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Buttons and LCD There are four buttons and an LCD on the panel of the copy smart plus. They are described as follows. EZQuest 1. It shows all functions and messages. 2. It is used to scroll up through functions or menus. 3.
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Detect Drives There are 12 functions for you to use. Function 1 is Copy. You can press other functions. Place a source DVD into DVD-ROM. Switch to function 1 Copy by pressing DVD writers, and press ENT to start copying. When copying comes to an end, the passed DVDs will eject automatically.
Chapter 5 Functions There are 12 functions: Copy, Test, Test & Copy, Verify, Compare, Prescan, Disc Info, Select Source, Image, Edit Track, Setup and Advanced Setup. Among the 12 functions, Edit Track is designed exclusively for editing a collection of favorite songs from CDs.
When copying is in progress, MB and time will decrease whereas the percentage of completion increase. When copying comes to an end, LCD will show the results as follows. The passed DVDs will eject automatically. 1.Copy OK: 03 5.2 Test Function 2 Test is to simulate the copying progress.
LCD will show the testing information as follows. Testing- DVD 4213.4MB When the test comes to an end, LCD will show the results as follows. 2.Test OK: 03 Stopping the test halfway does not affect the DVD disks, but if the DVD-rewriteable disks contain important data, they may be destroyed.
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When the test finishes, actual copying will begin as shown below. Copying- DVD 0% 4213.4MB When the whole process finishes, LCD will show the results as follows. 3.Test & Copy OK: 03 5.4 Verify Function 4 Verify is to examine if the target DVDs can be read correctly after copying. Select function 4.
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When verification comes to an end, LCD will show the results as follows. 4.Verify OK: 03 5.5 Compare Function 5 Compare is to make a comparison between the source DVD and the target DVDs after copying. Select function 5. Put the source DVD onto DVD-ROM and the target DVDs onto DVD writers.
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Press ENT to see the details of source 1 as shown below. Src: 01 Total: Press ENT to see the details of source 2. If the comparison is identical, LCD will show the message as follows. Src: 02 DVD-RW Identical If comparison fails, LCD will show the failure.
Press ENT to prescan. LCD will show the scanning information as follows. Scaning- DVD 0% 4213.4MB When scanning finishes, and the source DVD can be read correctly, LCD will show the results as follows. PreScan OK! 5.7 Disc Info Function 7 Disc Info is to show the basic information of source DVD. Select function 7.
5.8 Select Source Function 8 Select Source is to let you select the data on DVD-ROM, DVD writers or HDD as the source from which copying will be done. Select function 8. 8.Select Source Press ENT , and then press Src: DVD-ROM 01 IDE1 Master After selecting the source such as DVD-ROM, you can press ENT , and LCD will...
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5.9 Image Function 9 Image is valid only when you have installed a hard disk. This function includes 6 parts. They are Load, Delete Image, Image Info, Compare Image, Select Partition and Select Src Drive. The loaded data is called an image file. Select function 9.
After the image file is successfully loaded, LCD will show the results as follows. Image load OK If there is an image file existing in the current partition, the system will ask you whether to overwrite it or not. Please use Image Exists Overwrite?Yes 5.9.2 Delete Image...
After the image file is deleted, LCD will show the results as follows. Partition A: Image is deleted 5.9.3 Image Info This function is to show the basic information of an image file stored in a particular partition. First, select the function by pressing 9-03.Image Image Info Press ENT , and LCD will show the information of the image file as follows.
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Press ENT , and LCD will show the comparison information as follows. Compare- DVD 0% 4213.4MB When comparison comes to an end, LCD will show the results as follows. Compare Fail: 0 Press ENT to see the details of source 1 as shown below. Src: 01 Total: Press ENT to see the details of source 2.
5.9.5 Select Partition This function is to select a partition in the hard disk. First, select the function by pressing 9-05.Image Select Partition After installing a hard disk, your copy smart plus will format it automatically. Each partition will occupy 5GB. The number of partitions is dependent on the hard diskís capacity.
First, select the function by pressing 9-06. Image Image Src Drive Then, use to select DVD-ROM or any of the DVD writers as the source. Select Img Src: 01 IDE1 DVD-ROM After selecting the source such as DVD-ROM, you can press ENT , and LCD will show the message as follows.
Select function 10. 10. Edit Track 5.10.1 CD to CD On the above figure press ENT , and you will enter the following figure.Here the function CD to CD is to let you select a track or more from CD-ROM, and then copy into blank CD-R/RWs.
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After selecting, please use to move to the ìEndî menu as shown below. Select Track: End 1Trk03:25 Press ENT to finish the CD editing, and use End edit disc and burn?Yes LCD will show the copying information as follows. Copying- 24X Edit 1/10 - >...
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The system will ask if you want to keep editing. Please use No. as shown below. Continue edit next Disc?Yes If you want to keep editing, the current source CD will eject auctomatically, and the system will ask you to insert another new CD as shown below. Insert next disc After inserting the new CD, press ENT to edit as before.
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Press ENT to finish the CD editing, and use End edit disc and burn?Yes LCD will show the copying information as follows. Copying- 24X Edit 2/10 - > 2/2 On the above figure 2/2 means the second track of all tracks we have selected, and so far we have selected two tracks from two different CDs.
On the above figure Press ENT . The system will ask if you want to close all CDsí sessions. Please use to confirm Yes or No as shown below. Close all discís session? Yes After deciding to close, LCD will show the message as follows. Closing Session Please wait--- 5.10.2 CD to HDD...
Suppose we decide to select the first track, then press ENT . A ì+î will appear beside 1/10 as shown below. But pressing ENT again may cancel the selection. Select Track: +1/10 After selecting, please use to move to the ìEndî menu as shown below. Select Track: End 1Trk03:25 Press ENT to finish the CD editing, and use...
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The system will ask if you want to keep editing. Please use No. as shown below. Continue edit next Disc?Yes If you want to keep editing, the current source CD will eject auctomatically, and the system will ask you to insert another new CD as shown below. Insert next disc After inserting the new CD, press ENT to edit as before.
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Then, the track as an image file will be loaded into HDD. LCD will show the loading information as follows. Load- P0 -24X Edit 2/10 - > 2/2 When loading comes to an end, LCD will show the message as follows. Image load OK The system will ask if you want to keep editing.
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When burning finishes, LCD will show the results as follows. Burn Complete ! OK: 03 On the above figure press ESC to enter the following figure. Now press the data from HDD template into a certain partition. Burn or Move to partition? Move After pressing , you need to select a partition into which the data will be moved.
If the chosen partition has contained image data, the system will ask to overwrite or keep the data. Here please use Image Exists Overwrite?Yes After pressing , LCD will show the moving information as follows. Moving to P: A When moving finishes, LCD will show the results as follows. Moving to P: A 5.10.3 Play Audio Track This function is to make the copy smart plus act as a music player.
to select the track you want to play. Select Track: 1/10 After selecting and pressing ENT , LCD will show the playing information below. Playing Track-1 00:00 / 03:25 5.10.4 Close Session This function is to close CDs and let no data written into. After closing, you can put the CDs on any normal player and listen.
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After pressing ENT , LCD will show the message as follows. Closing Session Please wait--- When closing finishes, LCD will show the results as follows. Closing OK :3 5.11 Setup Function 11 Setup lets you change the default settings. Once you change a setting, remember to press ENT to save it.
5.11.1 Language On the above figure press ENT , and you will enter the following figure. The function Language lets you select a language in which messages can be shown on LCD. 11-01. Setup Language Press ENT to enter the following figure. Here LCD only supports English. Language English 5.11.2 Burn Speed...
5.11.3 Read Speed On the above figure press ESC and Read Speed lets you control the reading speed of target DVDs. 11-03. Setup Read Speed Press ENT to enter the following figure. The default is maximum, but there are still other choices: 32X, 16X and 8X.
5.11.5 Startup Menu On the above figure press ESC and lets you select any one of the functions except Adv Setup as the first item appearing on the menu whenever you turn on the copy smart plus. 11-05. Setup Startup Menu Press ENT to enter the following figure.
5.11.7 Auto Compare On the above figure press ESC and is to compare automatically the source DVD and the target DVDs after copying. 11-07. Setup Auto Compare Press ENT to enter the following figure. The default is Off. Press Auto Compare 5.11.8 Auto Prescan On the above figure press ESC and to scan automatically if the source DVD can be read correctly, and by the way to test...
5.11.9 Eject Disc On the above figure press ESC and provides three choices. They are Eject Good Only, Eject All Disc, and Do Not Eject. Eject Good Only means that the DVDs will eject automatically only when they are copied successfully. Eject All Disc means that the DVDs will eject automatically whether they are copied successfully or not.
Press ENT to enter the following figure. The default is On. Press Burn On The Fly If your copy smart plus doesnít connect with a hard disk, LCD will show the message as follows. No Valid HDD ! 5.11.11 Burn Mode On the above figure press ESC to return to Function 11, and then select part 11 Burn Mode as the following figure shows.
5.11.12 Button Sound On the above figure press ESC and lets you control the sound of a button when you press it. 11-12. Setup Button Sound Press ENT to enter the next figure. The default is On. Press Button Sound 5.11.13 Device Info On the above figure press ESC and shows the information of the DVD-ROM and any of the DVD writers you have...
Press ENT to enter the next figure. DVD-ROM DVD-116 1.22 Press twice to enter the next figure. 02 IDE2 Master DVD-RW : PIONEER Press ENT to enter the next figure. DVD-RW DVR-103 1.80 5.11.14 System Info On the above figure press ESC and shows the information of the system.
5.12 Adv Setup Function 12 Adv Setup lets you change the system configuration. This function includes 13 parts. They are UnderRun Protect, Overburn, Read Error Skip, Format HDD, Verify HDD, Burn-in, Update Firmware, Compare Firmware, H/W Diagnostic, Load Default, CD+G, ISRC and Switch Link-Host. On the above figure press ESC to return to Function 11.
5.12.2 Overburn On the above figure press ESC and you decide whether to copy beyond the limit of the CD or not. 12-02. Adv Setup Overburn Press ENT to enter the following figure. The default is Off. Press Overburn 5.12.3 Read Error Skip On the above figure press ESC and is to neglect any error that occurs during copying.
5.12.4 Format HDD On the above figure press ESC and to partition the hard disk. But before formatting, all data on the hard disk will be deleted. 12-04. Adv Setup Format HDD Press ENT to enter the next figure. Use All data will be lost, format? Yes If your copy smart plus doesnít connect with a hard disk, LCD will show the message...
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Press ENT to enter the next figure. Use Verify Disk or Partition? Disk Press ENT to verify. After verification LCD will show the results as follows. Verify Hard Disk 5.12.6 Burn-in On the above figure press ESC and simulate the copying progress many times. The time can be from 1 to 1000. After each cycle of simulation, the DVDs on the DVD writers will eject automatically and recede for the next bout of simulation.
Press ENT and use to select the time of simulation such as 1, 2, 3...1000 or Run Continuous. The figure below shows Run Continuous. Sel burn-in num: Run Continuous Press ESC , ENT , to select Erase & Copy as the following figure shows. Erase & Copy is to erase and write repeatedly.
You can get the newest firmware version from ACARD by e-mail, or download it directly from the web site: http://www.acard.com Then, unzip the file ìcdxxx.binî and copy it into a blank DVD. After placing the DVD on the DVD-ROM , press ENT . The system will begin searching the new firmware and show the message on LCD as follows after it finds the new firmware.
Press ENT to enter the next figure. Follow the instructions on LCD to do the button test. After that, the system will do the self-test of SDRAM, the hardware connection test and flash test. All test results will be shown on LCD. It is the easiest way to know if the system can work well.
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When default loading finishes, LCD will show the results as follows. Load Default 5.12.11 CD+G On the above figure press ESC and of special copying format. This function supports the special format. 12-11. Adv Setup CD+G Press ENT to enter the next figure. The default is Off. Press CD+G 5.12.12 ISRC On the above figure press ESC and...
Troubleshooting 6.1 About LCD After powering on if there is no LCD, please check if the connection of power cord is frim and the environment of power outlet is normal. 6.2 About Error Messages During Copy, Test, Compare and Verify, etc. if you press ESC to abort, an error message will appear on LCD.
6.4 About Buttons If you press any one of the four buttons on the panel, but there is no response, it is perhaps that the button cannot function well. Please inspect the jumper setting. 6.5 About DVD Writer Not Readable After copying if the DVD writer is not readable, please use Compare to examine, or get another DVD-ROM to test.
6.8 About Function 12 and Cancellation If you want to execute function 12 Advanced Setup, you can press ESC for 2 seconds. And during operation if you want to cancel a function like Copy, Test, Verify and so on, you can press ESC for 2 seconds, too. Page 49...
Appendix 1 List of Functions 1 Copy 2 Test 3 Test & Copy 4 Verify 5 Compare 6 Prescan 7 Disc Info 8 Select Source 9 Image (It works only when a hard disk is connected) 9.1 Load 9.2 Delete Image 9.3 Image Info 9.4 Compare Image 9.5 Select Partition (Each partition is 5GB)
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11.10 Burn On The Fly (Default is On) 11.11 Burn Mode (Default is DAO) 11.12 Button Sound (Default is On) 11.13 Device Info 11.14 System Info 11.15 Quick Erase 11.16 Quick Erase 12 Adv Setup 12.1 UnderRun Protect (Default is On) 12.2 Overburn (Default is Off) 12.3 Read Error Skip (Default is Off) 12.4 Format HDD...
Appendix 2 LCD Messages 1. Normal Conditions: Initialize SDRAM...Initialize the memory of the system. Detect Drives ...Detect what drives are connected with the system. User Abort! ..Cancel the job during operation. Analyzing ...Analyze the source disc. Source Drive Not Ready ...Source drive is not ready to read. Target Drive Not Ready ...Target drive is not ready to write.
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Press a Key to Eject Good Disc ... Press any ket to eject the good disc after copying Press a Key to Eject Fail Disc ...Press any key to eject the failed disc after copying. DVD-RW does not Support the Func ...
Verify Hard Disk OK! ..The hard disk is verified successfully. Verify Hard Disk Fail! ... The hard disk is not verified successfully. Verify Partition Header! ... Verify the partition header. Select HD First! ... Select a formatted hard disk at first. 3.
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Check Sum Error!..The udpated firmware has errors. Source canít be Hard Disk! ...During comparison the source cannot be hard disk. Last update F/W OK! ... The firmware is updated successfully. Last update F/W Fail! ... The firmware is not updated successfully. Flash ROM fail!.
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