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- Page 1 User Manual For LightScribe Duplicator V 3.5.4...
- Page 2 VINPOWER DIGITAL’S CD/DVD/BLU-RAY/LIGHTSCRIBE DUPLICATOR IS MEANT FOR BACK UP AND DISTRIBUTION OF ORIGINAL DATA AUTHORED OR OWNED BY THE USER. ANY DUPLICATED DISCS MADE FROM A VINPOWER DIGITAL’S CD/DVD/BLU-RAY/LIGHTSCRIBE DUPLICATOR IS THE COPYRIGHT OWNERSHIP OF THE AUTHOR OR COMPANY WHICH OWNS THE SOURCE DISC.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction & Manual Overview……………………………….……… Before you start………………………………………………………….……. Package Content……………………………………………………………… Chapter Overview……………………………………………………….……. Chapter 2: Getting to know your system…………………………………………… System Overview………………………………………………….………….. LCD Front Panel………………………………………………………………. Input Characters/Numbers…………………………………………………. Chapter 3: Basic Operations……………………………………………………….. Make Disc-to-Disc Copies……………………………………………………. o Section 1: Selecting the Copy Source…………………………….…… o Section 2: Making Copies from Reader (when the Reader is selected as the source drive)……………………...…………. -
Page 4: Chapter 1: Introduction & Manual Overview
Chapter 1: Introduction & Manual Overview This system is a reliable, high performance, high speed, standalone manual tower system with LightScribe printing feature. With its professional industrial design and simple beginner user interface, it will make your disc publishing experience easier than ever. Before you start: Before you start using this system, please read the following to ensure proper operation: 1. - Page 5 5. Maintenance: It is very important to operate and keep the system in a dust free, clean environment since dust is the number 1 killer for optical recording devices. Failure to do so may severely damage your system. We strongly suggest you place an Air Cleaner next to the system and constantly use the Air Duster (Can Air) to clear off any dust on the surface of the system.
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Page 6: Package Content
Package Contents: Quick Start Guide Standard Operation User Manual Booklet or CD Chapter Overview: Chapter 2: Getting to know your system This chapter describes the physical features and instructions on how to operate your system Chapter 3: Basic Operations Guide This chapter describes how to perform basic operations like Making Copies, Design and Printing Labels, Changing Speed, etc. -
Page 7: Chapter 2: Getting To Know Your System
Chapter 2: Getting to know your system System Overview The below image is one representation of the duplicator casing. Your case’s outlook may vary but will have similar principles. Figure 1-1 System Controls and Display The components shown in Figure 1-1 are: 1. -
Page 8: Lcd Front Panel
LCD Front Panel *The below image is for reference only. Your key assignment and appearance may differ. : Up (Menu/Option Scroll Up) : Down (Menu/Option Scroll Down) : Forward; Enter; OK; Execute the function : Backward; Escape; go back to the previous function : Shortcut to make a copy : Shortcut to make simulation of copying process : Shortcut to change the duplication speed... -
Page 9: Input Characters/Numbers
Input Characters/Numbers When you operate this system, there are cases when a number or a name is required to be entered by you. Such cases could be entering the Counter quantity or a Hard Drive Partition/Image name. To enter an alpha numeric character, you need to use the up or down button to scroll through varies numbers or letters then use the “ENT”/Enter or “ESC”/Escape button to move the cursor position right or left. -
Page 10: Chapter 3: Basic Operations
Chapter 3: Basic Operations Make Disc-to-Disc Copies This process will copy your master disc onto single or multiple blank discs simultaneously. However, due to its simultaneous nature, a good conditioned master disc and a lower recording speed is recommended for higher success rates and better quality duplications. For a disc-to-disc copy, the copy source can be either of these devices: The reader: The reader normally is the 1 the source typically used when making disc-to-disc copies. -
Page 11: Section 2: Making Copies From Reader (When The Reader Is Selected As The Source Drive)
If the drive you’ve selected is same as the original source, the system will NOT respond to the “ENT”/Enter button. Please press “ESC”/Escape button to go back to the main menu. Once the source has been selected, you will be guided to the main menu. You should see the following screen: DUPLICATOR 7.Select Source... - Page 12 b) Then press the “ENT”/Enter button to submit. You should see the following Specify Counter screen: Specify Counter: ] OK? c) Please refer to the “Input Name and Number” section of “Chapter 2: Getting to know your System” on how to enter the desired amount. Then press “ENT”/Enter to continue to the next step.
- Page 13 Step 5: After 2 or 3 seconds of processing time, one of the following Copy progress screens will appear. The left-hand screen is shown when “Specify Counter” is selected and the right- hand screen is shown when “No Counter” is selected. “Specify Counter”...
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Page 14: Make Hard Drive-To-Disc Copies
Making Hard Drive-to-Disc Copies Copying from the hard drive is the best way to make copies. Overall, there are four benefits of copying from the hard drive. Performance. Copying from the hard drive will enable the writer dives to boost the copying performance to its limit. -
Page 15: Select Partition
Step 2: Press “ENT”/Enter button to enter the Hard Drive Setup menu. If the current source is not Hard Drive, you will see the screen below. Please press the “ENT”/Enter button once to proceed. Select HDD as source Once you’ve entered the Hard Drive Setup menu, you will see following screen: Hard Drive Setup 1.Select Partition Step 3:... - Page 16 If you have chosen to create a new partition/image, you should see the following screen after you submit your selection. Edit Partition Name Please refer to the “Input Name and Number” section of “Chapter 2: Getting to know your System” to enter the desired title. Then press the “ENT”/Enter to continue to the next step.
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Page 17: Section 2: Selecting The Copy Source To The Hard Drive
You can then press the “ENT”/Enter button to go back to the Hard Drive Setup menu. And then press the “ESC”/Escape button to return to the Main menu. You should see the following screen: DUPLICATOR 9.Hard Drive Setup Section 2: Selecting the Copy Source to the Hard Drive. Ignore this section and proceed to Section 3 if you have just completed Section 1: Loading Master Disc content into the Hard Drive as an image as this process will automatically switch the source to the hard drive. - Page 18 Step 2: Press the “ENT”/Enter button to enter the Copy menu. You should then see the Choose Partition menu. Choose Partition: [FUN1.VEF]4012MB Step 3: Use up or down button to choose the desired partition/image to copy from and press the “ENT”/Enter button to submit your selection. You should then see the Counter feature screen.
- Page 19 If the above screen is displayed for more than 2 minutes after you have inserted your blank discs, please check the quality of the discs. Step 5: After you’ve placed your blank discs into the drives, please allow 5-10 seconds for the system to detect them.
- Page 20 Step 7: Once the duplication run is completed, the successful copies will be ejected and you shall see the following screen. PASS 7 FAIL 0( Waiting for Blanks “PASS 7” indicates that you’ve just made 7 successful copies. “FAIL 0” indicates that you have no failure in this run. “7” indicates that you’ve successfully copied 7 copies so far. Step 8: Remove the successful copies and refill the trays with additional blank media to continue making more copies.
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Page 21: Design And Printing Labels
Design and Printing Labels The instructions covered in this section will help you design and print a label from your LightScribe Standalone Duplication system. Please note that you must install the supplied LightScribe software in order to proceed with the instructions below. If you have any difficulties installing the software, please contact Tech Support for assistance. - Page 22 Step 2: Select Template Choose one of the preinstalled templates, or click on "Get More Templates" to download additional templates. (1) Select the Category filter function to better view and choose a template. Note that each template may appear in multiple categories. (2) Click on your Template choice to activate.
- Page 23 Step 3: Insert Text and/or Pictures Depending on the template chosen, you may have the option to modify text box(s) or picture(s). For inserting pictures, just click on the dedicated area to select the picture you'd like to use. (4) Use the Zoom button or the scroll wheel of your mouse to size the picture, and then drag it to position where you want it within the selection window.
- Page 24 Step 5: Click on "Preview and Print" to bring up the print window. Select the “LightScribe Duplicator Label Writer” as the LightScribe Drive. (7) Select the "Best" contrast mode for the darkest print. (8) Select the label surface color of the disc you wish to label onto. (9) If you are satisfied with the preview, click "Print"...
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Page 25: Section 2: Selecting The Print Source Of The System As The Reader
Section 2: Selecting the Print Source of the system as the Reader. When you turn on your system, after it has booted up, you should see the following signifying your system is ready. DUPLICATOR 1.Copy Step 1: Use the up or down arrow button to navigate to the Select Source menu. DUPLICATOR 9.Select Source Step 2:... -
Page 26: Section 3: Print Copies Of Your Lightscribe Label With The Lightscribe Label Cd You've Created
Section 3: Print copies of your LightScribe label with the LightScribe Label CD you’ve created. Step 1: Use the up or down arrow button to navigate to the Print menu: DUPLICATOR 2.Print Step 2: Press the “ENT”/Enter button to enter the Print menu. You should then see the Counter feature screen. - Page 27 Step 3: Once the Counter selection is submitted, you shall see the following Preparation screen and the corresponding trays not loaded with discs will automatically eject: Preparing Waiting for Master If above screens is displayed for more than 2 minutes after you have inserted your master disc or blank discs, please check them for quality Step 4: After you’ve placed your label disc and LightScribe printable disc(s) in the system’s...
- Page 28 Step 6: After 2 or 3 seconds of processing time, one of the following Printing progress screens will appear. The left-hand screen is shown when “Specify Counter” is selected and the right-hand screen is shown when “No Counter” is selected. “Specify Counter” Printing...
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Page 29: Select The Duplication Speed
Select the Duplication Speed This process will allow you to adjust the duplication speed subject to your needs. By default, the duplication speed will be set to the optimal speed for each format and setting. However, under some circumstances, you may want to reduce the duplication speed. Those circumstances typically are as follows: Poor Blank Media Quality. - Page 30 Step 4: Once you have submitted the desired speed types, you should see the following screen for speed adjustment. CD to CD Speed: You can press the up or down button to select the desired speed value and then press the “ENT”/Enter to submit the selection.
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Page 31: 10.Mix Audio Tracks
Mix Audio Tracks This process will guide you to mix an Audio CD from various tracks among different Audio CDs. The following are the ways you can mix an Audio CD: Mix directly to Blank CD-R media (This option is not available if you have a CD+G Duplication System): By mixing an audio CD directly to blank CD-R media, all the tracks you selected will be transferred to the blank CD-R media directly track by track. - Page 32 Step 3: Once the Mix Mode selection is submitted, you shall see following Preparation screen and the corresponding trays that do not contain disc(s) in them will automatically be ejected: Preparing Waiting for Master Preparing Waiting for a Blank If either one of the above screens is displayed for more than 2 minutes after you have placed your master disc or blank disc into the drives, please check the disc quality.
- Page 33 Given the limited space of the screen, the message above will scroll across the screen in order to show the full message. You need to press the “ENT”/Enter button to return to the track selection menu. The track selected that caused this error message will be de-selected automatically. Then, you can select a different track with smaller playtime.
- Page 34 c) Press the “ENT”/Enter button once to confirm your selection, and you should see the following Finalizing screen (if you choose to mix directly to a blank CD) or Copying screen (if you choose to mix through the hard drive). Finalizing...
- Page 35 Example of Mixing Audio Tracks directly to Blank CD For the example below, we will mix a new Audio CD from 2 different Audio CD’s. From CD1: song 2, and song 4 From CD2: song 3, song 4 and song 5 1.
- Page 36 15. Press down button until you see “Track 3” on the 2 line. 16. Press “ENT”/Enter button once. 17. Press down button until you see “Track 4” on the 2 line. 18. Press “ENT”/Enter button once. 19. Press down button until you see “Track 5”...
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Page 37: Change The Setup Settings
Change the Setup settings Most of the internal settings and information is stored inside the Setup menu. To explore and modify them is simple. Below is an example how to modify the “Auto Start” setting. Please note that the default setup is set for optimal performance of the system, it is unnecessary to change if you are satisfied with the outcome. - Page 38 Step 7: Press “ESC”/Escape button to go back to the main menu. DUPLICATOR 11.Setup This change will only be effective for the current usage until you power off the system unless you perform the Save function under the Utilities menu, or perform the Shutdown function under the main menu.
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Page 39: Chapter 4: Menu Overview
Chapter 4: Menu Overview COPY This menu will guide you to make CD/DVD/BD copies. For more information, please refer to “Make Disc-to-Disc Copies” on page 7 or “Make Hard Drive-to-Disc Copies (ONLY for systems that have a hard drive installed) on page 11. PRINT This menu will guide you to design and print a label from your LightScribe Standalone Duplication system. - Page 40 SELECT BURN SPEED This menu will guide you to adjust the duplication speed on various duplication job types. For more information, please refer to “Select the Duplication Speed” on page 26. SELECT SOURCE This menu will guide you to select a Reader/Writer drive as the source drive (where your master disc will be placed into) for Copy related operations.
- Page 41 12. PRINT SETUP 12.1 Load Label This function allows you to load your LightScribe Duplicator Label file (.lsi file) from the Label Disc onto the system’s internal hard drive. For instructions on how to generate the LightScribe Duplicator Label, please refer to “Design and Print Labels”...
- Page 42 14.3 Read Error Skip Normally, when the system encounters a reading error while reading your master disc, the duplication job will be aborted and all the recordable media will be ruined. However, if you believe that your master disc has a small, insignificant error due to physical damages, you can enable the setting to allow the system to skip any read error* it encounters.
- Page 43 14.12 ISRC This option will allow you to enable/disable copying the ISRC code of the Audio CD. ISRC is the serial# of the audio tracks that uniquely identifies the song in that audio track. This ISRC code is commonly found in commercial Audio CD’s and rarely seen on home made Audio CDs.
- Page 44 15.4 Device Info By entering this menu, you will be able to see the information for devices built inside your system, such as the drives. That information includes but not limited to manufacture, model number, etc. 15.5 Load Default This function will reset all of the options back to manufacture’s default. You can perform this function if your system is acting abnormal.
- Page 45 16.5 Password on Bootup This menu allows you to enable/disable the user administrative feature prompt; user login upon boot up. During this process, you will be asked to select “ON” or “OFF” (enable/disable). 17. AUTOCOPY This function will allow the system to operate the disc-to-disc copy function without any user inputs for ease of operation.
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Page 46: Appendix A - Lightscribe Software Setup Instruction
Appendix A - LightScribe Software Setup Instruction Minimum Hardware Requirements 1. Pentium 3 Class microprocessor or better 2. CD/RW Recorder 3. 32Mbytes of RAM 4. 10Mbytes of free disc space on your hard drive Software Installation Insert the LightScribe Installation Disc into the CD drive of your computer. Using the “My Computer”... - Page 47 You will then be asked to choose the LightScribe writer model that was installed in your duplication system. The default writer that comes with your system should be pre-selected. You can then click Install to continue the installation process. During the installation process, the following applications will be installed: LightScribe System Software Upon successful installation of the above software, click the Finish button to complete the installation.
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Page 48: Appendix B: External Device (Usb 2.0/Firewire 1394) Setup Guide (Optional)
Appendix B: External Device (USB 2.0/Firewire 1394) Setup Guide (Optional) *This only applies if you have USB 2.0 or Firewire connections installed • If there’s a switch next to the USB/Firewire Port: 1. Power off your system 2. Set the USB2.0/Firewire switch to “ON” position at the back of your system. 3. -
Page 49: Appendix C: Troubleshooting
Appendix C: Troubleshooting Frequently Asked Questions No display on the LCD or the unit does not operate when the power is on. Check the power cable connection and that the environment for the power outlet is normal. Make sure the power voltage on the duplicator matches the voltage of your power outlet. If the system was stored in a location where the temperature dropped below 32⁰F (0⁰C) within the past 24 hours, leave the system in a warm room with temperatures at least 65⁰F (19⁰C) for 4 hours prior to powering it on. -
Page 50: Disc Info
Why some writers won’t copy? If those writers are associated with USB 2.0/Firewire IEEE 1394 connections (normally a USB or Firewire logo sticker will be placed in front of such writer’s tray), please make sure the USB 2.0/Firewire connections is off and restart your system. For more information, please refer to “Appendix A: External Device (USB 2.0/Firewire 1394) Setup Guide”. -
Page 51: Error Code
Error Code Typically the system will show an error message and error code if a problem occurs. Please reference the below diagram for a description of the error codes and the recommend solution: Error Error Message Code Description: The intended master disc is detected and identified successfully, but it is a blank disc. - Page 52 Error Error Message Code Description: When the error code occurs during the Compare process, the size of the master disc and the successfully copied disc(s) is different. When the error code occurs during a Copy related process, the capacity of the blank disc(s) is less than the data size of the master disc.
- Page 53 Error Error Message Code Description: Your system does not support the DVD format. DVD is not supported! Possible Solution: Please purchase a system that supports DVD. Description: Your system does not support the DVD-RAM format. DVD-RAM is not supported! Possible Solution: Please purchase a system that supports DVD-RAM.
- Page 54 Error Error Message Code Description: The password entered is not correct Wrong Password! Possible Solution: Please confirm you typed in the correct password or try a different password. Description: An incorrect password was entered 3 times consecutively Login Failed Possible Solution: Wait for 5 minutes, then try to use the correct password for next the attempt.
- Page 55 Error Error Message Code Description: The Firmware Update File is not compatible with your system or the Wrong update Firmware Update File is corrupted. File Possible Solution: 1. Try to re-download the Firmware Update File. Description: The Firmware Update File is not meant for your system. Unknown flash model Possible Solution:...
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Page 56: Appendix D: Safety & Regulatory Information
Appendix C: Safety & Regulatory information Safety Introduction Notices and Safety Please read the following instructions carefully before operating the machine and refer to them as needed to ensure the continued safe operation of your machine. This product and supplies have been designed and tested to meet strict safety requirements. - Page 57 Safety Information Operational Safety Information This equipment and supplies have been designed and tested to meet strict safety requirements. These include safety agency examination, approval, and compliance with established environmental standards. To ensure the continued safe operation of your equipment, follow these safety guidelines at all times: Do These •...
- Page 58 Electrical Safety Information 1. The power receptacle for the machine must meet the requirements stated on the data plate on the rear of the machine. If you are not sure that your electrical supply meets the requirements, please consult your local power company or an electrician for advice.
- Page 59 Emergency Power Off If any of the following conditions occur, turn off the machine immediately and disconnect the power cable(s) from the electrical outlet(s). Contact an authorized Service Representative to correct the problem: • The equipment emits unusual odors or makes unusual noises. •...
- Page 60 Regulatory Information Certifications in Europe: The CE mark applied to this equipment symbolizes the manufacture’s declaration of conformity with the following applicable Directives of the European Union as of the dates indicated: 2006/95/EC December 12, 2006 Council Directive 2006/95/EC as amended. Approximation of the laws of the member states related to low voltage equipment.
- Page 61 817 SOUTH PALM AVE ALHAMBRA, CA 91803 USA Website: www.vinpowerdigital.com Tel: 1-626-282-3300 For Sales Department Email: For Technical Support Email: Technical Support Technical support can be found online at: http://www.vinpowerdigital.com/TechnicalSupport/FAQ/FAQ.asp If you cannot solve your problem our technical support staff will assist you if your unit is still covered under warranty.