User`s manual

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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 select the

Master Reading Source.

• Disc-to-Disc copy (Copy from 1

Tray) – This is the case

when you would normally make copies on the fly. You

need to set the “Reader” as your Master Reading Source.

• Hard Drive-to-Disc copy (if Hard Drive installed) – If you

want to make copies from your Hard Drive Image, you

need to select the source as “Hard Drive”.

There are four benefits to copy from Hard Drive:

i. Performance – Duplicating form the Hard Drive will

be able to boost the DVD duplication speed to 8x or

above.

ii. Stability – Duplicating from Hard Drive will stabilize

the duplication process compared to the Disc to Disc

duplicating.

iii. Durability – Hard Drive is a much better storage

device than DVD recordable discs. First of all, DVD

recordable discs are composed of chemical materials

tend to degrade over a period of time while Hard

Drives are made of magnetic disks which will last

over 100 years. Secondly, DVD recordable discs are

often exposed and can very easily be scratched on its

surface, while Hard Drives are covered with metal

and mounted inside the duplicator.