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1. by default Important When this function is ON it does not fix the error it only skips it to continue copying the rest of the readable data This is recommended for Video and Audio duplication purposes 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 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 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 6 Startup Menu Use this setting to choose which menu you would like to see first when you turn on the autoloader 7 Screen Saver Use this setting to enable or disable the Screen Saver feature When this is en abled a screen saver is displayed whenever your autoloader has been idle for a set period of time 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 di
2. CD Writing Mode Max Audio VCD amp CDG Speed Buzzer Startup Menu Screen Saver Counter DVD R Compatibility Mode 10 ISRC 11 Disable Drives 12 CD Overburn 13 Max Failures per Job 14 Max Failures per Drive Each of these options is discussed in its own subsection WOON OOAaAAWBNH 13 1 Language This setting 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 ee Languidge press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu Language English Use the A Up or Y Down button to select between the languages Language and press the ENT Enter button to select that option 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 2 Read Error Skip and press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu 35 ee oe a Use the A Up or Y Down button to select whether Read Error Skip is On Off or O
3. on page 25 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 53 Can I 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 40 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 1 Replacing any component s of the autoloader without Tech Support Service s consent will void the autoloader s warranty instantly gt Contact Tech Support Why does my autoloader stay at System Bootup 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 autoloa
4. 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 4 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 pie Tie Use the A Up or V Down button to scroll through the list of users 1 ADMIN Press the ESC Escape button to go back to the Manage Accounts menu sesch CO N D D D C O D This menu allows you to create additional user accounts Each user has their own settings and hard drive partitions During this process you will be prompted to enter a new username and user password for a new 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 Editing en Names on page 13 Press the ENT Enter button to move on to the RALPH OK Enter Password stage Enter PWD Enter the user s password using the instructions shown in Setting 0 OK Counters on page 12 Press the ENT Enter to complete User Ralph The autoloader will display a confirmation message and Added automatically return you
5. 4 Load Default 12 5 Update Firmware 15 Loader Utilities 13 1 Update Robot Firmware 16 Manage Accounts 14 1 View User 14 2 Create User 14 3 Edit User Info 14 4 Delete User 14 5 Password on Boot up 17 AUTOCOPY 18 SHUTDOWN 58 P APOWER DIGITAL The Future of Optical Storage 817 SOUTH PALM AVE ALHAMBRA CA 91803 USA Website www vinpowerdigital com Tel 1 626 282 3300 For Sales Department Email sales vinpowerdigital com For Technical Support Email tech vinpowerdigital com Technical Support Technical support can be found online at http www vinpowerdigital com TechnicalSupport FAQ FAQ asp If you cannot solve your problem our technical support staff will assist you if your unit is still covered under warranty In order to efficiently handle all requests we require our customers to start by filling in the Support Form found here http www vinpowerdigital com TechnicalSupport T echnicalSupportForm TechnicalSupportForm aSp Or call 1 626 282 3300 You will be contacted within one business day
6. Bin gt Drive01 are all full or the number programmed into the counter is reached you will see the following The system will check all discs in the drive and prepare them to be erased As soon as the checking process completes the Erase RW process starts Processing Please Wait The 0 indicates 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 Quick Erasing 0 25 SS Counter Specified PASS 25 FAIL 0 Job Completed Press OK to Finish gt PASS 25 indicates 25 discs have been erased successfully gt FAIL 0 indicates no discs have failed the erase process Press the ENT Enter button to finish 28 No Counter Specified Input Bin Empty Reset Hoppers gt Input Bin Empty indicates that the system has run out of discs to erase If you have more discs to erase you can empty the Output Spindle place the discs to be erased in the Input Spindle and Press the ENT Enter button to continue lf 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 following sub menus Select Partition Load Partition Rename Partition Delete Partition Partition Info Select Loading Drive Format Hard Drive ND OAR UNS Each of these menus is discussed in its own su
7. 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 2 System Into press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu 39 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 Se Use the A Up or Down button to select the Device Info menu and eee ae press 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 System Utilities Use the A Up or Y Down bution to select the Load Default menu 4 Load Default and press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu Load Default Press OK to Continue Press the ENT Enter button to load the default parameters or the ESC Escape button to return to the System Utilities menu 14 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 the 1 tray and 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
8. 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 Counter want to make for your project The Counter Selection feature tells No Counter the autoloader 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 Counter menu Counter Press the ENT Enter button to select this option You will see the Specify Counter next Specify Counter menu Specify Counter To specify the number of copies for your project you need to 0 OK enter input a 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
9. Error Codes ane ire EN Appendix E Menu Tree Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Overview Welcome The CUBE LightScribe autoloader is a reliable high performance high speed standalone robotic CD DVD and or Blu Ray Optional autoloader with the LightScribe printing feature With its industrial design and simple user interface it makes your duplicating experience easier than ever With the CUBE LightScribe autoloader offers a capacity of 25 discs that can duplicate or print continuously for 24 hours It even supports multiple master job duplication as well You get the highest quality duplication and printing all at an extremely affordable price The CUBE LightScribe autoloader is the most reliable and affordable autoloader on the market 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 Blu 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 recorda
10. Pioneer 11365 IDE 159 Pioneer 2135L5 5ATA 159 Samsung SH S202N TS H65 4 7 During the installation process the following applications will be installed LightScribe System Software Template Labeler ie LightScribe System Software 1 14 1 7 1 InstallShield Wizard x ie LightScribeTemplateLabeler InstallShield Wizard Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for j Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for LightScribe System Software 1 14 17 1 plas 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 click 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 Show details 48 Appendix B Design and Create Label File The instructions covered in this section will help you design and create a label from your Cube LightScribe autoloader Q Note 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 contact Tech Support for assistance Section 1 Design your labels with LightScribe Template Labeler and create a LightScribe Label CD Step 1 La
11. Upon project termination you shall see the Access Drive Log menu Access Drive Log You 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 VV VV 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 1 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 rep
12. characters other than 26 Greek alphabets numerical s and or some basic symbols like _ etc Seles Note LightScnbe Print Options Select your disc color Learn more AAA 0 0 O e lrgqghtscribe DIRECT DISC LABELING Ke Help Step 6 Create a Label CD gt Locate the label file s Isi files on your PC gt Create a Data CD with the label file s via a CD DVD Creating Software like Nero Burning ROM or Roxio Classic CD Creator Q Note 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 32 Appendix C Trouble Shooting Why do I get Label Not Found error message gt Please verify that the label file does not contain any symbols or foreign characters gt Please verify that the label file has lsi extension like abc lsi gt Please verify that the label file is located under the root of your data CD gt Please verify that the Label CD wasn t created under Roxio s Drag to Disc Nero s InCD or Windows XP or Vista s build in burning software gt Please verify that the correct writer was selected during the software installation 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 matc
13. discs as your media during the simulation the content on those discs will be permanently erased Operation in Test menu is identical to operation in Copy menu See 1 Copy on page 14 for instructions ZZ 4 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 7 Copy Menu do the following Duplicator 2 20 Use the A Up or Y Down button to find the 4 Compare menu ta CODY MM Duplicator 2 20 Press the ENT Enter button on 4 Compare menu to enter the 4 Compare Choose Partition Menu and you will see a screen similar to the following Coed EE Use the A Up or Y Down button to find the partition where your FUN VEF 4012MB 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 12 to continue Once the counters have been set press the ENT Enter button to confirm You will see the Preparing screen Counter No Counter Preparing After a sh
14. indicates the capacity of the master s content stored in this partition 002 DVD 4012MB FUN VEF Vv VV WV 31 11 6 Select Loading Drive Select Loading Drive gives you the control of choosing which drive the master should be loaded from when 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 If your system has ONLY one writer there will only be one option available for you to choose To change the loading drive use the A Up or Y Down button to navigate to the 6 Select Loading Drive menu Hard Drive Setup 6 Select Loading Drive Press the ENT Enter button to enter the Select Loading Drive menu Drive 1 Pore D Press the A Up or Y Down button to select the desired Drive PIONEER DVD RW DVR 115D Press 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 Y Down button to navigate to the 7 Format Hard Drive menu Hato DELTE EE Press the ENT Enter button to enter the Format Hard Drive 7 Format Hard Drive menu All St Press the ENT Enter button to format the Hard Drive ored Data will be erased Pease Oi oo Conese After the Hard Drive has been forma
15. indicates the source of the job resides in the Hard Drive gt FUN Isi indicates name of the label file you are printing gt 12 indicates the current progress of the printing a project size of 21 prints and you have made printed O discs so far gt 0 indicates you have printed O discs so far Note It 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 OK 3 NG 0 NB oi disc from the drive and place the successful printed disc in the Drive0l gt Output Bin Output Spindle If the printing process failed the job will be aborted 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 The copying process will continue until you either run out of OK 3 NG 0 NB 0 LightScribe printable discs or until the count that you loaded into the Input Bin gt Drivel 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 Input Bin Empt the input spindle and press the ENT Ent
16. lt f7NPOWER a The Future of Optical Storage THE CUBE LS 25 Disc Capacity User s Manual V 3 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 VINPOWER DIGITAL S 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 RESOPONSIBLE 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 INC COPYRIGHT 2000 2008 BY VINPOWER INC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Table of Contents Title Cmaprer 12 nd OGUCUOM BEE 9 OO O Tee OO Oe ee Overview IAG OD OUCH IQUORM EE TAELOD COMMOL PANG lirine aa Menu Overview Single Master and Multi Master Modes cceeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeanes Setting Counters and Assigning Names aaaaaaaanannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnn SEET EIDEN EANG Fu EE ES EEN ec 1 Copy 1 1 Making Copies in Single Master Mode 1 2 Making Copies in Mul
17. other formats like Audio CDs CD G and Video CDs discs due to their lack of error correction mechanisms 5 Test Copy page 24 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 if they passed the simulation If any part of this process fails the job will be aborted 5 6 Copy Compare page 24 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 If any part of this process fails the job will be aborted 7 Select Burn Speed page 25 Use the Select Burn Speed menu option or the Speed quick key to adjust the duplication speed for the various blank disc formats 8 Select Source page 26 Use the Select Source menu or the Source quick key to tell the system where the content of the master disc resides during duplication At this point Hard Drive is the only option in this setting since it is the only place where the content of the master disc resides during duplication 9 Master Mode page 26 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 10 10 Erase page 27 Use the Erase menu to erase your Rewritable discs There are two options gt Full Erase This option eras
18. rename it at anytime afterwards Instructions for this are shown in Editing Names on page 13 11 4 Delete Partition The Delete Partition option deletes an existing partition Use the A Up or V Down button to navigate to the 4 Delete Partition menu Hard Drive Setup Press the ENT Enter button to enter the Delete Partition menu The 4 Delete Partition autoloader will first ask you to choose the partition to be deleted Choose Partition Use the A Up or Y Down button to find the partition that you want to FUN VEF 4012MB delete Press the ENT Enter button to select the partition Delete Partition The autoloader displays the Delete Partition confirmation message FUN VEF OK Press the ENT Enter button to continue GE The autoloader displays the Deleted message for two seconds and KS Lett then 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 V Down bution to navigate to the 5 Partition Info menu Hard Drive Setup Press the ENT Enter button to enter the Partition Info menu and use S4 Partition Iafo the 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
19. 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 menu consists of following submenu s 1 Update Robot Firmware 15 1 Update Robot Firmware Use this utility to update the software in your autoloader s robot controller To update insert the manufacturer s Certified Update CD into the 1 tray and make sure no other discs are in the other trays 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 40 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 By adding additional users each individual user has his or her own settings To take advantage of this feature follow thes
20. the Hard Drive gt 4012MB indicates the capacity of the master disc gt 12 481MB indicates the current progress of the duplication gt 0 indicates you have made 0 copies so far Note It 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 OK 3 NG O NB Once the duplication run is completed the loader will remove the Drive01 gt Output Bin finished disc from a drive and place the successful copy on the Output Spindle or if it is a bad NG copy the job will be aborted After the loader has placed the copied disc into the Output Spindle the loader will then pick up another blank disc and load it into the drive OK 3 NG 0 NB Di The copying process will continue until you either run out of blank Input Bin gt Drive01 discs or until the count that you loaded into the counter is reached lf 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 put more discs on to the input spindle and press the ENT Enter button to continue or press the ESC Escape button to terminate your project Input Bin Empty Reset Hopper 16
21. the loader will then pick up another blank disc and load it into the drive OK 3 NG 0 NB UI The copying process will continue until you either run out of blank Input Bin gt Drive01 discs or 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 45 Teen Ein wee At this point you can either load more discs on to the input spindle Reset Hopper and press the ENT Enter button to continue or press the ESC Escape buiton to terminate your project Upon project termination you shall see the Access Drive Log menu Access Drive Log You 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 0 NB O gt Drive 1 indicates the below results are for the 1 drive gt OK 1 indicates there is 1 successful copy made by this drive gt NG 0 indicates there are 0 bad copies created by this drive gt NB 0 indicates there are 0 discs in this drive that were not recorded due to non recording error such as invalid media
22. to the Manage Accounts menu 16 3 Edit User Info The Edit User Info menu allows you to change the existing user s account name and password During this process you will be asked to select the existing account and then you will be prompted to enter the new user name and new user password for this account 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 numbers 42 Manage Accounts 3 Edit User Info Edit User Info 1 ADMIN Edit User s Name RALPH OR Enter PWD TO OR User Ralph Changed 16 4 Delete User Press the ENT Enter button to enter this menu Use the A Up or Y Down button to scroll through the list of users Press the ENT Enter button to select user Edit the user s name using the instructions shown in Editing Names on page 13 Press the ENT Enter button to move on to the Enter Password stage Enter the new password for this user via the instructions shown in Setting Counters on page 12 Press the ENT Enter button to complete The autoloader will display a confirmation message and automatically return you to the Manage Accounts menu This menu allows you to delete an existing user s account During this process you will be asked to select the existing accou
23. user name is identical During the process of creating a new partition you will see the Edit Partition Name menu Edit Partition Name OR To enter the name use the A Up or Y Down button to select the character and use the ENT Enter or ESC Escape bution 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 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 VVVVV WV You will now see the following confirmation screen Loading Partition PUN VEF OR Note After you submitted the Partition nam
24. UN lsi 25MB file on the hard drive Press the ENT Enter button to select that LightScribe label file Next you will see the Counter Selection menu Follow the instructions shown in Setting Counters on page 12 to continue Once the counters have been set press the ENT Enter button to confirm You will see the Preparing screen Counter No Counter After a short interval the robotic loader will pick the top disc from the OK ONG 0 NB OJ input spindle and place it into one of the drives This information Input Bin gt Drive01 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 If your system has more than one drive the loader will continue to pick 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 the disc s Please Wait 20 Counter Specified EE E Ee d H EUN sa 0 21 12 gt H indicates the source of the job resides in the Hard Drive gt FUN Isi indicates name of the label file you are printing gt 12 indicates the current progress of the printing gt 0 21 indicates you have After two or three seconds of processing time one of the following Copy Progress screens will No Counter Specified Pease AC saa FUN 1lsi gt H
25. ae ee any exists including reserved partitions by inputting and modifying the name you desire or you can simply choose Auto Generate to have the system automatically generate 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 Overwrite Load gt New Partition Existing Partition Load gt Auto Generate System will automatically or create a partition name 3 3 OK FUN VEF OK INEW 0001 Edit Partition Name This will Overwrite Press the ENT Enter Enter a new partition name button to overwrite the as described in Editing partition named FUN Names on page 13 For Before continuing the this example we will name DNR GEET EE it HAPPY y again to confirm it Load Partition HAPPY OK The system will display a verification message before continuing Pres 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 Press OK to Finish Pres the ENT Enter button to finish 30 11 3 Rename Partition When you load your master disc onto a hard drive partition you are asked to give it a name However you can
26. and the picking arm dropped the disc on the way to the appropriate output bin R160 Output bin full If error code 160 is shown it represents that the output bin is arm and was not properly dropped into the drive tray 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 56 Cannot detect disc in drive tray Disc miss loaded in output bin High static shock error If error code 176 is shown it represents that the picking arm is attempting to remove a disc from a drive tray and cannot detect the disc This commonly occurs when the disc was removed from the tray before the picking arm had an opportunity to pick it up lf error code 192 197 is shown it represents that a disc being returned to the output NG was not properly dropped from the picking arm onto the output bin O 5 respectively where bin 0 indicates the position right in front of the drive housing 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 c
27. ank discs for When you start the copy operation the robotic arm will pick up discs from Master A 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 aba eee 6 Blank discs for internal hard drive while simultaneously copying to all of the blank discs in Master B the remaining writer drives Once the copy process is completed Master disc A and the successfully Master C 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 7 Blank discs for input bin and place them in the corresponding writer drive s Then the Master C copying process will start over again from the hard drive Figure 1 6 If anew master is detected in this case it would be the Master B the The Order of Discs autoloader will complete the previous job unload the copied discs and fill in MM mode the drive tray s with blank discs for the next job The robotic arm will continue to load media into the drive s as the duplicated discs are placed in the Output Spindle Once a drive any drive detects another Master disc the same process is repeated for the new Master disc 11 6 Setting Counters and Assigning Names Two frequently used tasks are setting counters and assigning names to partitions
28. be compared in the Input Spindle and Press the ENT Enter button to continue If you have no more discs to compare press the ESC Escape button to terminate the operation 5 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 If any part of this process fails the job will be aborted Operation in Test Copy menu is identical to operation in Copy menu See Copy on page 14 for instructions 6 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 If any part of this process fails the job will be aborted Operation in Cooy Compare menu is identical to operation in Copy menu See Copy on page 14 for instructions 24 7 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
29. ble 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 lt 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 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 shoc
30. bsection If you are at the 7 Copy Menu do the following Duplicator 2 20 Use the A Up or Y Down button to find 11 Hard Drive Setup La CODY SM Duplicator 2 20 Press the ENT Enter button on 11 Hard Drive Setup to enter the Il Hard Drive Setup menu Use 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 various Hard Drive related tasks Hard Drive Setup Press the ENT Enter button to enter the Select Partition menu 1 Select Partition Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the desired partition The RESERVED partition is reserved for use by the System under Multi Master mode Choose Partition Reserved VEF 8 2MB Note The RESERVED partition can also be renamed to a customized name in order to keep the content permanently if desired Choose Partition Press the ENT Enter button to select the desired partition named FUN VEF 4012MB FUN in this example 29 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 SS SR Press the ENT Enter button to enter the 2 Load Partition menu i oad Partition You now have a choice to load your master disc into a new Load Partition 148GB empty partition or overwrite one of the existing partitions if pee ER e
31. c arm continues to load more media into the drives from Input Spindle while the duplicated discs are placed in the Output Spindle Once a new Masier 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 the Input Spindle is 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 Press OK to Finish Job Log screen You can press the ENT Enter button one more time to see the job Access Job Log log that indicates the number of passes and fails for every job Master Disc or simply press the ESC Escape button to go to the Access 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 O Master 01 indicates the below results are for the 1 master disc OK 1 indicates there is 1 successful copy made for this master disc NG 0 indicates there are 0 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 indicates
32. cation for such formats The options are 1x 2x 4x 8x 10x 12x 16x 24x 32x 40x 48x and 52x Setup Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the Max Audio 4 Max Audio VCD amp CDG Speed VCD amp CDG Speed menu and press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu 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 LOX Note The actual speed that is selected may be determined by the drives or by the blank media 36 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 9 Buzzer press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu El ee 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 uzzer OFE 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 The options are Copy Test Compare Test Copy Copy Compare AutoCopy OD Om P Gobh A Setup Use the A Up or Y Down bution to select the Startup Menu option 6 Startup Menu and press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu Startup Menu l Copy Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the desired startup menu and press the ENT Enter b
33. cribe Template Labeler 2 0 Setup License E fx bk Le Zei Please review the license agreement before installing f you accept all sy tems 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 se 5 During the installation process you will be prompted for a Product Key The product key can be found on the Installation Disc iis LightScribe Template Labeler 2 0 Setup User Info E fx Please enter your information Name Company Product Key l IMPORTANT You can find your product key on your installation disc Cancel 47 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 i LightScribe Template Labeler 7 0 Setup Select Yo L E Supported Drives Your Selected Drives LG GSA H55L IDE 144 LG GGW 20HL SATA 167
34. ded 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 D pLlicator PANTAS D plicato r ARAY bs Copy SM Ie COPY MM The SM indicates Single Master Mode and the MM indicates Multi Master Mode For example if you need to make gt 5 copies of job A gt 6 copies of job B gt 7 copies of job C Under Multi Master Mode you would need to follow the below steps Make sure the Input Spindle is empty Place 7 blank discs for job C first on the input spindle Place the master disc for job C on top of the stacked blank discs for job C Place 6 blank discs for job B on top of the master disc for job C Place the master disc for job B on top of the stacked blank discs for job B Place 5 blank discs for job A on top of the master disc for job B Place the master disc for job A on top of the stacked blank discs for Job A AUO OT ee 10 After you have completed these steps the Input Spindle should be loaded Master A in the order shown in Figure 1 6 5 Bl
35. der back to default gt See Load Default on page 40 54 Appendix D List of Robot Error Codes Short Description Full Description R10 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 R13 Unable to move into the drop disc position 16 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 R Unable to perform vertical Z Maneuver while placing disc in drive tray If error code 10 is shown it represents that the picking arm did not return to the top position within 10 seconds after a command was sent out The picking arm must return to the top position after each action This indicates an obstruction or mechanical failure prevented the picking arm from completing the requested action lf error code 11 is shown it represents that when the picking arm is instructed to pick up a disc it has failed to detect anything 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 picking arm from detecting a disc drive etc to perform the assigned task If error code 12 is shown it repr
36. e 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 13 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 and Multi Master Modes on page 10 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 17 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 30 for instructions on how to do this Turn on you
37. e instructions gt Change the Administrator password Refer to Edit User Info on page 42 for additional information gt Create a User Name and Password for each authorized person on this autoloader Refer to Create User on page 42 for additional information gt Enable the Manage Accounts feature by turning on the Password on Bootup setting Refer to Password on Bootup on page 43 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 EE SC Use the A Up or V Down button to select the Manage Accounts 14 Manage EE menu and press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu You will be shown the Enter Password menu Enter PWD 1 OR 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 After you have entered the password press the ENT Enter button to OK the submission of your password Once your password is validated
38. er button to continue or press the ESC Escape button to terminate your project 21 Upon project termination you shall see the Access Drive Log menu Access Drive Log You 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 17 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 VV VV lf your units has more than one drive use the A Up or Y Down buttons to look at the drive log file for the various drives Press the ESC Escape buiton to return to the 7 Copy menu 3 Test Use the Test menu or Jest 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
39. es the entire disc destroying all previously written data in the process gt 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 29 Use the Hard Drive Setup menu to perform various hard drive related operations These operations 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 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 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
40. esents that the 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 picking arm from rotating to the assigned input output bin If error code 13 is shown it represents that the 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 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 picking arm from performing the assigned task If error code 14 is shown it represents that the 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 represents that the picking arm did not reach the drive position within 4 seconds from the Z position starting point This takes place when the 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 picki
41. ff with Retry 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 Ort any Read Errors during the duplication process gt Off By select this setting you instruct the system to fail ee EE the entire duplication process when a Read Error Off with Retry occurs 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 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 3 CD Writing Mode menu and press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu CD Writing Mode ae ei Ce Use the A Up or Y Down button to select either Disc at Once or CD Writing Mode Track at Once and press the ENT Enter button to select that option 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 dupli
42. ge 14 or Making Copies in Multi Master Mode on page 17 2 Print page 20 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 33 for details For additional information on creating designing your labels please refer to Appendix B Design and Create your Label File on page 49 3 Test page 22 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 4 Compare page 23 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
43. hes 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 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 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
44. ion Setup Use the A Up or V Down button to select the 12 CD Overburn 12 CD Overburn menu and press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu CD Overburn Use the A Up or Y Down button to select whether the CD Overburn on feature is ON or OFF and press the ENT Enter button to select that CD Overburn option OFF 14 System Utilities System Utilities is used to provide information pertaining to the autoloader as well as modification to maintain proper functioning The System Utilities are 1 Disc Info 2 System Info 3 Device Info 4 Load Default 5 Update Firmware 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 l Disco Inte Dise Info Please Insert Disc Place your disc s into the drives Disc Info After a few seconds the system will detect the discs and ask you if 3 Disc Detected GO you want to proceed Wait until all of the discs have been detected and press the ENT Enter button to continue 14 2 System Info The System Info menu provides a lot of hardware information about the autoloader such as firmware versions Duplication Robot
45. ition Next you will see the Counter Selection menu Follow the instructions shown in Setting Counters on page 12 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 Please Wait lt takes a few seconds for the autoloader to recognize all the discs 15 Counter Specified Copying H4012MB 0 21 12 481MB gt H indicates the source of the job resides in the Hard Drive gt 4012MB indicates the capacity of the master disc amp 12 481MB 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 After two or three seconds of processing time one of the following Copy Progress screens will appear No Counter Specified Copying H4012MB 0 12 481MB gt H indicates the source of the job resides in
46. k 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 Ifyou 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 temperature with no condensation will also reduce the static charges between objects dramatically Spindles vs Bins The CUBE LightScribe autoloader has one area for holding CDs DVDs and or Blu Ray Discs as
47. laced with the content of the new master disc For more information on Multi Master Mode see Single Master and Multi Master Modes on page 10 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 2 1 Select Multi Master Mode Make sure the autoloader is set to Multi Master mode MM If it is EE 4 201 already in Multi Master mode MM please skip to step 1 2 2 that 1 Copy MM starts the copy process If it is not use the A Up or Y Down button to navigate to the screen 8 Master Mode Duplicator 2 20 Press the ENT Enter button to enter the Master Mode Menu and you 8 Master Mode will see a screen similar to one of the following 17 Master Mode Single Master Use the A Up or Y Down bution to select Multi Master Mode Press Master Mode the ENT Enter button to submit your selection Multi Master Duplicator 2 20 Use the A Up or Y Down button to navigate back to the 7 Copy 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 10 In general the order of the discs on the spindle will be from top to bottom The master disc for the first job The blank discs for the first job The master disc for the second job The bla
48. nction Also referred to as OK in the Menus B Go back to the previous function C Quick key to make a copy Pressing this key automatically opy performs the Copy job Ce T Quick key to make a simulation of the copy process Pressing this est weer key automatically performs the Test job Ce Quick key to change the duplication speed Pressing this key Speed automatically guides you to the functions that allow you to change SPEED various duplication speeds Ce Quick key to change the master reading source However since Source HDD is the only valid source no other options are offered at the SOURCE time of this publication 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 14 Use the Copy menu or Copy quick key to make CD DVD or Blu Ray Optional Disc 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 10 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 For additional information on copying on either Master Mode see Making Copies in Single Master Mode on pa
49. ng arm did not descend and place the disc into the opened drive tray within 4 seconds after the picking arm has centered the disc above the opened drive tray this error is only shown when the Z Maneuver is enabled 55 R17 Unable to perform If error code 17 is shown it represents that the picking arm did the horizontal Z not return to starting horizontal position for the reverse Z Maneuver from the Maneuver within 4 seconds to return the disc to the output bin Original position to This error is only shown when the Z Maneuver is enabled the starting point R20 Input bin empty 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 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 R21 Input bin missing lf error code 21 is shown it represents that the input bin is missing This error indicates that an obstruction missing component or mechanical failure has prevented the picking arm from detecting the input bin to perform the assigned task R30 Unable to locate If error code 30 is shown it represents that the picking arm did drive tray for output not detect an opened tray before reaching its l
50. ng user account information including name and password gt Delete existing user account s gt Enable Disable this feature 17 AUTOCOPY page 44 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 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 Shutdown page 46 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 the last boot up will not be saved 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 nee
51. nk discs for the second job The master disc for the third job The blank discs for the third job etc VVVVVV V 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 7 Copy Menu D plicator Zu a 1 Copy mm 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 Preparing Please Wait OK ONG ONB 0 This information screen shows what is happening In this case the Input Bin gt Drive01 ee taken a disc from the Input Spindle and is placing it into rive 1 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 the Input Spindle is empty Processing ER lt takes a few seconds for the autoloader to recognize all of the discs Please Wait in the trays Once all of the discs are detected the autoloader will detect the Copying H4012MB master disc and the duplication process will start for the remaining ECH 481MB blank discs When the duplication process is through the loader will place the master disc and successful copies onto the Output Spindle 18 In Multi Master Mode the roboti
52. nt to be removed Note The user Admin is the administrative account you can t delete this account Manage ACCOUNTS 4 Delete User Delete User 3 RALPH Delete User RALPH OR User Ralph Deleted 16 5 Password on Boot up Press the ENT Enter button to enter into this menu Use the A Up or Y Down button to scroll through the list of users Press the ENT Enter button to select the user to delete The autoloader will ask you to confirm the deletion Press the ENT Enter button to delete the user The autoloader will display a confirmation message and automatically return you to the Manage Accounts menu 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 iv Password on Bootup Password on Bootup Yes Press the ENT Enter button to enter into this menu Use the A Up or Y Down button to select either Yes or No Press the ENT Enter button to enter the selection 43 17 AUTOCOPY The Autocopy function is the simplest way to make CD DVD Blu Ray Disc copies It simplifies the copy process by not requiring that the project be pre loaded on the hard drive Simply place the master disc on top of the first Input Spindle and it will be loaded onto a reserve partition in the HDD The data is transferred automatically to all of the blank discs which follow it To make copies in Autocopy m
53. oad All 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 V Down bution to select the LightScribe label file you wish to load and press the ENT Enter button to continue Loading 29MB During the loading process you shall see the screen on the left FUN 1si 12 3MB gt FUN Je 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 33 Unloading Master Upon completing the loading process the autoloader will pick up the label disc and place it into the output spindle Load Label Success Then the system will show the result screen where you can press Press 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 a hard drive the filename of the label file is used as the reference However you can also rename it at anytime 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 13 12 3 Delete Label The Delete Label function deletes an existing LightScribe Label file in the hard drive Use the A Up or Y Down button to navigate
54. ode you simply 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 Press the 15 AUTOCOPY button Duplicator 2 20 Fill the input spindle s with blank discs Place the Master disc on top Los RUTOCORY of the stack of blank discs on the first input spindle and press the ENT Enter button You will then see the Counter Selection menu Follow the instructions shown in Setting Counters on page 12 to continue Once the counter has been set press the ENT Enter button to confirm You will then see the Preparing screen Counter No Counter Preparing After a short interval the robotic loader will pick the top disc the Please Wait 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 OK ONG ONB 0 This information screen shows what is happening In this case the Input Bin gt Drive01 a taken a disc from the input spindle and is placing it into rive 1 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 onto the output spindle It will then pick up the blank 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 co
55. ompletely 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 57 Appendix E Menu Tree 1 Copy lt Partition gt lt Counter gt 2 Print lt Label gt lt Counter gt 3 Test lt Partition gt lt Counter gt 4 Compare lt Partition gt lt Counter gt 5 Test Copy lt Partition gt lt Counter gt 6 Copy Compare lt Partition gt lt Counter gt 7 Select Burn Speed lt HDD to CD HDD to DVD gt 8 Select Source lt Hard Drive gt 9 Master Mode lt SM MM gt 10 Erase lt Quick Full gt 11 Hard Drive Setup 11 1 Select Partition 11 2 Load Partition 11 3 Rename Partition 11 4 Delete Partition 11 5 Partition Info 11 6 Select Loading Drive 11 7 Format Hard Drive 12 Print Setup 12 1 Load Label 12 2 Rename Label 12 3 Delete Label 12 4 Print Surface Info 12 5 Label Info 13 Setup 11 1 Language l Read Error Skip lt On Off Off with Retry gt 11 3 CD Writing Modes 11 4 Max Audio VCD and CDG Speed lt 1x 2x 4x 8x 10x 12x 16x 24x 32x 40x amp 52x gt 11 5 Buzzer lt On Off gt 11 6 Startup Menu 11 7 Screen Saver lt On Off gt 11 8 Counter lt On Off gt 11 9 DVD R Compatibility Mode lt On Off gt 11 10 ISRC lt On Off gt 11 11 CD Overburn lt On Off gt 14 System Utilities 12 1 Disc Info 12 2 System Info 12 3 Device Info 12
56. ort interval the robotic loader will pick the top disc from the Please Wait 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 Loader Processing Input Bin gt Drive 1 The loader will continue to remove discs from the input spindle and place them into the 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 23 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 Reset Hoppers gt PASS 16 indicates 16 discs have gt Input Bin Empty indicates that the been compared successfully system has run out of discs to compare gt FAIL 0 indicates none of the discs have failed If you have more discs to compare you can empty the Output Spindle place Press the ENT Enter button to finish the discs to
57. owest of the disc descending limit when attempting to pick up a finished disc from a specified drive tray Clear previous error If error code 40 is shown it represents that a system command 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 opened not fully opened If you believe the drawer is opened please close it and try open it once more until you hear a clicking sound If error code 60 is shown it represents that the picking arm did not detect an opened tray before reaching its lowest descending limit when attempting to place a blank disc into a Unable to locate drive tray for input of the disc specified drive tray R70 Disc dropped during If error code 70 is shown it represents that a disc was picked input procedure from an input bin and the picking arm dropped the disc on the way to one of the drive trays R71 Failure to pickupa If error code 71 is shown it represents that the picking arm disc from input bin failed to pick up a disc from an input bin after 3 continuous attempts R80 Disc Remaining On If error code 80 is shown it represents that a disc attempting to Robotic Arm Not be placed on a drive tray remained attached to the robot pick up R50 Drawer not fully Loaded On To The Drive Tray Disc dropped during If error code 90 is shown it represents that a disc was picked PS aput proceso from a drive tray
58. r Y Down button to choose between Multi Master EE Tere mode and Single Master mode Press the ENT Enter button to enter Master Mode your selection The system will return you back to the main menu Multi Master 26 10 Erase Use the Erase menu to erase your Rewritable discs Duplicator 20 Use the A Up or Y Down button to find the 10 Erase menu Le GODY SM Duplicator 2 20 Press the ENT Enter button on 10 Erase to enter the menu and you a eee will see the following screens There are two options gt Full Erase This option erases the entire disc destroying all previously written data in the process Erase Far Erose gt Quick Erase This option erases the index TOC of the Rewritable disc not the data section It is much faster than Arape Full Erase However the data section is still recoverable In Quick Erase order to ensure all old content on the RW disc is completely ereased and unable to be recovered for security purposes you must utilize the FULL ERASE function Use the A Up or Y Down buttons to select between the two options and press the ENT Enter button to continue ee ee Follow the instructions shown in Setting Counters on page 12 to No Counter continue 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 Loader Processing Input Spindle and place them into the drives As soon as the drives Input
59. r 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 eae 4 201 already in Single Master Mode SM please skip to step 1 1 2 that e OP SM starts the copy process If it is not use the A Up or Y Down button to navigate to the 8 Master Mode screen Duplicator 2 20 Press the ENT Enter button to enter the Master Mode Menu and you 8 Master Mode will 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 Master Mode Press the ENT Enter button to submit your selection Single Master 14 1 1 2 Start the Copying Process Go back to the 7 Copy Menu Use the A Up or Y Down button to navigate to the following screen D plicator 2 20 Ls Copy SM Choose Partition FUN VEF 4012MB Counter No Counter Preparing Please Wait OK O NG 0 NB O Input Bin gt DriveOl Start the Copy Process Insert your blank discs on to the Input Spindle and press the ENT Enter button to enter the 7 Copy menu You will see the Choose Partition menu Use the A Up or Y Down bution to find the partition where your master disc is stored Press the ENT Enter button to select that Part
60. required to duplicate your disc s Setup Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the DVD R 9 DVD R High Compatibility Mode High Compatibility Mode menu and press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu Use the A Up or Y Down button to select whether the DVD R High Compatibility Mode is on or off and press the ENT Enter button to select that option DVD R High Compatibility Mode On DVD R High Compatibility Mode Off 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 Setup Use the A Up or Y Down button to select the ISRC 10 ISRC menu 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 38 13 11 CD Overburn Most CD R media has a capacity of 650MB or 700MB The burning starts from the center of the CD and works its way out but stops before the physical edge of the CD Overburning is a burning method to bypass the disc limitations for the edge of the CD This can provide slightly higher Capacity storage however it has also been known to create compatibility issues Please use it with caut
61. s you to see information about the recording devices built inside your autoloader 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 5 Update Firmware Use this utility to update the software in your autoloader To update insert the manufacturer s Certified Update CD into the 1 tray and make sure no other discs are in rest of the trays 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 40 Use the Loader 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 1 Update Robot Firmware Use this utility to update the software in your autoloaders robot controller To update insert the manufacturer s Certified Robot Update CD into the 1 tray and make sure no other discs are in the other trays 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 41 Use this menu option to gt Create user accounts and passwords to prevent unauthorized use of the autoloader gt Edit existi
62. scs are left to go during the duplication process stopping the job once the desired number of copies has been made 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 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 home made Audio CDs By enabling this feature the duplication performance will be lowered 12 CD Overburn Most CD R media is either 650MB or 700MB The burning starts from the center of the CD and works its way out but stops before the physical edge of the CD Overburning is a burning method to bypass the limitations of burning further out onto the edge of the CD This can result in slightly higher storage capacity however it has also been known to have compatibility playback issues Please use it with caution 14 System Utilities page 39 1 Disc Info Use the Disc Info utility to identify the type and other information about your blank recordable media 2 System Info The System Info menu provides important hardware information such as firmware versions Duplication Robot Control Boards types etc 3 Device Info This menu allow
63. the number of passes and fails for every drive tray or simply press the ESC Escape bution to go to the main menu If you choose to see the drive log file you will see a screen similar to below Access Drive Log E Vv Vv Vv i Drive 1 OK 1 NG QO NB 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 1 Copy menu 19 2 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 Load Label function under Print Setup See page 33 for details For additional information on creating designing your labels please refer to Appendix B Design and Create your Label File on page 49 To begin the printing process do following Turn on your autoloader and wait until it has booted up You should see the following signifying your autoloader is ready Duplacator aA le COPY 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 2 Print and press the ENT Enter button You will see the Please Select Label screen Piesss Gatece Lahel Use the A Up or Y Down button to find the desired LightScribe label F
64. ti Master Mode 6 1 6 2 Compare Test Copy Copy Compare DEIECE BURN SDCCO EE Select Source Master Mode 10 e LEE RW ode Drive Setup EE Select EHNEN ENE REENEN SEENEN 11 1 11 2 11 3 11 4 11 5 11 6 11 7 12 1 12 2 12 3 12 4 12 5 Load Part Viet WEE EE Siwe le WE Delete EE ee Ee Ee fvrttet l ne DEE Select Loading Be UE Format Hard bie 12 Print Setup Bore A Ezio E BEE Rename HAD E Delete Labe REH PE SUIT Ter MiO DEE Label Info BE EE 13 1 Language 13 2 ACA del EE 133 GD WIMO MOOG E 13 4 Max Audio VCD amp CDG Speed cee eee cece eeeeee eee eeees 13 5 Buzzer 13 6 Startup Menu 13 7 Screen Saver 1O KOU EEN 13 9 DVD R High 13 10 ISRC Compatibility Mode ccccecce a 131A OD OVER EE 14 System Utilities te MISC AMO EE TAZ cS YSIS EE 14 3 Device Info 14 4 Load Default 145 WOGAIeFIRMIW ANC eebe To Loader HE 15 1 Update Robot Emmmware cece ee eeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeaneees 16 Manage Accounts 16 1 ENEE EE EE NEE 16 2 Create User 16 3 Edit User Info 16 4 Delete User 16 5 Password on TAO TOG EE BOOM OD EE WO eMC OW ieee tice eee See estes see ak soonest Cane ae et eee Appendix A LightScribe Software Setup Instruchon ees Appendix B Design and Creaielabeltie cess eeaeeeaeees Appendix C Trouble Sh GOIN sesana aa Appendix D List of Robot
65. to the 3 Delete Partition menu Print Setup Press the ENT Enter button to enter the Delete Labe menu The 3 Delete Label autoloader will first ask you to choose the label to be deleted Please Select Label Use the A Up or Y Down button to find the label that you want to eae eo delete Press the ENT Enter button to select the label Delete Label The autoloader displays the Delete Label confirmation message FUN 1lsi OK Press the ENT Enter button to continue Ce g The autoloader displays the Deleted message for two seconds and eLletea then 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 4 Print Surface Info menu In order to display such 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 34 13 Setup The 11 Setup menu options are used to configure various options on the autoloader The Setup menu consists of the following sub menus Language Read Error Skip
66. 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 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 O 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 repeatedly until 1 is displayed Now 0021 is displayed press ENT Enter button once and the cursor moves to OK VV VV WV VW Then press the ENT Enter button once to submit your counter value The loader will now start loading disc from the input Spindle and place them into all drive trays 12 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
67. tted the system will return you to the Format Hard Drive menu 32 12 Print Setup The Print Setup menu consists of the following sub menus 1 Load Label 2 Rename Label 3 Delete Label 4 Print Surface Info 5 Label Info Each of these menus is discussed in its own subsection If you are starting from the 7 Copy Menu do the following Duplicator 2 20 Use the A Up or Y Down button to find 12 Print Setup SM La Copy Press the ENT Enter button at 72 Print Setup to enter the menu Duplicator 2 201 Use the A Up or Y Down button to select between the following 12 Print Setup options 12 1 Load Label This function allows you to load your LightScribe Label file lsi 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 your Label File on page 49 Print Setup i Toad trabei Press the ENT Enter button to enter the 1 Load Label menu Loading Master The autoloader will pick up a disc that contains your LightScribe label file and place it into a drive for analyzing Please Select Label Upon successfully analyzing your label disc you have the 1 Load All Labels following options 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 L
68. tures gt Depending on the template chosen you may have the option to modify 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 A Get More Template ke image Pere ee fom e iD L a Position and Orientation WE EE e An i F 2a anma Pehle ares a b fe g eiis AN Ri i Gr Rotate Left Rotate Ragnit y dee S Click to 51 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 gt Select the Best contrast mode for the darkest print 8 gt Select the label surface color of the disc you wish to label onto 9 gt If you 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 In addition due to the system display limitation make sure the file name does not contain any foreign
69. type etc Use the A Up or Y Down butions to look at the drive log file for the various drives Press the ESC Escape button to return to the 1 Copy menu 18 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 D plicator SE E Press the ENT Enter button to enter into this menu EEN Press the ENT Enter button to shut down the autoloader The Press OF to Shutdouws autoloader will do all of its internal housekeeping and then display a confirmation message Ready to Power Off Shutdown Ready to Power Off Press the power button to power off the system 46 Appendix A LightScribe Software Setup Instruction Minimum Hardware Requirements Minimum Software Requirements 1 Pentium 3 Class microprocessor or better 1 Windows 2000 XP 2003 or Vista CD RW Recorder 32Mbytes of RAM e p 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 Installation Wizard to start the installation process see screen below Ge LightS
70. unch the LightScribe Template Labeler gt By clicking the shortcut icon Sue on your desktop gt Or you can find the program launch shortcut in Start gt All Programs gt LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling gt LightScribe Template Labeler Since we use this software for design and layout purpose please ignore the LightScribe Disc Insertion prompt below by pressing the OK button Note gt LightScribe Template Labeler LightScribe Template Labeler Please insert a LightScribe disc into your drive label side down C Do not show this message again 49 Step 2 Select Template gt Choose one of the preinstalled templates or click on Get More Templates to download additional templates 1 gt Select the Category filter function to better view and choose a template Note that each template may appear in multiple categories 2 gt Click on your Template choice to activate 3 If you prefer more advanced design capabilities instead of the pre designed templates you can do following Note 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 CIC c Choose an empty template from the Template Labeler and add the exported CD artwork pictures into the empty template Templates p gt Get More Templates Select a Template Category Step 3 Insert Text and or Pic
71. unter is reached OKs MESS EMS 0 Input Bin gt DriveOl F EOCESS LNG e It takes a few seconds for the autoloader to recognize all the discs Please Wart 44 Counter Specified Copying H4012MB 0 21 12 481MB gt H indicates the source of the job resides in the Hard Drive gt 4012MB indicates the capacity of the master disc amp 12 481MB 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 After two or three seconds of processing time one of the following Copy Progress screens will appear No Counter Specified Copying H4012MB 0 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 481MB indicates the current progress of the duplication gt 0 indicates you have made 0 copies so far Note It 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 Ok 3 ue oun ol Once the duplication run is completed the loader will remove the Drive0l gt Output Bin finished disc from a drive and place the successful copy on the Output Spindle After the loader has placed the copied disc into the Output Spindle
72. utton to select that option 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 to select the Screen Saver menu 7 Screen Saver and press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu an Use the A Up or Y Down button to select whether the Screen Saver Screen Saver is on or off and press the ENT Enter button to select that option Off 37 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 Sa Counter press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu Use the A Up or Y Down button to select whether the Counter is on Counter or off and press the ENT Enter button to select that option Off For information on entering the counters see Setting Counters on page 12 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
73. utton to set the desired recording speed The options that are available are shown in Table 2 1 Duplication Type Speeds Available 1x 2x 4x 8x 10x 12x 16x 24x 32x HDD to CD Speed 40x 48x 52x HDD to DVD 1x 2x 2 4x 4x 6x 8x 12x 16x 18x Speed 20x HDD to BD Speed Ve 2 4x 4x 6x 8x 12x 16x 18x Table 2 1 Duplication Speeds 25 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 8 Select Source The Select Source menu or the Source quick key is used to set the Master Reading Source In the autoloader the Master Reading Source is always the Hard Drive 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 10 If you are at the 7 Copy Menu do the following Duplicator 2 20 Use the A Up or Y Down button to find the 9 Master Mode menu L OPY SM Duplicator 2 20 Press the ENT Enter button on 8 Master Mode to enter the menu 9 Master Mode and you will see one of the following screens Master Mode Use the A Up o
74. well as the LightScribe printable media Although the manual refers to them as spindles many of the messages shown on the LCD display will refer to them as bins in order to create a more concise message Don t panic Spindles and bins are the same 2 The Robotic Platform The CUBE LightScribe autoloader with 25 Disc Capacity has two bins see Figure 1 3 Each bay holds approximately 25 discs Actual quantity varies depending on the media thickness Place the media you wish to copy or print into the Input Bin The robotic arm will pick discs from Input Bin then place the successfully copied discs onto the Output Bin If any discs were rejected due to failure the disc will be ejected and the job will be automatically aborted Figure 1 3 Cube Robotic Duplicator 25 Capacity Top View Input Bin Robotic Arm E N _ Output Bin _ ae NA 3 The LCD Control Panel The below image is for reference only Your key assignment and appearance may differ Figure 1 5 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 ORORO COPY TEST SPEED SOURCE Figure 1 5 LCD Control Panel Layout Table 1 1 Front Panel Controls Controt Name Function SSCS Scroll up through the menu or list Scroll down through the menu or list Execute the fu
75. 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 7 Copy Menu do the following Duplicator 2 20 Use the A Up or Y Down button to find the 7 Select Burn Speed Es Copy MM menu Press the ENT Enter button at 6 Select Burn Speed menu and you Duplicator Bee ar SE will see the Select Burn Speed menu similar to below 7 Select Burn Speed select Burn Speed l i HDD to CD Speed There are three recording speed types that can be set gt HDD to CD Copy Hard Drive CD Content to CD R RW Discs speed gt HDD to DVD Copy Hard Drive DVD Content to DVD R RW Discs gt HDD to BD Copy Hard Drive Blu Ray Content to BD R RE Discs 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 VY Down button to find the desired speed for 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 32x the ENT Enter b

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