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HERA Series CD/DVD Duplication System / User Manual Table Of Contents Introduction........................................................................................................................ 1 Quick Start ......................................................................................................................... 2 Getting Started ………………………………………………………………………………..2 Mounting the …………...……………………………………………………………...3 Tower Operating Environment ..........................................
Automated CD-R Duplicator System / CD-2, CD-4 &CD-7 Series / User Manual Maintenance …………………………………………………………………………….22 Trouble Shooting ……………………………………………………………………….
HERA Series CD/DVD Duplication System / User Manual Thank you for choosing the HERA Series duplication systems. Hopefully this equipment will bring you satisfaction and great pleasure in CD/DVD duplication. Features: • • • • • • • Stand-alone design, no PC nor software required. Easy operation, no training required. Support various CD and DVD formats Load, Copy, Compare, Verify, Emulate, Editing, etc.
HERA Series CD/DVD Duplication System / User Manual Getting started Carefully remove your system from the shipping box and verify that all parts are present. If there are missing or damaged parts contact All Pro Solutions or an authorized distributor immediately to correct any miss-packed or missing parts.
HERA Series CD/DVD Duplication System / User Manual Operating Environment Your CD/DVD System should be used in a climate-controlled environment free of dirt, dust, excess humidity, excessive heat or electro-magnetic interference. Allow at least four (4) inches of clearance around the sides and back of the system for ventilation. Mounting the tower For all systems, the tower is provided with a tower plate mounted on the bottom. This plate will help in stabilizing the tower on the adapter (see Fig.
HERA Series CD/DVD Duplication System / User Manual Fig. 1 System unassembled (Hera-3 and 6) Fig.2 Tower alignment Fig.
HERA Series CD/DVD Duplication System / User Manual Connecting power Plug one power cable into the tower system, and the other one into the autoloader. Plug each power cable into the proper power source and connect Serial Cable as shown in Fig. 4b for Hera-3 and 6 or Fig. 6b for Hera-9. The power On/Off switch for the tower is located in the front and the one for the autoloader is located in the back. Power the tower on first, then turn on the autoloader. Fig.
HERA Series CD/DVD Duplication System / User Manual Fig. 5 Hera-9 (system unassembled) Fig. 6a Hera-9 (system assembled) Fig.
HERA Series CD/DVD Duplication System / User Manual The autoloader is equipped with input/output hoppers. First, the picker takes the blank media from hopper # 1 and loads the drives. When all copies have been made, will pick up media from the drives and brings it to the output hopper. When hopper # 1 is empty, it automatically picks media from hopper # 2 and so on. The copied media will be placed in the output hopper and the rejects in the reject bin until all work is finished.
HERA Series CD/DVD Duplication System / User Manual 2.1.1. Picker will take the master from input hopper, loads it into drive # 1, goes back to the input hopper to take blank media and loads the rest of the drives. 2.1.2. Drive #1 will read the master and loads it temporarily in the hard drive.
HERA Series CD/DVD Duplication System / User Manual 2.2.5. Failed discs will remain in respective writers. Drives containing failed discs will open automatically, the picker will unload the drives and place failed media into the reject bin. Empty drives will close. 2.2.6. Picker will take another round of blank discs from the input hopper, loads the drives (they will open automatically) and repeat #4 and #5 above until all blank discs in the input hopper are finished. 2.2.7.
HERA Series CD/DVD Duplication System / User Manual Main functions explained below are based on factory’s default setting. Different settings will cause duplicator to react differently. Please press and hold down MODE while turning on the power; the duplicator will return to factory’s default setting. 1. Copy 1.1. From the master disc: Load into the input hopper as many blank discs as many copies you need. Place your master on top of the blank media and push GO.
HERA Series CD/DVD Duplication System / User Manual 2. Copy + Compare This function will copy and compare the good discs with the master. Under this function, the discs that passed in copying will be ejected and re-inserted automatically for compare purpose. The passed discs will be ejected automatically after comparison. The failed discs will remain in the writers until the good media is placed into the output hoppers and after that will be taken and placed in the reject bin.
HERA Series CD/DVD Duplication System / User Manual 6. Quick Erase This function is only used for a rewritable disc with existing data. It would quickly erase the rewritable disc and data will disappear after running this function. 7. Verify This function does verification of target discs. Different discs in the writers can be verified together simultaneously. 8. Load This function is used to load master data before doing duplication or other function.
HERA Series CD/DVD Duplication System / User Manual In main menu, press and hold down MODE for five seconds (you will hear a da-da-da sound). The menu will be switched to sub-function menu and vice versa. 1. Setup As there are different settings under the setup function to control the duplicator’s operation, we suggest using the original default settings for optimal operation. Changes should be made only when you are fully familiar with the function. 1.1.
HERA Series CD/DVD Duplication System / User Manual speed. Under this circumstance, please lower the writing speed under this setting to get higher successful rate in CD/DVD writing. Press MODE to change the setting and GO to exit. 1.4. Autoloader Default setting is CLASS2. Do not change this setting. 1.5. Eject disc Default setting is PASS. Do not change this setting. 1.6. Buzzer This setting controls ON and OFF of buzzer. Default setting is “On”. Press MODE to change and GO to exit. 1.7.
HERA Series CD/DVD Duplication System / User Manual the setting is “Yes”, there will be no message shown even there is an error in reading. You can use this function to copy some discs with errors. Press MODE switch to change and GO to exit. 1.11. “MODE” 2 Compare This setting can be activated to compare some data format stored in “MODE 2” disc. Default setting is “No”. Press MODE to change and GO to exit. 1.12.
HERA Series CD/DVD Duplication System / User Manual This function is built for ultimate burning speed, removing unnecessary interrupt detection in BIOS programming. Several conditions have to be met to make this option work: (a) For DVD only; (b) Hard drive to be connected at IDE#1; (c) Abort during operation is canceled. Default setting is “No”. Press MODE to change the setting and Go to exit (Reboot is required if option is changed). 1.16.
HERA Series CD/DVD Duplication System / User Manual stored in current partition of hard drive. This option will not be saved and will be restored to “No” during rebooting. You will have to change the setting again after rebooting if you wish to use onthe-fly direct copy. Press MODE switch to change and GO to exit. 1.19. HDD Partition Size This setting defines the partition size created automatically on the hard drive. There are a total of 4 options under this function: Auto (default), 850MB, 4.8GB and 9.
HERA Series CD/DVD Duplication System / User Manual Press MODE to change the setting and GO to exit. 1.22. HD to DVD Write Speed This setting controls the maximum DVD writing speed of writers installed. Default setting is “MAX” which will use the highest DVD writing speed. Sometimes maximum writing speed will cause higher failure rate that may be due to poor DVD quality or unstable DVD writing in high speed.
HERA Series CD/DVD Duplication System / User Manual Edit function, in sub-function, is a track-selecting function that can combine tracks on different master discs into one single disc. For example, you can make a collection of favorite songs from different master music discs and store them into one disc. Switch to “Clear” function to erase the existed data, if any, in the hard drive’s current partition to store the new music tracks.
HERA Series CD/DVD Duplication System / User Manual g. When “End track” is displayed on the LCD, press GO switch to quit directly since first song number is 4. h. Press MODE to number 6 at “Begin track” and quit. i. Press MODE to number 8 at “End track” and quit. j. Press GO switch directly to following “Begin track” and End track” selection to finish track selection on master # 1. k. Duplicator will start to collect the tracks you selected into current partition of hard drive. l.
HERA Series CD/DVD Duplication System / User Manual By using this function, users can get information from the media discs loaded in the writers, such as max. write speed, capacity, etc. 6. Burn in This function is a burn-in test function. It will run the emulate write function continuously. Between each cycle of emulate write, the blank discs in writers will be ejected automatically and re-inserted again for continuous testing.
HERA Series CD/DVD Duplication System / User Manual You can select different menus (MAINTENANCE menu) by pressing the Mode button next to the LCD panel for about 5 seconds.
HERA Series CD/DVD Duplication System / User Manual 1. No display or only black squares on LCD display and the unit does not boot when powered on. A: Please check the power cable connection and if the environment of power outlet is normal. B: Please check the power supply fan. It should rotate if power is on. If not, the power supply might have a problem. 2.
HERA Series CD/DVD Duplication System / User Manual 5. COPY completed but CD/DVD disc is not readable / executable? A: B: Use compare to check. Change another CD/DVD drive to test. 6. The failure rate is high. A: B: C: Lower the speed of writers and try again. Quality of blank disc is poor. Check for latest BIOS version. 7. Can’t boot up or failed to upgrade BIOS A: B: Contact your dealer to solve the problem. Please note you may be charged for this.
