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MicroBoards Technology HCL-4000 DVD Recorder User Manual

1. Load Default rsss OK Co Bone nus Press the EB OK button to load the default parameters or the amp ESC button to return to the System Utilities menu 12 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 BB OK button We strongly suggest that you not upgrade your autoloader s firmware unless your autoloader has become unstable or you are instructed to do so by Tech Support Warning When you update the firmware on your system there may be a chance that you will lose all of the data contents of master discs stored in the user HDD partitions Make sure that you have all of your data on the HDD backed up before attempting this procedure System Utilities Use the amp Up or E Down button to select the Update Firmware menu and 5 Update Firmware press the M OK button to enter that menu Waiting for Update Insert the disc containing the firmware into the 1 tray and make sure there Please Insert Disc are no other discs in any other trays After a few moments the system will detect the disc Firmware verified The Autoloader will verify the integrity of the firmware disc before continuing Ready to Update Autoloader Updating 33 The Autoloader displays a progress screen as the update loads When the update is complete the autoloader displays this message Power I Ie dow
2. gt Check the connections for the power cable and ensure that the power outlet is working correctly gt Make sure that the rear panel power voltage setting matches the voltage of your power outlet gt Ifthe autoloader was stored in a location where the temperature dropped below 32 F 0 C within the past 24 hours leave the autoloader in a warm room with a temperature of at least 65 F 19 C for four hours prior to powering the autoloader on Drives cannot read disc and shows error message gt Check the format of the master CD DVD gt Check the master CD DVD itself for damage gt Your master disc may be copy protected Normally most of the DVDs and some of the CDs you purchase from stores have been copy protected 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 currently running process press the amp ESC button and hold it for several seconds If it still doesn t work turn the machine off and then restart the machine after a minute Copy completed but the copies are not readable executable gt Use the compare feature to check the copied disc data discs only gt Based on our experience the quality of your media plays a big role on this part Try to use high quality media to prevent such problems gt Use another DVD CD player ROM to test the copied media Sometimes your DVD CD Player ROM may not be compatible with re
3. indicates none of the discs to be erased in the Input Spindle and have failed erase Press the OK button to continue Press the EB OK button to finish If you have no more discs to erase press the ESC button to terminate the operation 10 Hard Drive Setup HARD DRIVE The Hard Drive Setup menu consists of following sub menus Quick Button Select Partition Load Partition Rename Partition Delete Partition Partition Info Partition Size Format Hard Drive Each of these menus is discussed in its own subsection zl OD AG MH If you are at the 1 Copy Menu do the following Microboards B 30 Use the B Up or amp Down button to find the 10 Hard Drive Setup 1 Copy SM Microboards B 30 Press the D OK button on 70 Hard Drive Setup to enter the menu Use the 10 Hard Drive Setup B Up or E Down button to select between those options 10 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 1 Select Partition Press the EB OK button to enter the Select Partition menu Use the B Up or E Down button to select the desired partition The Choose Partition RESERVED partition is reserved for use by the System under Multi Master 1 gt RESERVED CD m de Press the M OK button to select the desired partition named DVD1 in this Choose Partition example 2 gt
4. drive tray tray and cannot detect the disc This commonly occurs when the disc was removed from the tray before the vacuum picking arm had an opportunity to pick it up Co Disc misloaded in A disc being returned to the output ng was not properly dropped C5 output bin from the vacuum picking arm onto the output bin O 5 respectively where bin 0 indicates the position right in front of the drive housing FF High static shock error Too much static electricity builds up from the disc This error occurs when the static electricity on the disc is too high Either the facility produces too much static electricity or the current climate is conducive to high concentration of static electricity This error is caused by the buildup of an electric static charge which shocks the robotic arm while loading a disc If this error should occur the user must completely reboot the system by turning the unit off at the power button When the unit is turned on again it should operate normally but you will need to reprogram the job it was running Menu Tree 38 Copy Test Compare Test Copy Select Source Master Mode Erase RW Reng 11 Setup 11 1 11 2 11 3 11 4 11 5 11 6 11 7 11 8 11 9 11 10 11 11 12 System Utilities 12 1 12 2 12 3 12 4 12 5 13 Loader Utilities 13 1 13 2 13 3 13 5 Copy Compare Select Burn Speed lt HDD to CD HDD to DVD gt lt Partition gt lt Counter gt lt Partition gt lt Counter gt
5. lt Partition gt lt Counter gt lt Partition gt lt Counter gt lt Partition gt lt Counter gt lt Hard Drive gt lt SM MM gt lt Quick Full gt 0 Hard Drive Setup Select Partition Load Partition Rename Partition Delete Partition Partition Info Partition Size Format Hard Drive Language Read Error Skip CD Writing Mode Max Audio VCD and CDG Speed Buzzer Startup Menu Screen Saver Counter AUTOCOPY Enabled DVD R Compatibility Mode Disable Drives Disc Info System Info Device Info Load Default Update Firmware Drive Alignment Spindle Alignment Disc Separator lt Separator Off Single Vibration double triple gt Z form Maneuver lt On Off gt Alignment Protection lt On Off gt 14 Manage Accounts 14 5 15 Shutdown View User Create User Edit User Info Delete User Password on Bootup 16 AUTOCOPY Hidden e Menu Tree MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC HCL Series Specifications DVD Recorder Drive DVD R RW DL CD R RW Recorder Power Source 90V 240V 50 60Hz switchable power supply Power supply 400W Environment Temperature 40 C 104 F 5 C 41 F Humidity 20 80 Actual Size 8 drive Packaged Size 8 drive W 20 xD 26 xH 29 W 25 xD 29 xH 34 51x66x73 5cm 63 5x73 5x86 5cm 100 Ibs 45 5 kg 115 Ibs 52 3 kg Supported Formats CD ROM Mode 1 CD ROM XA Mode 2 form 1 form 2 Recording format CD Photo CD CD DA A
6. DVD1 DVD N md 10 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 Press the EB OK button to enter the Load Partition menu 2 Load Partition If you would like to load the master disc into a new partition press the D OK Load Partition 2 16 button when the New Partition option is shown Or you can use the B Up or Load gt New Partition E Down button to select one of the existing partitions to be overwritten amp press the EB OK button to select it Depending on whether you are loading the master into a new partition or into an existing partition you will see one of these two screens New Partition Existing Partition Edit Partition Name DE This will Overwrite OK DVD1 OK Press the EB OK button to overwrite the partition named DVD1 Before continuing the autoloader will ask you again to confirm it Enter a new partition name as described in Editing Names on page 13 For this example we will name it Happy Edit Partition Name DVD1 OK Enter a new partition name as described in Editing Names on page 13 For this example we will name it SAMPLE Load Partition The system will display a verification message before continuing Pres the D SAMPLE 1 OK OK button to start loading the partition named SAMPLE D The master should
7. Disable Drives press the EB OK button to enter that menu Drive 1 Port 1 Enable Disabl Use the B Up or amp Down button to select the desired drive trays you would like to enable disable Then press or D button to move the asterisk in front Drive 1 Port 1 of Enable or Disable Enable Disabl Use the amp Up or amp Down button until you see the Save Changes screen h RIE and press the EB OK button to save the changes you made Setting Saved Once the changes are saved you will see the Please Restart screen The Please Restart new settings will not take effect until you restart the system 12 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 gt Disc Info gt System Info gt Device Info gt Load Default gt Update Firmware 12 1 Disc Info If you are uncertain about the type of blank recordable media you are using the Disc Info function can help you identify the type of disc and provide information about the data encoded on the disc For blank recordable discs it will tell you the media s format capacity manufacture ID and the Media s certified writing speed 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 B Up or E Down button to select the
8. you will see a Ge screen similar to below Master 1 17 Pass 20 Fail Use the B Up or E Down buttons to look at the log file for the various jobs Mast 2 1 EE Press the A ESC button to return to the 7 Copy menu Pass 40 Fail Master 3 1 Pass 30 Fail 2 Test Use the Test menu or Test quick key to simulate the copy process With simulation write once recordable discs such as DVD R or CDR will be reusable The purpose of simulation is to ensure error free duplication Note Due to physical limitations of the DVD R recordable format if you try to simulate DVD R copying you will encounter failure messages Warning If you are using CD DVD Rewritable discs as your media during the simulation the content on those discs will be permanently erased Operation in Test mode is identical to operation in Copy mode See Copy on page 14 for instructions 17 3 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 DVDs and Data CDs The 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 Microboards B 30 Use the amp Up or amp Do
9. B Up or E Down button to select whether Alignment Protection is on or off and press the D OK button to select that option 14 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 For complete information on Manage Accounts see Introduction to Manage Accounts on page 11 To access the Manage Accounts feature you need to perform the following tasks Use the B Up or E Down button to select the Manage Accounts menu and press the EB OK button to enter that menu You will be shown the Enter Password menu Microboards B 30 14 Manage Accounts Enter PWD OK The system will ask you for the Administrator s Password The default Administrator s Password is 0000 To enter press the B Up or E Down button to select the first digit of your password and press the EB OK 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 EB OK button to OK the submission of your password Once your password is validated you will be guided to the main Manage Accounts screen The submenus of Manage Accounts are discussed in the sections that follow 14 1 View User This menu allows you to vi
10. Disc Info menu and press the D OK button to enter that menu The system will proceed to the Please Insert Disc menu System Utilities 1 Disc Info Disc Info Please Fast Dise Place your disc s into the drives After a few seconds the system will detect the discs and ask you if you want to proceed Wait until all of your discs have been detected and press the D OK button to continue The information that you see will depend on whether the disc that you inserted has data written on it or if it is blank In this example three discs have been loaded Disc Info 3 Disc Detected GO The results are 1 CD 21M Data A data CD was placed in the top tray l gt The 1 Indicates that the information is for the media inserted in tray 1 gt The CD indicates that the media inserted is a CD ROM gt The 21M indicates that 21Mbytes of data is encoded on the disc gt 1Session 1Trk indicates that the data is all in a single session recorded as a single track Press the amp Down button to see the next disc 1 Session 1Trk 28 e Operation MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC HCL Series 2 CD RW 702M Blank A blank 24x CD RW media was placed in the second tray INFODISC 97m25s31f gt The 2 Indicates that the information is for the media inserted in tray 2 gt The CD RW indicates that the media inserted is a CD RW gt The 702M indicates that 702Mbytes of space is availabl
11. Mode Setup Use the B Up or E Down button to select the Startup Menu option and press 6 Startup Menu the amp OK button to enter that menu Use the amp Up or E Down button to select the desired startup menu and press M SE the EB OK button to select that option Copy N i 11 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 long period of time Setup Use the B Up or El Down buttons to select the Screen Saver menu and press 7 Screen Saver the M OK button to enter that menu Screen Saver On Use the amp Up or amp Down button to select whether the Screen Saver is on or off and press the M OK button to select that option Screen Saver Off 11 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 B Up or E Down button to select the Counter menu and press the D 8 Counter OK button to enter that menu Counter On Use the B Up or E Down button to select whether the Counter is on or off and press the EB OK button to select that option Counter Off For information on entering the counters see Setting Counters and Assigning Names on page 12 11 9 A
12. identical to operation in Copy menu 5 Copy Compare The Copy Compare menu option is used to make verified copies After the copy process is done the autoloader automatically compares the copies to the master content residing in the hard drive to ensure that they are identical When the operation is complete the autoloader automatically places good discs on to the Output Spindle and bad discs in the Reject Area Operation in Copy Compare menu is identical to operation in Copy menu 6 Select Burn Speed The Select Burn Speed menu option is used to adjust the duplication speed for the various duplication modes By default the duplication speed will be set to the optimal speed However under some circumstances you might want to lower 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 1 Copy Menu do the following Microboards B 30 Use the amp Up or amp Down bution to find the 6 Select Burn Speed menu 1 Copy MM Press the EB OK button on 6 Select Burn Speed menu to set the duplication ee burn speed and you will see the Select Burn Speed type menu similar to 6 Select Burn Speed below Se
13. 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 blank discs for the second job The master disc for the third job The blank discs for the third job etc If your autoloader has more than one Input Spindle then the job sequence can be spread across the spindles in sequence CD duplication jobs and DVD duplication jobs can be intermixed The autoloader will automatically detect a job s master and blank disc format and copy them when they match VVVVVVV You should still be at the 7 Copy Menu Microboards B 30 1 Copy MM Press the EB OK 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 This information screen shows what is happening In this case the loader EE has taken a disc from the Input Spindle and is placing it into Drive 1 Drive 1 lt Input Bin 16 e Operation MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC HCL Series 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 all Input Spindles are empty Processing It takes a few seconds for the autoloader to recognize all of the discs in the Please Wait trays EE R
14. that particular job of the master disc 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 11 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 16 You can press either the Single Master or Multi Master Quick Buttons to eliminate the need of going into the Master Mode menu your master disc is loaded into a partition on the Hard Drive See Load Partition on page 22 for instructions on how to do this Turn on your autoloader and wait until it has booted up It should 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 Make sure the Master Mode is set to Single Master mode SM If it is not Microboards B 30 use the B Up or amp Down button to navigate to the 8 Master Mode screen If 1 Copy SM it is already in Single Master mode SM please skip to the step that starts the copy process Microboards B 30 Press the OK button to enter the Master Mode 8 Master Mode Use the B Up or E Down button to select Single Master Mode Press the D OK button to submit your selection Go back to the 7 Copy Menu Use the amp Up or E Down button to navigate to the follo
15. D is displayed You can also hold the El Down button down and the autoloader will scroll through the alphabet Press the EB OK button once to move the cursor to the next position Press the E Down button repeatedly until V is displayed Press the EB OK button once to move the cursor to the next position Press the E Down button repeatedly until D is displayed Press the EB OK button once to move the cursor to the next position Press the E Down button repeatedly until 1 is displayed Once you have the name DVD1 displayed and then press the D OK button repeatedly until the cursor is moved to OK Then press the EB OK button once to submit your name selection VK VVVVV VV You will now see the following confirmation screen Loading Partition DVD1 OK Press the EB OK button to confirm 13 Operation This chapt h h of th opti nd how they are used is chapter shows eac e menu options a y COPY Quick Button 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 load your master Simply place the master disc s on top of the stack of blank discs needed for
16. ESERVED Once all of the discs are detected the autoloader will detect the master disc 36 121MB Loaded and read the contents of the master disc into the reserve partition Once the master disc has been loaded the autoloader will remove the Loader P i EE master disc from the drive and place it onto the Output Spindle Drive 1 gt Output Bin Loader Processing The loader will then pick up another blank disc and load it into the drive Drive 1 lt Input Bin where the last master disc was placed Once the loading process is completed the duplication process will start When the duplication process is through the loader will remove the discs from the drives and place successful copies onto the Output Spindles and place failed copies into the Reject Area In Multi Master Mode the robotic arm continues to load more media into the drives from Input Spindles while the duplicated discs are placed in the Output Spindle Once a new Master disc are been detected by any of the drives this process will repeat for the new Master disc When all of the jobs are complete and the autoloader detects all Input Spindles are empty it presents you with the Input Bin Empty message Input Bin Empty 20 Press the EB OK button to continue and you will see the Access Log File Press OK to Continue screen Press the EB OK button to view the log file or press the amp ESC button to Bee SS Og ETIE return to the 1 Copy menu If you choose to see the log file
17. M and CPU 3 Device Info Use this menu option to see data about the drives that are installed in the 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 amp OK 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 Loader Utilities page 30 Use the Loader Utilities menu options to access the various utilities built into the autoloader You can scroll between the various options using the amp Up or E Down button 1 Drive Alignment The Drive Alignment menu is used to check the mechanical alignment between the drives and the robotic arm See Drive Alignment on page 30 for more information 2 Spindle Alignment The Spindle Alignment menu is used to check the mechanical alignment between the spindles and the robotic arm See Spindle Alignment on page 31 for more information 3 Disc Separator Use this utility to tell the system the number of times for the robotic arm to shake the disc it picked up from the input spindle in order to reduce the disc sticking issue See Disc S
18. MICROBOARDS Technology HCL Series Users Manual 2 e Introduction MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC HCL Series TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUGTION DEEN 5 MRE Sie Wel EE 7 THE LCD CONTROL ENEE 7 MENU OVERVIEW il et la aan 8 INTRODUCTION TO MANAGE ACCOUNTS nr rrnrrenre nere aree RKENRR KEREN KEN 11 SINGLE MASTER AND MULTI MASTER MODES ss ENKE RKEN REN R KN 11 SETTING COUNTERS AND ASSIGNING NAMES 1 srrs erre ere a resa re iene irene 12 OPERATION i 14 ER eeh 14 Di WS EEN 17 EE eine EE 18 4 TEE EEN 19 5 EE 19 6 Select B rm Speed sine ri aa aaa aa ein oral eaten A 19 7 Select SOUFCE nana nana anna aaa aan arara ara 20 8 Master Mode 20 9 Erase WW 20 10 Hard Drive Setup i rt a ati iti 21 VA ID ERA Re RO ES E ee 24 12 System Utilita ii ibi ili 28 195 FO AGSR NEE 30 14 e ER Ee ane ee nr rer er da eer ener er er ere ener Creer er tre erry Creer er rrer errr etre 32 15 SHUTAOW Mix EE EEN 34 TROUBLESHOOTING KEREN KEN RENE KEREN eee iene eee eee ie nie iii iene 35 ERROR CODES asl e ale e rie 36 MENU TREE iii ia 38 SPEGIFIGATION LE 39 SUPPORTED FORMATS ek KE KKK KEN KEEN KEREN KEEN iene eee eee iene 39 TECHNICAL SUPPORT cccccssccseeceeeeneeeseeeeeeeens ERROR BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED 4 e Introduction MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC HCL Series Introduction The Microboards HCL Series autoloader is a reliable high performan
19. R recordable format if you try to simulate DVD R copying you will encounter failure messages Warning If you are using CD DVD Rewritable discs as your blank media during the simulation the content on those discs will be permanently erased Compare page 17 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 DVDs and Data CDs The readability check will be applied for other formats like Audio CDs CD G and Video CDs discs due to their lack of error correction mechanisms Test Copy page 19 Use the Test Copy menu option to simulate the copying process initially Then the autoloader performs the actual copy process on the blank disc s that passed the simulation For the blank disc s that didn t pass the simulation the autoloader will place it them to the Reject Area Copy Compare page 19 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 Select Burn Speed page 19 Use the Select Burn Speed menu option to adjust the duplication speed for the various blank disc formats For additional information see Select Burn Speed on page 19 Select Source page 20 U
20. Series autoloader has five spindles see Figure 1 2 that hold approximately 250 discs each variations in media thickness between brands will change the number of discs you can load at any one time Initially Spindle 1 will be left empty The robotic arm picks blank discs from Spindle 2 first and places the successful copies onto Spindle 1 Once Spindle 2 is empty it picks blank discs from Spindle 3 and places the successful copies onto Spindle 2 It then picks from Spindle 4 and places onto Spindle 3 and then picks from Spindle 5 and places onto Spindle 4 Reject discs are placed on to the deck below the drive trays Throughout this manual this area is also referred as Reject Area The LCD Control Panel HCL Series Drive Compartment Robotic Arm Figure 1 2 Five Spindle Robotic Duplicator Top View Figure 1 3 shows the LCD Control Panel This panel ciais has a two line 20 character LCD display to provide user feedback Eight push buttons control the operation of the Microboards HCL Series The functions for these buttons are shown in Table 1 1 Figure 1 3 LCD Control Panel Layout Control Name Function Up Scroll up through the menu or list Down Scroll down through the menu or list menu OK Execute the function Also called OK in the Menus ESC Go back to the previous function Copy Quick key to make a copy Pressing this key takes you directly to the 7 Cop
21. UTOCOPY Enabled This option turns on the hidden Autocopy menu The Autocopy function is the simplest way to make CD DVD copies It simplifies the copy process by automatically copying from the Master Disc which should be placed on top of the first Input Spindle to all of the blank discs which follow it To make copies in Autocopy mode 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 16 AUTOCOPY button When AUTOCOPY Enabled is turned on it appears as 16 AUTOCOPY above option 7 Copy and below option 15 Shutdown in the main menu structure Setup Use the B Up or E Down button to select the AUTOCOPY Enabled menu and 9 AUTOCOPY Enabled press the EB OK button to enter that menu Use the amp Up or E Down button to select whether the AUTOCOPY Enabled function is on or off and press the amp OK button to select that option Once you get back to the main menu use the B Up or E Down button to navigate to the following screen Microboards B 30 Fill the input spindle s with the required number of blank discs Place the 16 AUTOCOPY Master disc on top of the stack in the first input spindle and press the OK button to start the AUTOCOPY process 26 e Operation MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC HCL Series Loader Processing The loader will then start the Autocopy process Please Wait Loader Processing The loader w
22. 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 the EB OK button to finish Press OK to Finish 10 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 rename it at anytime afterwards Instructions for this are shown in Editing Names on page 13 10 4 Delete Partition The Delete Partition option deletes an existing partition Use the amp Up or E Down button to navigate to the 4 Delete Partition menu Hard Drive Setup Press the M OK button to enter the Delete Partition menu The autoloader 1 D amp Elete partition will first ask you to choose the partition to be deleted Use the B Up or amp Down button to find the partition that you want to delete Ch Partiti RR I Press the EB OK button to select the partition 2 gt DVD1 DVD Confirm that the partition is to be deleted Press the D OK button to Delete Partition continue DVD1 DVD OK 22 e Operation MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC HCL Series Partition DVD1 The autoloader displays the Deleted message for two seconds and then Deleted returns you to the Delete Partition menu 10 5 Partition Info The Partition Info option provides information about an existing partition Use the A Up or El Down button to navigate to the 5 Partition Info men
23. 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 Microboards B 30 Microboards B 30 1 Copy SM 1 Copy MM The SM indicates Single Master Mode and the MM indicates Multi Master Mode For example if you need to make gt 20 copies of job A gt 40copies of job B gt 30 copies of job C 11 Under Multi Master Mode you would need to follow the steps below Make sure all of the spindles are empty Place 30 blank discs for job C on to the first input spindle Place the master disc for job C on top of those blank discs for job C Place 40 blank discs for job B on top of the master disc for job C Place the master disc for job B on top of those blank discs for job B Place 20 blank discs for job A on top of the master disc for job B Place the master disc for job A on top of those blank discs for Job A When you start the copy operation the robotic arm will pick up discs from the Input Spindle and place them into the drives If any of the discs in the drives contains data in this case that would be the first disc the Master Disc for job A the autoloader will load the entire content of this disc Master A into the reserve partition on the Hard Drive The subsequent discs from the input bin spindle will be loaded in the empty drives OP ON da ON TE Once the loading process is completed the autoloader will start the duplicati
24. ce high speed standalone robotic DVD and or CD autoloader With its professional industrial design and simple user interface it makes your duplicating experience easier than ever With the Microboards HCL Series you can have a capacity up to 1000 discs duplicate continuously for 24 hours even with multiple masters and get the highest quality duplication all at an extremely affordable price The Microboards HCL Series includes the HCL 4000 HCL 6000 and HCL 8000 with 4 6 and 8 drives respectively The number of drives will not affect the overall capacity of the HCL Series autoloader More drives however will result in increased throughput Before you start using this autoloader please read the following to ensure proper operation DVD Duplication Limitations DVD masters must be copied to blanks of the same capacity In other words DVD Dual Layer must be copied to DVD Dual Layer and DVD Single Layer must be copied to DVD Single Layer DVD R media does not support Test mode and will be burned if used 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 Dust is the number one killer of CD DVD recording
25. copies but it will not notify you when to stop To select the No Counter simply press the D OK button when you see the screen above Or you can select Specify Counter between 1 to 9999 by pressing the B Up or 8 Down button to go to the Specify Counter menu Counter Press the OK button to select this option You will see the next Specify Specify Counter Counter menu Specify SE To specify the number of copies for your project you need to enter input a 0 OK four digit number If you need to specify a number that is less than four digits fill the leading spaces with zeros any leading zeros will be skipped Examples of four digit numbers are 0234 two hundred and thirty four or 0010 ten To enter the number you need to use the amp Up or El Down button to select the number for each digit and use the EB OK button or the amp ESC button to move the cursor position right or left Once you ve finished move the cursor to OK and press the EB OK button For example if you want to specify a counter value of 21 twenty one The 4 digit value would be 0021 12 Setting Counters and Assigning Names MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC HCL Series To input the desired quantity do the following gt Make sure the cursor is located at the first position First blinking position Specify Counter 0 OK Press the E Down button repeatedly until 0 is displayed Press OK button once to move the cu
26. cordable DVD CD disc The failure rate is high gt Lower the write speed and try again See Select Burn Speed on page 19 gt The quality of your blank discs may be poor gt The quality of your master disc may be poor Do 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 our Tech Support if your system is getting unstable Cannot boot up or fails to upgrade firmware gt Contact our Tech Support 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 30 gt Drives are consumable parts and every drives comes with a lifespan After a period of time they do tend to wear out Please contact Tech Support Service for assistance F Y l Replacing any component of the autoloader without Tech Support Service s consent will void the autoloader s warranty instantly gt Contact our Tech Support Why does my autoloader stay at System Bootup gt The reason the autoloader stays at system bootup forever is caused by improper shut down To solve the problem contact our Tech Support department Even though this prob
27. devices It is very important to operate the autoloader in a dust free clean environment 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 15 Shutdown and follow the instructions on the screen Not performing this function increases the risk of damaging the autoloader Double Layer Dual Layer Partition If you have a 16x speed or higher autoloader with DVD Dual Layer capability the hard drive partitions are set to a default size of 9 GB each to accommodate DVD Dual Layer format If you require more partitions and do not plan on using DVD Dual Layer media you can reduce the size of the partitions using the instructions given in Partition Size on page 26 Keep in mind that if you alter the partition size all previous data video stored on the hard drive will be lost and you will only be able to load media with less than 5 GB capacity such as DVD Single Layer 4 7 GB CD 700 MB etc Disc Static and Sticky Media The most common problems when using an autoloader are the disc static and sticky m
28. e Master Reading Source is always the Hard Drive 8 Master Mode Single Master amp Multi Master The Master Mode menu is used to select between Single Master mode or Quick Buttons Multi Master mode For more information on the modes see Single Master and Multi Master Modes on page 11 eis Press the appropriate Quick Button to set the mode immediately Alternately you can use the amp Up or 8 Down button at the Main Menu to Microboards B30 find the 8 Master Mode menu 8 Master Mode Press the EB OK button on 8 Master Mode to change the mode Use the B Up or amp Down button to choose between Single Master mode and Multi Master mode Press the E OK button to enter your selection The system will return you back to the main menu 9 Erase RW Use the Erase RW menu to erase your Rewritable discs Microboards B 30 Use the B Up or RB Down button to find the 9 Erase RW menu 1 Copy SM Microboards B 30 Press the EB OK button on 9 Erase RW to enter the menu 9 Erase RW 4 5 D oO feb D O CO 5 n gt Full Erase This option erases 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 In order to ensure all old content on the RW disc is completely erased and unable to be recovered for security purp
29. e finished checking the alignment of the drive s the robotic arm will move the disc to the arms top position and hold it there You will see the Alignment Next menu Press the D OK button to return back to the Please Select Drive menu This allows you to complete the alignment checking procedure for each of the installed drives If you are through checking the alignment of drives press the ESC button to go back to the Loader Utility Menu When the drive alignment checking process is complete the robotic arm will drop the disc in the Reject Area 13 2 Spindle Alignment The Spindle Alignment menu option is used to check the alignment of the spindles to the robotic arm When the Spindle Alignment function is selected the system picks a disc from the first input spindle and holds it approximately one inch above the target spindle To start the alignment place a disc on to the first input spindle Use the B Up or amp Down button to select the Spindle Alignment menu and press the D OK button The autoloader will proceed to the Please Select Spindle menu Loader Utilities 2 Spindle Alignment Please Select Spindle Use the amp Up or E Down button to select the spindle that you want to Spindle 1 Go check and press the amp OK button to select it The autoloader will pick a disc from the input spindle move it to one inch above the spindle being aligned and hold it there You will see the Spindle Alignment screen Warning This functi
30. e on the disc gt Blank indicates that the disc is blank gt INFODISC 97m25s31f is the media ID code Press the E Down button to see the next disc 3 DVD R 4488M Blank A blank 8x DVD R media was placed in the third tray 8x SONYO8D1 gt The 3 Indicates that the information is for the media inserted in tray 3 gt The DVD R indicates that the media inserted is a R type of recordable DVD gt The 4488M indicates that 4488Mbytes of space is available on the disc gt Blank indicates that the disc is blank gt 8x indicates that the disc is certified for 8x duplication gt SONY08D1 is the media ID code Press the E Down button to go back to the first disc or the ESC button to go back to the System Utilities menu 12 2 System Info The System Info menu provides information about your autoloader including the firmware version CPU type and RAM capacity You can scroll through the various specifications by pressing the amp Up or amp Down button Use the amp Up or E Down button to select the System Info menu and press System Utilities the BD OK button to enter that menu 2 System Info The first information that is shown is the firmware version Because the Firmware Version information is larger than the line width the information will scroll Press the B 30 08 22 05R06 06 amp Down button to go to the next display CPU The next screen shows the CPU
31. e 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 20 Job Completed Press OK to or Reset Hoppers Finish PASS 16 indicates 16 discs have been Input Bin Empty 20 indicates that the compared successfully system has run out of discs to compare FAIL 0 indicates none of the discs have If you have more discs to compare you failed can empty the Output Spindle place the discs to be compared in the Input Spindle Press the EB OK button to finish and Press the EB OK button to continue If you have no more discs to compare press the D ESC button to terminate the operation 18 e Operation MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC HCL Series 4 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 while the discs that passed the simulation will move on to the copying process After the copying process the autoloader will place the failure discs into the reject area while the successfully copied discs will be placed into the corresponding Output Spindle Operation in Test Copy menu is
32. edia issues These static charge problems cause multiple discs to stick together resulting in improper operation and more severely can shock the robotic arm while loading a disc that causes the system to freeze Even though the autoloader has a sticky media separator function to prevent the sticky media but 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 This process reduces the static between the discs up to 90 The amount of air to use depends on factors specific to your environment Disc Placement Another common problem when using an autoloader is the placement of media onto the spindles Placing the media onto the spindles properly can avoid possible picking errors when operating the autoloader Even though the autoloader is designed with certain tolerance adjustments to prevent mishandling by the picking arm failures may stil
33. ess screens will appear Copying H4012MB Copying H4012MB 0 21 12 Of 0 12 gt H indicates the source of the job resides in the gt H indicates the source Hard Drive of the job resides in the gt 4012MB indicates the Hard Drive capacity of the master gt 4012MB indicates the disc capacity of the master gt 12 indicates the disc current progress of the gt 12 indicates the duplication current progress of the gt 0 21 indicates you have duplication a project size of 21 gt 0 indicates you have copies and you have made 0 copies so far 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 duplication That is caused by the initializing and finalizing stages Loader Processing Once the duplication run is completed the loader will remove the finished Drive 1 gt Output Bin disc from the drive and place the successful copy on the Output Spindle If there are any unsuccessful they will be placed in the reject area The loader will then pick up another blank disc and load it into the drive This is then repeated for each disc Loader Processing The copying process will continue until you either run out of blank discs or Drive 2 lt Input Bin until the count that you loaded into the counter is reached If you run out of blank discs a
34. eted the loader will remove the disc from the drive and will place either the successful copy on the output spindle or the bad copy in the reject area The loader will then pick up another blank disc and load it into the drive This is then repeated for each drive Loader Processing The copying process will continue until you run out of blank discs Drive 2 lt Input Bin At this point you can either load more discs on to the input spindle s and press the amp OK button to continue or press the ESC button to terminate your project Input Bin Empty 20 Reset Hoppers 11 10 DVD R High Compatibility Mode This feature allows you to turn the DVD R High Compatibility Mode feature ON or OFF The purpose of this feature is to increase the compatibility of DVD R media with a broader range of DVD Video players This process will increase the amount of time required to duplicate your disc s Setup Use the B Up or E Down button to select the DVD R High 10 DVD R High Compatibility SI Mode menu and press the EB OK button to enter at menu Use the amp Up or El Down button to select whether the DVD R High Compatibility Mode is on or off and press the D OK button to select that option 11 11 Disable Drives This feature allows you to disable certain drives trays when those drives trays are producing high failure rates or not functioning properly N 7 Setup Use the amp Up or E Down button to select the Disable Drives menu and 10
35. etting to adjust the maximum duplication speed for Audio Video CD and CD G formats to ensure reliable duplication for such formats The options are 1x 2x 4x 8x 12x 16x 24x 32x 40x 48x and 52x Use the amp Up or amp Down button to select the Max Audio VCD amp SECH CDG Speed menu and press the amp OK button to enter that menu 4 Max Audio VCD amp CDG Use the amp Up or amp Down button to select the desired maximum Max Audio VCD amp CDG Speed writing speed for Audio VCD and CDG and press the EB OK button tox to select that option Note The actual speed that is selected may be determined by the drives or by the blank media 11 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 amp Up or El Down button to select the Buzzer menu and press the DM 5 Buzzer OK button to enter that menu Use the B Up or E Down button to select whether the Buzzer is on or off and press the EB OK button to select that option 11 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 gt Copy gt Erase RW gt Test gt Hard Drive Setup gt Compare gt Setup gt Test Copy gt Loader Utilities gt Copy Compare gt System Utilities gt Select Burn Speed gt Manage Accounts gt Select Source gt Shutdown gt Master
36. ew current existing user accounts Note User Admin is the administrative account It will always be there Manage Accounts Press the amp OK button to enter this menu 1 View User Use the B Up or amp Down button to scroll through the list of users Press View User the amp ESC button to go back to the Manage Accounts menu 1 ADMIN 32 e Operation MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC HCL Series 14 2 Create User 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 alphanumeric letters or numbers Note The User password consists of four numbers Manage Accounts Press the M OK button to enter this menu 2 Create User Enter the user s name using the instructions shown in Setting Counters Edit User s Name and Assigning Names on page 12 Press the EB OK button to move on to RALPH OK the Enter Password stage Enter PWD Enter the user s password using the instructions shown in Setting I 0 1 OK Counters and Assigning Names on page 12 Press the EB OK to complete User Ralph The autoloader will display a confirmation message and automatically Added return you to the Manage Accounts menu 14 3 Edit User Info The Edit User Info menu allows you to change the existing user s account name and password Duri
37. he 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 amp Up or El Down button to select the Read Error Skip menu and 2 Read Error Skip press the M OK button to enter that menu Use the B Up or E Down button to select whether Read Error Skip is on or off and press the EB OK button to select that option 24 e Operation MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC HCL Series 11 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 to set it to Disc at Once Use the B Up or amp Down button to select the CD Writing Mode menu and SR press the EB OK button to enter that menu 3 CD Writing Mode CD Writing Mode Disc at Once Use the amp Up or amp Down button to select either Disc at Once or Track at Once and press the amp OK button to select that option CD Writing Mode Track at Once 11 4 Max Audio VCD amp CDG Speed Due to the lack of any error checking mechanism for Audio CD Video CD and CD G formats duplicating them at too high a speed can cause frequent errors like glitches and skips Use this s
38. ified drive tray 40 Clear previous error A new command was received while an error flag is still registered In order to proceed the previous error needs to be cleared by using c to remove the previous error flag 60 Unable to locate drive The vacuum picking arm did not detect an opened tray before tray for input of the disc reaching its lowest descending limit when attempting to place a blank disc into a specified drive tray 70 Disc dropped during A disc was picked from an input bin and the vacuum picking arm input procedure dropped the disc on the way to one of the drive trays 71 Failure to pick up a disc The vacuum picking arm failed to pick up a disc from an input bin from input bin after 3 consecutive attempts 80 Disc remaining on A disc attempting to be placed on a drive tray remained attached to vacuum block not the vacuum block and was not properly dropped from the vacuum loaded on to the drive picking arm into the drive tray tray 90 Disc dropped during A disc was picked from a drive tray and the vacuum picking arm output procedure dropped the disc on the way to the appropriate output bin AO Output bin full The output bin is full This commonly occurs if the input bin was filled with more discs while completed discs were deposited to the output bins increasing the total disc capacity beyond the maximum output capacity BO Cannot detect disc in The vacuum picking arm is attempting to remove a disc from a drive
39. ill load the Master into the next available drive Drive l lt Input Bin Loading RESERVED The loader will load the contents of the master disc into the RESERVED partition 60 4012MB Once the content of the master disc has been loaded the autoloader removes it from the drive places it on the output spindle and starts placing blank discs into the writer drives This information screen shows what is happening In this case the loader EE has taken a disc from the input spindle and is placing it into Drive 2 Drive 2 lt Input Bin The loader will continue to remove discs from the input spindle and place them into drives until either all of the drives are full or until it runs out of blank discs Processing It takes a few seconds for the autoloader to recognize all the discs Please Wait After two or three seconds of processing time the following Copy Progress screen will appear gt H indicates the source of the job resides in the Hard Drive Copying H4012MB gt 4012MB indicates the capacity of the master disc 0 12 gt 0 indicates you have made 0 copies so far gt 12 indicates the current progress of the duplication 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 duplication That is caused by the initializing and finalizing stages Once the duplication run is compl
40. l arise if the spindles are not loaded correctly All media loaded onto the spindles should be flat and not slanted at an angle to ensure the picking arm can securely grab the disc with all 3 vacuum suction heads Do not load too many discs onto the spindle as well as this may cause errors in placement and loading Diagram 1 1 below demonstrates the proper and incorrect disc placements when loading media onto the spindles Correct Wrong Wrong Uneven Disc Overstacked Figure 1 1 Disc Placement Illustration Spindles vs Bins The Microboards HCL Series has five spindles for holding CDs and or DVD s Although the manual refers to them as spindles many of the messages shown on the LCD display refer to them as bins in order to create more concise messages Don t panic Spindles and bins are the same Microboards Statement Regarding Improper Duplication Microboards Technology fully supports the right of any business organization group or individual to protect their property from unlicensed unauthorized or illegal duplication As a user of our equipment we expect you to support that right as well Microboards Technology is neither responsible nor liable for the infringement of any laws regarding the illegal duplication of property Microboards Technology products are in no way intended to encourage or condone such duplication 6 e Introduction MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC The Robotic Platform The Microboards HCL
41. lect Burn Speed There are two recording speed types that can be set HDD to CD Speed 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 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 B Up or El Down buttons to find the desired speed for the appropriate format and press the B OK button to enter the menu You will see a menu similar to this HDD to CD Speed Use the B Up or amp Down button to find the desired speed Press the EB OK 32x button to set the desired recording speed The options that are available are shown in Table 2 1 Duplication Type Speeds Available HDD to CD 1x 2x 4x 8x 12x 16x 24x 32x 40x 48x Speed 52x HDD to DVD 4 2x 2 4x 4x 6x 8x 12x 16x Speed Table 2 1 Duplication Speeds These options might change depending on the CD or DVD 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 de o Once your selection has been changed successfully you will see the display to the left for 2 seconds You will automatically be returned to the Main Menu HDD to CD Speed Adjusted to 8x 7 Select Source The Select Source menu is used to set the Master Reading Source In the autoloader th
42. lem can be solved all the hard drive information will be lost due to this failure How do reset my autoloader back to default gt See Load Default on page 30 35 Error Codes 10 Arm did not return to top position Code Short Description Full Description The vacuum picking arm did not return to the top position within 10 seconds after a command was sent out The vacuum picking arm must return to the top position after each action This indicates an obstruction or mechanical failure prevented the vacuum picking arm from completing the requested action 11 Arm did not detect specified location in the allotted time when the vacuum picking arm has failed to detect anything including the bottom of the bin within 10 seconds after attempting to pick up a disc This would apply to inserting a disc in a drive and not detecting anything within 10 seconds if the Z Maneuver feature is disabled This error indicates that an obstruction missing component or mechanical failure has prevented the vacuum picking arm from detecting a disc drive etc to perform the assigned task 12 Unable to move to the next input output bin The vacuum picking arm did not travel to its destination input output bin from any other bin within 10 seconds This error indicates that an obstruction or mechanical failure has prevented the vacuum picking arm from rotating to the assigned input output bin 13 Unable to move into the drop di
43. md 13 4 Z form Maneuver Some drives have bezels that extend out from the front of the drive face This can cause the disc to catch on the edge of the bezel of a higher drive as it is being lowered into one of the below drives Enabling the Z form Maneuver will allow the robotic arm to lower the disc off center from the front of the drives to clear any protruding obstacles like the bezels and then center the disc directly above the extended writer tray just before the disc is loaded To enable the Z form Maneuver function Loader Utilities Use the amp Up or amp Down button to select the Z form Maneuver menu and 4 Z form Maneuver press the EB OK button to enter that menu Use the B Up or amp Down button to select whether the Z form Maneuver is on or off and press the D OK button to select that option 13 5 Alignment Protection Enabling Alignment Protection causes each drive tray to quickly slide in and out after a disc has been loaded into it This ensures that the disc is set properly in the disc indentation in the tray by shaking the disc into place For example if the disc is not placed squarely in the center as it should be but rather slightly off the lip the shake will cause the disc to slide into position in the center of the tray Use the amp Up or E Down button to select the Alignment Protection Loader Utiliti E iii menu and press the amp OK button to enter that menu 5 Alignment Protection Use the
44. n the Autoloader and power the system back on to complete the update Please restart 13 Loader Utilities The Loader Utilities menu consists of these submenus gt Drive Alignment gt Spindle Alignment gt Disc Separator gt Z form maneuver gt Alignment Protection just 1 4 inch above the drive tray and holds it there To start the alignment place a disc on to the first input spindle Loader Utilities Use the B Up or amp Down button to select the Drive Alignment menu and 1 Drive Alignment press the EB OK button to enter that menu The system will proceed to the Please Select Drive menu Please Select Drive Use the amp Up or amp Down button to select the drive that you want to align Drive 1 Go and press the EB OK button to select it 30 e Operation MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC HCL Series The autoloader will pick a disc from the first input spindle move it to inch above the drive tray and hold it there You will see the Drive Alignment screen Drive Alignment Alignment Finished Check the alignment of the drive trays and press the EB OK button when you are finished Note If the drive trays are not properly aligned and there is a need to re align them please contact Tech Support Service for information regarding setting alignments Warning This function is ONLY for checking the alignment NOT for setting the alignment Please do not move the robotic arm with your hands during this process When you hav
45. nd 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 amp OK button to continue or press the ESC button to terminate your project Input Bin Empty 20 Continue Once the autoloader is through you will see the following screen PASS 100 FAIL 0 PASS 100 indicates that you made 100 successful copies Job Completed Press OK to Finish FAIL 0 indicates that you have no failures for this job At the bottom of the screen you will see the scrolling message Job Complete Press OK to Finish Press the EB OK button once again and you shall see the Access Log menu You can press the amp OK button one more time to see the log that indicates the number of passes and fails for every drive tray or simply press the ESC button to go back to the main menu It is highly recommended to check the log when your job has an abnormal amount of failures q 1 2 Making Copies in Multi Master Mode This mode does not require you to manually load your master Simply place the master disc s on top of the stack of blank discs needed for that particular job of the master disc This mode is ideal if you have numerous master discs and fewer copies for each master disc The Multi Master mode uses the Rese
46. ng 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 Manage Accounts Press the amp OK button to enter this menu 3 Edit User Info Bort User Info Use the B Up or amp Down button to scroll through the list of users Press SE the EB OK button to select the user Edit Deserts man Edit the user s name using the instructions shown in Setting Counters RALPH OK and Assigning Names on page 12 Press the EB OK button to move on to the Enter Password stage Rite PWD Enter the new password for this user via the instructions shown in Setting I 0 OK Counters and Assigning Names on page 12 Press the EB OK button to i complete User Ralph The autoloader will display a confirmation message and automatically Changed return you to the Manage Accounts menu 14 4 Delete User This menu allows you to delete the existing user account During this process you will be asked to select the existing account to be removed Note The user Admin is the administrative account you can t delete this account Manage Accounts Press the EB OK button to enter into this menu 4 Delete User Use the amp Up or E Down button to scroll through the list of users Press the EB OK bu
47. nt to hear a beep when you press a button and when a task has been completed 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 enabled a screen saver is displayed whenever your autoloader has been idle for a long period of time 8 Counter Use the Counter menu to enable or disable the Counter feature The counter tells you how many discs have been copied and how many discs are left to go during the progress and it will stop the job once the desired number of copies has been made 9 AUTOCOPY Enabled This menu option turns on the hidden 16 AUTOCOPY main menu option 10 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 11 Disable Drives Use this utility to allow the system to disable certain drives trays when certain drives trays are producing high failure rates System Utilities page 28 1 Disc Info Use the Disc Info utility to identify the type of blank recordable media This utility identifies your blank recordable Media s format capacity manufacture ID and the Media s certified writing speed 2 System Info Use this menu option to see data about the autoloader and its resources firmware version RA
48. ntent regardless of the size of your master disc The options for partition size are gt Auto gt CD 1GB gt DVD Single Layer 5 GB gt DVD Dual Double Layer 9 GB The number of partitions is determined by dividing your Hard Drive s total capacity by the selected media size 1 GB for CD format 5 GB for DVD Single Layer format or 9 GB for DVD Dual Layer format and then subtracting one partition for system use For example if you have a 160 GB Hard Drive you can calculate the number of Single Layer format partitions by 160 5 32 Since one partition is reserved for system use you will have 31 partitions available for use Or you can calculate the number of Dual Layer format partitions using the formula 160 9 17 77 Since you cannot use an incomplete partition there will be a total of 17 partitions available for a 160 GB Hard Drive Since one partition is reserved for system use there will be 16 partitions available for use The Auto option sets the partition to the largest size that the installed CD DVD writers can accommodate If you have a 16x speed or higher autoloader with DVD Dual Layer capabilities the hard drive partitions are set at a size of 9 GB each under the Auto option to accommodate DVD Dual Layer format If you require more partitions and do not plan on copying DVD Dual Layer media you can change the hard drive partition size to CD 1 GB or DVD 5 GB 23 10 7 Format Hard Drive This function formats the Ha
49. on is ONLY for checking the alignment NOT for setting the alignment Please do not move the robotic arm with your hands during this process Once you are done press the OK button This will send you to the Alignment Next menu Press the EB OK button to return back to the Please Select Spindle menu This allows you to complete the alignment checking procedure for each of the installed spindles If you are through checking the alignment of spindles press the amp ESC button to go back to the Loader Utility Menu Spindle Alignment Alignment Next When the spindle alignment checking process is complete the robotic Ee arm will drop the disc in the Reject Area Alignment Next 13 3 Disc Separator The Disc Separator option is used to circumvent the disc static and sticky media problem See Disc Static and Sticky Media on page 5 When this option is enabled after picking up a disc from the input spindle the robotic arm stops at the top of it s travel and then bounces down once twice or three times to dislodge discs that are stuck together To enable the disc separator function Loader Utilities Use the B Up or amp Down button to select the Disc Separator menu and 3 Disc Separator press the EB OK button to enter that menu Use the amp Up or amp Down button to select the separator option from the 4 available Off Single Vibration Double Vibration or Triple Vibration Press the M OK button to select the option displayed oo
50. on process for the blank media in the remaining drives Master disc A will be picked up from the appropriate drive and dropped on to the Output Spindle and the empty drive where the master disc was removed will be loaded with the next disc from the input bin If a new master is detected before the previous job is finished the autoloader will complete the first job unload the completed job and fill the drive trays with blank discs for the next job The robotic arm will continue to load media into the drives as the duplicated discs are placed in the Output Spindles Once a writer drive any drive detects another Master disc the same process is repeated for the new Master disc Setting Counters and Assigning Names Two frequently used tasks are setting counters and assigning names to partitions Directions for these tasks are given here 7 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 a Counter Selection Menu The Counter Selection Menu lets you set how many copies you want to make Counter for your project The Counter Selection feature tells the autoloader to count No Counter the number of successful copies you have made and stop the job when the desired number of copies has been reached You can select No Counter if you prefer to copy continuously with no interruption It will still count the number of
51. oses you must utilize the FULL ERASE function Use the amp Up or E Down buttons to select between the two options and press the EB OK button to continue Counter Follow the instructions shown in Setting Counters on page 12 to continue No Counter Once the counters have been set press the BB OK button to confirm The Robotic Arm will pick the discs to be erased from the Input Spindles and place them into the drives As soon as the drives are all full or the number programmed into the counter is reached you will see the following Loader Processing Drive 1 lt Input Bin Processing tee The system will check all discs in the drive and prepare them to be erased Please Wait As soon as the checking process completes the Erase RW process starts 20 e Operation MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC HCL Series 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 Quick Erasing SE been erased you will see one of these PASS FAIL screens Counter Specified No Counter Specified PASS 25 FAIL 0 E Job Completed Press OK to or BOP O Ae ae Reset Hoppers Finish gt Input Bin Empty 20 indicates that the system has run out of discs to erase gt PASS 25 indicates 25 discs have been erased successfully If you have more discs to erase you can empty the Output Spindle place the discs gt FAIL 0
52. rd Drive It deletes all disc images and re initiates the Hard Drive To format the Hard Drive use the B Up or El Down button to navigate to the 7 Format Hard Drive menu Hard Drive Setup Press the M OK button to enter the Format Hard Drive menu 7 Format Hard Drive Press the D OK button to format the Hard Drive After the Hard Drive has RSI been formatted the system will return you to the Format Hard Drive menu Press OK to Continue 11 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 CD Writing Mode Max Audio VCD amp CDG Speed Buzzer Startup Menu Screen Saver Counter AUTOCOPY Enabled DVD R Compatibility Mode Disable Drives VVVVVVVVV VV Each of these options is discussed in its own subsection 11 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 amp Up or E Down button to select the Language menu and press 1 Language the EB OK button to enter that menu Language English Use the B Up or El Down button to select between the languages and press the amp OK button to select that option Language 11 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 t
53. rsor to the next position Press the E Down button repeatedly until 0 is displayed Press OK button once to move the cursor to the next position Press the E Down button repeatedly until 2 is displayed Press OK button once to move the cursor to the next position Press the E Down button repeatedly until 1 is displayed Now 0021 is displayed press EB OK button once and the cursor moves to OK VVVVVVVV Then press the EB OK button once to submit your counter value The loader will now start loading disc from the input spindles and place them into all drive trays 7 2 Editing Names When you create either a new user or a partition you need to assign a name to it The example shown here shows how to name or rename a partition but the process for naming or renaming the user name is identical During the process of creating a new partition you will see the Edit Partition Name menu Edit Partition Name OK To enter the name use the B Up or E Down button to select the character and use the M OK or ESC button to move the cursor position Once you ve finished move the cursor to OK and press the EB OK 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 DVD1 then follow this example gt Press the E Down button repeatedly until
54. rve partition to temporarily store the content of the current master disc Once the task is complete and a new master disc has been detected the reserve partition s content of the previous master disc will be replaced with the content of the new master disc For more information on Multi Master Mode see Single Master and Multi Master Modes on page 11 Turn on your autoloader and wait until it has booted up It should 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 Make sure the Master Mode is set to Multi Master mode MM If it is not Microboards B 30 use the B Up or amp Down button to navigate to the 8 Master Mode screen 1 Copy MM If it is already in Multi Master mode MM please skip to the step that starts the copy process Microboards B 30 Press the D OK button to enter the Master Mode Menu and you will see a 8 Master Mode screen similar to one of the following Master Mode Single Master Use the B Up or Ed Down button to select Multi Master Mode Press the BD OK button to submit your selection Master Mode Multi Master Microboards B 30 Use the amp Up or E Down button to navigate back to the 1 Copy Menu 1 Copy MM 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
55. sc position The vacuum picking arm did not reach the drop position within 4 seconds when placing a disc to output bin The drop position represents the safe distance between the vacuum picking arm and the spindle where the disc can be placed securely onto the spindle This error indicates that an obstruction missing component or mechanical failure has prevented the vacuum picking arm from performing the assigned task 14 Unable to perform the horizontal Z Maneuver from bin 1 to the starting point The vacuum picking arm did not reach the horizontal starting position for placing a disc into the appropriate drive starting from spindle bin 1 within 4 seconds during the insert process This error is only shown when the Z Maneuver is enabled 15 Unable to perform the horizontal Z Maneuver from the starting point to the original position The vacuum picking arm did not reach the drive position within 4 seconds from the Z position starting point This takes place when the vacuum picking arm has descended to the appropriate drive location and should move horizontally to center the disc over the opened drive tray but fails to do so in the specified allotted time This error is only shown when the Z Maneuver is enabled 16 Unable to perform vertical Z Maneuver while placing disc in drive tray The vacuum picking arm did not descend and place the disc into the opened drive tray within 4 seconds after the vac
56. se the Select Source menu to tell the system where the content of the master disc resides during duplication At this point Hard Drive is the only place where the content of the master disc resides during duplication For more information see Select Source on page 20 Master Mode page 20 Use the Master Mode menu or Single Master and Multi Master quick keys to select either Single Master Mode SM or Multi Master Mode MM For more information on those modes see Single Master and Multi Master Modes on page 11 For more information on using the Master Mode menu see Master Mode on page 20 Erase RW page 20 Use the Erase RW menu to erase your Rewritable discs There are two options gt Full Erase This option erases the entire disc destroying all previously written data in the process 8 e Menu Overview MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC HCL Series 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 to be recovered for security purpose please perform Full Erase Hard Drive Setup page 21 Use the Hard Drive Setup menu to perform hard drive related operations These options include loading renaming or deleting your images For more information see Hard Drive Setup on page 21 Setup page 24 Use the Setup menu options to control how the autoloader operates You can scroll between the
57. speed 1 6 GHz CPU Press the RB Down button to go to the next display RAM The next screen shows the amount and type of memory installed Press the 128 MB SDRAM 8 Down button to cycle back to the firmware version display The information that you see will differ depending on the system you have 12 3 Device Info This menu allows you to see information about the devices built inside your autoloader This information includes but is not limited to manufacturer model number etc System Utilities Use the B Up or amp Down button to select the Device Info menu and press 3 Device Info the EB OK button to enter that menu The first information that is shown is the Hard Drive information The system uses several different kinds of Hard Drives so the information that you see might be different Press the E Down button to go to the next display The next screen shows information about the first Writer drive Press the amp Down button to go to the next Writer drive Press the ESC button to return to the System Utilities menu 00 Port 0 TM100 30 SAMSUNG SP1604N 01 Port 2 1 08 PLEXTOR DVDR PX716 N o 12 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 B Up or amp Down button to select the Load Default menu and press 4 Load Default the M OK button to enter that menu
58. tatic and Sticky Media Issues on page 2 for information about disc sticking issue and Disc Separator on page 31 for information on using this menu 4 Z form Maneuver Use this utility to enable or disable the Z form maneuver See Z form Maneuver on page 32 for information on using this menu 5 Alignment Protection Enabling Alignment Protection makes each drive tray quickly slide in and out after a disc has been loaded into it This ensures that the disc sits properly in the disc indentation of the tray by shaking the disc into place See Alignment Protection on page 32 Manage Accounts page 32 Use this menu option to gt Create user accounts and passwords to prevent unauthorized use of the autoloader gt Edit existing user account information including name and password gt Delete existing user account s gt Enable Disable this feature For additional information refer to Introduction to Manage Accounts on page 11 Shutdown page 34 Use this menu option to turn off your system Once you see the Ready to Power Off message you can safely tum off the machine using the power switch Turning off your autoloader without performing this function increases the risk of damaging it AUTOCOPY Hidden page 26 The AUTOCOPY function simplifies the copy process by allowing you to stack blank media on a spindle s place the master on top of the stack on the first spindle and press the EB OK button on 16 AUTOCOPY key in the main men
59. to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and antenna Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different than that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help This product is in conformity with the EMC Directive 89 336 EEC through compliance with the following European standards EN 55022 EN 55024 The CE mark has been affixed in accordance with the CE Marking Directive 93 68 EEC Canadian Department of Communications DOC Statement This Class B digital apparatus complies with the Canadian ICES 003 Issue 4 2004 Cet appareil numerique de la classe B est conforme a la norme NMB 003 du Canade 39
60. tton to select the user to delete Delete User 3 RALPH The autoloader will ask you to confirm the deletion Press the EB OK button to delete the user Delete User The autoloader will display a confirmation message and return you to the RALPH 1 OK Manage Accounts menu 33 14 5 Password on Bootup This menu allows you to enable or disable the Password on Bootup feature During this process you will be asked to select Yes or No enable or disable Manage Accounts Press the amp OK button to enter into this menu 5 Password on Bootup Use the 8 Up or E Down button to select either Yes or No Press the B OK button to enter the selection 15 Shutdown This function will make sure it is safe to turn off your autoloader Once you see the Ready to Power Off message then 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 Microboards B 30 Press the EB OK button to enter into this menu 15 Shutdown Press the BD OK button to shut down the autoloader The autoloader will do GE all of its internal housekeeping and then display a confirmation message Press OK to Shutdown Shutdown ff th SETE Press the power button to power off the system 34 e Operation MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC HCL Series Troubleshooting No display on LCD or the unit does not operate when the power is on
61. u Hard Drive Setup Press the EB OK button to enter the Partition Info menu and use the B Up or 5 Partition Into 8 Down button to find the partition that you want information about The 2 field indicates that it is the second partition on the drive The From field indicates the user that created the partition See Introduction to Manage Accounts on page 11 The CD1 field shows the name of the partition The CD field indicates that the master stored in this partition is a CD rather than a DVD The 21MB field indicates that the capacity of the master s content stored in this partition 2 From ADMIN CDI CD 21MB Vv VV VV 10 6 Partition Size The Partition Size option allows you to change the size of the Hard Drive partitions Warning When you alter the partition size all previous data or video stored on the hard drive will be lost and you will only be able to load media with less than the specified partition size capacity To change the hard drive partition size use the amp Up or E Down button to navigate to the 6 Partition Size menu Hard Drive Setup Press the amp OK button to enter the Partition Size menu 6 Partition Size Press the B Up or E Down bution to select the desired partition size Press the BB OK button to select the Partition Size The Hard Drive is divided into a number of equal sized partitions Each partition holds ONE and ONLY ONE master disc s co
62. u It will load the content of the top disc of the 1 input spindle master disc into the Reserved Partition of the Hard Drive and copy it to blank disc s below it and any subsequent input spindles 10 e Menu Overview MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC HCL Series Introduction to Manage Accounts This feature allows the administrator to gt Create user accounts and passwords to prevent unauthorized use of the autoloader gt Edit existing user account information including name and password gt Delete existing user account s gt Enable 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 OOOO By adding additional users each individual user has specific settings and only has access to the hard drive partitions that the individual user loaded to the hard drive No one else can access their hard drive partitions other than the Administrator For example if USER 1 logs in and loads a master disc to hard drive Partition A when USER 2 logs in USER 2 will not have access to any partitions loaded by USER 1 which includes partition A To take advantage of this feature follow these instructions gt Change the Administrator password Refer to Edit User Info on page 33 for additional information gt Create a User Name and Password for each authori
63. udio CD CD Extra CD R CD RW DVD DVD ROM DVD R RW DL DVD VIDEO CD 700MB Recording capacity 8 3GB for Dual Layer CD CD R CD RW Applicable media DVD DVD R DVD RW DVD R DL Technical Support For technical questions or support issues contact Microboards Technology technical support United States Europe Japan PH 952 556 1639 PH 44 0 845 230 7800 PH 03 3561 2266 FAX 952 556 1628 www microboards co uk www microboards co jp support microboards com www microboards com Please have the Model and Serial Number of your Microboards Product available when contacting Technical Support Any unauthorized modification to this equipment may result in the revocation by the FCC of the user s authority to C operate this equipment NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged
64. uum picking arm has centered the disc above the opened drive tray this error is only shown when the Z Maneuver is enabled 17 Unable to perform the horizontal Z Maneuver from the original position to the starting point The vacuum picking arm did not return to starting horizontal position for the reverse Z Maneuver within 4 seconds to return the disc to the output bin This error is only shown when the Z Maneuver is enabled 20 Input bin empty All of the input bins are empty This error commonly comes up every time the autoloader does not detect any more 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 the right arrow key to continue the duplicating procedure 21 Input bin missing The current input bin is missing This error indicates that an obstruction missing component or mechanical failure has prevented the vacuum picking arm from detecting the input bin to perform the assigned task 36 e Troubleshooting MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC HCL Series 37 30 Unable to locate drive The vacuum picking arm did not detect an opened tray before tray for output of the reaching its lowest descending limit when attempting to pick up a disc finished disc from a spec
65. various options using the amp Up or E Down button 1 Language Use this setting to choose the language used to navigate the autoloader The autoloader supports English and Spanish menus 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 enable this setting to allow the autoloader to skip any read errors that it encounters It is ON by default Important This function does not fix errors it only skips them to continue copying the rest of the readable data This function 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 an error checking mechanism for Audio CD Video CD and CD G format duplicating them at too high a speed can cause errors such as glitches and skips Use this setting to adjust the maximum duplication speed for Audio Video CD and CD G format to ensure the reliable duplication for such formats 5 Buzzer Use this setting to choose whether you wa
66. wing screen Start the Copy Process Insert your blank discs on to the Input Spindle s Microboards B 30 and press the D OK button to enter the 1 Copy menu You will see the eg CRY SM Choose Partition menu Choose Partition Use the E Up or El Down button to find the partition where your master disc 3 gt DVD1 ICD is stored Press the BB OK 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 EB OK button to confirm You will see the Processing screen Counter No Counter Preparing After a short interval the robotic loader will pick the top disc from the input Please Wait 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 Headey de passed no has taken a disc from the input spindle and is placing it into Drive 1 Drive 1 lt Input Bin 14 e Operation MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC HCL Series The loader will continue to remove discs from the input spindle and place those into drives until either all of the drives are full or the count that you loaded into the counter is reached Processing It takes a few seconds for the autoloader to recognize all the discs Please Wait After two or three seconds of processing time one of the following Copy Progr
67. wn button to find the 3 Compare menu 1 Copy MM Microboards B 30 Press the amp OK button on 3 Compare menu to enter the Choose Partition 3 Compare Menu and you will see a screen similar to the following Choose Partition Use the B Up or amp Down button to find the partition where your master disc 3 gt DVD1 DVD is stored Press the EB OK button to select that Partition Next you will see the Counter Selection menu Counter Follow the instructions shown in Setting Counters on page 12 to continue No Counter Once the counters have been set press the amp OK button to confirm You will see the Preparing screen Preparing Please Wait 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 This information screen shows what is happening In this case the loader LOUCE e has taken a disc from the input spindle and is placing it into Drive 1 Drive 1 lt Input Bin pm o S D D 5 Q 3 D O o D The loader will continue to remove discs from the input spindle and place those into drives until either all of the drives are full or the count that you loaded into the counter is reached Processing It takes a few seconds for the autoloader to recognize all the discs Please Wait The system will then compare the discs in the trays to the content of the master disc residing in the Hard Driv
68. y Drive to the 10 Hard Drive Setup menu Hard Quick key to access the hard drive utilities Pressing this key takes you directly Single Quick key to change the Master Mode to SINGLE Pressing this sets the unit in Master Single Master Mode without going into the 8 Master Mode menu 0004503D Multi Quick key to change the Master Mode to MULTI Pressing this sets the unit in Master Multi Master Mode without going into the 8 Master Mode menu Table 1 1 Front Panel Controls Menu Overview This section provides an overview of the menu options These menu options are explained in detail on the referenced pages Copy page 14 Use the Copy menu or Copy quick key to make CD DVD copies Before you start a copy make sure you have selected the correct Master Mode 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 see Making Copies in Single Master Mode on page 14 or Making Copies in Multi Master Mode on page 16 Test page 17 Use the Test menu 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 DVD
69. zed person on this autoloader Refer to Create User on page 33 for additional information gt Enable the Manage Accounts feature by turning on the Password on Bootup setting Refer to Password on Bootup on page 34 for additional information Note This autoloader 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 For instructions on how to use Manage accounts see Manage Accounts on page 32 Single Master and Multi Master Modes There are two ways to make copies using the autoloader Single Master amp Multi Master Single Master Mode Quick Buttons 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 load your master Simply place the master disc s on top of the stack of blank discs needed for that particular job of the master disc 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 the previous master disc will

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