DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Table of Contents WELCOME TO THE DIRECTOR EC SYSTEM....................5 ..............................5 OPYRIGHT OTICE CD-R/RW R .......................5 ECORDER ARRANTY OLICY ..................................5 IRACY :............................5 ORPORATE EADQUARTERS ABOUT MF DIGITAL ...............................6 MF D DIRECTOR EC P ..........6...
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DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 DIRECTOR EC A ......................21 TARTING THE PPLICATION DIRECTOR EC A ........................21 PPLICATION AYOUT DIRECTOR EC A .....................22 PPLICATION ONFIGURATION ..........................23 RINTER RIVER EQUIRED ’ )......................23 PERATOR MAIL DDRESS PTIONAL ..........................24 ECORDING PEED EQUIRED )........................24...
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DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 CD C ............................53 ELECTING APACITY ..............................54 EMOVING RACKS ..............................54 DITING RACK ISRC C .....................55 HANGING ODES ROHIBIT LAGS ......................56 NSERTING DITING EMOVING ILENCE ....................57 NSERTING DITING EMOVING INDEXES ......................59 AVING URRENT UDIO MAGE ......................59...
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DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 ...........................81 HANGING THE OMPUTER ........................83 HANGE THE NONYMOUS CCOUNT APPENDIX A: WORKING WITH CD-REWRITABLE (CD-RW) DISCS ............85 CD-RW S ..........................85 UPPORTED ORMATS CD-RW R .............................85 ECORDING PEED APPENDIX B: SUPPORTED FORMATS FOR DUPLICATING...............86...
Individual CD-R/RW recorder manufacturers are responsible for the products they provide. As a convenience, MF DIGITAL will honor any service issue related to a defective recorder while under its respective manufacturer’s warranty providing that the recorder has been purchased from MF DIGITAL either directly or indirectly.
About MF Digital Thank you for purchasing MF Digital’s DIRECTOR EC publishing system. MF Digital manufactures a wide variety of software and audio duplication and production equipment, including manual and fully automatic CD and DVD duplicators and printers. We hope you will consider us for all of your production needs.
• Power cords • Operator’s Guide (on CD) • Windows 2000 Pro license pack • MF Digital Product & Warranty Registration card Packing Materials Please retain the original box and packaging in the event that the unit requires future servicing. This will help to reduce the possibility of damage occurring in transit.
PC portion of the DIRECTOR EC to a UPS. The minimum required size is 500VA. Repairs or alterations should only be attempted by authorized factory trained technicians. MF Digital reserves the right to void the warranty if unauthorized service is performed. Page 8...
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Location Of CD-R/RW and DVD ±R/±RW Recorder Parts And Controls ProDRIVE 52x Legend 1. Disc tray - Discs are loaded and removed from this tray. Pressing the eject button will open the tray when the power is switched on to the Director EC.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Removing Packing Restraints The DIRECTOR EC ships with a picker arm restraint to reduce the possibility of damage in transit. This restraint must be removed before operation or power-on. Remove the foam block above the transfer arm.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Installing The Printer Before operating the DIRECTOR EC, the printer must be properly mounted and aligned. In addition, please familiarize yourself with the documentation included with the Spectrum2 thermal CD printer. Preparing the Prism Plus Printer (fig.
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DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 1. With Torx head screwdriver, remove the rubber feet from bottom of the printer (fig. 2. Using the flat head screws provided, attach printer plate to the bottom of the printer as seen in (fig.
Note: purposes here, we will assume you either have expertise with networking computers, or had your unit professionally installed by MF Digital. Connecting The Network Cable • Connect a suitable patch cord to the RJ45 network port on the back of the DIRECTOR EC unit.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Installing Firewire Cables The following illustrations show firewire installation on the Director EC. Please connect the firewire cables as illustrated below. Director EC-2 Director EC-4 Firewire Connection on back of PC Page 15...
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Starting the DIRECTOR EC For The First Time Before CD creation or duplication can begin it is necessary to review a few details. Power Connection And Settings • Make sure the DIRECTOR EC power switch is set to the off position.
Begin Logon dialog box. • Enter “MF Digital” in lowercase letters for the password. Please note that the password is case sensitive. • Press the ENTER key. The screen will now display the DIRECTOR EC desktop screen.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Aligning The Drive Tower and Printer The printer must now be manually positioned relative to the DIRECTOR EC’s disc picking mechanism. Once the correct position has been determined the drive tower and printer retaining guides are screwed down tight to hold the drive tower and printer in place.
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DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 • Click the Perform Test button. The screen will now display: • Manually open drive tray • Place a blank disc on the input spindle. • Click the Yes button. • The disc will be loaded from the input spindle and over the open drive tray, so that you may properly align the drive tower •...
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DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 • After aligning the drive tower, repeat the same procedure to align the printer. Page 20...
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Application Startup The DIRECTOR EC is a state-of-the-art CD publishing system and duplicator. It is designed to create, duplicate and verify most standard compact disc formats. This startup section will guide you through starting and configuring the DIRECTOR EC application.
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DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Tabs: System Status Displays the status of jobs after they have been submitted for production. Create Job Brings together the data or audio contents and label components of a CD so it can be produced.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 The System Setup tab is divided into a number of information fields that must be completed. Printer Driver (Required) The Printer Driver pull-down is used to indicate to the DIRECTOR EC the type of printer that is installed.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 • Click the Operator’s E-mail Address field and enter an email address. Leave the field blank if the DIRECTOR EC is not attached to a network or if you do not want to receive unit attention messages.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 also be in use for this particular job. Asynchronous mode is more demanding of system resources. The modes of operation are: Mode Description Disabled Jobs=Synchronous (FIFO), Drives=Synchronous When the setting is “disabled”, jobs are processed on a first in/first out (FIFO) basis such that they will be kept together when placed on the output spindle.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 • Click the ASYNCHRONOUS MODE pull down and select the desired “disabled” or “level O” setting (level 1 and level 2 not used). Default Job File Folder (Required) The DEFAULT JOB FILE FOLDER field is used to specify the default location where job files (*.JOB) will be saved.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Creating New Privileges Profile Control access to the DIRECTOR EC by restricting use to only authorized users. The main intent of this is for jobs submitted remotely through the included Java Client, or through other client side applications. New users must first be entered into the DIRECTOR EC’s database and their...
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Editing Privileges Profile name Required. Enter the profile name. Max quantity per day Required. Enter the maximum number of discs this type of user is allowed to record/print per day. Max quantity per month Required.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Deleting Existing Privileges Profile To delete an existing privileges profile: • Click the privilege profile you wish to delete and click the Delete button below the PRIVILEGES window. • Click the Yes button to confirm.
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DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 (31 characters maximum, A to Z, 0 to 9) Street Address 1 Optional. Enter the user’s street address. (63 characters maximum, A to Z, 0 to 9) Street Address 2 Optional. Enter the user’s street address.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Editing Existing Users To edit an existing user: • Click the username you wish to edit and click the Edit button below the USERS window and the user information boxes will be displayed.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 System Drives The SYSTEM DRIVES window allows you to specify which hard disk drives the DIRECTOR EC uses exclusively. The factory settings should be sufficient for most uses. Director EC-4: Be sure that: D:, E:, F:, and G: are selected. DO NOT SELECT C:.
Unless you have added a raid solution, or other additional fast storage, you should never change the default settings. EIDE drives should not be used Note: for this purpose. Please consult your MF Digital reseller if you wish to add additional storage. Page 33...
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Controlling the DIRECTOR EC From Custom Applications In addition to operating the DIRECTOR EC from its console, you have the option to remotely control the system from anywhere on the network using your own custom applications or scripts.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Creating Disc Labels The first step in creating a CD is to create a label that will be printed on the surface of the disc. The DIRECTOR EC’s built-in label design software provides a quick and easy way to create simple disc labels that contain text and graphics.
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DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Label Menu Buttons: Creates a new disc label. Open Opens an existing disc label file (*.LBL). Save Saves the current disc label. Cuts the selected item Select Used to select the font, style, size and color before creating test Font on the disc label.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Creating Text Using the Text Mode tool, you can create horizontal text anywhere on your disc label. In addition, once the text has been entered it can be repositioned and its font and other attributes changed. To create text: •...
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 • To change the font, style, size or color, click the Select Font button. The screen will now display: • After making the changes click the OK button. • Click the OK button.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Resizing Graphics To proportionally resize a graphic image after it has been imported: • Click the Point button on the toolbar. • Click the graphic image you wish to resize. A bounding box will appear around the image with eight solid squares (handles).
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Repositioning Text, Graphics and Dates To reposition a piece of text, a graphic image or a date field after it has been created or imported: • Click the Point button on the toolbar.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Deleting Text, Graphics And Dates To delete a piece of text, a graphic image or a date field after it has been created or imported: • Click the Point Mode button on the tool bar.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Opening Existing Disc Labels Once a disc label has been saved it can be modified at a later date. To open an existing disc label file: • Click the Open button on the menu bar.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Creating Disc Images After creating a label, the next step in constructing a CD is to specify its contents (disc image). The DIRECTOR EC creates industry standard data (Mode 1 ISO 9660 level 2 with Joliet extensions) and audio (Red Book) CDs from scratch as well as duplicates existing CDs authored in most formats.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Data Image Editor Toolbar Horizontally at the top of the panes, which contains eight buttons: New Open, Save, Properties, Disc Capacity, CD, DVD, Wildcard. Data Image Editor Toolbar: New Folder Creates a new volume.
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DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Static And Dynamic Content The DIRECTOR EC allows CDs to be created from both static and dynamic content. A finished CD created from static content will contain the exact files and folders that are specified when the disc image is created. A...
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Adding Files And Folders • Click the desired file or folder in the top left or right pane (source) and hold down the mouse button. • Drag the file or folder over the CD icon in the lower right then release the mouse button •...
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DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Saving The Current Disc Image File Once a data disc image has been created, it must be saved for the DIRECTOR EC to use it as a data source for recording. Disc images can either be saved as script files (with an “ISC”...
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DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 To save a data disc image script file: • Click the Save button on the toolbar. The screen will now display: The file will automatically be saved with the .isc extension. Page 48...
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DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 • Click the OK button. The screen will now display: • Select the volume and directory where you want to save the script file. • Enter the name for the script file and click the Save button.
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DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Volume Properties Volume Label Enter the name you want to call the CD. Publisher Enter the name of the publisher. Data Preparer Enter the name of the person who prepared the CD.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Loading An Existing Script File Once a data disc image script file has been saved it can be modified at a later date. To load an existing script file: • Click the Load Script button on the toolbar. The screen will now display: •...
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 The Audio Image Editor tab is divided into three panes. The top left pane lists all the names and icons of the disk drives available to the DIRECTOR EC, as well as files and folders on the currently selected disk drive (source).
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Adding Tracks • As depicted below, drag one or more WAV / MP3 files onto the text. Multiple files may be selected by pressing and holding down the SHIFT or CTRL key while clicking on the tracks. SHIFT allows you to select a range of contiguous tracks, while CTRL allows you to randomly pick multiple tracks.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Removing Tracks • Right click on the audio track you wish to delete. • Choose Delete Track from the drop down menu. Editing A Track • Right click the track to be edited. The screen will now display: The right hand buttons have the following options: •...
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Changing ISRC Codes And Copy Prohibit Flags DIRECTOR EC systems equipped with Pioneer DVD-R drives do not Note: support MF Digital SmartDRIVE features. The INTERNATIONAL STANDARD RECORDING CODE (ISRC) is an optional 12-character descriptor that identifies a specific track on an audio CD.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 • To enable Copy Prohibit select the Copy Prohibit box so that it is checked, or uncheck the box to disable Copy Prohibit. Inserting, Editing And Removing Silence When assembling an audio CD disc image the DIRECTOR EC application does not insert silences (gaps) between tracks.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 • Click the up and down indicators to increase or decrease the duration of the silence (minutes, seconds, frames). • Click the OK button. To remove silence between tracks: • Click the silence indicator you wish to remove in the lower left pane and hold down the mouse button.
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DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 • Click the audio track you wish to edit in the lower left pane, and its existing sub-indexes will be displayed in the bottom right pane. • Double click the sub-index you want in the bottom right pane. The screen will now display: •...
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Saving The Current Audio Disc Image Once an audio disc image has been created it must be saved so that it can be used by the DIRECTOR EC as an audio source for recording. Disc images are saved as script files (with an “ISC”...
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Creating Jobs After creating a data or audio disc image, the next step in constructing a CD is to create or define a job. A job brings together the various elements of the CD (label, disc image, etc.) so they can be recorded and printed.
DIRECTOR EC systems equipped with Pioneer DVD-R drives Note: do not support MF Digital SmartDRIVE features. Vertically along the left side of the Job tab is a series of nine check boxes: Copy, Verify, Print, Print First, Simulate, Archive, Align, SmartGuard Media.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 SmartGuard Media *** 48x ProDRIVE only *** This option, when the only item checked, allows you to generate SmartGUARD Media for use with MF Digital stand-alone duplicators. SmartGuard Media allows you to lock-in your stand-alone duplicator to specific media giving the owner control over what media is used.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Image (needed if “Copy” option is checked) The IMAGE field is used to specify the data or audio disc image, (ISC or ISO file) that was previously created, to be used as the data or audio source for recording.
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DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 • Select the appropriate file and click the Open button. Leave the field blank if no label is to be printed. Page 64...
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 SmartGuard Media ID DIRECTOR EC systems equipped with drives other than the 48 Note: ProDRIVE such as Pioneer DVD-R drives or the 52x ProDRIVE do not support this feature. This option allows you to create SmartGUARD Media for use with MF Digital stand-alone duplicators (CD-5000 or Scribe EC Standalone).
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Saving The Current Job Once a job has been created it can be saved and used by the DIRECTOR EC for future recording. Job files are saved as job files with a “JOB”...
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DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 • Select the appropriate file and click the Open button. Page 67...
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Submitting Jobs After defining or creating a job, the final step in constructing a CD is to submit the job for production. During the production process the DIRECTOR EC uses the job as a guide or map for bringing together the various elements of the CD (label, disc image, etc.) to print and record as...
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 immediate status of the job (copying images, loading discs, copying discs, unloading discs, etc.), and the estimated time of completion (E.T.C). The lower pane is the COMPLETED JOBS window that lists all the jobs completed by the DIRECTOR EC.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Removing A Job To remove a pending job from the queue so that it will not be produced: • Click the job you wish to remove in the JOB QUEUE window. • Click the Remove Job button.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Viewing Logs The DIRECTOR EC maintains a comprehensive database of all jobs completed by the unit. The collected information is useful for a variety of reasons such as, tracking disc usage, helping to diagnose problems, or even for billing clients.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Deleting Individual Job Records To delete a job record from the history log: • Click the job name you wish to delete and click the Delete Record button at the bottom of the JOBLOG window.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Duplicating Existing CDs In addition to creating industry standard data and audio CDs source files, the DIRECTOR EC also duplicates existing CDs authored in most formats. Creating An Image File The first step in duplicating an existing CD is to create an image file of it on the hard disk drive to be used as the master source for recording.
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DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 • Select the volume and directory where you want to save the image file. Please note that depending upon the amount of data to be recorded the image file can occupy as much as 700 MB of hard disk space.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Recording An Image File Once created, the image file of the master disc is used as the source for recording. To use the image file of the master disc as the recording source: •...
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Viewing Resources The Resource tab is a simple diagnostic tool that displays the hardware elements connected to the DIRECTOR EC. These include the disc autoloader, CD-R/RW recorders and the printer. To display the hardware elements connected to the DIRECTOR EC: •...
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Upgrading DIRECTOR EC Software Overview of the process Do not remove the previous version of Director EC software from the Note: add/remove program applet. • Download the zipped files • Unzip the downloaded files and save it as c:\cdDIRECTOR\cdDIRECTOR •...
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Extract the Zipped files • Unzip the downloaded files and save it as c:\cdDIRECTOR\cdDIRECTOR • Browse to the location where the zipped file was saved. • Double Click on the cddirXXX.zip folder to open WinZip window. Click on [I agree] to open WinZip-cddirXXX window.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Changing Computer Name 1. Disconnect computer in the Internet Service Manager (ISM) 2. Change the Computer name 3. Change Anonymous user account and password 4. Reboot the computer Disconnecting computer in the Internet Service Manager (ISM) •...
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DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 • Right Click on the computer icon with the name results in the following window • Right Click on the computer name to reveal the following window Although “Connect” is highlighted, select disconnect. When computer name is changed, a reboot is required and upon reboot ISM will automatically connect.
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Changing the Computer Name • From desktop, right click on the computer icon and click on Properties to open System Properties window. • Click [Properties] button to open the Identification changes window...
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DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 • Key in the new computer name in the computer name box, and click [OK]. Need to reboot the system for the new name to be effective. Page 82...
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Change the Anonymous Account • Open ISM window as instructed previously • Right clicking on the default website will open the following window • Right Click on the properties, select Directory Securities tab to reveal...
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DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 • Click the [Edit] button to edit anonymous access in the authentication control window • Click browse to select the user, select the user in window that you would like to change The “Look In”...
DIRECTOR EC Series Operator’s Guide Document Revision: 080904 Appendix A: Working With CD-ReWritable (CD-RW) Discs In addition to working with CD-Recordable (CD-R) discs, the DIRECTOR EC can also rewrite CD-ReWritable (CD-RW) discs. CD-R discs are write- once and can be read on any CD audio player, CD-ROM and MultiRead DVD-ROM drive.
DIRECTOR EC. Periodic software updates will be made available to deal with new formats as they appear. To obtain the latest version of software contact your MF Digital reseller or download the update from the MF Digital web site: http://www.MF Digital.com...
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