MF DIGITAL 5000 Platform Series, Operator'S Manual

Page 1: ...5000 Series Operator s Guide...

Page 2: ...TO PUT THE 5000 7 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS 7 LOCATION OF 5000 SERIES COMPONENTS 9 LOCATION OF 5000 SERIES 6 DRIVES COMPONENTS 9 Front View 9 Rear View 9 LOCATION OF 5000 SERIES RECORDER PARTS AND CONTROLS...

Page 3: ...peed 37 UTILIZING THE 5000 SERIES CLIENT 38 CONFIGURING THE 5000 SERIES 38 CONFIGURING THE CLIENT 39 DIGITAL RECORDING WITH THE CD 5906EC LIVE ENABLED SYSTEMS 43 INTRODUCTION 43 Features 43 Specificat...

Page 4: ...Policy Individual CD R RW recorder manufacturers are responsible for the products they provide As a convenience MFDIGITAL will honor any service issue related to a defective recorder while under its...

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Page 6: ...T BINDING ON MS Note on Java Support The SOFTWARE may contain support for programs written in Java Java technology is not fault tolerant and is not designed manufactured or intended for use or resale...

Page 7: ...at To Expect From Your MF DIGITAL CD Duplicator Your MF DIGITAL 5000 Series duplicator is professionally designed and manufactured to give you years of trouble free operation To avoid accidental damag...

Page 8: ...occurring in transit The Best Place To Put The 5000 The best operating location for the 5000 Series duplicator is in a climate controlled area free of dirt dust humidity excessive heat and electronic...

Page 9: ...Revision 080504 Page 8 Supply UPS or a surge protector is highly recommended The minimum required size is 500VA Repairs or alterations should only be attempted by an authorized factory trained technic...

Page 10: ...P Operator s Guide Document Revision 030501 1 5000 Series Operator s Guide Document Revision 080504 Page 9 Location Of 5000 Series Components Location Of 5000 Series 6 drives Components Front View Re...

Page 11: ...ved from this tray Pressing the eject button will open the tray when the power is switched on to the 5000 Series 2 Emergency eject pinhole In the event that the disc tray will not open by pressing the...

Page 12: ...es is switched on 2 Headphone Jack Connect headphones here 3 Volume Control Knob This controls the volume level of the headphones 4 Disc Indicator Light indicates presence of disc in drive 5 Ventilati...

Page 13: ...t correctly It is located between the two power receptacles The 5000 Series supports both 115 VAC and 230 VAC at 50 60 Hz Please confirm that the appropriate voltage 115 VAC for North America has been...

Page 14: ...oper voltage setting has been confirmed it is time to turn on the unit Wait a minute or two while the system starts up The screen will now read After the startup routine is complete a series of self d...

Page 15: ...ing the disc label side up into the recessed area of the disc tray so that the disc lays flat Press the eject button on the front of the recorder to close the disc tray Removing A Disc While the 5000...

Page 16: ...e 0 key on the keypad The screen will now read The factory setting for this function is Copy The Simulate mode is a diagnostic tool which is useful for testing the readability of a master disc without...

Page 17: ...ster images on the internal Hard Drive This displays the Installed Memory of the 5000 This displays the number of good and bad copies that were produced to date on the system Press the 2 key on the ke...

Page 18: ...estarting the 5000 2 The factory setting for this function is enabled When disabled the Click Detection feature allows masters with small random errors to be read to the hard drive Caution should be t...

Page 19: ...ted all of the tracks copy the image you just created from the hard drive as you normally would Press the 6 key on the keypad Something similar to the following will be displayed in sequence This disp...

Page 20: ...key if you do not want to reset the drive order Press the Start Yes key and you will then see the following screen All of the drives will open at this time Close the drive tray of the drive you would...

Page 21: ...ature allows you to set the copying speed as determined by the capabilities of the recorders installed in the 5000 After pressing any of those keys the screen will now read Press the 9 key on the keyp...

Page 22: ...ded on a regular basis and access them to make copies as required Creating A Single Hard Disk Image Although the 5000 Series internal hard disk can store up to six images of master discs it is sometim...

Page 23: ...regaps and SubIndexes will be shown Note If discs failed to Archive properly the recorder tray drawer will stay closed and the screen will read Archive Failed Press Start This points to a problem with...

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Page 25: ...is function is disabled To enable multiple images proceed as follows From the main operating screen depicted below Press the 2 key The screen will now display the following Press the 1 key to select m...

Page 26: ...ter The screen will then read in sequence The master disc is now stored as an image on the hard disk If you are creating an audio image Pregaps and SubIndexes will be shown Note If discs failed to Arc...

Page 27: ...sures the user that the copies are exactly like the master image To enable this option do the following From the main operating screen depicted below Press the 2 key and the screen will now display in...

Page 28: ...sk image that was previously created with the Multiple Images feature disabled i e from a single hard disk image the steps are as follows From the main operating screen depicted below Load as many bla...

Page 29: ...order tray drawer will stay closed and the screen will read Copy Failed Press Start This points to a problem with the copied CD This copy should not be used Multiple Images Enabled To make copies from...

Page 30: ...key The screen will now read Progress will be displayed on the screen during the operation Upon successful completion the copied disc s will be ejected The screen will now read Press the START YES ke...

Page 31: ...CD ROM XA Mode 2 Form 1 and most CD formats can be compared Multiple Images Disabled To compare copied discs to a hard disk image that was previously created with the Multiple Images feature disabled...

Page 32: ...help you determine the nature of the problem error messages can be displayed by pressing the 9 key on the keypad Multiple Images Enabled To compare copied discs to a hard disk image that was previousl...

Page 33: ...completion the compared disc s will be ejected The screen will now read Press the START YES key and you will be returned to the main operating screen Note If discs failed to Compare properly the reco...

Page 34: ...the disc Many generic brand CDs will not be recognized Reading ATIP Codes To read an ATIP Code from a disc the steps are as follows From the main operating screen depicted below Place the disc that y...

Page 35: ...the steps are as follows From the main operating screen depicted below Press the 6 key Something similar to the following will be displayed on the screen The device information is displayed for each o...

Page 36: ...main operating screen depicted below Load the master disc that contains the audio track s you wish to copy into the top CD R RW recorder Wait for the LED lights on the front of all the recorders to s...

Page 37: ...s the COPY key and place blank CD Rs into the drives of the 5000 Series The screen will now read Press the START YES key to begin copying The screen will now read If you wish to copy additional tracks...

Page 38: ...copy CD RW discs written in most logical formats ISO 9660 audio etc but not those created using the Universal Disk Format UDF CD RW discs using UDF are produced by packet writing software such as Adap...

Page 39: ...will see Press the START YES key you will see You must leave MF at the front of the name You should name it MF001 for example Press the START YES key you will see Press the Stop No key if the network...

Page 40: ...rs of the subnet Pressing START YES after each set You will then see Press the START YES key and then Restart the system by turning it Off and back On again Configuring the Client Place the firmware C...

Page 41: ...080504 Page 40 Enter the name of the 5000 Series on the network Press OK A new tab will appear at the top of the screen called MF123 Click the MF123 tab and you will see Click Get image to pull an ima...

Page 42: ...CD 3706 P Operator s Guide Document Revision 030501 1 5000 Series Operator s Guide Document Revision 080504 Page 41 Click Send image to send an image to the 5000 The image may be an img iso udf or isc...

Page 43: ...ent Revision 030501 1 5000 Series Operator s Guide Document Revision 080504 Page 42 To burn from the client click Start job Click Browse to select an image to burn to the 5000 Select Copy Verify or Te...

Page 44: ...y to the system s HD This proves to be an ideal solution for live event recording enabling the user to go from recorded event to making multiple CDs with in only a few minutes of the event Features 2...

Page 45: ...CD 3706 P Operator s Guide Document Revision 030501 1 5000 Series Operator s Guide Document Revision 080504 Page 44 Input Output...

Page 46: ...your system You should have already set up you system as outlined in the beginning of this manual The CD 5906ec Live differs from the standard edition CD 5906ec in that is uses a monitor keyboard and...

Page 47: ...reakout cable and each connector is labeled INPUT or OUTPUT Using your mouse click on the AUDIO TAB and the following screen should be displayed Click on RECORD to bring up the RECORDER dialog 0 CAUTI...

Page 48: ...ing your mouse select the desired input from the Audio Capture Device pull down Click on browse to select location and a filename to save the recording to Keep in mind that CD DA quality recording con...

Page 49: ...ck Removes the selected START ID All Audio CDs must have an INDEX 1 so START ID 1 cannot be removed OK Closes the dialog box Click STOP to end recording and then OK to close the dialog Editing your re...

Page 50: ...hem to their desired position on the play list Editing tracks Tracks WAV and MP3 Files may be edited for In Point Out Point Track Silence Track Pre gap length ISRC Code sub indexes setting the copy pr...

Page 51: ...To edit a track right click on the desired track and select EDIT A screen similar to the following will be displayed The operations available are as follows Set In Point In Point is the point where yo...

Page 52: ...splay for direct entry Pregap Length Set the countdown time between tracks Set using the slider and arrow keys as you did with the IN and OUT points or click on the green LCD digital PREGAP LENGTH tim...

Page 53: ...ints in the recording For example let say you just recorded a speaker for over 60 minutes A CD with a single track may not be desirable To split a track adjust using the slider above IN POINT digital...

Page 54: ...subsequent disc desired Select Create New Disc You will notice the disc number in the left most column increment along with all tracks below If a third disc is desired left click on the track you wis...

Page 55: ...eft clicking on it Making the disc s Making discs is easy If you have already read through the section on the network client you are likely ready to go If you have not you may wish to do so now Jobs c...

Page 56: ...ecked VERIFY If you would like to verify the disc select this option This will perform a bit for bit verify of the disc Selecting COPY and TEST at the same time will perform a VERIFY on the disc once...

Page 57: ...CD 3706 P Operator s Guide Document Revision 030501 1 5000 Series Operator s Guide Document Revision 080504 Page 56 Method 2 Starting a job from the STATUS tab Click on the START NEWJOB button...

Page 58: ...blank as the CD 5906EC does not support in line direct to disc printing so you need not enter anything here Consider the MF Digital 3000 Series for automating duplication and printing if desired Sele...

Page 59: ...connect to add other stand alones Once connected you may start up jobs on multiple systems simultaneously To add systems simply left click on the desired system to use and then click on the ADD MACHIN...

Page 60: ...Spectrum2 printer Please follow the instructions below to do so Connect the 5000 Series to a Spectrum2 printer using a DB 9 cable and a printer cable Load a prn into the 1 drive of the 5000 Series Thi...

Page 61: ...n Standard Time observing daylight savings when applicable To set the internal clock the steps are as follows Press the 7 key on the keypad The screen will now read Press the Stop No and you will be p...

Page 62: ...popular premastering programs such as Adaptec Easy CD Creator and Toast CeQuadrat WinOnCD Ahead Nero NTI CD Maker and others Refer to your premastering software documentation for details on how to re...

Page 63: ...is possible that the firmware on the CD R RW drives may be updated during this process If so you will notice all the drive lights come on and the screen will read Firmware Upgrade DO NOT TURN SYSTEM O...

Page 64: ...on scheme that you cannot copy on your 5000 Series MF DIGITAL will do its best to promptly add support for this format Dealing with custom formats however may be subject to a development charge Keepin...

Page 65: ...Video CD Romeo Photo CD Joliet Picture CD Bootable CD High Speed CD RW is not supported to write 5000 Series Supported Formats DVD single layer DVD R In case of write 650nm disc only DVD RW DVD R DVD...