menu Note The user Admin is the administrative account you can t delete this account Manage Accounts 4 Delete User Press the ENT Enter button to enter into this menu Delete User Use the A Up or Y Down button to scroll through the list of users Press 3 RALPH the ENT Enter button to select the user to delete Delete User The autoloader will ask you to confirm the deletion Press the ENT Enter RALPH L Oe button to delete the user
12. To use the full 200 disc capacity the Robot Capacity needs to be set accordingly To change the Robot Capacity setting Loader Utilities Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the Robot Capacity menu and 8 Robot Capacity press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu Robot Capacity pafosi Use the A Up or V Down button to select the appropriate Robot Capacity of either Default 100 disc or 200 disc and press the ENT Enter Robot Capacity button to select that option 200 Disc 15 9 Update Robot Firmware Use this utility to update the software in your autoloader s robot controller To update you need to insert the manufacturer s Certified Update CD into one of the drives and make sure no other discs are in rest of the 44 drives Then you can press the ENT Enter button to update You should not upgrade your autoloader s robot firmware unless your system is becoming unstable or you are advised to do so by Tech Support 16 Manage Accounts This feature allows the administrator to gt Create user accounts and passwords to prevent unauthorized use of this autoloader gt Edit existing user account information including name and password gt Delete existing user account s gt Enable or disable Manage Accounts Manage Accounts is disabled by default Prior to activating the Manage Accounts feature the autoloader recognizes all users as the Administrator The pre defined password for this function is 0000
13. a need to re align them please contact Tech Support Service for information regarding setting alignments Press the ENT Enter button to return back to the Please Select Spindle menu This allows you to complete the alignment checking procedure for each of the installed spindles If you are through checking the alignment of spindles press the ESC Escape button to go back to the Loader Utility Menu The robotic arm will drop the disc in the Reject Area 42 Spindle Alignment Alignment Next 15 3 Disc Separator Use this utility to tell the system the number of times the robotic arm should shake the disc it picked up from the input spindle in order to reduce the disc sticking issue To enable the disc separator function maker Wiis eee Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the Disc Separator menu and 3 Disc Separator press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu Disc Separator Separator Off Disc Separator Single Vibration Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the separator option that you Disc Separator want and press the ENT Enter button to select it Double Vibration Disc Separator Triple Vibration 15 4 Z form Maneuver Some drives have bezels that extend out from the front of the drive face This can cause the disc to catch on the edge of the bezel of a higher drive as it is being lowered into one of the below drives Enabling the Z form Maneuver will allow the robotic arm to lower the disc off center fro
14. a preloaded master image on the HDD to all of the blank discs which follow it The benefit of this operation is to decrease the time needed to initiate the copy process for a master disc that does not need to be stored on the HDD permanently 18 Auto Copy Compare page 49 The Auto Copy Compare function is similar to AUTOCOPY After the copy process is done the autoloader automatically compares the copied discs from the content of your original master disc Any copied discs that fail the compare process will be placed in the Reject Area The benefit of this operation is to decrease the time needed to initiate the copy process for a master disc that does not need to be stored on the HDD permanently 19 Auto Compare page 49 The Auto Compare function is similar to AUTOCOPY It simplifies the compare process by automatically comparing from a Master Disc which should be placed on top of the first Input Spindle instead of a preloaded master image on the HDD to all of the discs which follow it The benefit of this operation is to decrease the time needed to initiate the compare process for a master disc that does not need to be stored on the HDD permanently 20 Shutdown page 49 Use this menu option to turn off your system Once you see the Ready to Power Off message you can safely turn off the machine using the power switch Turning off your autoloader without performing this function increases the risk of damaging it and all settings changed since
15. a simulation of the copy process Pressing this key Test Test i i automatically performs the Test job Quick key to change the duplication speed Pressing this key automatically Speed Speed l an guides you to the functions that allow you to change various duplication speeds Sume Quick key to change the master reading source However since HDD is the only valid source no other options are offered at the time of this publication 10 4 Menu Overview This section provides an overview of the menu options These menu options are explained in detail on the referenced pages 1 Copy page 19 Use the Copy menu or Copy quick key to make CD DVD Blu Ray Disc Optional copies Before you start a copy process make sure you have selected the correct Master Mode Please refer to Single Master and Multi Master Modes on page 16 for additional information If you plan to use Single Master Mode please make sure you have successfully loaded your master disc to a partition on the Hard Drive If you plan to use Multi Master Mode please make sure you have placed every master disc on top of the corresponding number of blank discs 2 BD Safe Copy page 24 3 Print 4 Test Use the BD Safe Copy menu will allow the user to ensure they are creating a more reliable Blu ray copy During the BD Safe Copy process it will perform the data recording and a verification process at the same time to ensure the data readability and accuracy
16. and Multi Master Modes on page 16 If you are making copies in Single Master Mode continue on to the next section If you are making copies in Multi Master Mode jump ahead to Making Copies in Multi Master Mode on page 21 1 1 Making Copies in Single Master Mode This process will copy your master disc on to several blank discs simultaneously This mode requires that your master disc is loaded into a partition on the Hard Drive See Load Partition on page 31 for instructions on how to do this Turn on your autoloader and wait until it has booted up It may take several minutes for the autoloader to go through its self adaptive test and auto calibration procedures You should see the following signifying your autoloader is ready 1 1 1 Select Single Master Mode Make sure the Master Mode is set to Single Master Mode SM If it is Duplicator 3 37 already in Single Master Mode SM please skip to step 1 1 2 that starts the 1 Copy SM copy process If it is not use the A Up or Y Down button to navigate to the Master Mode screen Duplicator 3 37 Press the ENT Enter button to enter the Master Mode Menu and you will 8 Master Mode see a screen similar to one of the following Master Mode Multi Master Use the A Up or Y Down button to select Single Master Mode Press the ENT Enter button to submit your selection Master Mode Single Master Duplicator 3 37 Use the A Up or Y Down button to navigate back to the Copy M
17. and add the exported CD artwork pictures into the empty template Templates gt Get More Temp Select a Template Category Step 3 Insert Text and or Pictures gt Depending on the template chosen you may have the option to modify the text box s or picture s gt For inserting pictures just click on the dedicated area to select the picture you d like to use 4 gt 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 gt 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 Step 4 Preview and Print Label Image Item 2 Select Image erer d Si E sop air ore Drep Piere IE Zon E a a a q E i i ntate Left ptate Be 6l Get More Template Step 5 Click on Preview and Print to bring up the print window gt Select the LightScribe Duplicator Label Writer as the LightScribe Drive 7 Select the Best contrast mode for the darkest print 8 gt gt Select the label surface color of the disc you wish to label onto 9 gt Ifyou are satisfied with the preview click Print to begin generating the Duplicator Label file Isi files 10 You will be asked for the location amp the name of the label file s you wish to generate
18. eegene 53 Appendix A Installing 3rd Spindle on 100 Discs Capacity Model 56 Appendix B LightScribe Software Setup Instruction ccccccnccnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnss 57 Appendix C Desion and Createa Label File E 59 Chapter 1 Introduction amp Manual Overview 1 Overview Welcome This system is a reliable high performance high speed standalone robotic Blu Ray Optional DVD and or CD autoloader With its professional industrial design and simple user interface it makes your duplicating experience easier than ever With this system you can duplicate and or print using LightScribe continuously for 24 hours even with multiple masters batch mode In addition you get the highest quality disc duplication LightScribe printing capability available all at an extremely affordable price Note The multiple master feature applies to Duplication ONLY LightScribe Printing ONLY supports the single master function Before you start using this autoloader please read the following to ensure proper operation BD DVD Duplication Limitations The autoloader will not copy any BD DVDs that have Copy Protection encoded in the content Typically most Blu Ray movies or DVD movies you purchase or rent contain Copy Protection In addition to the copy protection limitation the autoloader will only copy a single layer Blu Ray DVD disc to another single layer Blu Ray DVD recordable media If your autoloader has double layer Bl
19. indicates you have a progress of the printing project size of 21 prints and gt 0 indicates you have you have made printed 0 printed O discs so far discs so far Note lt is normal to see the progress indicator stay at 0 and 100 for several minutes due to the initializing and finalizing process Once the printing run is completed the loader will remove the printed disc s from the drive and place the successfully printed disc s onto the Output Spindle If the printing process failed the loader will place the failed disc onto the Reject Area OK 3 NG O NB 0 Drive01l gt Output Bin After the loader has placed the printed disc into the Output Spindle the loader will then pick up another LightScribe printable disc and load it into the drive This is then repeated for each drive OK 3 NG 0 NB Ol The printing process will continue until you either run out of LightScribe Input Bin gt Drive01 printable discs or until the count that you loaded into the counter is reached If you run out of LightScribe printable discs and the job is not complete the autoloader will give you an opportunity to re fill the spindle Important When you add discs to the input spindle be sure to remove your finished discs from the Output Spindle At this point you can either put more LightScribe printable discs into the input spindle s or press the ENT Enter button to continue or press the ESC Escape button to terminate your project In
20. of the subsequent copied discs However because of this extra measure the duplication process will take longer than the traditional copy process Note This menu will only be shown in Blu ray models and only applies when making Blu ray copies page 24 Use the Print menu to print label s directly onto the label side of your LightScribe printable media Before you start a printing process please make sure you have successfully loaded your LightScirbe label file s into the Hard Drive via the Load Label function under Print Setup See page 32 for details For additional information on creating designing your labels please refer to Appendix C Design and Create a Label File on page 58 page 26 Use the Test menu or Test quick key to simulate the copy process With simulation write once recordable discs such as DVD R or CDR will be reusable The purpose of simulation is to ensure error free duplication Note Due to physical limitations of the BD R DVD R recordable format if you try to simulate BD R DVD R copying you will encounter failure messages Warning If you are using CD DVD BD Rewritable discs as your blank media during the simulation the content on those discs will be permanently erased 5 Compare page 26 Use the Compare function to perform a bit by bit comparison between the content of your master disc s in the Hard Drive and the contents of all discs it copied This ensures that all of your copies ar
21. represents that the vacuum picking arm did not reach the drive position within 4 seconds from the Z position starting point This takes place when the vacuum picking arm has descended to the appropriate drive location and should move horizontally to center the disc over the opened drive tray but fails to do so in the specified allotted time This error is only shown when the Z Maneuver is enabled If error code 16 is shown it represents that the vacuum picking arm did not descend and place the disc into the opened drive tray within 4 seconds after the vacuum picking arm has centered the disc above the opened drive tray this error is only shown when the Z Maneuver is enabled If error code 17 is shown it represents that the vacuum picking arm did not return to starting horizontal position for the reverse Z Maneuver within 4 seconds to return the disc to the output bin This error is only shown when the Z Maneuver is enabled 53 If error code 20 is shown it represents that all of the input bins are empty This error commonly comes up every time the autoloader does not detect anymore blank media to load into the drives If this Input bin empty error arises and you are finished press the left arrow to end the copy process If you are not finished restack the blank media from the first input bin to the remaining bins as needed and push ENT Enter button to continue the duplicating procedure If error code 21 is shown it represent
22. screen similar to one of the following Use the A Up or V Down button to select Multi Master Mode Press the ENT Enter button to submit your selection Use the A Up or Y Down button to navigate back to the Copy Menu 1 2 2 Start the Copying Process Place your master discs and blank discs onto the Input Spindle as described in Single Master and Multi Master Modes on page 16 In general the order of the discs on the spindle will be from top to bottom VVVVVV V etc The master disc for the first job The blank discs for the first job The master disc for the second job The blank discs for the second job The master disc for the third job The blank discs for the third job lf your autoloader has more than one Input Spindle then the job sequence can be spread across the spindles in sequence Duplication Jobs with different formats among CD DVD BD can be intermixed The autoloader will automatically detect a job s master and blank disc format and copy them when they match You should still be at the Copy Menu Duplicator Ded 1 Copy MM Preparing Please Wait OK 0 NG O NB 0 Input Bin gt Drive0l Press the ENT Enter button to start the duplication job After a short interval the robotic loader will pick the top disc master disc from the Input Spindle and place it into one of the drives As this is happening you will see a screen similar to below This information screen shows what is happening In this cas
23. the appropriate format and press the ENT Enter button to enter the menu You will see a menu similar to this HDD to CD Speed Use the A Up or Y Down button to find the desired speed Press the 32 ENT Enter button to set the desired recording speed These options might change depending on the CD DVD or Blu Ray Disc Writers pre installed in your system Note The speed that you choose may be adjusted by the drives and or the media for optimized duplication Once your selection has been changed successfully you will see the following screen for 2 seconds HDD to CD Speed Adjusted to 8x You will automatically be returned to the Main Menu 28 9 Master Mode The Master Mode menu is used to select between Single Master mode or Multi Master mode For more information on the modes see Single Master and Multi Master Modes on page 16 If you are at the Copy Menu do the following Duplicator 3 37 Use the A Up or Y Down button to find the Master Mode menu i Oy SM Duplicator 3 37 Press the ENT Enter button on Master Mode to enter the menu and you will Oo Master Mode see one of the following screens Master Mode Use the A Up or Y Down button to choose between Multi Master Mode Single Master and Single Master Mode Press the ENT Enter button to enter your selection The system will return you back to the main menu Master Mode Multi Master 10 Erase Use the Erase menu to erase your Rewritable discs Duplicato
24. the desired number of copies has been made 13 9 DVD R Compatibility Mode This feature allows you to turn the DVD R High Compatibility Mode 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 13 10 ISRC This option will allow you to enable disable copying the ISRC code of an Audio CD ISRC is the serial number of the audio track that uniquely identifies the song in that audio track This ISRC code is commonly found in commercial Audio CDs and rarely seen on homemade Audio CDs By enabling this feature the duplication performance will be lowered 13 11 Disable Drives Use this utility to allow the system to disable certain drives trays when certain drives trays are producing high failure rates 13 12 Overburn Overburn is a burning method to bypass the capacity limitations of the media to burn further out onto the edge of the media This can result in slightly higher storage capacity however it has also been known to have compatibility playback issues Please use it with caution Note This works only for CD and BD media Due to physical limitations of the DVD media it is not possible to record more than the advertised capacity 13 13 Max Failure per Job Use this setting to set the maximum number of failures the autoloader is allowed per job Once the maximum is reached the job will be stopped 13 14 Max Failure per Drive Use this setting to set the m
25. the last boot up will not be saved 15 5 Single Master and Multi Master Modes There are two ways to make copies using the autoloader Single Master Mode This mode requires that a single master disc is loaded onto the hard drive prior to initiating the duplication process This mode is ideal if your job involves one or very few master disc s Multi Master Mode Batch Mode This mode does not require you to manually pre load your master onto the HDD Simply place the master disc s on top of the corresponding stack of blank discs needed for that particular job This mode is ideal if you have numerous master discs and fewer copies for each master disc The Multi Master mode uses the Reserve partition to temporarily store the content of the current master disc for duplication purpose Once the task is complete and a new master disc has been detected the reserve partition s content of previous master disc will be replaced with the content of the new master disc You can tell immediately which mode you are in by looking at any of the Copy or Test menus Duplicator SS Duplicator Feo Lu COPY SM tyCOpy MM The SM indicates Single Master Mode and the MM indicates Multi Master Mode For example if you need to make TAD pes 20 Blank discs for gt 20 copies of job A Master A gt 40 copies of job B gt 30 copies of job C Master 40 Blank discs for Under Multi Master Mode you would need to follow the below steps
26. you might want to lower down the duplication speed Those circumstances are gt Poor Blank Media Quality When your media quality is sub par lowering the duplication speed is necessary to make good copies 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 the speed to produce the best quality duplicates If you are at the Copy Menu do the following Duplicator 3 37 Use the A Up or Y Down button to find the Select Burn Speed menu LeCopy SM Press the ENT Enter button at Se ect Burn Speed menu and you will see Duplicator 3 37 the Select Burn Speed menu similar to below 8 Select Burn Speed Select Burn Speed HDD to CD Speed There are three recording speed types that can be set HDD to CD Copy Hard Drive CD Content to CD R RW Discs HDD to DVD Copy Hard Drive DVD Content to DVD R RW Discs HDD to DVD DL Copy Hard Drive Double Dual Layer DVD Content to DVD DL R RW Discs HDD to BD SL Copy Hard Drive Blu Ray Content to BD R RE Discs HDD to BD DL Copy Hard Drive Double Dual Layer BD Content to BD DL R RE Discs HDD to BD XL Copy Hard Drive Triple Layer BD Content to BD XL R RE Discs VVVVV V Depending upon the type of duplication and your autoloader restrictions you need to select the correct format in order to take effect To select the recording speed options use the A Up or Y Down button to find the desired speed for
27. After you have entered the password press the ENT Enter button to OK the submission of your password Once your password is validated you will be guided to the main Manage Accounts screen Manage Accounts 1 View User The submenus of Manage Accounts are discussed in the sections that follow 16 1 View User This menu allows you to view current existing user accounts Note User Admin is the administrative account It will always be there Manage Accounts Press the ENT Enter button to enter this menu 1 View User 45 Use the A Up or Y Down button to scroll through the list of users Press Kee y the ESC Escape button to go back to the Manage Accounts menu 1 ADMIN 16 2 Create User account Note The User name consists of a maximum of eight alohanumeric letters or numbers Note The User password consists of four numbers Manage Accounts Press the ENT Enter button to enter this menu 2 Create User Enter the user s name using the instructions shown in Setting Counters Edit User s Name and Assigning Names on page 17 Press the ENT Enter button to move ee E on to the Enter Password stage unter PWD Enter the users password using the instructions shown in Setting 10 OK Counters and Assigning Names on page 17 Press the ENT Enter to complete User Ralph The autoloader will display a confirmation message and automatically Added return you to the Manage Accounts menu 16 3 Edit User Info
28. C 7201 IDE 170 Asus 2014 SATA 159 HP DVD1040 IDE 136 LiteON DH20A4 IDE 169 LG GGW 20HL SATA 167 Pioneer 113KS IDE 159 Pioneer 213L5 SATA 159 Samsung SH S202N TS H65 4 7 During the installation process the following applications will be installed LightScribe System Software Template Labeler GG LightScribe System Software 1 14 17 1 InstallShield Wizard ie LightScribeTemplatel abeler InstallShield Wizard Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for LightScribe System Software 1 14 17 1 e LightScribeTemplateLabeler The InstallShield R Wizard will install LightScribe System The InstallShield R Wizard will allow you to modify repair or Software 1 14 17 10n 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 Completed 5 tet SS SS SS ___________ ace F Show details Cancel Appendix C Design and Create a Label File The instructions covered in this section will help you design and create a label for your LightScribe autoloader Please note that you must install the supplied LightScribe software in order to proceed with the instructions below If you have any difficulties installing the software please co
29. K 3 NG 0 NB Di The copying process will continue until you either run out of blank discs or Input Bin gt Drive02 until the count that you loaded into the counter is reached If you run out of blank discs and the job is not complete the autoloader will give you an opportunity to fill the spindle Important When you add discs to the input spindle be sure to remove your finished discs from the Output Spindle At this point you can either Input Bin Empty e put more discs on to the input spindle and press the ENT Enter button Reset Hopper to continue e or press the ESC Escape button to terminate your project Upon project termination you shall see the Access Drive Log menu You Access Drive Log can press the ENT Enter button one more time to see the drive log that indicates the number of passes and fails for every drive tray or simply press the ESC Escape button to go back to the main menu If you choose to see the drive log file you will see a screen similar to below Drive 1 OK 1 NG O NB 0 Drive 1 indicates the below results are for the 1 drive OK 1 indicates there is 1 successful copy made by this drive NG 0 indicates there are 0 bad copies created by this drive NB 0 indicates there are 0 discs in this drive that were not recorded due to non recording error such as invalid media type etc VVV WV Use the A Up or Y Down buttons to look at the drive log file for the variou
30. NEER DVD RW DVR 115D the ENT Enter button to select the Loading Drive The selected drive will now be used to load a partition to the Hard Drive 11 7 Format Hard Drive This function formats the Hard Drive It deletes all partitions and re initiates the Hard Drive To format the Hard Drive use the A Up or V Down button to navigate to the Format Hard Drive menu Hard Drive Setup Press the ENT Enter button to enter the Format Hard Drive menu 7 Format Hard Drive 32 AIT sE Toat 211 b 4 Press the ENT Enter button to format the Hard Drive After _ Se e erased the Hard Drive has been formatted the system will return Press OR To Continue f you to the Format Hard Drive menu 11 8 Display Order The Display Order option allows you to change the display order of the existing partitions images in the hard drive when you use the A Up or Y Down button to find and select the partition To change the display order use the A Up or Y Down button to navigate to the 8 Display Order menu Hard Drive Setup Press the ENT Enter button to enter the Display Order menu 8 Display Order Display Order Use the A Up or V Down button to select whether Display Order is Default Alpha Asc or Alpha Dec and press the ENT Enter button to select that Default i option Display Order gt Default By select this option the partitions will be in chronological Alpha Asc order gt Alpha Asc By select this option the partitions will be in Disp
31. Spindle 2 is empty it picks blank discs from Spindle 3 and places the successfully copied discs onto Spindle 2 Reject discs are placed on the deck below the drive trays Throughout this manual this area is also referred to as the Reject Area Drive Robotic Compartment Control Tower Robotic Arm Figure 1 4 Robotic Duplicator 200 Capacity Top View 7 500 Disc Capacity Model 4 6 or 8 Writers This system has five spindles see Figure 1 5 that hold approximately 250 discs each actual quantity varies depending on the media thickness for a total of 500 Disc duplication capacity Spindle 1 and spindle 2 are the input spindles Spindle 3 and Spindle 4 are the output spindles where spindle 5 is the output spindle for failed NG discs Stack the blank media you wish to copy on Spindle 1 and 2 see Figure 1 2 on page 5 for proper media stacking The robotic arm will pick blank discs from Spindle 1 first then place the successfully copied discs onto Spindle 3 Once Spindle 1 is empty it picks blank discs from Spindle 2 and places the successfully copied discs onto Spindle 4 Rejected discs also referred to as Failed NG discs and are placed onto spindle 5 Throughout this manual this area is also referred to as the Reject Area Drive Compartment a Reject Bin K Output Bin 2 _ Input Bin 1 Figure 1 5 Robotic Duplicator 500 Capacity Top View 8 1000 Disc Capacity Model 4 6 or 8 Writers
32. This system has five spindles see Figure 1 6 that hold approximately 250 discs each actual quantity varies depending on the media thickness for a total of 1000 Disc duplication capacity Prior to starting a job make sure Spindle 1 is empty Stack the blank discs you wish to copy on Spindle 2 3 4 and 5 see Figure 1 2 on page 5 for proper media stacking The robotic arm picks blank discs from Spindle 2 first and places the successful copied discs onto Spindle 1 Once Spindle 2 is empty it picks blank discs from Spindle 3 and places the successfully copied discs onto Spindle 2 It then picks from Spindle 4 and places onto Spindle 3 and then picks from Spindle 5 and places onto Spindle 4 Reject discs are placed on to the deck below the drive trays Throughout this manual this area is also referred as Reject Area Drive Compartment Ve Input Bin 3 o Input Bin 2 Figure 1 6 Robotic Duplicator 1000 Capacity Top View 3 The LCD Control Panel Figure 1 7 below shows the LCD Control Panel This panel has a two line by 20 character LCD display to provide user feedback and eight push buttons to control the operation of this system The functions for these buttons are shown in Table 1 1 D OM oi COPY TEST SPEED SOURCE Figure 1 7 LCD Control Panel Layout Table 1 1 Front Panel Controls t Name Function OOOO IN a Quick key to make a copy Pressing this key automatically performs the Quick key to make
33. User Ralph The autoloader will display a confirmation message and automatically Deleted return you to the Manage Accounts menu 16 5 Password on Bootup This menu allows you to enable or disable the Password on Boot up feature During this process you will be asked to select Yes or No enable or disable Manage Accounts 5 Password on Bootup Press the ENT Enter button to enter into this menu Password on Bootup Use the A Up or Y Down button to select either Yes or No Press the Yes ENT Enter button to enter the selection gt Fill the input spindle s with the required number of blank discs gt Place the Master disc on top of the stack in the first input spindle gt Execute the AUTOCOPY function Duplicator 3 37 Fill the input spindle s with blank discs Place the Master disc on top of the 15 AUTOCOPY stack of blank discs on the first input spindle and press the ENT Enter button You will then see the Counter Selection menu 47 Follow the instructions shown in Setting Counters on page 17 to continue Once the counter has been set press the ENT Enter button to confirm You will then see the Preparing screen Counters No Counter After a short interval the robotic loader will pick the top disc the Maser Disc from the input spindle and place it into one of the drives As this is happening you will see a screen similar to below Preparing Please Wait This information screen shows what is happenin
34. WV gt Press the Y Down button repeatedly until 1 is displayed gt Now 021 is displayed press ENT Enter button once and the cursor moves to OK Then press the ENT Enter button once to submit your maximum failures per job 13 15 BD Safe Copy Menu Use this setting to determine whether to show or hide BD Safe Copy on the main menu Note This setting will only be shown in Blu ray models Setup Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the BD Safe Copy Menu menu 15 BD Safe Copy Menu and press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu BD Safe Copy Menu Use the A Up or Y Down button to select whether the BD Safe Copy menu Show is to be shown or hidden and press the ENT Enter button to select that option BD Safe Copy Menu Hide 14 System Utilities System Utilities is used to provide useful tools for duplication aspect of the system Each of these options is discussed in its own subsection 14 1 Disc Info Use the Disc Info utility to identify the type and other information about your blank recordable media Note The Disc Info function does not use the robotic capabilities of the system You must manually insert the discs into the drives Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the Disc Info menu and press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu The system will proceed to the Please Insert Disc menu System Utilities 1 Disc Info Disc Into Please Tuerto Dies Place your disc s into the drives
35. allation Wizard to start the installation process see screen below ve LightScribe Template Labeler 2 0 Setup License E E POR Aid Please review the license agreement before installing f you accept all e ay 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 ze Cancel 5 During the installation process you will be prompted for a Product Key The product key can be found on the Installation Disc i LightScribe Template Labeler 2 0 Setup User Info E El Please enter your information Mame Company Product Key IMPORTANT You can find your product key on your installation disc Cancel 57 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 e LightScribe Template Labeler 2 0 Setup Select Yo E E NE
36. as selected during the software installation VVVV No display on LCD or the unit does not operate when the power is on gt Check the connections for the power cable and ensure that the power outlet is working correctly gt Make sure that the rear panel power voltage setting matches the voltage of your power outlet gt Ifthe autoloader was stored in a location where the temperature dropped below 32 F 0 C within the past 24 hours leave the autoloader in a warm room with a temperature of at least 65 F 19 C for four hours prior to powering the autoloader on Drives cannot read disc and shows error message gt Check the format of the master CD DVD BD gt Check the master CD DVD BD itself for damage gt Your master disc may be copy protected Normally most of the Blu Ray or DVD movies and some of the CDs you purchase from stores have copy protection encoded on them Buttons do not function gt The autoloader may still be busy performing a task Give it some time and press the button again To interrupt the current running process press the ESC Escape button and hold it for several seconds If it still doesn t work turn the machine off and then restart the machine after a minute Copy completed but the copies are not readable executable gt Use the compare feature to check the copied disc data discs only gt Based on our experience the quality of your media plays a big role on this part Try to use high quality
37. ate a partition name 2 FUN VEF OK NEW 00011 Edit Partition Name This will Overwrite OK Enter a new partition name as described in Editing Names oases 13 Fortis button to overwrite the pag a partition named FUN example we will name it HAPPY Before continuing the autoloader will ask you again to confirm it Press the ENT Enter Load Partition HAPPY OK The system will display a verification message before continuing Press the ENT Enter button to start loading the partition named HAPPY The master should be placed on the first input spindle The robotic arm will pick it up and place it into one of the drives and the contents of the master disc will be loaded into the desired partition Load Partition OK Pres the ENT Enter button to finish Press OK to Finish 11 3 Rename Partition When you load your master disc onto a hard drive partition you are asked to give ita name However you can rename it at any time afterwards Instructions for this are shown in Editing Names on page 18 11 4 Delete Partition The Delete Partition option deletes an existing partition Use the A Up or Y Down button to navigate to the Delete Partition menu Hard Drive Setup Press the ENT Enter button to enter the Delete Partition menu The 4 pelate Partition autoloader will first ask you to choose the partition to be deleted 31 Chose E EE Use the A Up or V Down button to find the par
38. aximum number of failures each drive is allowed during the job Once the maximum is reached for any particular drive said drive will be disabled for the remainder of the job The autoloader will continue to function using the remaining drives 13 15 BD Safe Copy Menu Use this setting to choose whether you want to show BD Safe Copy on the main menu or not 13 Note This menu only shows in Blu ray models 14 System Utilities page 40 14 1 Disc Info Use the Disc Info utility to identify the type and other information about your blank recordable media 14 2 System Info The System Info menu provides important hardware information such as firmware versions Duplication Robot Control Boards types etc 14 3 Device Info This menu allows you to see information about the recording devices built inside your autoloader 14 4 Load Default Use this menu option to reset all of the options back to the manufacturer s default values You can use this function if your autoloader is acting abnormally 14 5 Update Firmware Use this utility to update the software in your autoloader To update you need to insert a manufacture Certified Update CD into one of the drives and no other discs are in remaining drives Then you can press the ENT Enter button to update Important You should not upgrade your autoloader s firmware unless your system is becoming unstable or you are advised to do so by Tech Support 15 Loader Utilities page 41 Use the Load
39. button to save the changes you made Setting Saved Once the changes are saved you shall see the Please Restart screen and picase Restart restart the system to have the new setting take effect 13 12 Overburn Overburn is a burning method to bypass the capacity limitations of the media to burn further out onto the edge of the media This can result in slightly higher storage capacity however it has also been known to have compatibility playback issues Please use it with caution Note This works only for CD and BD media Due to physical limitations of the DVD media it is not possible to record more than the advertised capacity Setup Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the Overburn menu and press 12 Overburn the ENT Enter button to enter that menu Overburn Use the A Up or Y Down button to select whether the Overburn feature is On ON or OFF and press the ENT Enter button to select that option Overburn Off 13 13 Max Failure per Job Use this setting to set the maximum failures the autoloader is allowed per job Once the maximum is reached the job will be stopped The default value for this setting is 30 38 Gan Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the Max Failure per Job p 13 Max Failure per Job menu and press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu You can select numbers between 1 to 999 by pressing the AUp or Y Down button To specify the number of maximum failures per job you need to enter input a thr
40. common problems when using an autoloader are the disc static and sticky media issues These static charge problems cause multiple discs to stick together resulting in improper operation and more severely can shock the robotic arm while loading a disc causing the system to freeze Even though the autoloader has a sticky media separator function to help prevent media from sticking you should still follow these steps to prevent sticky media from disrupting your operation and protect your system from disc static charge This issue is most commonly seen when you buy a 100 pack of blank discs and insert them into the autoloader without any treatment If you have experienced this kind of problem please do the following to remove the adhesive static between the discs gt Separate the blank discs before you place them into the autoloader s spindle s Separating them will greatly reduce the static between discs gt If this doesn t achieve the desired outcome use an air duster canned air to blow air around the circular edge of the blank discs as shown in Figure 1 1 This process reduces the static between the discs up to 90 The amount of air to use depends on factors specific to your environment Figure 1 1 Using Canned Air to Reduce Static gt If you are still having problems put your media into the refrigerator NOT in the freezer for three hours Afterwards store it at room temperature for one hour prior to use Studies show that cold t
41. d fails for every drive tray or simply press the ESC Escape button to go back to the main menu If you choose to see the drive log file you will see a screen similar to below Drive 1 OK 1 NG O NB 0 Drive 1 indicates the below results are for the 1 drive OK 1 indicates there is 1 successful copy made by this drive NG 0 indicates there are 0 bad copies created by this drive NB 0 indicates there are 0 discs in this drive that were not recorded due to non recording error such as invalid media type etc VVV WV Use the A Up or Y Down buttons to look at the drive log file for the various drives Press the ESC Escape button to return to the Copy menu 18 Auto Copy Compare The Auto Copy Compare function is similar to AUTOCOPY It simplifies the process by not requiring that the project be pre loaded on the hard drive After the copy process is done the autoloader automatically compares the copied discs from the content of your original master disc Any copied discs that fail the compare process will be placed in the Reject Area Operation in Auto Copy Compare is identical to operation in AUTOCOPY mode See AUTOCOPY on page 47 for instructions 19 Auto Compare The Auto Compare function is the simplest way to compare CD DVD Blu Ray Discs It simplifies the compare process by not requiring that the project be pre loaded on the hard drive Simply place the master disc on top of the f
42. dicates that zero discs have been erased so far The 25 indicates the number programmed into the counter Once all the discs have been erased you will see one of these PASS FAIL screens Counter Specified No Counter Specified PASS 25 FAIL 0 Input Bin Empty Job Completed Press OK to Finish l Reset Hoppers gt Input Bin Empty indicates that the system has run out of discs to erase gt PASS 25 indicates 25 discs have been erased successfully If you have more discs to erase you can empty the Output Spindle place the discs gt FAIL 0 indicates no discs have failed to be erased in the Input Spindle and Press the erase process the ENT Enter button to continue Press the ENT Enter button to finish If you have no more discs to erase press the ESC Escape button to terminate the operation 11 Hard Drive Setup The Hard Drive Setup menu consists of functions related to the Hard Drive operation Each of these menus is discussed in its own subsection If you are at the Copy Menu do the following Duplicator 3 37 Use the A Up or Y Down button to find Hard Drive Setup Le COpy SM Duplicator 3 37 Press the ENT Enter button on Hard Drive Setup to enter the menu Use 11 Hard Drive Setup the A Up or Y Down button to select between the options 11 1 Select Partition The Select Partition submenu is used to select the partition on the Hard Drive that will be used as the default partition choice for vari
43. e it would be the Master B the autoloader will complete the previous job unload the copied discs and fill the drive trays with blank discs for the next job The robotic arm will continue to load media into the drives as the duplicated discs are placed in the Output Spindles Once a drive any drive detects another Master disc the same process is repeated for the new Master disc 16 6 Setting Counters and Assigning Names Two frequently used tasks are setting counters and assigning names to partitions Directions for these tasks are given here 6 1 Setting Counters The autoloader frequently gives you the option to set a counter so that the machine can keep track of the number of copies made Follow these steps when you see the Counter Selection Menu The Counter Selection Menu lets you set how many copies you want to Gountar make for your project The Counter Selection feature tells the autoloader No Counter to count the number of successful copies you have made and stop the job when the desired number of successfully copied discs has been reached You can select No Counter if you prefer to copy continuously with no interruption It will still count the number of copies but it will not notify you when to stop To select No Counter simply press the ENT Enter button when you see the screen above Or you can select Specify Counter between 1 to 9999 by pressing the AUp or Y Down button to go to the Specify Counte
44. e the loader has taken a disc from the Input Spindle and is placing it into Drive 1 22 The loader will continue to take discs from the Input Spindle and place them into drives until either all of the drives are full or all Input Spindles are empty Processing It takes a few seconds for the autoloader to recognize all of the discs in the Please Wait trays Once all of the discs are detected the autoloader will detect the master disc CODY LNG s H4012MB and the duplication process will start for the remaining blank discs When e 481MB the duplication process is through the loader will place the master disc and successful copies onto the Output Spindles place failed copies onto the Reject Area In Multi Master Mode the robotic arm continues to load more media into the drives from Input Spindles while the duplicated discs are placed in the Output Spindle Once a new Master disc has been detected by any of the drives this process will repeat for the new Master disc When all of the jobs are complete and the autoloader detects all Input Spindles are empty it presents you with the Input Bin Empty message Input Bin Empty Press the ENT Enter button to continue and you will see the Access Job Press OK to Finish Log screen You can press the ENT Enter button one more time to see the job log that Access Job Log indicates the number of passes and fails for every job Master Disc or simply press the ESC Escape button to go to the Acce
45. e identical to original master disc s Note The bit by bit comparison will only apply on all Blu Ray Discs DVDs and Data CDs A readability check will be applied for other formats like Audio CDs CD G and Video CDs discs due to their lack of error correction mechanisms 11 6 Test Copy page 27 Use the Test Copy menu option to simulate the copying process initially Then the autoloader performs the actual copy process on the blank disc s that passed the simulation For the blank disc s that didn t pass the simulation the autoloader will place it them to the Reject Area 7 Copy Compare page 27 Use the Copy Compare menu option to make 100 reliable copies After the copy process is done the autoloader automatically compares the copies from the content of your original master disc Any copied discs that fail the compare process will be placed in the Reject Area 8 Select Burn Speed page 28 Use the Select Burn Speed menu option or the Speed quick key to adjust the duplication speed for the various blank disc formats 9 Master Mode page 29 Use the Master Mode menu to select either Single Master Mode SM or Multi Master Mode MM For more information on these modes see Single Master and Multi Master Modes on page 16 10 Erase page 29 Use the Erase menu to erase your Rewritable discs There are two options gt Full Erase This option erases the entire disc destroying all previously written data in the process gt
46. e it into one of the drives As this is happening you will see a screen similar to below Preparing Please Wait This information screen shows what is happening In this case the loader ee A has taken a disc from the input spindle and is placing it into Drive 1 tert Bar gt Drive al The loader will continue to remove discs from the input spindle and place those into drives until either all of the drives are full or the count that you loaded into the counter is reached Processing It takes a few seconds for the autoloader to recognize all the discs Please Wait The system will then compare the discs in the trays to the content of the master disc residing in the Hard Drive partition you specified When the comparison job is complete the autoloader will place the good discs and failed discs into corresponding areas and you will see a PASS FAIL result screen similar to this Counter Specified No Counter Specified PASS 16 FAIL 0 Input Bin Empty Job Completed Press OK to Finish i Reset Hoppers gt PASS 16 indicates 16 discs have been gt Input Bin Empty indicates that the compared successfully system has run out of discs to compare gt FAIL 0 indicates none of the discs lf you have more discs to compare you have failed can empty the Output Spindle place the discs to be compared in the Input Spindle Press the ENT Enter button to finish and Press the ENT Enter button to continue If you have no
47. e protects your system by double checking that every tray is empty before loading a new disc into that tray This is used in case any double media were accidentally placed in the tray on a previous load due to sticky media By enabling this feature it may slow down the performance of the system 15 8 Robot Capacity For 100 200 Disc Capacity Models ONLY When an optional third spindle is installed you would need to set the Disc Capacity to 200 for the system to utilize the additional spindle 15 9 Update Robot Firmware Use this utility to update the software in your autoloaders robot controller To update you need to insert a manufacture Certified Update CD into one of the drives and no other discs are in remaining drives Then you can press the ENT Enter button to update Important You should not update your autoloader s robot firmware unless your system is becoming unstable or you are advised to do so by Tech Support 16 Manage Accounts page 45 Use this menu option to gt Create user accounts and passwords to prevent unauthorized use of the autoloader gt Edit existing user account information including name and password gt Delete existing user account s gt Enable Disable this feature 17 AUTOCOPY page 47 The AUTOCOPY function is the simplest way to make CD DVD Blu Ray Disc copies It simplifies the copy process by automatically copying from a Master Disc which should be placed on top of the first Input Spindle instead of
48. ed to pick up a disc from an input bin after 3 continuous attempts Disc Remaining On If error code 80 is shown it represents that a disc attempting to be Robotic Arm Not placed on a drive tray remained attached to the robot pick up arm and Loaded On To The was not properly dropped into the drive tray Drive Tray Disc dropped during input procedure If error code 90 is shown it represents that a disc was picked from a drive tray and the vacuum picking arm dropped the disc on the way to the appropriate output bin Disc dropped during output procedure If error code 160 is shown it represents that the output bin is full This commonly occurs if the input bin was filled with more discs while completed discs were deposited to the output bins increasing the total disc capacity beyond the maximum output capacity Output bin full If error code 176 is shown it represents that the vacuum picking arm Cannot detect disc in is attempting to remove a disc from a drive tray and cannot detect the drive tray disc This commonly occurs when the disc was removed from the tray before the vacuum picking arm had an opportunity to pick it up If error code 192 197 is shown it represents that a disc being Disc miss loaded in returned to the output NG was not properly dropped from the vacuum output bin picking arm onto the output bin O 5 respectively where bin O indicates the position right in front of the drive housing 54 R255 High s
49. ee digit number If you need to specify a number that is less than three digits fill the leading spaces with zeros any leading zeros will be skipped Examples of three digit numbers are 034 thirty four or O10 ten To enter the number you need to use the AUp or Y Down button to select the number for each digit and use the ENT Enter button or the ESC Escape button to move the cursor position right or left Once you ve finished move the cursor to OK and press the ENT Enter button For example if you want to specify a counter value of 21 twenty one The three digit value would be 021 To input the desired quantity do the following Max Failure per Job 030 OK Make sure the cursor is located at the first position First blinking position Press the Y Down button repeatedly until 0 is displayed Press ENT Enter button once to move the cursor to the next position Press the Y Down button repeatedly until 2 is displayed Press ENT Enter button once to move the cursor to the next position Press the Y Down button repeatedly until 1 is displayed Now 021 is displayed press ENT Enter button once and the cursor moves to OK VVVVV V Then press the ENT Enter button once to submit your maximum failures per job 13 14 Max Failure per Drive Use this setting to set the maximum failures each drive is allowed per job Once the maximum is reached for any particular drive such dri
50. emperature with no condensation will also reduce the static charges between objects dramatically Disc Placement Issue Another common problem when using an autoloader is the placement of media onto the spindles Placing the media onto the spindles properly can avoid possible picking errors when operating the autoloader Even though the autoloader is designed with certain tolerance adjustments to prevent mishandling by the picking arm failures may still arise if the spindles are not loaded correctly All media loaded onto the spindles should be flat and not slanted at an angle to ensure the picking arm can securely grab the disc with all 3 vacuum suction heads Be sure to not load too many discs onto the spindle as well as this may cause errors in placement and loading The Figure 1 2 below demonstrates the proper and incorrect disc placements when loading media onto the spindles Correct Wrong Wrong Uneven Disc Overstacked Figure 1 2 Disc Placement Illustration Spindles vs Bins This system has multiple spindles to hold CDs DVDs and or Blu Ray Discs Although the manual refers to them as spindles many of the messages shown on the LCD display refer to them as bins in order to create more concise messages Don t panic Spindles and bins are the same 2 The Robotic Platform 100 Disc Capacity Model 3 Writers This autoloader model has two spindles see Figure 1 3 Each spindle holds approximately 100 discs actual quantity
51. enu Ll COpy SM 19 1 1 2 Start the Copying Process Go back to the Copy Menu Use the A Up or Y Down button to navigate to the following screen Duplicator al 1 Copy SM Choose Partition FUN VEF 4012MB Counter No Counter Preparing Please Wait OK 0 NG 0 NB 0 Input Bin gt Drive0l Start the Copy Process Insert your blank discs on to the Input Spindle s and press the ENT Enter button to enter the Copy menu You will see the Choose Partition menu Use the A Up or Y Down button to find the partition where your master disc is stored Press the ENT Enter button to select that Partition Next you will see the Counter Selection menu Follow the instructions shown in Setting Counters on page 17 to continue Once the counters have been set press the ENT Enter button to confirm You will see the Preparing screen After a short interval the robotic loader will pick the top disc from the input spindle and place it into one of the drives As this is happening you will see a screen similar to below This information screen shows what is happening In this case the loader has taken a disc from the input spindle and is placing it into Drive 1 The loader will continue to remove discs from the input spindle and place those into drives until either all of the drives are full or the count that you loaded into the counter is reached PROCESSING ss It takes a few seconds for the autoloader to recognize all t
52. er Utilities menu options to access the various utilities built into the autoloader You can scroll between the various options using the AUp or Y Down button 15 1 Drive Alignment The Drive Alignment menu is used to check the mechanical alignment between the drives and the robotic arm 15 2 Spindle Alignment The Spindle Alignment menu is used to check the mechanical alignment between the spindles and the robotic arm 15 3 Disc Separator Use this utility to tell the system the number of times for the robotic arm to shake the disc it picked up from the input spindle This is used to reduce the disc sticking issue See Disc Static and Sticky Media Issues on page 4 for information about disc sticking issue 15 4 Z form Maneuver Use this utility to enable or disable the Z form maneuver 15 5 Robot Speed Mode Not available on all systems Use the Robot Speed Mode menu option to adjust the robots movement speed for the disc loading and unloading process Safe Mode will provide better reliability and is recommended for overnight production Turbo Mode will provide faster performance but not recommended for overnight production Choose between Safe Mode and Turbo Mode to suite your production needs 15 6 Fast Boot up Use this setting to enable disable the robots calibration performed during boot up to each drive By enabling this feature longer time will be taken during the boot up process 14 15 7 Sticky Media Detection This featur
53. g In this case the loader Cpe 8 MGs a E has taken a disc from the input spindle and is placing it into Drive 1 oput Bin Z Hee The loader will perform the loading process which will transfer the content of your master disc into the reserved partition of the hard drive Upon the successful loading process the system will drop the Master Disc OK 0 NG 0 NB 01 onto the output spindle It will then pick up the blank discs from the input Input Bin gt Drive02 spindle and place those into drives until either all of the drives are full or the count that you loaded into the counter is reached Processing It takes a few seconds for the autoloader to recognize all the discs Please Wait After two or three seconds of processing time one of the following Copy Progress screens will appear Counter Specified No Counter Specified Copying H4012MB Copying H4012MB 0 21 12 481MB O 12 481MB gt H indicates the source of the job gt H indicates the source of the job resides in the Hard Drive resides in the Hard Drive gt 4012MB indicates the capacity of gt 4012MB indicates the capacity the master disc of the master disc gt 12 1 481MB indicates the gt 12 1 481MB indicates the current progress of the duplication current progress of the gt 0 21 indicates you have a project duplication size of 21 copies and you have gt 0 indicates you have made 0 made 0 copies so far c
54. gate to the Delete Partition menu Print Setup Press the ENT Enter button to enter the Delete Label menu The 2 Delete Label autoloader will first ask you to choose the label to be deleted Please Select Label Use the A Up or V Down button to find the label that you want to delete FUN 1si 25M Press the ENT Enter button to select the label Delete Label At the autoloader Delete Label confirmation message display press the FUN 1si OK ENT Enter button to continue FUN 1s1 The autoloader displays the Deleted message for two seconds and then Deleted returns you to the Delete Label menu 12 4 Print Surface Info The Print Surface Info function provides information about the LightScribe printing device and the LightScribe printable media used in this LightScribe printing device for troubleshooting purposes Use the A Up or Y Down button to navigate to the Print Surface Info menu 34 In order to display this information a LightScribe printable disc printing side face down must be manually placed into the LightScribe printing device before performing this function 12 5 Label Info The Label Info function provides in depth information as to what type of LightScribe media is supported by this label file This function is only needed for troubleshooting purposes 13 Setup The Setup menu options are used to configure various options on the autoloader Each of these options is discussed in its own subsection 13 1 Language This set
55. he discs Please Wait After two or three seconds of processing time one of the following Copy Progress screens will appear Counter Specified COPY ind 4 H4012MB OF L 12 481MB gt H indicates the source of the job resides in the Hard Drive gt 4012MB indicates the capacity of the master disc gt 12 1481MB indicates the current progress of the duplication gt 0 21 indicates you have a project size of 21 copies and you have made 0 copies so far No Counter Specified H4012MB 481MB COPYING ess gt H indicates the source of the job resides in the Hard Drive gt 4012MB indicates the capacity of the master disc gt 12 l481MB indicates the current progress of the duplication gt 0 indicates you have made 0 copies so far Note lt is normal to see the progress indicator stay at 0 10 and 100 for approximately 30 seconds for CD duplication and up to one minute for DVD Blu Ray Disc duplication That is caused by the initializing and finalizing stages Once the duplication run is completed the loader will remove the finished disc from a drive and place the successful copy on the Output Spindle or if it is a bad NG copy place it on the reject area This will repeat for each drive OK 3 NG O NB 0 Drive0l gt Output Bin The loader will then pick up another blank disc and load it into the drive This is then repeated for each drive O
56. ibe FUN lsi 25MB label file Next you will see the Counter Selection menu Follow the instructions shown in Setting Counters on page 17 to continue K E eae Once the counters have been set press the ENT Enter button to confirm No Counter After a short interval the robotic loader will pick the top disc from the input OK 0 NG 0 NB 0 spindle and place it into one of the drives This information screen shows Input Bin gt Drive0l what is happening In this case the loader has taken a disc from the input spindle and is placing it into Drive 1 The loader will continue to pick discs from the input spindle and place them into drives until either all of the drives are full or the count that you loaded into the counter is reached Processing It takes a few seconds for the autoloader to recognize the disc s Please Wait 24 After two or three seconds of processing time one of the following Copy Progress screens will appear Counter Specified No Counter Specified PINONG ae H PEIN Oe Se H FUN lsi 0 21 12 a FUN 1si 0 12 gt H indicates the source of the job resides in the Hard gt H indicates the source of Drive the job resides in the Hard gt FUN Isi indicates name of Drive the label file you are printing gt FUN Ier indicates name of gt 12 indicates the current the label file you are printing progress of the printing gt 12 indicates the current gt 0 21
57. including the bottom of the bin within 10 seconds This would apply to inserting a disc in a drive and not detecting anything within 10 seconds if the Z Maneuver feature is disabled This error indicates that an obstruction missing component or mechanical failure has prevented the vacuum picking arm from detecting a disc drive etc to perform the assigned task If error code 12 is shown it represents that the vacuum picking arm did not travel to its destination input output bin from any other bin within 10 seconds This error indicates that an obstruction or mechanical failure has prevented the vacuum picking arm from rotating to the assigned input output bin If error code 13 is shown it represents that the vacuum picking arm did not reach the drop position within 4 seconds when placing a disc to the output bin The drop position represents the safe distance between the vacuum picking arm and the spindle where the disc can be placed securely onto the spindle This error indicates that an obstruction missing component or mechanical failure has prevented the vacuum picking arm from performing the assigned task If error code 14 is shown it represents that the vacuum picking arm did not reach the horizontal starting position for placing a disc into the appropriate drive starting from spindle bin 1 within 4 seconds during the insert process This error is only shown when the Z Maneuver is enabled If error code 15 is shown it
58. irst Input Spindle and it will be loaded onto a reserve partition in the HDD The data is compared automatically with all of the rest discs which follow it Operation in Auto Compare is identical to operation in AUTOCOPY mode See AUTOCOPY on page 47 for instructions 20 Shutdown This function will make sure it is safe to turn off your autoloader Once you see the Ready to Power Off message you can safely turn off the machine using the power switch Turning off your autoloader without performing this function will increase the risk of damaging your autoloader Duplicator 3531 Press the ENT Enter button to enter into this menu 20 Shutdown 49 Press the ENT Enter button to shut down the autoloader The autoloader Shutdown Pres CK to Eet will do all of its internal housekeeping and then display a confirmation message Ready to Power Off Press the power button to power off the system Ready to Power Off 50 Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 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 a Isi extension like abc Isi 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 InCD or Windows XP or Vista s built in burning software gt Please verify that the correct writer w
59. lay Order alphabetic order Alpha EES gt Alpha Dec By select this option the partitions will be in reverse alphabetic order 12 Print Setup The Print Setup menu consists of functions related to the label printing operation Each of these menus is discussed in its own subsection If you are starting from the Copy Menu do the following Duplicator 3 37 Use the A Up or Y Down button to find Print Setup Ll Copy SM Press the ENT Enter button at Print Setup to enter the menu Use the A Up Duplicator 3 37 or Y Down button to select between the following options 12 Print Setup 12 1 Load Label This function allows you to load your LightScribe Label file Isi file from the Label Disc onto the system s internal hard drive For instructions on how to generate the LightScribe Label please refer to Appendix B Design and Create a Label File on page 59 Print Setup Press the ENT Enter button to enter the Load Label menu l Load Label The autoloader will pick up a disc that contains your LightScribe label file Loading Master and place it into a drive for analyzing Please Select Label Upon successfully analyzing your label disc you have the following 1 Load All Labels options 33 gt Load all labels found in the disc The system can load all LightScribe Label file s Isi file detected in the disc into the hard drive If you choose to do so please use the A Up or Y Down button to select Load A
60. ll Labels and press the ENT Enter button to continue gt Select any single label The system can also load any single LightScribe Label file Isi file detected in the disc into the hard drive If you choose to do so please use the A Up or Y Down button to select the LightScribe label file you wish to load and press the ENT Enter button to continue Loading 2 5MB During the loading process you shall see the screen on the left FUN 1si 12 3MB gt FUN Ier indicates name of the label file you are loading gt 12 3MB indicates the current progress of loading gt 25MB indicates the size of the label file you are loading Upon completion of the loading process the autoloader will pick up the Unloading Master ore label disc and place it into the output spindle head Label Erde The system will then show a result screen at which point you can press Prose OK to Continue the ENT Enter button to return to the Print Setup menu 12 2 Rename Label When you load your LightScribe Label file into the hard drive the filename of the label file is used as a reference However you can also rename it at any time afterwards Instructions on how to perform this operation is very similar to the partition name change example which is shown in Editing Names on page 18 12 3 Delete Label The Delete Label function deletes an existing LightScribe Label file in the hard drive Use the A Up or V Down button to navi
61. m the front of the drives to clear any protruding obstacles like the bezels and then center the disc directly above the extended writer tray just before the disc is loaded To enable the Z form Maneuver function ader Ue eee Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the Z form Maneuver menu and lez form ean ee press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu Z form Maneuver Ge Use the A Up or Y Down button to select whether the Z form Maneuver is on or off and press the ENT Enter button to select that option Z form Maneuver Off 15 5 Robot Speed Mode Not available on all systems Use the Robot Speed Mode menu option to adjust the robots movement speed for the disc loading and unloading process Safe Mode will provide better reliability and is recommended for overnight production Turbo Mode will provide faster performance but not recommended for overnight production Choose between Safe Mode and Turbo Mode to suite your production needs To change the Robots Speed Mode function Loader Utilities Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the Robot Speed Mode menu 5 Robot Speed Mode and press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu 43 Use the A Up or Y Down button to select whether Robot Speed Mode is set to Safe Mode or Turbo Mode and press the ENT Enter button to select that option Robot Speed Mode Safe Mode Robot Speed Mode Turbo Mode 15 6 Fast Boot up Use this setting to enable disable the robot s calibrati
62. media to prevent such problems gt 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 gt Lower the write speed and try again See Select Burn Speed on page 28 gt The quality of your blank discs may be poor gt The quality of your master disc may be poor Do I need to upgrade my autoloader s firmware gt Unless your system is getting unstable we strongly suggest not upgrading your autoloader s firmware Please contact Tech Support if your system is getting unstable Cannot boot up or fails to upgrade firmware gt Contact Tech Support Can load data directly from my computer to my autoloader s Hard Drive gt No your autoloader 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 Why won t some drives copy gt Reset the system settings back to default See Load Default on page 41 gt Drives are consumable parts and every drive has a finite lifespan After a period of time they do tend to wear out Please contact Tech Support Service for assistance F Y I Replacing any component s of the autoloader without Tech Support Service s consent will void the autoloader s warranty instantly 51 gt Contact Tech Support Why does my autoloader stay at System Bootup
63. more discs to compare press the ESC Escape button to terminate the operation 6 Test Copy With the Test Copy menu option the autoloader simulates the copying process and then makes copies if everything works correctly If a failure is encountered on a disc during the simulation it will not be copied during the copying process The discs that passed the simulation will move on to the copying process After the copying process the autoloader will place the failed disc s into the reject area while the successfully copied disc s will be placed into the corresponding Output Spindle Operation in Test Copy menu is identical to operation in Copy menu See Copy on page 19 for instructions 7 Copy Compare The Copy Compare menu option is used to make verified copies After the copy process is done the autoloader automatically compares the copies to the master content residing in the hard drive to ensure that they are identical When the operation is complete the autoloader automatically places good discs on to the Output Spindle and bad discs in the Reject Area Operation in Copy Compare menu is identical to operation in Copy menu See Copy on page 19 for instructions 27 8 Select Burn Speed The Select Burn Speed menu option or the Speed quick key is used to adjust the duplication speed for the various disc formats By default the duplication speed will be set to the optimal speed However under some circumstances
64. ntact Tech Support for assistance Y Note Section 1 Design your labels with LightScribe Template Labeler and create a LightScribe Label CD Step 1 Launch the LightScribe Template Labeler gt By clicking the shortcut icon Tetris 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 purposes only please ignore the LightScribe Disc Insertion prompt below by pressing the OK button ote gt LightScribe Template Labeler LightScribe Template Labeler Please insert a LightScribe disc into your drive label side down E Do mot show this message again 59 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 Q Note 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 from the Template Labeler
65. on performed during the boot up procedure for each drive By enabling this feature the robotic arm s picking and placement performance could be affected To enable the Fast Boot Up function Loader Utilities Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the Fast Boot Up menu and 6 Fast Boot Up press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu Fast Soot Up On Use the A Up or Y Down button to select whether Fast Boot Up is ON or OFF and press the ENT Enter button to select that option Fast Boot Up Off 15 7 Sticky Media Detection This feature protects your system by double checking that every tray is empty before loading a disc into a drive tray The purpose is to protect against placing media in a tray if the previous loading accidentally placed multiple discs in the tray due to sticky media By enabling this feature it may slow down the speed of the system To enable the Sticky Media Detection function Loader Utilities Use the A Up or V Down button to select the Sticky Media Detection 7 Sticky Media Detection menu and press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu Sticky Media Detection Use the A Up or Y Down button to select whether Sticky Media O Detection is ON or OFF and press the ENT Enter button to select that option Sticky Media Detection OLE 15 8 Robot Capacity For 100 200 Disc Capacity Models ONLY When a third spindle is installed the total disc capacity is increased by 100 discs creating a 200 disc capacity system
66. once to move the cursor to the next position Press the Y Down button repeatedly until N is displayed Press the ENT Enter button once to move the cursor to the next position Once you have the name FUN displayed press the ENT Enter button repeatedly until the cursor is moved to OK Then press the ENT Enter button once to submit your name selection Y VV VV WV V You will now see the following confirmation screen Loading Partition FUN VEF OK Note After you submitted the Partition name the system will automatically append a suffix of VEF However this does NOT apply for User Name input Press the ENT Enter button to confirm 18 Chapter 2 Operation This chapter shows each of the menu options and how they are used 1 Copy The Copy menu option or the front panel Copy quick key have two different modes of operation gt Single Master Mode This mode requires that a single master disc is loaded onto the hard drive prior to initiating the duplication process This mode is ideal if your job involves one or very few master disc s gt Multi Master Mode Batch Mode This mode does not require you to manually pre load your master onto the HDD Simply place the master disc s on top of the corresponding stack of blank discs needed for that particular job This mode is ideal if you have numerous master discs and fewer copies for each master disc These modes are described in detail in Single Master
67. opies so far Note lt is normal to see the progress indicator stay at 0 10 and 100 for approximately 30 seconds for CD duplication and up to one minute for DVD Blu Ray Disc duplication That is caused by the initializing and finalizing stages Once the duplication run is completed the loader will remove the finished disc from a drive and place the successful copy on the Output Spindle or if it is a bad NG copy place it on the reject area This will repeat for each drive OK 3 NG O NB Deivel gt 00cput Bin The loader will then pick up another blank disc and load it into the drive This is then repeated for each drive OK 3 NG 0 NB Di The copying process will continue until you either run out of blank discs or Input Bin gt Drive02 until the count that you loaded into the counter is reached If you run out of blank discs and the job is not complete the autoloader will give you an opportunity to fill the spindle Important When you add discs to the input spindle be sure to remove your finished discs from the Output Spindle 48 At this point you can either Input Bin Empty e put more discs on to the input spindle and press the ENT Enter button Reset Hopper to continue e or press the ESC Escape button to terminate your project Upon project termination you shall see the Access Drive Log menu You Access Drive Log can press the ENT Enter button one more time to see the drive log that indicates the number of passes an
68. or it only skips it to continue copying the rest of the readable data This is recommended for Video and Audio duplication purposes 13 3 CD Writing Mode Use this setting to select the mode you would like use 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 12 13 4 Max Audio VCD amp CDG Speed Due to the lack of error checking mechanism for Audio CD Video CD and CD G format duplicating them at too high a speed can cause frequent errors like glitches and skips Use this setting to adjust the maximum duplication speed for Audio Video CD and CD G format to ensure reliable duplication for such formats 13 5 Buzzer Use this setting to choose whether you want to hear a beep when you press a button and when a task has been completed or have it turned off for silent operation 13 6 Startup Menu Use this setting to choose which menu you would like to see first when you turn on the autoloader 13 7 Screen Saver Use this setting to enable or disable the Screen Saver feature When this is enabled a screen saver is displayed whenever your autoloader has been idle for a set period of time 13 8 Counter Use the Counter menu to enable or disable the Counter feature The counter tells you how many discs have copied and how many discs are left to go during the duplication process stopping the job once
69. ose discs will be permanently erased Operation in Test mode is identical to operation in Copy mode See Copy on page 19 for instructions 5 Compare Use the Compare function to perform a bit by bit comparison between the content of your master disc s in the Hard Drive and the contents of all discs it copied This ensures that all of your copies are identical to original master disc s Note The bit by bit comparison will only apply on all Blu Ray Discs DVDs and Data CDs A readability check will be applied for other formats like Audio CDs CD G and Video CD discs due to their lack of error correction mechanisms If you are at the Copy Menu do the following Duplicator 3 37 Use the A Up or Y Down button to find the Compare menu 1 Copy SM Duplicator 3 37 Press the ENT Enter button on Compare menu to enter the Choose 5 Compare Partition Menu and you will see a screen similar to the following Choose Parts icon Use the A Up or Y Down button to find the partition where your master FUN VEF 4012MB disc is stored Press the ENT Enter button to select that Partition Next you will see the Counter Selection menu Follow the instructions shown in Setting Counters on page 17 to continue Once the counters have been set press the ENT Enter button to confirm You will see the Preparing screen Counter No Counter 26 After a short interval the robotic loader will pick the top disc from the input spindle and plac
70. ous Hard Drive related tasks Hard Drive Setup 1 Select Partition Press the ENT Enter button to enter the Select Partition menu Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the desired partition The Choose Partition RESERVED partition is reserved for use by the System under Multi Master Reserved VEF 82MB Mode Choose Partition Note The RESERVED partition can also be renamed to a customized FUN VEF 4012MB name in order to keep the content permanently if desired Press the ENT Enter button to select the desired partition named FUN in this example 30 11 2 Load Partition The Load Partition menu is used to load a master disc s content into the desired partition on the Hard Drive Hard Drive Setup Se SE Parei on Press the ENT Enter button to enter the Load Partition menu You now have a choice to load your master disc into a new empty parti tion or overwrite one of the existing partitions if any exists including re served partitions by inputting and modifying the name you desire or you can simply choose Auto Generate to have the system automatically gen erate a partition name for you Afterwards simply press the A Up or Y Down button to find your desired selection and press ENT Enter to submit your selection You should see the following screen Load Partition 148GB Load gt New Partition Overwrite Existing Partition Load gt Auto Generate Load gt New Partition System will automatically or cre
71. process when a Read Error occurs OLE wath Retry gt Off with Retry By select this setting you instruct the system to perform additional retries when a Read Error occurs however upon retry attempt failed the entire duplication process will be failed gt Turbo By select this setting you instruct the system to skip any Read Errors in a large step during the duplication process Read Error Skip Turbo 35 13 3 CD Writing Mode This setting allows you to select which mode to use to duplicate a CD Disc at Once or Track at Once Unless you understand completely what these modes are we strongly suggest you set it to Disc at Once Setup Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the CD Writing Mode menu and 3 CD Writing Mode press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu CD Writing Mode Disc at Once Use the A Up or V Down button to select either Disc at Once or Track at Once and press the ENT Enter button to select that option CD Writing Mode Track at Once 13 4 Max Audio VCD amp CDG Speed Due to the lack of error checking mechanism for Audio CD Video CD and CD G format duplicating them at too high a speed can cause frequent errors like glitches and skips Use this setting to adjust the maximum duplication speed for Audio Video CD and CD G format to ensure reliable duplication for such formats Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the Max Audio VCD amp CDG Speed menu and press the ENT Enter bu
72. put Bin Empty Reset Hopper Upon project termination you shall see the Access Drive Log menu You Access Drive Log can press the ENT Enter button one time to see the drive log that indicates the number of passes and fails for every drive tray or simply press the ESC Escape button to go back to the main menu If you choose to see the drive log file you will see a screen similar to below Drive 1 OK 1 NG O NB 0 Drive 1 indicates the below results are for the 1 drive OK 1 indicates there was 1 successful print made by this drive NG 0 indicates there were 0 bad prints created by this drive NB 0 indicates there were 0 discs in this drive that were not printable due to a non printing error such as invalid media type etc 25 VVV WV If your unit has more than one drive Use the A Up or Y Down button to look at the drive log file for the additional drive s Press the ESC Escape button to return to the Copy menu 4 Test Use the Test menu or Test quick key to simulate the copy process With simulation write once recordable discs such as DVD R or CDR will be reusable The purpose of simulation is to ensure error free duplication Note Due to physical limitations of the BD R DVD R recordable format if you try to simulate BD R DVD R copying you will encounter failure messages Warning If you are using CD DVD BD Rewritable discs as your media during the simulation the content on th
73. r because of this extra measure the duplication process will take longer than the traditional copy process Note This menu will only be shown in Blu ray models and only applies when making Blu ray copies Operation in BD Safe Copy mode is identical to operation in Copy mode See Copy on page 19 for instructions 3 Print Use the Print menu to print label s directly onto the label side of your LightScribe printable media Before you start a printing process please make sure you have successfully loaded your LightScirbe label file s into the Hard Drive via the Load Label function located under Print Setup See page 32 for details For additional information on creating designing your labels please refer to Appendix C Design and Create a Label File on page 59 To begin the printing process perform the following Turn on your autoloader and wait until it has booted up You should see the following signifying your autoloader is ready Duplicator See Y dE SM To start the printing process place your LightScribe printable discs in to the Input Spindle with the label side facing down toward the bottom of the bin Use the A Up or Y Down button to navigate to Print menu and press the ENT Enter button You will see the Please Select Label screen Use the A Up or Y Down button to find the desired LightScribe label file Please Select Label on the hard drive Press the ENT Enter button to select that LightScr
74. r 3 37 Use the A Up or Y Down button to find the Erase menu eene SM Duplicator 3 37 Press the ENT Enter button on Erase to enter the menu and you will see 10 Erase the following screens There are two options gt Full Erase This option erases the entire disc destroying all previously written data in the process oe gt Quick Erase This option erases the index TOC of the Rewritable gt SC disc not the data section It is much faster than Full Erase Erase However the data section is still recoverable In order to ensure all Quick Erase old content on the RW RE disc is completely erased and unable to be recovered for security purposes you must utilize the FULL ERASE function Use the A Up or Y Down button to select between the two options and press the ENT Enter button to continue Counter Follow the instructions shown in Setting Counters on page 17 to continue No Counter Once the counters have been set press the ENT Enter button to confirm The Robotic Arm will initiate and pick the discs to be erased from the Input Loader Processing Spindles and place them into the drives As soon as the drives are all full or ENER Bin gt Drive 1 the number programmed into the counter is reached you will see the following Processing d i The system will check all discs in the drive and prepare them to be erased Please Wait As soon as the checking process completes the Erase process starts 29 Leg l The 0 in
75. r menu Press the ENT Enter button to select this option You will see the next GOunter Sg Specify Counter menu Specify Counter Specify Counter To specify the number of copies for your project you need to enter input a 0 OK four digit number lf you need to specify a number that is less than four digits fill the leading spaces with zeros any leading zeros will be skipped Examples of four digit numbers are 0234 two hundred and thirty four or 0010 ten To enter the number you need to use the AUp or V Down button to select the number for each digit and use the ENT Enter button or the ESC Escape button to move the cursor position right or left Once you ve finished move the cursor to OK and press the ENT Enter button For example if you want to specify a counter value of 21 twenty one The 4 digit value would be 0021 To input the desired quantity do the following Make sure the cursor is located at the first position First blinking position Specify Counter 0 OK Press the Y Down button repeatedly until 0 is displayed Press ENT Enter button once to move the cursor to the next position Press the Y Down button repeatedly until 0 is displayed Press ENT Enter button once to move the cursor to the next position Press the Y Down button repeatedly until 2 is displayed Press ENT Enter button once to move the cursor to the next position Press the Y Down button repea
76. rive menu Please Select Drive Use the A Up or V Down button to select the drive that you want to align Drive l Go and press the ENT Enter button to select it The autoloader will pick a disc from the first input spindle move it to approx inch above the drive tray and hold it there You will see the Drive Alignment screen Drive Alignment Alignment Finished 41 Check the alignment of the drive trays and press the ENT Enter button when you are finished Note If the drive trays are not properly aligned and there is a need to re align them please contact Tech Support Service for information regarding setting alignments Warning This function is ONLY for checking the alignment NOT for setting the alignment Please do not move the robotic arm with your hands during this process When you have finished checking the alignment of the drive s the robotic arm will move the disc to the arms top position and hold it there You will see the Alignment Next menu Drive Alignment Press the ENT Enter button to return back to the Please Select Alignment Next Drive menu This allows you to complete the alignment checking procedure for each of the installed drives If you are through checking the alignment of drives press the ESC Escape button to go back to the Loader Utility Menu When the drive alignment checking process is complete the robotic arm will drop the disc in the Reject Area 15 2 Spindle Alignment The Spindle Alignmen
77. s drives Press the ESC Escape button to return to the Copy menu 1 2 Making Copies in Multi Master Mode This mode does not require you to manually load your master on to the HDD Simply place the master disc s on top of the stack of blank discs needed for that particular job This mode is ideal if you have numerous master discs and fewer copies for each master disc The Multi Master mode uses the Reserve partition to temporarily store the content of the current master disc Once the task is complete and a new master disc has been detected the reserve partition s content of the previous master disc will be replaced with the content of the new master disc For more information on Multi Master Mode see Single Master and Multi Master Modes on page 16 Turn on your autoloader and wait until it has booted up It may take several minutes for the autoloader to go through its self adaptive test and auto calibration procedures You should see the following signifying your autoloader is ready 21 1 2 1 Select Multi Master Mode Duplicaror error 1 Copy MM Duplicator Sal 8 Master Mode Duplicator 1 Copy MM Make sure the Master Mode is set to Single Master Mode SM If it is already in Single Master Mode SM please skip to step 1 1 2 that starts the copy process If it is not use the A Up or Y Down button to navigate to the Master Mod screen Press the ENT Enter button to enter the Master Mode Menu and you will see a
78. s that the input bin is missing This error indicates that an obstruction missing component or mechanical failure has prevented the vacuum picking arm from detecting the input bin to perform the assigned task Input bin missing If error code 30 is shown it represents that the vacuum picking arm did not detect an opened tray before reaching its lowest descending limit when attempting to pick up a finished disc from a specified drive tray Unable to locate drive R30 tray for output of the disc If error code 40 is shown it represents that a system command R40 Clear previous error sequence is corrupted Please abort the current job and start over with a new job If error code 50 is shown it represents that the disc drawer is not fully Drawer not fully opened opened If you believe the drawer is opened please close it and try to open it once more until you hear a clicking sound R50 If error code 60 is shown it represents that the vacuum picking arm did not detect an opened tray before reaching its lowest descending limit when attempting to place a blank disc into a specified drive tray Unable to locate drive tray for input of the disc If error code 70 is shown it represents that a disc was picked from an input bin and the vacuum picking arm dropped the disc on the way to one of the drive trays R71 Failure to pick up a disc If error code 71 is shown it represents that the vacuum picking arm from input bin fail
79. ss Drive Log screen If you choose to see the job log file you will see a screen similar to below Master 01 OK 1 NG O NB 0 Master 01 indicates the below results are for the 17 master disc OK 1 indicates there is 1 successful copy made for this master disc NG 0 indicates there are O bad copies created from this master disc NB 0 indicates there are 0 discs that were not recorded from this master disc due to non recording errors such as invalid media type etc Use the A Up or Y Down buttons to look at the log file for the various jobs Press the ESC Escape button to go to the Access Drive Log screen You can press the ENT Enter button one more time to see the drive log that Access Drive Log indicates the number of passes and fails for every drive tray or simply press the ESC Escape button to go to the main menu If you choose to see the drive log file you will see a screen similar to below E YYYY f a Drive 1 OK 1 NG O NB 0 Use the A Up or Y Down buttons to look at the drive log file for the various drives Press the ESC Escape button to return to the Copy menu 23 2 BD Safe Copy Use the BD Safe Copy menu will allow the user to ensure they are creating a more reliable Blu ray copy During the BD Safe Copy process it will perform the data recording and a verification process at the same time to ensure the data readability and accuracy of the subsequent copied discs Howeve
80. t menu option is used to check the alignment of the spindles to the robotic arm When the Spindle Alignment function is selected the system picks a disc from the first input spindle and holds it approximately one inch above the target spindle To start the alignment place a disc on the first input spindle toader utilities Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the Spindle Alignment menu 2 Spindle Alignment and press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu The autoloader will proceed to the Please Select Spindle menu Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the spindle that you want to Please Select Spindle check and press the ENT Enter button to select it spindle 1 Go The autoloader will pick a disc from the input spindle move it to one inch above the spindle being aligned and hold it there You will see the Spindle Alignment screen Pressing the A Up or Y Down button will move the spindle up or down approximately 1 2 per press You should always align the spindle at its mid point Press the Y Down button repeatedly to lower the robotic arm to the mid point and check the alignment Once you are done press the ENT Enter button This will send you to the Alignment Next menu Spindle Alignment Alignment Finished Warning This function is ONLY for checking the alignment NOT for setting the alignment Please do not move the robotic arm with your hands during this process If the spindles are not properly aligned and there is
81. tatic shock error Too much static electricity built up from the disc s This error occurs when the static electricity on the disc is too high Either the facility produces too much static electricity or the current climate is conducive to high concentration of static electricity This error is caused by the buildup of an electric static charge which shocks the robotic arm while loading a disc If this error should occur the user must completely reboot the system by turning the unit off at the power button When the unit is turned on again it should operate normally but you will need to reprogram the job it was running 55 Appendix A Installing 3rd Spindle on 100 Discs Capacity Model Due to shipping precautions Spindle 3 is not pre attached to the autoloader Spindle 3 easily attaches to the right of Spindle 2 see Figure 1 4 and for your convenience we have pre drilled the necessary screw holes The only tool you will need is a Philips screw driver Please make sure the contents of the carton match Contact your vendor if there are any damaged missing or incorrect parts Parts Included Short Philips Screw x 4pcs Long Philips Screw x 4pcs Supporting Base Bracket 1pc Disc Spindle 1pc Tools Required Not Included Philips Screw Driver Step 1 Align the pre drilled screw holes with the screw holes on the Supporting Base Bracket Use the 4 Short Philips Screws to fasten the bracket into place 2 on the side and 2 on top No
82. te there are 3 pre drilled holes on Top of the base the 2 small screws will go into the outer holes leaving the center one free Step 2 Align the base of the Spindle with the 4 holes on the top of the Supporting Base Bracket Mount it by screwing in the 4 Long Philips Screws into the corresponding 4 holes in the base Step 3 Boot up the system and change the Robot Capacity setting to 200 by performing the below operation Press AUp or Y Down button to Loader Utilities menu Press ENT Enter button once to enter the menu Press AUp or V Down button to Robot Capacity Press ENT Enter button once to enter the setting Press AUp or Y Down button to set it to 200 Press ENT Enter button once to enter the setting Systems will automatically restart to apply the change If not then you may need to recycle the power manually for the update to take effect VV VVVVV 56 Appendix B LightScribe Software Setup Instruction Minimum Hardware Requirements Minimum Software Requirements 1 Pentium 3 Class microprocessor or better 1 Windows 2000 XP 2003 or Vista 2 CD RW Recorder 3 32Mbytes of RAM 4 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 double click the setup exe to run the setup program Follow the Inst
83. tedly until 1 is displayed Now 0021 is displayed press ENT Enter button once and the cursor moves to OK VVVVVVV V 17 Then press the ENT Enter button once to submit your counter value The loader will now start loading disc from the input spindles and place them into all drive trays 6 2 Editing Names When you create either a new user or a partition you need to assign a name to it The example shown here shows how to name or rename a partition but the process for naming or renaming the user name is identical During the process of creating a new partition you will see the Edit Partition Name menu Edit Partition Name OK To enter the name use the A Up or V Down button to select the character and use the ENT Enter or ESC Escape button to move the cursor position Once you ve finished move the cursor to OK and press the ENT Enter button The name for a partition can be up to eight characters long and the characters can be any alpha A Z or numeric 0 9 value For example if you want to name the partition for your master disc as FUN Then follow this example gt Press the Y Down button repeatedly until F is displayed You can also hold the Y Down button down and the autoloader will scroll through the alphabet Press the ENT Enter button once to move the cursor to the next position Press the Y Down button repeatedly until U is displayed Press the ENT Enter button
84. ting allows you to choose the language that you prefer to use when navigating the autoloader The autoloader supports multiple languages setup Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the Language menu and press 1 Language the ENT Enter button to enter that menu Language English Use the A Up or V Down button to select between the languages and press the ENT Enter button to select that option Language Espanol 13 2 Read Error Skip Normally when the autoloader encounters a read error while reading your master disc the duplication is aborted and all the recordable media in the writers are ruined However if you believe that your master disc has a small insignificant error due to physical damage you can enable this setting to allow the autoloader to skip any read errors it encounters Note This function does not fix the error it only skips it to make the rest of the data readable Setup Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the Read Error Skip menu and e REEL Error Skip press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu Read fener Ski Use the A Up or Y Down button to select whether Read Error Skip is On n Off Off with Retry or Turbo and press the ENT Enter button to select that option Read Error Skip gt On By select this setting you instruct the system to skip any Off Read Errors during the duplication process gt Off By select this setting you instruct the system to fail the Read Error Skip entire duplication
85. tition that you want to delete FUN VEF 4012mMp Press the ENT Enter button to select the partition Delete Partition The autoloader displays the Delete Partition confirmation message Press FUN VEF OK the ENT Enter button to continue PUN VEF The autoloader displays the Deleted message for two seconds and then Deleted returns you to the Delete Partition menu 11 5 Partition Info The Partition Info option provides information about an existing partition Use the A Up or Y Down button to navigate to the Partition Info menu Hard Drive Setup Press the ENT Enter button to enter the Partition Info menu and use the 5 Partition Info A Up or Y Down button to find the partition that you want information about The 002 field indicates that it is the second partition on the drive The FUN VEF field shows the name of the partition The DVD field indicates that the master stored in this partition is a DVD The 4021MB field indicates the capacity of the master s content stored in this partition 002 DVD 4012MB FUN VEF Vv VV WV you perform the Load Partition feature under Hard Drive Setup Please note that this setting does NOT apply to any feature other than settings within Hard Drive Setup Hard Drive Setup Press the ENT Enter button to enter the Select Loading Drive menu 6 Select Loading Drive Drive 1 Port 0 Press the A Up or V Down button to select the desired Drive Press PIO
86. to select the Screen Saver menu and Screen Saver press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu Screen Saver Use the A Up or Y Down button to select whether the Screen Saver is on On or off and press the ENT Enter button to select that option Screen saver Off 13 8 Counter This menu allows you to choose whether you want to enable the Counter feature By enabling this feature the autoloader will prompt you to enter a counter amount and continuously burn discs until it reaches the value set into the counter setup Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the Counter menu and press the 8 Counter ENT Enter button to enter that menu Counter On Use the A Up or Y Down button to select whether the Counter is on or off and press the ENT Enter button to select that option Counter Off For information on entering the counters see Setting Counters and Assigning Names on page 17 13 9 DVD R High Compatibility Mode This feature allows you to turn the DVD R High Compatibility Mode 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 Setup Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the DVD R High 9 DVD R High Compatibility Mode Compatibility Mode menu and press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu On Use the A Up or Y Down button to select whether the
87. tton to enter that menu setup 4 Max Audio VCD amp CDG Speed Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the desired maximum writing speed for Audio VCD and CDG and press the ENT Enter button to select that option Max Audio VCD amp CDG Speed TEX Note The actual speed that is selected may be determined by the drives or by the blank media 13 5 Buzzer This setting will allow you to choose whether you want to hear a beep when you press a button or when a task has been completed Setup Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the Buzzer menu and press the 5 Buzzer ENT Enter button to enter that menu Use the A Up or Y Down button to select whether Buzzer is on or off and press the ENT Enter button to select that option Buzzer On Buzzer Off 13 6 Startup Menu This setting will allow you to choose the menu option that you will see first when you turn on the autoloader Setup Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the Startup Menu option and 6 Startup Menu press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu Startup Menu Copy Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the desired startup menu and press the ENT Enter button to select that option 36 13 7 Screen Saver This menu allows you to choose whether you want to enable the Screen Saver feature By enabling this feature a screen saver will be displayed when your autoloader has been idle for a specific period of time setup Use the A Up or Y Down buttons
88. u Ray DVD capability you can copy a double layer Blu Ray DVD disc to another double layer Blu Ray DVD recordable media but you cannot duplicate a single layer Blu Ray DVD disc to double layer Blu Ray DVD recordable media or vice versa Temperature Warning If the autoloader was stored in a location where the temperature dropped below 32 F 0 C within the past 24 hours leave the autoloader in a warm room with temperatures at least 65 F 19 C for four hours prior to powering it on for the first time Failure to do so may cause irreparable harm and prevent the autoloader from functioning Maintenance It is very important to operate and keep the autoloader in a dust free clean environment since dust is the number one killer of CD DVD Blu Ray recording devices Failure to do so can severely damage your autoloader We strongly suggest that you constantly use an Air Duster Canned Air to clear off any dust on the surface of the autoloader Note Do not try to use an Air Duster to clean the autoloader while the writer trays are open In doing so you may inadvertently blow dust into the recording device and damage it Proper Shutdown To avoid possible system failures you need to shut down the autoloader properly To shut down the autoloader scroll to menu 16 Shutdown and follow the instructions on the screen Not performing this function increases the risk of damaging the autoloader Disc Static and Sticky Media Issues The most
89. varies depending on the media s thickness Spindle 2 is the input spindle Spindle 1 is the output spindle Stack the blank discs you wish to copy and or print on Spindle 2 see figure 1 2 on page 5 for proper media stacking The robotic arm will pick blank discs from Spindle 2 then place the successfully copied printed discs onto spindle 1 Reject discs will be placed on the deck below the drive trays default location or in the storage bin on top of the Robotic Control Tower Throughout this manual this area is also referred to as the Reject Area Drive Robotic Compartment Control Tower Robotic Arm Y Figure 1 3 Robotic Duplicator 100 Capacity Top View 200 Disc Capacity Model 3 Writers The autoloader model is based on the 100 Disc Capacity Model and it is achieved by adding an additional spindle to increase the capacity to 200 Discs See Appendix Installing the 3 Spindle on 100 Disc Capacity Model on page 56 for detailed instruction information on the upgrade The 200 discs capacity version has three spindles see Figure 1 4 Each spindle holds approximately 100 discs actual quantity varies depending on the media thickness Prior to starting a job make sure Spindle 1 is empty Stack the blank discs you wish to copy on Spindle 2 and 3 see Figure 1 2 on page 5 for proper media stacking The robotic arm picks blank discs from Spindle 2 first and places the successfully copied discs onto Spindle 1 Once
90. ve will be disabled for the remainder of the job The default value for this setting is 5 Setup Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the Max Failure per Drive 14 Max Failure per Drive menu and press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu You can select numbers between 1 to 999 by pressing the AUp or Y Down button To specify the number of maximum failures per job you need to enter input a three digit number If you need to specify a number that is less than three digits fill the leading spaces with zeros any leading zeros will be skipped Examples of three digit numbers are 034 thirty four or O10 ten To enter the number you need to use the AUp or Y Down button to select the number for each digit and use the ENT Enter button or the ESC Escape button to move the cursor position right or left Once you ve finished move the cursor to OK and press the ENT Enter button For example if you want to specify a counter value of 21 twenty one The three digit value would be 021 To input the desired quantity do the following Max Failure per Job 030 OK Make sure the cursor is located at the first position First blinking position Press the Y Down button repeatedly until 0 is displayed Press ENT Enter button once to move the cursor to the next position Press the Y Down button repeatedly until 2 is displayed Press ENT Enter button once to move the cursor to the next position 39 VVV

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