Daisy Chain Series DVD/CD Duplicator System User’s Manual v2.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Daisy Chain Series DVD/CD Duplicator Introduction 1 Features 2 Specification & Content of the box 3 Installation & Setup Guide 4 Menu Overview 6 Operation Guide 8 Copy Disc 8 Test Copy Disc 8 Copy & Verify 8 Copy & Compare 9 Verify 10 Compare Disc 10 Select Burn Speed 10 Select Source 11 Audio Track Edit 11 Utility 12 Setup 15 Image Manager 18 Link Setup 21 About HDD Manager 22 Daisy Chain Series DVD/CD Duplicator System - Introduction The Daisy Chai
Features • Up to 15 Target Daisy Chain DVD/CD Duplicator • 2 x16 LCD display and 4 control buttons. Control Buttons There are 4 control buttons: , , ENT ESC : used to navigate up in the menu. : used to navigate down in the menu.
Specification Max Burn Model CD SPEED Daisy Chain 52X Max Burn DVD SPEED Buffer Memory Size Total Targets per Tower 24X 256MB/ 512MB Up to 15 Power Voltage: Environment Working Temperature Storage Temperature Humidity Working Humidity Storage Humidity 115V/230V 0C~75C (32F ~ 167F) -20 C~85 C (-4F ~ 185F) 20%~80% 5%~95% Warning, each tower will draw approximately 4 amps from its power source.
Installation and Setup Guide Step 1 Connect the green end of the RJ45 link cable to the sender port (1st port) of the duplication tower Step 2 Connect the blue end of the RJ45 link cable to the receiver port (2nd port) of the next duplication tower. Step 3 If more towers are present, repeat Step 1 & 2 as necessary.
Step 4 – Set Link Position Select 12. Link Setup Press ENT At 1. Set My Position Press ENT For Tower 1 Select ‘First’ For Tower 2 Select ‘Middle’ For Tower 3 Select ‘Last’ Press ENT Press ESC Power OFF the Towers 12. Link Setup [Link Setup] 1. Set My Position [Set My Position] ==>First Note: Additional towers should that are between the first and last tower in the chain should be set to ‘middle’ Step 5 Power ON the Duplication Towers.
Menu Overview 1. COPY 2. TEST 3. COPY & VERIFY 4. 5. COPY & COMPARE VERIFY 6. COMPARE 7. SET BURN SPEED 8. SELECT SOURCE 9. 9.2 AUDIO TRACK EDIT Select & Copy Track Close Disc 9.3 10. 10.1 Disc Info UTILITY Pre-scan 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 Quick Erase Full Erase Eject All Disc Disc Info. 10.6 Drive Info. 10.7 System Info. 10.8 Update BIOS 10.9 Copy Count 11. 11.1 SET UP Power On Time 11.2 Auto Start 11.3 Startup Menu 11.4 Write Method 11.5 11.
11.10 Reader Speed 11.11 11.13 Compare Speed CHG Bad Master CD Overburn 11.14 Clear Setup 12. IMAGE MANAGER 12.1 Select Image 12.2 12.3 Disc -> Image Reader Speed 12.4 Image Info. 12.5 Rename Image 12.6 Delete Image Deletes an image file in HDD. If the file is selected as the source file, you will not be able to delete it unless you go back to 12.1 to reselect the image. 12.7 HDD Info. 12.
Operation Guide 1. COPY DISC The following operation shows how to copy a Master Reading Source to a blank DVD/CD disc. If you would like to make Disc-to-Disc copies simply ensure that the Master Reading Source is set as the READER 1. Copy 79:45 7 discs detected Copy 79:45 Loading Disc Copy 79:45 Analyze Disc… a. Turn on the duplicator before you start copying and ensure that the correct reading source and blank disks have been set. b.
3.Copy &Verify 7 discs detected Copy &Verify Loading Disc Copy &Verify 79:45 Analyze Disc… Copy 79:45 10% 08:00 Verify 79:45 45% 35:45 When the system starts the copying process, it will start loading the disk. It will then analyze the disks, and then start copying. During the copying process, the LCD screen will display the Master Source Disc’s data size and copying progress. e. When finished, the system will continue a verification to make a disc Readability check. f.
• The Compare Disc function serves as a bit-by-bit Comparison between Master Reading Source and the copied discs inside the writer trays. This operation ensures that all of the copies are completely identical to the Master • Reading Source. 5. VERIFY 5. Verify 7 discs detected This function will check the master disc and the copied discs’ readability to ensure that all of the copies are readable. 5. Verify 79:45 Loading Disc a.
Press ENT & use , to set the DVD burning speed Note: DVD burn speed setting is only available on DVD duplicators 8. SELECT SOURCE 8. Select Source Source Drive ==> HDD: ST380021A Source Drive ==> D#1: dvd-rom Set an Optical Drive or Hard Drive Disk as the Master Reading Source. a. Move to 8. Select Source and press ENT. b. Press , to select either a HDD or an Optical Drive with assigned number as the reading source.
Note: Once you finished copy Audio Track, you will NEED to perform “9.2 Close Disc” function for your audio CD. If you do not, your audio CD will NOT play. 9.2 Close Disc 9. Track Edit Track Edit 2. Close Disc Finalizing Disc …….. 9.3 Disc Info. Track Edit 2. Disc Info. [1] CD-R Use Use this process to make a CD-R/CD-RW disc become a playable Audio CD. a. Select 9. Track Edit and press ENT b. Move to select 2. Close Disc and press ENT to start close disc process. c.
10.4 Eject All Discs [Utility] 4. Eject All Disc Ejects disks, including master source disc and discs in writer trays. Press ENTEject all discs 10.5 Disc Info [Utility] 5. Disc Info [1] CD-R Use 79:59 27:53 This feature allows checking disc’s basic information, such as the disc type, data length, and available capacity. press ENT 10.6 Drive Info This feature allows checking the duplicator’s major component information, such as its manufacturer, Writer or Reader model number and version.
10.9 Counter This function keeps count of the number of successful and failed disc copied. [Utility] 9. Copy Count a. b. Turn on the duplicator select 10. Utility, and press ENT, Select 9. Copy Count and press ENT press ENT to display the counter CD P0 DVD P0 F0 F0 Shows the number of CD and DVD that passed and failed press ESC to return [Copy Count] 2. Enable Count press ENT 2. Enable Count == > No Press , to toggle between Yes and No. [Copy Count] 3.
press , to set seconds • Note: If you set the function off , the LCD screen will not show how many blank discs are detected in writer trays. [Setup] 3. Startup Menu [Startup Menu] 1. Copy Disc DAO You can select which mode to duplicate CD from “DAO” (Disc At once), “SAO” (Session At Once), and “TAO” (Track At Once). The default mode is “DAO”. press ENT press , to select Choose whether to hear a beep when you press a button or not. press ENT ON [Setup] 6. Read Error Skip Skip Read Error 11.
Press ENT to go to the next position. There are a total of 6 positions for the password. To enable the password, set all 6 positions. An empty space is acceptable. Press ESC to cancel the process and the duplicating system will ask for password when the unit is restarted. [Setup] 9. Setup Password Setup Password = = > Disable [Setup] 5. Boot Password Boot Password == > _ 11.9 Setup Password You can enable the setup password to prevent anyone from changing the setting of the duplicating system.
press ENT to select 11.12 CHG Bad Master [Setup] 12. CHG Bad Master Change Master… == > Disable When enabled this option allows you to change the master disc at mid burn if an error is detect during the burn. press ENT press , to toggle between Enable and Disable press ENT to select 11.13 CD Overburn [Setup] 13. CD Overburn When enabled this option allows certain CDs that have been over burned during its creation to be copied.
a. Return to the main menu and press the up or down buttons to select 1. Copy function. b. Insert blank discs into writer trays. (If there is a disc in the Reader tray, it will not be read) Press ENT to start copying. If 11.2 Auto Start, is selected when a blank disc is placed in any of the writer trays, the duplicator will automatically begin the copying process. c. When completed, trays will eject. • Note: Once an HDD Image is selected, the HDD will automatically be set as the Reading Source.
[Edit Name Change] [New Name ] OK? [A001 ] = >[New Name] Press ENT to go to the next position. There are total of 8 characters for the image name. Empty Space will confirm the name change Press ESC to cancel the whole process. 12.6 Delete Image [Image Manager] 6. Delete Image [Delete Image] A001 DVD 4469M This function allows you to delete an image file in HDD. If the file is selected as source file, you will not be able to delete it unless you go back to 12.1 to re-select another image as source.
[Link Position] == > First b. At 1.Set My Position and press ENT c. Press , to select between First Tower, Middle Tower, Last Tower, or Stand-alone. Press ENT 13.2 Start Link [Link Setup] 2. Start Link Start LINK ….. This function allows you to start the linking process. Linking process also automatically starts when the duplication towers are first power on. a. Select 13. Link Setup and press ENT press b. Select 2. Start Link and press ENT 13.3 Update BIOS [Link Setup] 3.
8 DVD 2. You can check HDD information in function 12.6 HDD Info. The Hard Drive’s capacity is presented in terms of how many DVD or CD discs you can load. For example, if your built-in HDD is 40GB, then the system will show the HDD available capacity: 5GB = 8 40GB/ 1GB = 40 40CD • Note: DVD is calculated by 5GB, and CD is calculated by 1GB. 3. Every time a source disc is loaded, the duplicator will auto detect the disc capacity and assign correct partitions for it.
