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DVD Premium Pro Series MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY, LLC TABLE OF CONTENTS System Overview ..................................................................................................5 Unpacking your system.........................................................................................5 Microboards Statement Regarding Improper Duplication .....................................5 Installation Requirements .....................................................................................
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DVD Premium Pro Series MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY, LLC System Overview The DVD Premium Pro NET Series employs 10 General Purpose DVD-+R/DL recorders in each tower, with the ability to have all connected drives duplicating from a single master. The hard drive comes standard with each tower and allows for DVD/CD image archival and CD track extraction for CD audio compilations.
DVD Premium Pro Series MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY, LLC Installation Requirements System Setup • • • Connect the power cable to the DVD Premium Pro Series tower and plug in to a protected power outlet strip or UPS power supply. Connect the 2 towers using the NET cable provided (see page 7 for more information).
DVD Premium Pro Series MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY, LLC Connecting Master and Slave Towers The Microboards DVD Premium Pro NET tower line requires a physical connection between the towers. A tower will be designated as a Master or as a Slave tower initially based solely on the configuration of the connection. The directions below give 2 connection scenarios: a 2-tower configuration, and a Multi-Tower configuration. Please use the appropriate instructions based on the number of towers you have.
DVD Premium Pro Series MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY, LLC Microboards NET Configuration The Microboards NET configuration allows you to connect multiple 10-drive tower duplicators. They can function together as a single duplicator with 10 drives per tower for ultra high-quantity production, or can operate independently as stand-alone duplicators, each copying from a different master.
DVD Premium Pro Series MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY, LLC Advanced Configuration If, however, you wish to operate them as two 3-tower Master/Slave groups, simply press the YES button on the tower on which the Configuration Options display reads NET SLAVE 3. This will cause all towers following this tower to be slaved to that tower. The YES button on the first tower must also be pressed to slave towers 2 and 3 to the first tower.
DVD Premium Pro Series MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY, LLC Main Menu The Arrow buttons (▼▲)allow you to move forward or backward in the menu without selecting the current menu item. The NO button will move you to the next menu item. YES will select the current menu item.
DVD Premium Pro Series MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY, LLC Copy Disc to Disc 1. Place the Master Disc into the Reader drive. Place the blank disc(s) into the Recorder drive(s) and wait 10 seconds for the light(s) on the front of the Recorder(s) to stop blinking. Note that the blanks must be of the same media type as the master; you cannot copy a CD master to DVD’s, for instance. 2. The display reads COPY START? (DISC to DISC). Copy Start? (DISC to DISC) 3. Press YES.
DVD Premium Pro Series MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY, LLC 11. Once the Master disc has been copied to the HDD, the Reader drive will eject the disc. When you go back into the MASTER SELECT? Menu, and select a partition with data stored on it, the display will show the type of data (ROM or Video) and the capacity of that data. Proceed to COPY HDD TO DVD section. Copy Hard Drive (HDD) to Disc 1. Follow the instructions on page 10 to register the Master to the HDD. 2.
DVD Premium Pro Series MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY, LLC 7. Press the YES button if you are sure you want to clear the HDD. 8. The hard drive will now be cleared and you will be asked if you want to register another master to the HDD. >HDD1? (DISC to HDD) 9. Press YES and the Reader drive will eject and you can insert another master to register to the HDD. REGISTER DVD 4.0GB 25% 10. Press NO and to exit this menu without registering data to the hard drive partition.
DVD Premium Pro Series MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY, LLC Pressing the YES button at either of these selections will show the following screen: SURE? Press the YES button if you are sure you want to erase the DVD-+RW disc. If you do not wish to erase the disc, press the NO button and you will go back to the DISC ERASE screen (step 1). 5. The screen will now show: DISC ERASE 6. Once the erasing is complete, the Recorder(s) will eject the disc(s).
DVD Premium Pro Series MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY, LLC 7. After registration completes, the DVD Premium Pro Series asks you if you want to extract more tracks from other master audio discs. NEXT MASTER Press YES to extract more tracks from other master audio discs. Press NO to complete extraction. 8. If you press NO, the DVD Premium Pro Series moves back to COPY menu so that you can copy the extracted tracks in HDD to blank CD-R media.
DVD Premium Pro Series MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY, LLC Setup Menu SETUP Yes MODE SELECT? (COPY MODE) Yes COPY? (DISC to DISC) VERIFY? (DISC to DISC) COPY + V? (DISC to DISC) EXIT? COPY? DVD WR SPEED? (MAX) Yes MAX? 12X? 1X? EXIT? MAX? CD WR SPEED? (MAX) Yes MAX? 40X? 4X? EXIT? MAX? ISRC CHECK? (OFF) Yes ISRC ON? ISRC OFF? Auto Run? (OFF) Yes ON? OFF? COPY QUANTITY? (xxxx/xxxx) Yes COPY QUANTITY? 0--- SESSION MODE? (AUTO) Yes AUTO? READER SELECT? (DRIVExx) Yes EXIT? CLOS
DVD Premium Pro Series MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY, LLC Setup Menu 1. At the COPY START? (DISC to DISC) menu, press SETUP? the NO or ▼ button until the display shows SETUP? (MODE CHANGE) (MODE CHANGE) 2. Press the YES button 3. The first setup option is Mode Select, followed by Copy DISC to HD/DISC, Write Speed, ISRC Check, Copy Quantity, Session Mode, Drive Inquiry, Firmware Version and Exit. 4. Pressing the NO or ▼ button will allow you to move from menu to menu. 5.
DVD Premium Pro Series MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY, LLC Error Codes Read Errors ASC ASCQ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 06 11 12 13 14 15 17 00 02 04 04 04 04 04 05 06 08 08 08 08 09 09 09 09 0A 0B 0B 0B 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 13 14 14 14 15 15 15 17 17 17 17 17 00 00 01 02 03 07 00 00 00 01 02 03 00 01 02 03 00 00 01 02 00 01 02 05 06 0F 10 00 00 01 05 06 00 01 02 00 01 02 03 04 Description NO ADDITIONAL SENSE INFORMATION I/O PROCESS TERMINATED, PLAY OPERATION ABORTED AUDIO PLAY OPERATION IN PROGRESS AU
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DVD Premium Pro Series MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY, LLC Technical Support For technical questions or support issues, contact Microboards Technology technical support: United States PH: 952-556-1639 FAX: 952-556-1628 support@microboards.com www.microboards.com Europe PH: +44 (0) 845 230 7800 www.microboards.co.uk Japan PH: 03-3561-2266 www.microboards.co.jp Please have the Model and Serial Number of your duplicator available when contacting Technical Support.
