Primera Technology 061605-510800-(01) manual

061605-510800-(01) CD/DVD Dupliziersystem USER’S MANUAL © 2008 All rights reserved CD/DVD/Blu-ray Duplication System[...]

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- 1 - Welcome! Our duplicator is a reliable, high performance, high speed, standalone manual tower duplicator. 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 dup[...]

- 2 - 3. Temperature Warning: If the duplicator was stored in a location where the temperature dropped below 32 ° F (0 ° C) within the past 24 hours, please leave the duplicator in a warm room with temperatures at least 65 ° F (19 ° C) for 4 hours prior to powering it on for the first time. Failure to do so may cause irreparable harm and preven[...]

- 3 - your duplicator.[...]

- 4 - LCD Front Panel The b elow imag e is f or ref erenc e onl y. Y our k ey ass ignm ent a nd ap peara nce m ay d iffer. : 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 pr[...]

- 5 - Tutorial Guide: I. Make Disc-to-Disc Copies This process will copy your master disc into several blank discs simultaneously. However, due to its simultaneous nature, a good conditioned master disc and lower recording speed is necessary for high success rate and good quality duplications. When you turn on your duplicator, after it has booted u[...]

- 6 - Make sure it is located at “ Drive 1 ”. If not, then you need to press the UP or DOWN navigation button to search for it. c. Press “>>” to submit your selection. 2. Go back to “COPY” Menu. a. Use UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen: 3. Start the Copy Process. a. Now, please insert your master disc and[...]

- 7 - b. Then. you will see the Counter Selection Menu like the following: c. The Counter Selection Menu will let you choose how many copies you want to make for your project. This Counter Selection feature will allow the duplicator to count the number of copies you’ve made and prompt you when the desired number of copies has been made. You can s[...]

- 8 - To enter the number, you need to use UP or DOWN button to select the number for each digit and use “>>” or “<<” button to move the cursor position right or left, once you’ve finished, move the cursor to “OK” and press “>>”. For example, if I want to specify a counter value of 21 (twenty one). The 4-digit va[...]

- 9 - ix. Then, press “>>” once to submit your counter value. Now you shall see the following screen: OR If either one of the ABOVE 2 screens are displayed for more than 2 minutes, please check your Master Disc or Blank Discs for quality. d. Please allow 5-10 seconds for the duplicator to detect your Master Disc and Blank Discs as well. A[...]

- 10 - - “401 2M B” indic ates the capa city of t he m aste r di sc. - “481 MB ” in dica tes the c urre nt prog ress of t he d upli catio n in term s of MB - “12% ” i ndic ates the curr ent prog ress of t he d upli catio n. - “0/2 1” in dic ates you hav e a proj ect s ize o f 21 co pies and you have ma de 0 cop ies so f ar. - “401[...]

- 11 - Once the duplication run is completed, the successful copies will be ejected and you shall see the following screen: O Next, refill more blank media to continue making more copies, or you can press “<<” 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[...]

- 12 - Tutorial Guide: II. Make Hard Drive(HDD)-to-Disc Copies (For Duplicator w/ HDD installed) Copying from the Hard Drive is the best way to make copies. Overall, there are 4 benefits to copying from the Hard Drive: i. Performance – Duplicating from the Hard Drive will be able to boost the DVD duplication speed to 8x or above. ii. Stability ?[...]

- 13 - For example, if you have an 80GB Hard Drive with a system capacity of 74GB.* You can load 74 CDs or 19 DVDs (given a 4GB average capacity). *There are many factors that could contribute to the capacity difference between the advertised capacity and the actual capacity: 1. Hard Drive Manufactures use conversion rate of 1GB = 1 Billion Bytes o[...]

- 14 - 1. Make sure the Master Reading Source is set to the Hard Drive. It is very important to make sure the Master Reading Source is set to the Hard Drive in order to avoid unnecessary error messages. To check the Master Reading Source, please do the following: a. Use UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen. b. Press “>&g[...]

- 15 - a. Use UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen. b. Press “>>” to enter Hard Drive Setup Menu and you shall see the following: c. Now, load your master disc on to the Hard Drive. To do so, use UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen. d. Press “>>” to enter Load Partition Menu and you[...]

- 16 - e. Now, you have a choice to load your master disc into a new (empty) partition or overwrite one of the existing partitions (if any exists, including Reserved Partition) by inputting and modifying the name you desire; or you can simply choose “Auto Generate” to have the system automatically generate a partition name for you. Afterwards, [...]

- 17 - next position. v. Press “DOWN” button consecutively until “N” is displayed. vi. Press “>>” button once to move the cursor to the next position. vii. Now, we have the name “FUN” displayed and then, press “>>” consecutively until the cursor is moved to “OK”. viii. Then, press “>>” once to submit yo[...]

- 18 - i. Once your master disc has been loaded completely, you shall see the following: Then, you can press “>>” button to go back to the Hard Drive Setup Menu. 3. Go back to “COPY” Menu. a. Press “<<” button to go back to the main menu. You shall see the following: b. Use UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the followin[...]

- 19 - c. The Counter Selection Menu will let you to choose how many copies you want to make for your project. This Counter Selection feature will allow the duplicator to count the number of copies you’ve made and prompt you when the desired number of copies has been made. You can select “No Counter” if you prefer to copy continuously with no[...]

- 20 - To enter the number, you need to use UP or DOWN button to select the number for each digit and use “>>” or “<<” button to move the cursor position right or left, once you’ve finished, move the cursor to “OK” and press “>>”. For example, if I want to specify a counter value of 21 (twenty one). The 4-digit v[...]

- 21 - ix. Then, press “>>” once to submit your counter value. Now you shall see following screen: If the ABOVE screen is displayed for more than 2 minutes, please check your Blank Discs for quality. d. Please allow 5-10 seconds for the duplicator to detect your Hard Drive partition and Blank Discs as well. After your Hard Drive partition[...]

- 22 - Once the number of blank discs you inserted matches the number of discs detected on the screen. Then press “>>” (if you are not using Auto Start or wish to speed up the process) to confirm and the following Processing screen will appear. If the number of blank discs you inserted doesn’t match the number of discs detected on the s[...]

- 23 - Once the duplication run is completed, the good copies will be ejected and you shall see the following screen: O Next, refill more blank media to continue making more copies, or you can press “<<” 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 compl[...]

- 24 - Tutorial Guide: III. Select the Duplication Speed This process will allow you to adjust the duplication speed subject to your various needs. By default, the duplication speed will be set to the optimal speed. However, under some circumstances, you might want to lower down the duplication speed. Those circumstances are as follows: • Poor Bl[...]

- 25 - 2. Enter Speed Selection Menu. Then, you can press “>>” button to enter into Speed Selection Menu. You shall see the following: 3. Select Duplication Speed Type. There are different types of recording speed: • HDD/CD to CD: Copying to CD-R/RW Media from Pre- loaded CD Partition or Original CD Media. • HDD/DVD to DVD: Copying to[...]

- 26 - see the following: You can press UP or DOWN button to select the desired speed and then press “>>” to submit your speed selection. 5. Once your selection has been changed successfully, you shall see the following screen for 2 seconds. Then you will be directed back to the main menu: NOTES DVD to DVD Speed: 6x DVD to DVD Speed: Adju[...]

- 27 - Tutorial Guide: IV. Select the Master Reading Source When you try to make a copy, you need to specify where the master disc is. Is it in the Reader tray? Or is it an Image inside the Hard Drive? This tutorial will show you how to change the Master Reading Source to satisfy your needs. Basically, there are 3 scenarios that require you to sele[...]

- 28 - iv. Convenience – With your master discs stored inside the Hard Drive, you can have access to each one easily. There is no need to carry your master discs; they are all stored inside the duplicator. • Disc-to-Disc copy (Copy from 2nd Tray) – This is the case when your master disc is full of scratches. You would need to use the Writer T[...]

- 29 - 3. Select Desired Master Reading Device. You can press UP or DOWN button to select the desired Master Reading Source. Then, you can press “>>” to submit your Source Selection. 4. Once your selection has been changed successfully, you shall see the following screen for 2 seconds: Then you will be directed back to the main menu: NOTE[...]

- 30 - Tutorial Guide: V. Load Master Disc onto the Hard Drive In order to copy from the Hard Drive, you are required to load your master disc onto a hard drive partition. The number of partitions the hard drive can hold is determined by the capacity of your hard drive and the size of the partitions you created. For example, if you have an 80GB Har[...]

- 31 - To load your master disc onto a hard drive partition, please do the following: 1. Make sure the Master Reading Source is set to the Hard Drive. 2. It is very important to make sure the Master Reading Source is set for the Hard Drive in order to avoid unnecessary error messages. To check the Master Reading Source, please do the following: a. [...]

- 32 - 3. Load your master disc onto the Hard Drive. a. Use UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen. b. Press “>>” to enter Hard Drive Setup Menu and you shall see the following: c. Now, load your master disc on to the Hard Drive. To do so, use UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen. d. Press “&g[...]

- 33 - e. Now, you have a choice to load your master disc into a new (empty) partition or overwrite one of the existing partitions (if any exists) by inputting/modifying the name you desire; or you can simply choose “Auto Generate” to have the system automatically generate a partition name for you. Afterwards, simply press the UP or DOWN arrow [...]

- 34 - xi. Press “DOWN” button consecutively until “U” is displayed. xii. Press “>>” button once to move the cursor to the next position. xiii. Press “DOWN” button consecutively until “N” is displayed. xiv. Press “>>” button once to move the cursor to the next position. xv. Now, we have the name “FUN” display[...]

- 35 - h. Press “>>” button to confirm. Once your master disc has been recognized. The loading progress indicator will be displayed and you shall see the following i. Once your master disc has been loaded completely, you shall see the following: Then, you can press “>>” button to go back to the Hard drive Setup Menu. NOTES Load [...]

- 36 - Tutorial Guide: VI. Rename Existing Hard Drive Partition Name When you load your master disc to a hard drive partition, you are asked to give it a name. However, if you don’t like the name you entered before, you can rename it at anytime afterwards (including the Reserved Partition). To rename your existing hard drive partition name, pleas[...]

- 37 - 5. Use UP or DOWN arrow button to find the desired partition and then press “>>” to submit your selection and you shall see the following confirmation screen: 6. Press “>>” once again to confirm it and you shall see the following: 7. Now, you can rename the partition you’ve just selected. To enter the name, you need to [...]

- 38 - iii. Then, press “>>” once to submit your name selection. Once you’ve done above, you shall see the following: Then, you will be directed back to Hard Drive Setup Menu. NOTES Partition FUN2 Renamed! Hard Drive Setup 3.Rename Partition[...]

- 39 - Tutorial Guide: VII. Delete Existing Hard Drive Partition Permanently If for some reason you would like to delete your existing hard drive partition permanently, you can do the following: 1. Use UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen. 2. Press “>>” to enter Hard Drive Setup Menu and you shall see the following:[...]

- 40 - 5. Use UP or DOWN arrow button to find the desired partition and then press “>>” to submit your selection and you shall see the following: 6. Press “>>” to confirm and you shall see the following for 2 seconds. 7. Then, you will be directed back to Hard Drive Setup Menu. NOTES Hard Drive Setup 4.Delete Partition Delete Pa[...]

- 41 - Tutorial Guide VIII. 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 to modify the “Auto Start” setting. Please note that the default setup is set for optimal performance of the duplicator, it is unnecessary to change if you[...]

- 42 - 5. Use UP or DOWN arrow button to modify the setting to “Full” and then press “>>” to submit your selection and you shall see the following: 6. If you would like to modify more settings, then please go back to step 3. Otherwise, press “<<” button to bring you back to main menu. NOTES Auto Start Auto Setup 2.Auto Start[...]

- 43 - Tutorial Guide: IX. Audio CD Editing This process will guide you to perform the Audio Track Selection feature. This process will help you combine audio tracks from various CDs into a single customized audio CD. In order for the duplicator to do all those things, you need a temporary storage location to hold your songs before the duplicator c[...]

- 44 - 1. Going to the “Edit Audio Track” menu Press UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen. 2. If your duplicator does not have a Hard Drive installed, please skip to Step 5. However, if your duplicator does have a Hard Drive installed, you will see the following: At this point, you can press UP or DOWN arrow button to sel[...]

- 45 - 3. Once you made your selection, you shall see the following: OR When you see above, please insert an audio CD that contains your favorite track(s) in the Master Reading Tray and a blank CD-R media into one of Writer Trays. If either one of the ABOVE 2 screens is shown for more than 2 minutes, please check your Master Disc or Blank Discs for[...]

- 46 - You can press “>>” button to submit your selection. You will see the following: If the capacity of total audio tracks you have selected is more than your blank CD-R disc’s capacity, you shall see the following two screens flashing: If you see messages above, please press “>>” button to continue. Once the Copying process[...]

- 47 - If you choose to insert another audio CD for more songs, you need to press DOWN arrow button until you see the following screen: Then, press “>>” button to continue. After that, your old master disc will be ejected and you can insert another audio CD into the Reading Tray. Please go back and follow the instruction on Step 3. If you[...]

- 48 - and you shall see the following: Then, you will be directed back to the main menu: Example of Editing Audio Tracks to Hard Drive (For Duplicators with Hard Drive Installed): We need to create a new Audio CD from 2 different Discs. CD1: song 2, and song 4 CD2: song 3, song 4 and song 5 1. Go to function 11. Edit Audio Track 2. Press “>&g[...]

- 49 - 5. Wait until the following screen appears. 6. Use the UP or DOWN arrow button until you see “Track 2” on the 2 nd line, and then press “>>” to confirm. A “*” symbol will appear on the left of “Track 2” like following: 7. Use the UP or DOWN arrow button until you see “Track 4” on the 2 nd line, and then press “>[...]

- 50 - 10. Once the loading process is complete, you shall see the following screen: 11. Since you have not done with your selections yet, you need to press DOWN button once and you shall see following: 12. Press “>>” button to continue and insert CD2 into the reader tray. When CD2 is inserted, wait until the following screen appears. 13.[...]

- 51 - 15. Use the UP or DOWN arrow button until you see “Track 5” on the 2 nd line, and then press “>>” to confirm. A “*” symbol will appear on the left of “Track 5” like following: 16. Use the UP or DOWN arrow button until you see following: 17. Press “>>” Once you submit your selection, you shall see the following[...]

- 52 - 20. Press “>>” button again to confirm the finalization and you shall see the following screen: 21. When the whole process completes, your mixed copy will be ejected and you shall see the following: Then, you will be directed back to the main menu: Job Completed! Press OK to Finish Processing to Disc.. 10% DUPLICATOR 1.00 11.Edit A[...]

- 53 - Tutorial Guide X. Introduction to Account Management Feature This feature allows you, the administrator, to have the power to: 1. Create user accounts and passwords to prevent unauthorized use of this duplicator. 2. View existing user account lists 3. Edit existing user account information, including name and password. 4. Delete existing use[...]

- 54 - information 3. Enable the Account Management feature by turning ON the “Password on Boot UP” setting. Please refer to Feature Overview “5. Password on Bootup” below for more information. This duplicator comes with standard license which allows you to create up to 32 users. However, if you desire to create more than 32 users, please c[...]

- 55 - By default, the Administrator’s Password is “0000”. To enter that, press UP or DOWN button to select the first digit of your password and press “>>” button to submit the current digit and you will be guided to select the next digit. Repeat above steps until you’ve selected all digits of your password. After you have entered[...]

- 56 - 2. Create User This menu allows you to create additional user accounts. Each user has their own settings and hard drive partitions. During this process, you will be prompted to enter a new user name and user password for a new account. - User name can consists of maximum 8 alphanumeric letters or numbers. - User password will consist of 4 nu[...]

- 57 - Press “>>” button to enter into this menu and press “<<” button to go back to the main menu or cancel the current selection. 4. Delete User This menu allows you to delete the existing user account. During this process, you will be asked to select the existing account to be removed. - User “Admin” is the administrative[...]

- 58 - Tutorial Guide XI. Introduction to Duplication Mode In order to achieve 8x or higher DVD duplication performance; there are 3 factors that need to be certified as 8x or higher speed: 1. Master Disc Reading Speed 2. Computer Controlling Speed 3. Recorder Writing Speed* *The recordable DVD media must be certified 8x or higher in order to have [...]

- 59 - process to a single step! There are two features under “Duplication modes”: On the Fly: This mode instructs the duplicator to copy directly from the master disc. The duplicator performs simultaneous read and write operations without any delays. Advantage: - Ideal for small quantity quick duplication. Disadvantage: - Requires a master dis[...]

- 60 - (Un-Restricted DVD Duplication speed supported by the duplication blank media) - Stable duplication. - Reliable duplication Disadvantage: - The loading time may have an impact on overall duplication time for small duplication jobs. - The master disc will be loaded to the reserve partition in the Hard Drive temporarily until a new master is l[...]

- 61 - following: Press “>>” button once. You shall see following: Press UP or DO WN Button Consecutively until you see following: Press “>>” button once. You shall see following: Press UP or DO WN Button Consecutively to select your desired mode. Press “>>” button once to submit your selection. You shall see following[...]

- 62 - The AutoCopy function allows you to copy from Disc to Disc automatically without pressing any keys. It is the simplest way to make CD/DVD copies. The following tutorial will show you how to use this feature. 1. Use the UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen. 2. Press “>>” to enter the AutoCopy Mode and you shal[...]

- 63 - It is normal to see the progress indicator stays at 0- 10% and 100% for approximately 30 seconds for CD duplication and up to 1 minute for DVD duplication. That is caused by the initializing and finalizing stage. 6. Once the duplication run is completed, the successful copies will be ejected and you shall see the following screen: O Next, re[...]

- 64 - Setup Guide I. Setup USB 2.0 / Firewire device(s) (Thi s on ly a ppli es if you ha ve U SB 2.0 or Fire wir e co nne ctio ns i nsta lled ) • If there’s a switch next to the USB/Firewire Port: 1. Turn your duplicator off if it is running. 2. Turn your computer off if it is running. 3. Set the USB2.0/Firewire switch to “ON” at the back [...]

- 65 - Menu Overview: 1. COPY This menu will guide you to make CD/DVD/BD copies. Before you enter this menu to copy, please make sure you have selected the correct Master Reading Source. For more information, please refer to “ Tutorial Guide I – Make Disc-to- Disc Copies ” or “Tutorial Guide II – Make Hard Drive(HDD)-to-Disc Copies” 2. [...]

- 66 - 4. TEST + COPY This menu will guide you to perform the simulation of copying process and if everything has passed during the simulation, a real copying process will be performed. If there’s an error encountered during the simulation, an error message will be displayed and the copying process will not be initiated. 5. COPY + COMPARE This me[...]

- 67 - 9. ERASE This menu will guide you to erase your rewriteable discs in the WRITER Tray. There are two options to erase your rewriteable discs: Full Erase: It will erase the entire disc which will make it impossible to be recovered. Quick Erase: It will erase the index of the rewritable disc, not the data section. 10. HARD DRVE SETUP This menu [...]

- 68 - When it is Off, the copy process requires you to press “>>” button to confirm the duplication. When it is Auto, if your duplicator has detected 3 blank discs on a 4 target or higher duplicator for example and didn’t detect any additional blank discs for 30 seconds, then the duplication will be started automatically. However, in o[...]

- 69 - 12.6 Buzzer This setting will allow you to choose whether you want to hear a beep when you press a button or when a task has been completed. 12.7 Startup Menu This setting will allow you to choose which menu you would like to see first when you turn on the duplicator. 12.8 Screen Saver This setting will allow you to choose whether you want t[...]

- 70 - 12.11 DVD+R High Compatibility Mode This feature will allow you to enable/disable the DVD+R High Compatibility Mode feature by turning this feature ON or OFF. The purpose of this feature is to increase the compatibility of DVD+R media with a broader range of DVD Video players. This process will increase the amount of time required to duplica[...]

- 71 - This function (Disc Info) can be found in the “Utility” menu. This feature will identify your blank recordable Media’s format, capacity, manufacture ID as well as the Media’s certified writing speed. - This feature only applies to media in the recording trays. 13.2 Prescan Approximately 50% of failures reported by our duplicator are [...]

- 72 - 13.6 Update Firmware This function will update the software of your duplicator. To update, you need to insert manufacture Certified Update CD into the Reader and select this function by pressing “>>” button. We strongly suggest you to not upgrade your duplicator’s firmware unless your duplicator is getting unstable. 13.7 Save Thi[...]

- 73 - T rouble Shooting 1. No display on LCD or the unit does not operate when the power is on.  Ch eck th e c onn ec tio n o f po we r c ab le a nd th e e nvi ron me nt of pow er ou tle t is no rm al.  Ma ke sur e t he pow e r vo lta ge ma tch es th e v olta ge of yo ur pow er ou tle t.  If th e d up lica to r w as sto red in a l oca tio[...]

- 74 - 5. The fa ilu re rat e i s h igh .  Low er th e “w rit e s pe ed” an d t ry a ga in. Ple as e r efe r to “ T uto ria l III – S ele ct the D up lica tio n S pe ed .”  Qu alit y o f bl ank di sc ma y b e p oo r .  Qu alit y o f yo ur ma ste r d isc m ay be po or . 6. Do I n ee d t o u pg rad e my du pl ica to r’s firm w ar[...]

- 75 - II) Press “>>” to enter Utility Menu and you shall see the following: III) Use UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen. IV) Press “>>” to enter Load Default Menu and you shall see the following: V) Press “>>” to confirm and you system will be loaded back to default. Once the operation is comp[...]

- 76 - Error Code T y pica lly the sys tem wil l sh ow an e rro r me ssa ge and err or c ode if a prob lem oc curs . P leas e re fere nce the be low dia gra m fo r a des crip tion of the erro r co des and th e re com me nd solu tion : Er ror Cod e Erro r M ess age Rec om men dat ion 200 Mas ter Dis c Emp ty Blan k D isc is in the So urc e Tr ay. Ma[...]

- 77 - 211 This for mat can not be t este d! The blank media you’ve inserted does not sup port TE ST func tion Yo u ne ed to u se eith er C D-R or DV D-R /RW m edi a to per form TES T fu nct ion. 212 DVD is not sup port e d! The sys tem do es N OT su ppo rt D VD form at. 213 DVD -R AM is not sup port ed The sys tem do es N OT su ppo rt D VD -RA M[...]

- 78 - 262 Unk now n fl ash mod el This is a sy stem e rror dur ing the Sys tem Firm wa re U pda te. Ple ase con tac t Te ch Sup por t for ass ista nce .[...]