BestDuplicator CD/DVD/Blu-ray/Lightscribe Duplicator User Guide V1.
Content Index Disclaimer of Warranties 4 Before You Start 5 Important Notice Safety Precautions Definition 5 5 5 Chapter 1. Basic Introduction 1. Features 2. System Overview 7 7 7 2-2. SATA DVD/BD Duplicator Controller 8 2-3. Other Components for Assembling the 8 2-4. Installation of SATA Controller 9 2-5. Front View 9 Chapter 2. Function Table Function Table-CD/DVD/BD Duplication -Quick Guide for Disc-to-Disc Copy 7-2. Erase Disc 21 7-3. PreScan Source 22 7-4. Track Edit 23 7-5.
Disclaimer of Warranties Disclaimer of Warranties This manual contains materials protected under the International Copyright Laws. All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced, transmitted, or transcribed without the expressed written permission of the manufacturer and author of this manual. BestDuplicator's controllers are used for copying and editing personal audio and video data. Violating Copy Right is a criminal act and will not be tolerated.
Before You Start Before You Start Important Notice Read the complete operation instructions carefully. This contributes to better operation. Make sure the source device is correct and workable. To guarantee data consistency, it is strongly suggested that the capacity of source and targets should be the same. It is strongly suggest to use function “Copy&Compare” to achieve perfect duplication.
Before You Start Drive A flexible ejected case used to place discs. DVD Duplicator SATA Port DVD/Blu-ray Duplicator A mechanical construction used to connect between controllers and drivers. User Guide V1.0 SATA ports Display LCD BestDuplicator DVD/Blu-ray Backward Duplicator User Guide V1.
Display LCD OK Backward Chapter 3. Quick ESCOperation Guide 1. Installation 1. Forward Find SATA cables and SATA ports on the controller board. The reader drive is the default source drive. The #2, #3 …..#n ports should be connected to that drive number as below. Source Drive Drive 2 Drive 3 Drive 4 Reader Drive 5 Drive 6 2 5 Drive 7 Drive 8 Drive 9 Drive 10 6 8 3 4 7 9 10 11 12 Drive 11 Drive 12 2. Connect SATA cable to the SATA port. Insert the controller to the top of the tower.
Chapter 3. Quick Operation Guide SATA Cable Controller Drive/Disc n on ※ Note: Wait over 5 seconds to power on after shutdown to prevent the abnormal operation of the system. 2. Quick Guide 2-1. Quick Guide for Disc-to-Disc Copy lled 1. Connect power cord and power on. The LCD screen will display 1.Copy once the machine is started; otherwise, press / until you see 1.Copy .
Chapter 3. Quick Operation Guide 2. Insert source disc in the first drive from the top (by default). 3. Insert target disc(s) in any drive(s) except the top one. 4. Press 5. Once finished, target disc(s) will be ejected automatically. to start copy. By default, the duplicator will start copying 5 seconds after source and target disc(s) are inserted, please refer to Function Table 8-1 if you need to change this setting.
Chapter 1. Basic Introduction 1. Features • Independent 13, 9 SATA ports can really achieve high speed 1-12, 1-8 DVD/Blu-ray duplication. • Advanced separate analog and digital control board design prevent signal interference, enhance control board’s power supply and stability. • High speed DDR2 SDRAM. • Support high speed 20X DVD, 52X CD, 8X Blu-ray burning. • High compatibility with variety brands of burner.
Controller Chapter 1. Basic Introduction 2-2. SATA DVD/BD Duplicator Controller SATA ports ve/Disc Display LCD OK ESC Backward Forward S 2-3.
Chapter 1. Basic Introduction 2-4. Installation of SATABD1812L Controller Example: installed Example: BD18112L installed Reader 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 **Each SATA port is independent (without Master and Slave ports). 2-5.
Chapter 2. Function Table Function Table-CD/DVD/BD Duplication Function Itmes Description 1. Copy To copy disc to disc or copy disc from HDD. 2. Test To simulate copy process. 3. Compare To compare bit-for-bit between source disc and copied discs. 4. Copy & Compare To copy first and compare the copied discs later. To ensure data correctness. 5. Set Burn Speed To set burning speed for duplication. 6. Select Source To select source from any optical drive or hard disk drive. 1. Information 1.
Chapter 2. Function Table Allow the system to do the Copy, Test, Compare and Copy & Compare functions automatically 1. Auto Start Time 1. Basic 2. Display Mode 2. Show Speed 3. Show Timer 3. Button Beep 4. Eject On Start To enable or disable key sound 1. Eject All Discs To eject all trays with disc inside once the system is booted up. 2. Do Not Eject No eject any tray or disc once the system is booted up. 3. Eject Target Only Only eject target trays with disc inside once the system is booted up.
Chapter 2. Function Table 9. HDD Manager 1. Select Image To select image file from HDD as your source for copy. 2. Disc=> Image To load your source disc to the built-in HDD. 3. Set Reader Speed To adjust the speed of source reader while you load image file from the reader to HDD. 4. Show Image Info. To check the disc format and data size of image file 5. Rename Image To change the name of image file 6. Delete Image To delete image file in the built-in HDD 7. Show HDD Info.
Chapter 4. Operation 1. Copy It is important to make sure that your source disc is placed in the right drive. You can check or select your source reader by 6.Select Source. (Plase refer to 6.Select Source) 1. Select 1.Copy and place source disc and blank discs into the proper trays. Then the system will detect the source disc and show the information. Q'ty of target disc Data size 2. Press to start copy Q'ty of target Data size Speed of burning Copied data size Copy process % 3.
Chapter 4. Operation 2. Test This function will simulate the copy process to ensure error free duplication. During the simulation, it will be nothing left in the recordable discs. 1. Use 2. Press / to select 2.Test and press . to start test 3. Once the test task is finished, the discs will be ejected and the result of the pass and fail discs for the test task will show on the LCD: ※ Note: 1 This function is unable to support DVD+R blank disc.
Chapter 4. Operation 3. The system will detect the source and target discs automatically. 4. After detecting, the system will start to compare. 5. When the comparison has finished, the system will show the compare result. 4. Copy & Compare This function will to do copy task first and execute comparison automatically when copy process has been finished. ※ Note: In Copy, Test, Compare and Copy&Compare functions 1 If there is no source and target discs inside the duplicator,there will be nothing show on LCD.
Chapter 4. Operation 5. Set Burn Speed You can adjust the burning speed of CD/Audio CD/DVD/DVD DL/Blu-ray by this setting. The default setting of CD is 40X, Audio CD 24X, DVD 8X, DVD DL 2X and Blu-ray 2X. 1. Use / to select 5.Set Burn Speed and press . 2. Press / to adjust the burning speed of CD and press to confirm it, or press to select Audio CD,DVD, DVD DL or Blu-ray to adjust the burning speed. 6. Select Source You can set any drive or built-in HDD in the duplicator to be your source reader. 1.
Chapter 4. Operation 7. Utility 7-1. Information You can check the information of disc, drive and system by this function. By pressing / , each disc or drive’s information will show on the LCD. 1. Use / to select 7.Utility, press 1.Information and press . 2. Use / to enter the sub menu. Then,select to select 1.Disc Info. or 2.Drive Info or 3.System Info., and press to see the related information. 3. The information will show on the LCD as below: • Disc Info.
Chapter 4. Operation 7-2. Erase Disc This function will erase the rewritable discs in WRITER tray, there are two erase modes available: • Quick Erase: It will erase the INDEX of the rewritable disc. • Full Erase: It will erase ALL DATA in the rewritable disc, which takes longer time than Quick Erase. 1. Place discs into writers. 2. Use / to select 7.Utility and press select 2.Erase and press 3. Use / to enter the sub menu.Then, . to select 1.Quick Erase. or 2.Full Erase. OR 4.
Chapter 4. Operation 6. Once the erase task has finished, the O stop blinking, the disc will be ejected automatically. ※ Note: 1 If you see F and f are blinking by turns, which means the whole new DVD+RW is in format process. 2 Erase function only support rewritable discs. 7-3. PreScan Source This function will scan and detect any bad sectors existing in the source disc,which helps you to ensure the readability of source disc. 1. Place a source disc into reader. 2. Use / to select 7.
Chapter 4. Operation 7-4. Track Edit This function enables you to combine audio tracks from various CDs into a single customize audio CD. • Copy Track: You can select and combine audio tracks from different CDs in this section. • Close Disc: You have to perform this function after copy track to make the CD playable on CD player. • Disc Info.: You can check the audio CD’s status of usage. 7-5. Eject All Disc You can eject all discs including source and target discs at the same time by this function. 7-6.
Chapter 4. Operation 3. Press to check the calculation of successful and failed duplication for CD and DVD. Q'ty of passed CD Q'ty of failed CD 7-7. Update BIOS You can update the system’s firmware in this function. 1. Place manufacturer certified update file CD into any drive. 2. Press / to select 7.Utility and sub menu 7.Update BIOS and then press to start the process. 3. The system will detect the update file and execute update task automatically. 4.
Chapter 4. Operation 7-8. PRINT LS Label This function will let you using the LightScribe technology to print your own image on discs. For the operation process, please refer to Appendix A: LightScribe Operation. 7-9. Verify Disc This function is used to check if the disc is readable. 8. Setup 8-1.
Chapter 4. Operation • Basic: It will only show the copy process (%) on LCD. Q'ty of target Data size Copy process % Copied size • Show Timer: It will show the time for copy. Elapsed time • Show Speed: It will show the speed of burning during copy process. Speed of burning 8-3. Button Beep This setting will allow you to set up to hear a beep when a button is pressed or not. 8-4. Eject On Start You can make the trays or discs eject once the system is booted up.
Chapter 4. Operation 8-6. Compare Speed The reading speed of drive and disc are the reasons can affect the quality of comparison. This setting allows you to adjust the reading speed of drives to match up the reading speed of discs. The default setting of CD’s compare speed is 40X, DVD is 8X. 8-7. Language You can set a proper language for interface during operation. 8-8. Clear Setup This setting will reset all the function back to manufacturer’s default setting. 8-9.
Chapter 4. Operation Show HDD Image Name: Show capacity: ※ Note: When you change the source from drive to HDD, the LCD will show the HDD information. How to change your source reader please refer to 6.Select Source. • Keep Buffer: You can set Yes to load source disc to buffer in first round of Copy, Test, Compare or Copy&Compare, and do it again without the source disc. Or you can set No to keep buffer not be used.
Chapter 4. Operation 2. Press / to select the image you need and press to confirm. Data size 9-2 Disc to Image This function will load your source disc to the built-in HDD and save the source as an image file. 1. Place the source disc to any one of the drives. 2. Press / to select 9.HDD Manager and sub menu 2.Disc to Image. 3. Press to start loading. 4. When loading has finished, the disc will be ejected automatically.
Chapter 4. Operation 9-3. Set Reader Speed You can adjust the reading speed of the drive which you put the source disc. This function is ONLY available when you loading the source disc to HDD.The default setting of both CD and DVD speed are MAX. 9-4. Show Image Info. You can check the disc format and data size of image file in this function. 1. Press Info. / to select 9.HDD Manager and sub menu 4.Show Image 2. Press to check the disc format and data size of the image file.
Chapter 4. Operation 2. Press and select which image file you would like to rename by pressing / selected file. , and then press to start edit a new name for the You can select characters or number by pressing / , and press to the next space to edit. The maximum is 8 characters without blank space. When it has done, press to confirm the new name. 9-6 Delete Image You can delete image file from the built-in HDD, but the source image file is unable to delete if the file is selected as source.
Chapter 4. Operation 9-8. Format HDD This function allows you to format the built-in HDD while the HDD is NOT selected as reading source. You can change the source from HDD to other drive in 6.Select Source. Due to the capacity for discs loading is hard to predict precisely and more and more different discs coming out. The traditional method of format is not ideal for using on this duplicator. This duplicator is able to detect disc capacity and assign a proper partition for the disc’s data automatically.
Chapter 5.
Appendix Appendix A. LightScribe Operation Step 1 Install LightScribe template software to PC Download LightScribe software from www.lightscribe.com and install below software. A. LIGHTSCRIBE SYSTEM SOFTWARE (LSS) B. LIGHTSCRIBE TEMPLATE LABELER.
Appendix Step 2 Execute "LightScribe Drive select.exe".exe file to select LightScribe Drives 1 Receive a .exe file from your supplier. 2 Execute the .exe file on your PC. 3 And select the LightScribe Duplicator drive on the list. ※ Note: When every time the Duplicator change LightScribe drive, must reselect drive before create LightScribe image for that Duplicator. 4 If the duplicator’s LightScribe drive is not on the list, please follow below steps to add new LightScribe drive to the support list.
Appendix ③ Select the new drive and press , the drive will be added to the list. Step 3 Design LightScribe Template and LightScribe printing on PC. 1 Click to launch the LightScribe Template 2 Follow procedure to create your label image. 3 Make sure the lightScribe drive is selected. 36 on our PC.
Appendix ※ Note: If LightScribe template cannot be executed normally under Window® 7, please try to click right button on the mouse on the LightScribe icon and select " Run as administrator" to execute the function. 4 Click the Print to save the lightScrbe image .LSI file to a USB stick or a Disc. 資料面 標籤刻印面 5 Plug the USB drive or Disc into Duplicator. 6 Select the utility function 7-8.PRINT LS Label. The system will read the image into the duplicator and start printing the LightScribe label.
Appendix Appendix B. Troubleshooting 1 Error Message Error Message Bad Master Disc Warning: Can’t DVD↑CD Not Blank Disc No Disc No Master Disc Possible Reasons Master disc is empty or protected. Master disc has damaged or bad quality. You put different format of blank disc from the master disc. Cannot copy between different disc format. The target disc has been written. No blank disc. Or the disc is upside down. Using Blu-ray blank disc, but the driver does not support Blu-ray. No source disc.
Appendix Error Message HDD Full ! Wrong Password Possible Reasons HDD has no enough space. Insert wrong password. Troubleshooting Please release HDD space. Please double check again your password. 2 FAQ & Maintenance Guide A. Steps to replace drives. 1 Turn off the power. ※ Note: For you safety, please turn off the power before replacing the DVD drives or doing any inspection. 2 Remove both of the side cover of the duplicator box.
Appendix 4 Replace new DVD drives into the box. Attach cables/screws back to the new drive, finally close the doors and replace its original screws to lock the doors. Make sure you connect all components and cables firmly. READE R 5 Turn on the power again. Check if the LED of the replaced drive is on or not. If the LED turns on after powering on, continue to test its copy status. B. Steps to replace controller cards. 1 Turn off the power.
1 2 Appendix ※ Note: Please note, if your power supply is years out of warranty, it is generally best to buy a replacement unit based on your usage. Capacitor's may begin to weaken over time which will cause slower performance. Life Short !! READE R Low Capability If no space, it would fail to release the temperature.
Appendix D. Steps to avoid drives problems. 1 To avoid dust and over-heat temperature. Overtime, drives and fans tend to build up in dust which could cause slower burning performances. It is suggested that the unit is placed in an area with the least amount of dust. It's also suggested that every 6 months the unit should be "Air dusted". This means you will need to open the side of the case and spray air dust into the drives or fans to clean the dust.
Appendix Cooler Drive 1 Space would allow air circulation. Drive 2 Heat Drive 1 Drive 2 If no space, it would fail to release the temperature. Heat Inside the chassis, the cooling fan can draw the air from the front to the back. Without space between two drives, the cooling fan would fail to reduce heat between drives. Do & Don't 2 Be sure to keep distance between wall and the duplicator After closing the side cover, at least 15cm to reduce heat.
would allow air Heat circulation. Drive 1 If no space, it would fail to release the temperature. Drive 2 Appendix Duplicator Tower Wall If th heat 15cm Do & Don't 3 Be sure to close the side cover. It helps to release heat. Duplicator Tower Heat After closing the side cover, the air circulation would flow from the front to the back. After closing the side cover, the air circulation would flow from the front to the back. Heat Heat Without the side cover, it will reduce the effect of heat cooling.
Appendix Do & Don't 5 We highly recommended using the same brand of drivers in one duplicator. Sony Pioneer Sony LG Sony Sony It might cause problems of compatibility or instablilty of copying speed if install different brands of drivers.
