BestDuplicator BD18xxL Controller, User Manual

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Page 3: ...Speed 19 6 Select Source 19 7 Utility 20 7 1 Information 20 7 2 Erase Disc 21 7 3 PreScan Source 22 7 4 Track Edit 23 7 5 Eject All Disc 23 7 6 Copy Counter 23 7 7 Update BIOS 24 7 8 PRINT LS Label 25 7 9 Verify Disc 25 8 Setup 25 8 1 Auto Start Time 25 8 2 Display Mode 25 8 3 Button Beep 26 8 4 Eject On Start 26 8 5 Reader Speed 26 8 6 Compare Speed 27 8 7 Language 27 8 8 Clear Setup 27 8 9 Advan...

Page 4: ...nal act and will not be tolerated BestDuplicator s duplicator controller only supports legal back up operation BestDuplicator is not responsible for illegal recording in any means For additional questions regarding our Disclaimer please contact BestDuplicator Technical support 1800 929 9343 BestDuplicator can also be reached at the Contact us portion of the site BestDuplicator is not responsible f...

Page 5: ...ns The warranty will expire if damage is incurred resulting from non compliance with these operating instructions Please turn off the power before replacing the socket Never turn off the power while processing the firmware update Use only approved power sources The product is only suitable for operation in a dry dust free clean environment Do not allow liquids or foreign objects to enter Failure t...

Page 6: ...o place discs le Display LCD Backward Forward ESC OK SATA ports DVD Blu ray Duplicator User Guide V1 0 DVD Duplicator SATA Port A mechanical construction used to connect between controllers and drivers BestDuplicator DVD Blu ray Duplicator User Guide V1 0 ...

Page 7: ...be connected to that drive number as below Display LCD Backward Forward ESC OK Source Drive Reader Drive 2 Drive 3 Drive 4 4 10 11 12 Drive 5 Drive 6 Drive 7 Drive 8 Drive 9 Drive 10 Drive 11 Drive 12 5 6 7 8 9 2 3 2 Connect SATA cable to the SATA port Insert the controller to the top of the tower Connect the other side of SATA cable to the drive as the following arrangement ...

Page 8: ...ive t button ward ward Note Wait over 5 seconds to power on after shutdown to prevent the abnormal operation of the system 2 Quick Guide 2 1 Quick Guide for Disc to Disc Copy 1 Connect power cord and power on The LCD screen will display 1 Copy once the machine is started otherwise press until you see 1 Copy ...

Page 9: ...sert target disc s in any drive s except the top one 4 Press to start copy 5 Once finished target disc s will be ejected automatically By default the duplicator will start copying 5 seconds after source and target disc s are inserted please refer to Function Table 8 1 if you need to change this setting ...

Page 10: ...r supply and stability High speed DDR2 SDRAM Support high speed 20X DVD 52X CD 8X Blu ray burning High compatibility with variety brands of burner Auto Load Copy Technology Easy assembly SATA port arrangement Support LightScribe printing 2 System Overview 2 1 Package Content Controller Drive Disc SATA Cable BestDuplicator DVD Blu ray Duplicator User Guide V1 0 ower button K C sk drive ect button r...

Page 11: ... Drive 2 Drive 3 Drive 4 4 10 11 12 Drive 5 Drive 6 Drive 7 Drive 8 Drive 9 Drive 10 Drive 11 Drive 12 5 6 7 8 9 2 3 2 3 Other Components for Assembly the Duplicators Controller Drive Disc READER WRITER Source D Drive 2 Drive 3 Drive 4 Drive 5 Drive 6 Drive 7 Drive 8 Drive 9 Drive 1 Drive 1 Drive 1 CD DVD ROM CD DVD RW Writer Tower Box ...

Page 12: ...troller Example BD18112L installed Example BD1812L installed R Reader 4 10 11 12 5 6 7 8 9 2 3 Each SATA port is independent without Master and Slave ports 2 5 Front View Controller Drive Disc Power button OK ESC Disk drive Eject button LED LCD Forward Backward ...

Page 13: ...nd name 3 System Info To check the model No and firmware version 2 Erase Disc 1 Quick Erase To quick erase data from rewritable disc 2 Full Erase To full erase data from rewritable disc 3 PreScan Source To check source disc s readability 4 Track Edit 1 Copy Track To select and combine audio tracks from various CDs into a single customized audio CD 2 Close Disc To close the disc after track copying...

Page 14: ...anguage interface 8 Clear Setup To reset all the function back to manufacturer s default setting 9 Advanced Setup 1 Power On Time To set a warm up time from 5 seconds to 99 seconds 2 Startup Menu To select which function you would like to show up in the beginning 3 Skip Reader Error To set skip the read error and keep copying 4 Change Bad Master To make the system eject source disc and ask for ano...

Page 15: ...the disc format and data size of im age file 5 Rename Image To change the name of image file 6 Delete Image To delete image file in the built in HDD 7 Show HDD Info To check the information of the built in HDD includes how many discs are stored and the free space is available 8 Format HDD To format the built in HDD 9 Load Copy 1 Synchronous To load the source to HDD and make copy at the same time ...

Page 16: ...e the copy task is finished the copied discs will be ejected and the result of copy task will show on the LCD Elapsed time Note Due to default setting of auto start time the duplicator will start to copy automatically within a few seconds You can set OFF to close the auto start function or set a longer waiting time The default setting is 5 seconds About this setting please refer to 8 1 Auto Start ...

Page 17: ...scs for the test task will show on the LCD Note 1 This function is unable to support DVD R blank disc 2 If you use CD DVD rewritable discs as your blank media in the simulation all the content inside the discs will be erased permanently during test simulation 3 Compare This function will do bit for bit comparison between source disc and copied discs to ensure the copied discs are identical to sour...

Page 18: ...o copy task first and execute comparison automatically when copy process has been finished Note In Copy Test Compare and Copy Compare functions 1 If there is no source and target discs inside the duplicator there will be nothing show on LCD 2 If the built in HDD is selected as source the information presents different 3 The information display of these 4 functions will be different based on the di...

Page 19: ...and press to confirm it or press to select Audio CD DVD DVD DL or Blu ray to adjust the burning speed 6 Select Source You can set any drive or built in HDD in the duplicator to be your source reader 1 Use to select 6 Select Source 2 Press to check the current source reader or select the proper drive to be the source reader by pressing once the source reader is selected press to confirm the setting...

Page 20: ...ect 1 Disc Info or 2 Drive Info or 3 System Info and press to see the related information 3 The information will show on the LCD as below Disc Info You can check the format of disc burning speed supported and total capacity If the disc has data inside you also can check the size of data Burning Speed Capacity Data size Disc Format Drive Info The version model No and brand name can be checked here ...

Page 21: ...the rewritable disc which takes longer time than Quick Erase 1 Place discs into writers 2 Use to select 7 Utility and press to enter the sub menu Then select 2 Erase and press 3 Use to select 1 Quick Erase or 2 Full Erase OR 4 Press to execute the erasing task When the system is detecting the discs you will see the colon flashing The Second Drive 5 When the erase job is in process you should see t...

Page 22: ...function will scan and detect any bad sectors existing in the source disc which helps you to ensure the readability of source disc 1 Place a source disc into reader 2 Use to select 7 Utility and press to enter the sub menu Then select 3 Prescan Source and press to start scan task 3 When prescan task is in process you can see the process on the display Data size Scanned data size Elapsed time Scan ...

Page 23: ...eck the audio CD s status of usage 7 5 Eject All Disc You can eject all discs including source and target discs at the same time by this function 7 6 Copy Counter This function will record the result of duplication Show Count You can check how many discs copy successful and failed Enable Counter You can set the counter enable or disable to record the copy result Clear Counter You can delete the re...

Page 24: ... 1 Place manufacturer certified update file CD into any drive 2 Press to select 7 Utility and sub menu 7 Update BIOS and then press to start the process 3 The system will detect the update file and execute update task automatically 4 Once the update job has done the system will require you to reboot the system Note Do NOT save the firmware in a folder The system can not detect the file if you save...

Page 25: ...g will allow the system to do the Copy Test Compare and Copy Compare functions automatically in a few seconds once the source and blank discs are placed in the trays and detected by the system The default setting is 5 seconds You can set a longer shorter time from 1 to 99 seconds or set OFF to disable this function and execute copy task by manual 1 Press to select 8 Setup and sub menu 1 Auto Start...

Page 26: ...ou can make the trays or discs eject once the system is booted up Eject All Discs To eject all trays with disc inside once the system is booted up Do Not Eject No eject any tray or disc once the system is booted up Eject Target Only Only eject target trays with disc inside once the system is booted up Eject Source Only Only eject source disc once the system is booted up Eject All Trays To eject al...

Page 27: ...n you would like to show up in the beginning Skip Read Error You can set this function enable to skip disc errors in order to avoid bad quality of copy If you are confident of your source disc has only a small and insignificant error due to physical damages and can be overlooked you can set NO to disable this function Note Skip Read Error can not fix the error in the source disc all it does is ski...

Page 28: ...or reboot the system Boot Password This setting allows you to enable or disable the user administrative password Users have to login when the system is booted on no default password Count Password This setting allows you to enable or disable the administrative password Users have to login when they would like to know how many discs are copied successfully Eject Tray if no disc The duplicator will ...

Page 29: ...sc to the built in HDD and save the source as an image file 1 Place the source disc to any one of the drives 2 Press to select 9 HDD Manager and sub menu 2 Disc to Image 3 Press to start loading 4 When loading has finished the disc will be ejected automatically Note The source disc can be placed in any drive it will not affect the loading process ...

Page 30: ...he disc format and data size of image file in this function 1 Press to select 9 HDD Manager and sub menu 4 Show Image Info 2 Press to check the disc format and data size of the image file And you can press to check other image file s information 9 5 Rename Image This function allows you to change the name of image file You can set maximum up to 8 characters for a new name and NO blank is allowed b...

Page 31: ...able to delete if the file is selected as source Therefore before you delete an image file please check if it is selected as a source and change a new one source by 9 1 Select Image Note If there is an image file is deleted the file name will be held for next new image file the existing file will not to fill the vacancy For example there are 5 image files A001 A005 in the HDD when you delete A003 ...

Page 32: ...fo This intelligent HDD management technology is much easier for HDD management than the old way 9 9 Load Copy This function is for the system to load the source to HDD and make copy synchronously The system will load the source to HDD during the first round of duplication and the HDD will replace the reader drive to be the source in second round of duplication This special function is very conven...

Page 33: ... RW CD I Audio CD Video CD CD G CD TEXT Bootable CD Mixed mode CD Multi session CD CD Extra Business Card CD 3 Mini CD R Display 2X16 Backlight Monochrome LCD Control Button 4 push buttons Backward Forward OK ESC Temperature Working 5 C 45 C Storage 20 C 85 C Humidity Working 20 80 Storage 5 95 Controller Power Consumption Voltage Max 5V Current Max 1A Safety FCC CE RoHS The actual specification m...

Page 34: ... A LightScribe Operation Step 1 Install LightScribe template software to PC Download LightScribe software from www lightscribe com and install below software A LIGHTSCRIBE SYSTEM SOFTWARE LSS B LIGHTSCRIBE TEMPLATE LABELER ...

Page 35: ...list Note When every time the Duplicator change LightScribe drive must reselect drive before create LightScribe image for that Duplicator 4 If the duplicator s LightScribe drive is not on the list please follow below steps to add new LightScribe drive to the support list Plug the new LightScribe drive you will use for Duplicator to the PC Click Detect Lightscribe Drive And Disc to search new avail...

Page 36: ...he drive will be added to the list Step 3 Design LightScribe Template and LightScribe printing on PC 1 Click to launch the LightScribe Template on our PC 2 Follow procedure to create your label image 3 Make sure the lightScribe drive is selected ...

Page 37: ...unction 4 Click the Print to save the lightScrbe image LSI file to a USB stick or a Disc 5 Plug the USB drive or Disc into Duplicator 6 Select the utility function 7 8 PRINT LS Label The system will read the image into the duplicator and start printing the LightScribe label 資料面 標籤刻印面 Note When doing the LightScribe printing please turn over the disc The print side is face down and data side is face...

Page 38: ... disc is upside down Please double check again your target discs Using Blu ray blank disc but the driver does not support Blu ray No Master Disc No source disc Please check if you put the right source disc into the drive Use Blu ray as a source but the driver does not support Blu ray Please check the disc format by Disc Info Read Error Count Over Limit It happens when you load data from disc to HD...

Page 39: ...1 Turn off the power Note For you safety please turn off the power before replacing the DVD drives or doing any inspection 2 Remove both of the side cover of the duplicator box In order to do so you will need to remove 2 screws on the back of the case READER Recycle Components Cause Life Short 3 Gently using your hand pull off the 2 attached cables from the drive There is also 2 screws attached to...

Page 40: ...s to replace controller cards 1 Turn off the power From the side remove the case cover and take out all the SATA cables attached to each device within the Duplicator Same removal methods are used as A Steps to replace drives 2 Take out the controller card from the top case Insert new controller card READER Recycle Components Cause Life Short Low Quality Capacitor Cause Low Capability C Steps to ch...

Page 41: ... Tower oler Drive 1 Drive 2 Heat If no space it would fail to release the temperature Life Short Low Capability Note Please note if your power supply is years out of warranty it is generally best to buy a replacement unit based on your usage Capacitor s may begin to weaken over time which will cause slower performance READER Cooler Cooler Drive 1 Drive 2 Drive 1 Space would allow air If no space i...

Page 42: ...ility 2 It is very important that all of the drives that the duplicator is using are the same brand to prevent compatibility and stability issues Diagram on Do Don t 5 Q1 How do we know the data is correct after copy Run function Compare function to ensure the corrrectness of copied data Q2 During Boot up my Duplicator only says 5 6 Drives Detected Ocasionally due to the unit s movement in transit...

Page 43: ...to release the temperature Inside the chassis the cooling fan can draw the air from the front to the back Without space between two drives the cooling fan would fail to reduce heat between drives Do Don t 2 Be sure to keep distance between wall and the duplicator at least 15cm to reduce heat g the side cover lation would flow Without the side cover it 15cm If the distance is too short it will cause...

Page 44: ... Tower Heat Sony Pioneer LG Do Don t 4 If the side cover is open be sure to use a fan for cooling Feel better now After closing the side cover the air circulation would flow from the front to the back Without the side cover it will reduce the effect of heat cooling Heat Heat The pattern of heat releasing keeps drawing air from the front to the back 15cm If the distance is too heat releasing failed D...

Page 45: ...n t 5 We highly recommended using the same brand of drivers in one duplicator Sony Sony Sony Sony Pioneer LG It might cause problems of compatibility or instablilty of copying speed if install different brands of drivers ...

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