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Discmakers reflex disc duplicator v 3.5.4
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  • Page 1 User Manual For Discmakers Reflex Disc Duplicator V 3.5.4 © 2008 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 2 WARNING! THIS 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 THIS CD/DVD/BLU-RAY/LIGHTSCRIBE DUPLICATOR IS THE COPYRIGHT OWNERSHIP OF THE AUTHOR OR COMPANY WHICH OWNS THE SOURCE DISC. ANY UNAUTHORIZED COPYING, EDITING, OR ANY PART THEREOF OF A COPYRIGHT DISC IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Title Page 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……………………………………………………….. ...

  • 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 its professional industrial design and simple beginner user interface, it will make your duplicating 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.

  • Page 6: Package Content

    Package Contents: 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, 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 change your master reading source** : Shortcut to load the master to the hard drive** : Shortcut to see information about discs in the...

  • 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

    Ignore this section and proceed to Section 2 if your system does NOT have a Hard Drive installed. When you turn on your system, after it has booted up, you should see the following signifying your system is ready. DISCMAKERS X.xx 1.Copy Step 1: Press the source shortcut under the display Drive 0 Port x.x...

  • Page 11: Selected As The Source Drive)

    Once the source has been selected, you will be guided to the main menu. You should see the following screen: DISCMAKERS X.xx 1. Copy Section 2: Making Copies from the Reader (when the Reader is selected as the source drive).
  • Page 12 Or, you can choose to enter the desired number of copies for this job by following the simple procedure below: a) Simply press the up or down button to the following screen: Counter: Specify Counter b) Then press the “ENT”/Enter button to submit. You should see the following Specify Counter screen: Specify Counter: ] OK?
  • Page 13 Once the number of blank discs you inserted matches the number of discs detected on the screen, press “ENT”/Enter (if you are not using Auto Start or wish to speed up the process) to confirm and the following Processing screen will appear.
  • Page 14 Step 7: Remove the successful copies and refill the trays with additional blank media to continue making more copies. You can also press the “ESC”/Escape button to terminate your project and go back to the main menu. If you’ve specified a counter value for your project and your project is completed, you shall see the following screen: Pass 21 Fail 0 Job Completed! Press OK to Finish...

  • Page 15: Make Hard Drive-To-Disc Copies

    Section 1: Loading Master Disc content into the Hard Drive as a partition/image. When you turn on your system, after it has booted up, you should see the following signifying your system is ready. DISCMAKERS X.xx 1.Copy Step 1: Use the up or down arrow button to navigate to the Image menu.

  • Page 16: Partition/Image

    Step 2: Press “ENT”/Enter button to enter the Image 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 Image menu, you will see following screen: Image 1.Select Partition Step 3: Use the up or down button to locate the Load Partition menu;...
  • Page 17 From 1 of the 3 choices above, press the “ENT”/Enter button to submit your selection.  If you have chosen to create a new partition/image, you should see the following screen after you submit your selection. Edit Partition Name ]OK? Please refer to the “Input Name and Number”...

  • Page 18: Section 2: Selecting The Copy Source To The Hard Drive

    You can then press the “ENT”/Enter button to go back to the Image menu. And then press the “ESC”/Escape button to return to the Main menu. You should see the following screen: DISCMAKERS X.xx 3.Image Section 2: Selecting the Copy Source to the Hard Drive.

  • Page 19: Section 3: Making Copies From An Existing Partition/Image Of The Hard Drive

    Section 3: Making Copies from an existing partition/image of the Hard Drive. Step 1: Use the up or down arrow button to navigate to the Copy menu: DISCMAKERS 2.20 1. COPY Step 2: Press the “ENT”/Enter button to enter the Copy menu. You should then see the Choose Partition menu.
  • Page 20 c) Please refer to the “Input Name and Number” section of “Chapter 2: Getting to know your System” to enter the desired amount. Then press the “ENT”/Enter to continue on to the next step. Step 4: Once the Counter selection is submitted, you shall see the following Preparation screen and the corresponding trays that do not contain disc(s) in them will automatically be ejected: Preparing...
  • Page 21 “Specify Counter” “No Counter” Copying... H4012MB Copying ... H4012MB 0/21 401MB 401MB  H indicates you are copying from a hard drive  H indicates you are copying from a hard drive partition/image. partition/image.  4012MB indicates the total capacity of your master ...

  • Page 22: Select The Duplication Speed

    When you turn on your system, after it has booted up, you should see the following signifying your system is ready. DISCMAKERS X.xx 1.Copy Step 1: Use the up or down arrow button to navigate to the Setup menu press “ENT”/Enter.navigate to select burn speed...
  • Page 23 Step 5: Once the speed setting has been successfully changed, you shall see the following screen for 2 seconds. CD to CD Speed: Adjusted to: 24x Then you will be directed back to the main menu: DISCMAKERS X.xx 1.Copy - 20 -...

  • Page 24: Mix Audio Tracks

    CD tracks are successfully transferred to the hard drive. When you turn on your system, after it has booted up, you should see the following signifying your system is ready. DISCMAKERS X.xx 1.Copy Step 1: Use the up or down arrow button to navigate to the Audio menu.
  • Page 25 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 26 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 27 When the whole process is complete, your mixed copy will be ejected and you shall see the following: Job Completed! Press OK to Finish Press “ENT”/Enter button and you will be directed back to the main menu: DISCMAKERS X.xx 4. Audio - 24 -...
  • Page 28 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 DISCMAKERS X.xx 1. Go to menu 4. Audio.
  • Page 29 22. Press “ENT”/Enter button once. 4m:47s Finish Mixing? Mixing Complete! 23. Press “ENT”/Enter button once. Confirm to Finalize? Finalizing... Job Completed! 24. Press “ENT”/Enter button once. Please Wait Press OK to Finish DISCMAKERS X.xx 25. Press “ENT”/Enter button once. 4. Audio - 26 -...

  • Page 30: Change The Setup Settings

    When you turn on your system, after it has booted up, you should see the following signifying your system is ready. DISCMAKERS X.xx 1.Copy Step 1: Use the up or down arrow button to navigate to the Setup menu.
  • Page 31 Step 7: Press “ESC”/Escape button to go back to the main menu. DISCMAKERS X.xx 5.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.

  • Page 32: Chapter 4: Menu Overview

    Chapter 4: Menu Overview 1. 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 12. 2.
  • Page 33 3.4. Delete Partition This function will guide you to delete or remove an existing partition/image (including Reserve partition/image) in the hard drive. 3.5. Partition Info This function will display additional information of all existing partitions/images in the hard drive. Such information includes partition/image disc type, capacity, etc. 3.6.
  • Page 34 5.5. Max Audio, VCD & CDG Speed Audio CD's and Video CD's do not have internal error checking capability, so duplicating at too high a speed may cause frequent errors. This setting will allow you to adjust the maximum duplication speed for Audio and Video CD. 5.6.
  • Page 35 5.10. Auto Start This setting allows you to choose Auto, Full, or Off. If Auto is selected, this feature automatically starts the duplication process when all writer drives detect recordable media inside, or waits for 30 seconds before starting the duplication process if there is at least one recordable disc in a writer drive and any of the remaining writer drives are empty.
  • Page 36 6.5. Test Options 6.5.1. Compare It will perform a comparison process to ensure data correctness. 6.5.2. Verify It will perform a process to verify playability. 6.5.3. Test Master Approximately 50% of failures reported by our system are caused by errors in the master disc which our Reader couldn't overcome.
  • Page 37 6.7. Format hard drive This function will guide you to re-format the entire hard drive of the system. During the formatting process, all of your hard drive contents will be permanently lost. Please use this function with caution. 6.8. Erase This menu will guide you to erase your rewriteable discs in the Writer Tray.

  • Page 38: Appendix A: External Device (Usb 2.0/Firewire 1394) Setup Guide (Optional)

    Appendix A: 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 (away from the LED lights) 3.

  • Page 39: Appendix B: Troubleshooting

    Appendix B: 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. ...
  • Page 40 Reset back to default. ( Troubleshoot #10 )  Contact our tech support. 10. How do I reset my system back to default? a) Go to menu 5. Setup. DISCMAKERS X.xx 5. Setup b) Press the “ENT”/Enter button. Setup 1.Select Burn Speed...

  • Page 41: 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 Description & Recommended Solutions Code Description: The intended master disc is detected and identified successfully, but...
  • Page 42 Error Error Message Description & Recommended Solutions 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 43 Error Error Message Description & Recommended Solutions 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 44 Error Error Message Description & Recommended Solutions 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...
  • Page 45 Error Error Message Description & Recommended Solutions 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.

  • Page 46: Appendix C: 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 47: Safety Information

    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 Always follow all warnings and instructions that are marked on or supplied with the...
  • Page 48 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 49 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. The power cable is damaged or frayed.
  • Page 50 Regulatory Information Certifications in Europe: CE Mark (European Union) 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 51: Appendix D: Technical Support Information

    Appendix C: Technical Support Information Website Please visit our website at http://www.discmakers.com/techsupport/techsupport.asp For videos manuals and quick start guides for your duplicator If you require further assistance with this unit, our technical support staff will be happy to assist you. There may be a cost associated with any repairs if your warranty has expired.

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