MicroBoards Technology BD-121 User manual

BD-121
User’s Manual
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Table of Contents
Introduction .............................................................................................................. 5
Unpacking our s stem .......................................................................................... 5
Installation ................................................................................................................ 5
Basic Instructions .................................................................................................... 5
Buttons and LCD .................................................................................................... 5
Hardware Descri tion ............................................................................................. 6
Main Menu ................................................................................................................ 7
Setting Counters ...................................................................................................... 8
Using the QD Series Duplicator .............................................................................. 9
Co y ....................................................................................................................... 9
Test ........................................................................................................................ 9
Com are .............................................................................................................. 10
Test + Co y .......................................................................................................... 10
Co y + Com are .................................................................................................. 10
Select Burn S eed ............................................................................................... 10
Select Source ....................................................................................................... 10
Erase .................................................................................................................... 11
Mix Audio Tracks .................................................................................................. 11
Setu .................................................................................................................... 11
Utilities .................................................................................................................. 11
AutoCo y ............................................................................................................. 11
Shutdown ............................................................................................................. 12
The Setup Menu ..................................................................................................... 12
The Utilities Menu .................................................................................................. 14
Specifications – BD-121 Series............................................................................. 15
Technical Support .................................................................................................. 15
Appendix 1: List of Functions............................................................................... 16
Appendix 2: Error Messages................................................................................. 17

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Any unauthorized modification to this equi ment may result in the revocation by the FCC of the user’s
authority to o erate this equi ment.
NOTE: This equi ment has been tested and found to com ly with the limits for a Class B digital device, ursuant to Part
15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to rovide reasonable rotection against harmful interference in a
residential installation. This equi ment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in
accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that
interference will not occur in a articular installation. If this equi ment does cause harmful interference to radio or television rece tion,
which can be determined by turning the equi ment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of
the following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna
• Increase the se aration between the equi ment and antenna
• Connect the equi ment into an outlet on a circuit different than that to which the receiver is connected
• Consult the dealer or an ex erienced radio/TV technician for hel
This roduct is in conformity with the EMC Directive (89/336/EEC) through com liance with the following
Euro ean standards: EN 55022, EN 55024. The CE mark has been affixed in accordance with the CE
Marking Directive 93/68/EEC.
Canadian Department of Communications (DOC) Statement
This Class B digital a aratus com lies with the Canadian ICES-003 Issue 4:2004. Cet a areil numerique de la classe B est
conforme a la norme NMB-003 du Canade.

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Introduction
The BD-121 BluRay Du licator is a high s eed CD, DVD, and BluRay Recordable du lication
system from Microboards Technology, LLC.
The BD-121 is erfect for any user requiring easy co ying of audio, video, or Data discs. LED
indicators rovide the user with status of the du lication rocess, minimizing the number of failed
discs.
A lications suited for the BD-121 include Pro Audio, Multimedia, Government / Education,
Software Develo ment, Medical Imaging, and Data Interchange.
Unpacking our s stem
When un acking your du licator, confirm the following items are included:
• BD-121 du licator
• Power cable
• USB cable
• Zulu2 recording software Installation
Disc
If any of these items are missing, lease contact Microboards Technology Technical Su ort.
IMPORTANT: Please kee all the acking for your BD-121 du licator. If your unit ever needs to
be sent in for service, it must be returned in the original acking or the warranty will be voided.
Installation
• Connect the su lied ower cable to the BD-121 du licator and lug in to a rotected
ower outlet stri or UPS ower su ly.
Note for Installation:
1) Please verify that the voltage switch above the ower connection is set correctly for
your local ower s ecifications.
2) The socket outlet should be installed near the equi ment and be easily accessible.
3) Do not block cooling fans.
• Turn on ower to the du licator.
• The system will go through initialization and then dis lay: 1. Co y.
• The system is now ready to use.
• For USB Mode, connect to a PC via an unoccu ied USB ort. To access the drive, the
External Connection mode must be turned ON in the Setu Menu (See age 13).
Basic Instructions
Buttons and LCD
There are four buttons and an LCD on the
front anel of the BD-121 du licator.
The LCD dis lay shows the menu items and any status messages that may come u during
o eration.
Control Name Function
▲
U Scroll u through the menu or list.
▼
Down Scroll down through the menu or list.
ENT
OK Execute the function. Also called OK in the Menus.
ESC
ESC Go back to the revious function.

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Hardware Description
The BD-121 system consists of 2 BluRay Recorders, USB Connection, and Controller module.
The master discs always go into the selected Source drive (defaults to to recorder).
The blank media will always go into the Recorder drive.
The ower switch and ower LED are also located on the front of the BD-121 du licator.
The USB Connection is located on the back of the BD-121.
The LCD dis lay will show the different menu selections and also information ertaining to the
recording rocess. Here is a ty ical exam le of what is dis layed during the COPY rocess:
BluRay
Recorder
Drives
Controller Interface
And LCD
Power Switch and
LED
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Copying
7 %
5 245M
Displays the function being performed,
such as Copying or Testing.
Sho s the size of the
master disc.
Displays the number of discs
successfully burned ith the
current master.
Sho s the amount of data burned
to the discs currently in the
recorders.
4447M
Sho s the percentage
completed for this
action.

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Main Menu
This section rovides an overview of the menu o tions. These menu o tions are ex lained in
detail in the Using the QD Series Du licator section starting on age 9.
Cop
Use the Copy menu to du licate your master discs. Before you start a co y, make sure
you have selected the correct Master Source.
Test
Use the Test menu to simulate the co y rocess. With simulation, write once recordable
discs such as DVD-R, or CDR will be reusable.
Note: DVD+R and BD recordable media are not compatible with simulation mode. If
you try to simulate using one of these media types, you will encounter failure
messages. If you are using Rewritable discs as your blan media during the
simulation, the content on those discs will be permanently erased.
Compare
Use the Com are function to erform a bit-by-bit com arison between the content of your
master disc and the contents of all discs it co ied. This ensures that all of your co ies are
identical to original master disc.
Note: The bit-by-bit comparison will only apply on all BD and DVDs and Data CDs. The
readability chec will be applied for other formats li e Audio CDs and Video CDs
discs due to their lac of error correction mechanisms.
Test + Cop
Use the Test + Copy menu o tion to simulate the co ying rocess initially. Then, the
du licator erforms the co y rocess on the blank disc(s) that assed the simulation.
Cop + Compare
Use the Copy + Compare menu o tion to make 100% reliable co ies. After the co y
rocess is done, the du licator automatically com ares the co ies from the content of
your original master disc.
Select Burn Speed
Use the Select Burn Speed menu o tion to adjust the du lication s eed for the various
blank disc formats. For additional information, see Select Burn Speed on age 10.
Select Source
Use the Select Source menu o tion to s ecify which drive is being used as the master
drive.
Erase
Use the Erase menu to erase your Rewritable discs.
Mix Audio Tracks
Use the Mix Audio Trac s menu o tion to select and burn s ecific tracks from Audio CDs
onto your blank CDs.
Setup
Use the Setu menu o tions to control how the Du licator o erates. You can scroll
between the various o tions using the ▲ Up or ▼ Down button.
1. Language
2. Auto Start
3. Read Error Skip
4. CD Writing Mode
5. Max Audio, VCD & CDG Speed
6. Buzzer
7. Startup Menu
8. Screen Saver
9. Duplication Mode
10. Counter
11. DVD+R High Compatibilit Mode
12. ISRC
13. Disable Drives
14. External Connection
15. CD+G Support NOTE: CD+G Duplication is NOT supported – see pg 13)

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Counter:
Specify Counter
Specify Counter:
[0 ] OK?
Counter :
No
Counter
Utilities
The Utilities menu includes a number of functions that are not related to the actual
du lication rocess.
1. Disc Info
2. Prescan
3. S stem Info
4. Device Info
5. Load Default
6. Update Firmware
7. Save
AutoCop
The AutoCo y function sim lifies the co y rocess. After the initial round of blanks is
burned, you only need to load the drives again and close them. Once the drives detect
the new blank media in the drives, du lication begins without you having to touch the
control anel.
Shutdown
Use this menu o tion to turn off your system. Once you see the “Ready to Power Off”
message, you can safely turn off the machine using the ower switch. Turning off your
du licator without erforming this function increases the risk of damaging it.
Setting Counters
The BD-121 gives you the o tion to set a counter so that the machine can kee track of the
number of co ies made. Follow these ste s when you see a Counter Selection Menu:
The Counter Selection Menu lets you set how many co ies you want to
make for your roject. The Counter Selection feature tells the du licator
to count the number of successful co ies you have made and sto the
job when the desired number of co ies has been reached.
You can select “No Counter” if you refer to co y continuously with no interru tion. (It will still
count the number of co ies, but it will not notify you when to sto .) To select the “No Counter”,
sim ly ress the ENT button when you see the screen above.
Or, you can select “S ecify Counter” between 1 to 9999 by ressing the ▲ Up or ▼ Down button
to go to the S ecify Counter menu:
Press the ENT button to select this o tion. You will see the next
Specify Counter menu.
To s ecify the number of co ies for your roject, you need to in ut a
four-digit number. If you need to s ecify a number that is less than
four digits, fill the leading s aces with zeros. Exam les are “0234”
(two hundred and thirty four), or “0010” (ten).
To enter the number, you need to use the ▲ Up or ▼ Down button to select the number for each
digit and use the ENT button or the ESC button to move the cursor osition right or left. Once
you've finished, move the cursor to “OK” and ress the ENT button.
To in ut the desired quantity, do the following:
 Make sure the cursor is located at the first osition (First blinking osition):
 Press the ▼ Down button re eatedly until “0” is dis layed.
 Press the ENT button once to move the cursor to the next osition.
 Press the ▼ Down button re eatedly until “0” is dis layed.
 Press the ENT button once to move the cursor to the next osition.
 Press the ▼ Down button re eatedly until “2” is dis layed.
 Press the ENT button once to move the cursor to the next osition.
 Press the ▼ Down button re eatedly until “1” is dis layed.
 With “0021” dis layed, ress the ENT button once and the cursor moves to “OK”.
 Press the ENT button once more to submit your counter value and start du lication.

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Counter:
No Counter
reparing... 4063MB
1 Discs Detected, Go?
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Using the BD-121 Duplicator
Copy
This rocess will co y your master disc to a blank disc.
Use the ▼▲ buttons to navigate to the 1. Copy Menu.
Insert your blank discs in the recorder drives. Next, you will see
the Counter Selection menu:
Follow the instructions shown in Setting Counters on age 8 to continue. Once the counters
have been set, ress the ENT button to confirm.
As the blank discs are recognized, the number detected will
increase. Press the ENT button to start the du lication. If you
have Autostart set, du lication will begin either once the recorder
has been found to contain blank media or until the Autostart time interval asses.
After a few seconds of rocessing time, one of the following Copy Progress screens will a ear.
Copying... 4063MB
0/21 12% 488MB or: Copying... 4063MB 0 12% 488MB
 “4063MB” indicates the
ca acity of the master
disc.
 “0/21” indicates you have
a roject size of 21
co ies and you have
made 0 co ies so far.
 “12%” indicates the
current rogress of the
du lication.
 488MB indicates the
amount of data burned
so far.
 “4063MB” indicates the
ca acity of the master
disc.
 “0” indicates you have
made 0 co ies so far.
 “12%” indicates the
current rogress of the
du lication.
 488MB indicates the
amount of data burned so
far.
Note: It is normal to see the progress indicator stay at 0%-10% and 100% during
duplication. That is caused by the initializing and finalizing stages.
Once the du lication run is com leted, the recorder drives will
eject and the number of successful and failed discs will be
dis layed.
At this oint, you can add more blank discs to the recorder drives and re eat the rocess. If you
have the Counter set, only the number of discs selected will be burned.
Test
The Test function is useful to determine if your master disc can be
successfully read.
This rocess is identical to the Co y rocess, with the one exce tion being that the discs will not
be burned to if the media su orts test mode.
DVD+R and all BD media do not support test mode.
Running rewritable media in Test mode will cause any data on the discs to be erased.
ass 1 Fail 0 ( 1)
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3. Compare
Compare OK: 7
Fail: 0 Diff: 0
Src:01 CD-RW
Total: 15.2MB
Tgt: 00 CD-RW
Identical
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4. Test+Copy
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5. Copy+Compare
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6. Select Burn Speed
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7. Select Source
Compare
The Com are function is used to com are the master disc with the
co ied discs. The Com are function will only work with Data masters.
If your master disc has audio or video (VCD) on it, the Com are
function will not work.
To use the Com are function, ress the ▼▲ buttons until 3. Compare is dis layed.
Place your master disc into the reader drive and your co ied discs into the recorder drive.
Press the ENT button on the controller interface.
The du licator will now com are the co ies to the master disc.
When com leted, the dis lay will read:
Press the ▼ button and the following screen will a ear:
Press the ▼ button again and the following screen will a ear.
Use the ▼ button to scroll through each drive that was used during
the Com are
Test + Copy
The Test + Co y function first simulates the burn to the media
and then burns to the media if the Test simulation is successful.
DVD +R and all BD media do not support test mode.
Copy + Compare
The Co y + Com are function first burns to the media and then
runs a com arison of the burned discs to the master disc.
Select Burn Speed
This menu o tion allows you to change the du lication s eed for
each of the du lication job ty es. Available burn s eeds will
vary, de ending on the model of the recorder drives installed in
your du licator. Press the ENT button to change burn s eeds.
Since s eeds can be set based on media ty e being used, ress the ▼▲ buttons to navigate to
the media ty e whose burn s eed you wish to change, then ress the ENT button. Use the ▼▲
buttons again to dis lay the burn s eed you would like to choose and ress ENT.
When you have changed the burn s eed, ress ESC to return to the main menu.
Select Source
Use this menu to select which drive will be used as the master
drive, in which you would load your master disc. By default, the
to drive is set as the source.
Press the ENT button to change the source drive. Use the ▼▲ buttons to navigate through the
drives, ressing ENT when the drive you want to use is shown.
It is not recommended that you change the source unless it is necessary to do so.
Additionally, you should never select the bottom drive as the source, as this drive is used for the
USB External Connection. If the External Connection is active, the bottom drive will not be
available and the source drive will be reassigned to one of the other drives in the du licator.

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9. Mix Audio Tracks
Total: 4 Trk 12m:43s
*Track 6: 3m:56s
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8. Erase
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Total: 0 Trk 0m:00s
Track 1: 4m:24s
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10. Setup
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11. Utilities
Erase
This menu o tion is used to erase rewritable media laced in the
recorder drives. The Erase function has 2 o tions:
 Full Erase: This o tion erases the entire disc,
destroying all reviously written data in the rocess.
 Quick Erase: This o tion erases the index (TOC) of the Rewritable disc, not the data
section. It is much faster than Full Erase. However, the data section is still recoverable.
If you refer the old content not to be recovered for security ur ose, lease erform
Full Erase.
Mix Audio Tracks
You can use the Mix Audio Tracks feature to combine s ecific
tracks from multi le audio CD masters onto a single disc. Insert
your first master disc and at least one blank, then ress ENT when
the dis lay shows Mix Audio Tracks.
After the master audio disc is analyzed and any blank discs recognized, you will be able to select
tracks from the master by using the ▼▲ buttons to navigate through the tracks and ressing ENT
to select the tracks you want to burn.
The to line of the dis lay will show the number of tracks currently
selected and the total time of selected tracks. The bottom line of
the dis lay will show the track number and time for the current
track.
If a track is selected for the audio mix, the bottom line will begin
with an asterisk ( * ). In the exam le to the right, 4 tracks have
been selected, totaling 12 minutes 43 seconds; track 6 is 3
minutes and 56 seconds in length and has been selected for
burning, as indicated by the asterisk.
When you use the ▼▲ buttons to go ast the last track, you will be asked if you are done. Press
ENT to burn the selected tracks from the current master to the blank media, or ESC to add more
tracks from the same master. If you want to add tracks from another audio CD, you will have to
burn the selected tracks from the current master before doing so.
After ressing ENT to burn the tracks, you will be asked if you are finished mixing. If you are,
ress ENT and the burned discs will be finalized. If you want to add tracks from another audio
CD, ress ESC and you will be asked to insert the next master. Follow the same rocedure to
select and burn tracks for each master disc.
Discs must be finalized before they will be layable.
Setup
The Setu menu includes many functions that affect the
o eration of the BD-121 Du licator. Please see age 12 for
more information on the Setu menu o tions.
Utilities
The Utilities menu rovides you with hardware information and a
few maintenance functions. Please see age 14 for more
information on the Utilities menu.
AutoCopy
The AutoCo y function sim lifies the co y rocess. After the
initial round of blanks is burned, you only need to load the drives
again and close them. Once the drives detect the new blank
media in the drives, du lication begins without you having to
touch the control anel (Auto Start must be set to Auto or Full).

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13. Shutdown
Shutdown
When turning off your BD-121 Du licator, it is highly
recommended that you do so using the Shutdown menu o tion.
Not only does this function save any system settings that you
may have changed in the Setu menu, it also shuts down the
du licator com onents in a safe way.
When the dis lay reads Ready to Power OFF after selecting the Shutdown function, you can use
the ower switch on the front.
The Setup Menu
The Setu menu includes many settings the user can select to customize the use of the BD-121
du licator. A descri tion of the o tions in the setu menu follows.
Note: An changes made to these settings will not be preserved on the next reboot if ou
do not either use the Shutdown menu or manuall Save the settings under the
Utilities menu.
Language
The BD-121 du licator has multi le language o tions, with English being the default setting.
Auto Start
The Auto Start feature is used to automatically start recording, once the master disc and blank
discs are inserted into the drives. The Auto Start feature a lies to Co y, Test, Test + Co y,
Co y + Com are, and Erase.
There are 3 o tions for this setting, Auto, Full, and Off.
• Auto: Starts the du lication rocess when all detect recordable media or the s ecified time
eriod has assed after the last-detected blank disc is recognized, allowing you to
leave some recorders em ty while still using the Auto Start feature. You can s ecify
30, 20, 10, or 5 seconds for the time eriod.
• Full: Only starts the du lication when all drives re ort media as being resent.
• Off: You must ress the ENT button to begin the du lication rocess, regardless of the
number of discs loaded.
Read Error Skip
With Read Error Ski OFF, the du licator will halt any job when the reader encounters an error on
your master disc. By changing this setting to ON, du lication will continue after finding a read
error on the master. Please note that this does not fix the error, and may result in unusable
discs.
It is strongly recommended that you do not change this setting from the default value of OFF.
CD Writing Mode
This setting allows you to change the CD writing mode between the 2 o tions, Disc at Once and
Track at Once. The default setting is Disc at Once, which should be used unless you have a
s ecific need to change the mode.
Max Audio, VCD, CDG Speed
Audio CD and Video CD disc formats do not have internal error checking ca abilities, so
du licating at high s eeds may cause more instances of errors on the co ies. This setting allows
you to reduce the burn s eed of these s ecific ty es of discs without lowering the burn s eed of
Data CD discs.
Buzzer
The Buzzer function will turn the bee er on the controller ON or OFF. Using the default of ON, a
bee is heard when a button is ressed or when any job com letes.
Startup Menu
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Screen Saver
Use this setting to enable or disable the Screen Saver feature. When this is enabled, a screen
saver is dis layed whenever your du licator has been idle for a set eriod of time.
Duplication Mode
This setting cannot be changed.
Counter
Use the Counter menu to enable or disable the Counter feature. The counter tells you how many
discs have co ied and how many discs are left to go during the du lication rocess sto ing the
job once the desired number of co ies has been made.
DVD+R High Compatibility Mode
This feature allows you to turn the DVD+R High Compatibility Mode feature ON or OFF. The
ur ose of this feature is to increase the com atibility of DVD+R media with a broader range of
DVD Video layers.
ISRC
This o tion will allow you to enable/disable co ying the ISRC code of an Audio CD. ISRC is the
serial number of the audio track that uniquely identifies the song in that audio track. This ISRC
code is commonly found in commercial Audio CDs and rarely seen on home made Audio CDs. By
enabling this feature, the du lication erformance will be lowered.
Disable Drives
This utility allows you to disable s ecific drives when they are roducing high failure rates. Note
that if one drive is disabled, however, the BD-121 will no longer have enough drives available to
du licate from your master to a blank disc. This function should not be used.
External Connection
Use this setting to enable the bottom recorder drive to be used as an external drive connected to
your PC via a USB 2.0 connection. Please note that while this setting is ON, the BD-121 cannot
be used as a du licator, as no target drive will be available.
To connect the bottom drive to your PC, you will need to connect your PC and the
du licator using the su lied USB cable. Plug the flat end of the USB cable to your
PC and the square end to the connection on the back of the du licator, shown to
the right.
Select the Setu menu and use the ▼▲ buttons and ress the ENT button the dis lay reads
External Connection. If the dis lay indicates that the connection is OFF, use either arrow key to
change the setting to ON, then ress ENT to save the setting. The du licator will be briefly
unres onsive as the bottom drive is released from du lication mode. Press ESC to leave the
Setu menu.
To shut off the External Connection, sim ly change the External Connection setting to OFF. This
setting can be changed any time both the tower and bottom drive are idle, but you may need to
remove any media from the bottom drive before the drive will be recognized again. You do not
need to disconnect the USB cable.
CD+G Support
Due to BluRay drive limitations, this feature is not su orted on the BD-121, and the setting
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The Utilities Menu
A descri tion of the o tions in the Utilities menu follows. Use the ▼▲ buttons to scroll through
the menu, ressing the ENT button when the dis lay shows the function you want to erform.
Disc Info
The Disc Info function will dis lay the information regarding the blank recordable media you have
loaded in the recorders. The media format, ca acity, manufacture ID, and certified writing s eed
of the media will be dis layed.
Information regarding any master disc loaded into the reader drive will also be dis layed.
Load your media into the drives before ressing ENT when the dis lay shows Disc Info. Each
drive will be checked to see if media is resent. If all drives are not filled, you will be shown the
number of discs detected and be rom ted to ress the ENT again.
Use the ▼▲ buttons to scroll through the drives in which media has been detected.
Prescan
The Prescan function is used to verify the readability of the master disc by scanning for bad
sectors on the master. Performing the Prescan on your masters before du licating will hel
reduce the number of du lication failures caused by a master that contains uncorrectable errors.
You should load your master into the source drive rior to ressing the ENT button when the
dis lay shows Prescan. Your master will be scanned, with the results being dis layed when the
analysis is com lete.
If the results show that the master disc Failed, you should not attem t to use that master as a
source disc.
System Info
The System Info menu selection dis lays the model and firmware versions of the installed
controller. Use the ▼▲ buttons to scroll through the system information.
Device Info
The Device Info menu selection dis lays the model and firmware versions of the drives installed
in your BD-121 Du licator. Use the ▼▲ buttons to scroll through the device information.
Load Default
This o tion restores all Setu and Advanced Setu o tions to the default settings, as well as the
default Burn S eed and the selected Source drive settings.
Update Firmware
Use the U date Firmware menu o tion to u date the rogramming on your Du licator. To u date
the firmware, you will need to have the correct firmware file burned to a CD.
Please note that “drag-and-dro ” burn methods such as the Windows XP burn utility generally will
not be recognized as valid as the disc format they create is not recognizable by the du licator.
Use a disc burning a lication such as the Zulu2 Disc Burning a lication rovided with your BD-
121 to burn the U date files to a CD.
Firmware Updates should only be performed after contacting Technical Support to ensure
that you are attempting to install the correct firmware for your duplicator.
Save
This function will save any system settings that you have changed since the last time the
du licator was booted. This function is art of the rocess that occurs when you run the
Shutdown rocess from the Shutdown menu.

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Specifications – BD-121
• Max Read S eeds: CD 40x, DVD
16X, BD 8X
• Max Write S eeds: CD 32x, DVD 16X,
BD 8X
• System Dis lay LED
• Write Method Auto Detect ( DAO, TAO )
• O eration Mode COPY, TEST,
PRESCAN
• Firmware U grade Via CD-ROM
• AC In ut: 115/230 VAC; 8/5 AMPS MAX;
50-60Hz
• Maximum O erating Tem erature: 25
Degrees C.
• Relative Humidity: 30% - 80% non-
condensing.
• Su orted Formats: CD-ROM Mode 1 & 2 CD-DA, CD-ROM/XA Video CD, Game CD, Mix Mode,
Multisession, HFS CD Bridge, Photo CD, CD Extra, CD Text; DVD-ROM, DVD-+R, DVD-+RW, DVD-
+R DL, DVD-VIDEO, BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE.
Due to the limitations of the BluRay drives, CD+G Duplication is NOT supported!
CAUTION: Disconnect AC Power Cord Before Servicing. High Voltages Present with Unit Powered Off and
Line Cord Connected.
Technical Support
For technical questions or su ort issues, contact Microboards Technology technical su ort:
United States
PH: 952-556-1639
FAX: [phone]
su [e-mail]
www.microboards.com
Europe
PH: [phone]
www.microboards.co.uk
Japan
PH: 03-3561-2266
www.microboards.co.j
Please have the Model and Serial Number of your BD-121 available when contacting Technical
Su ort.
Model Recorders
Dimensions, inches
(H x W x D)
Weight
(lbs)
Buffer
(MB) Power Rating
BD-121 1 6.75 x 7.5 x 11.5 11 lbs 32
Rated: 100-240V~, 47-63 Hz
Out ut: 5Vdc, 5A; 12Vdc, 5A
85W Max

Appendix 1: List of Functions
1. Cop
2. Test
3. Compare
4. Test + Cop
5. Cop + Compare
6. Select Burn Speed
7. Select Source
8. Erase
9. Mix Audio Tracks
10. Setup
1. Language
2. Auto Start
3. Read Error Skip
4. CD Writing Mode
5. Max Audio, VCD & CDG Speed
6. Buzzer
7. Startup Menu
8. Screen Saver
9. Duplication Mode
10. Counter
11. DVD+R High Compatibilit Mode
12. ISRC
13. Disable Drives
14. External Connection
15. CD+G Support NOTE: CD+G Duplication is NOT supported – see pg 13)
11. Utilities
1. Disc Info
2. Prescan
3. S stem Info
4. Device Info
5. Load Default
6. Update Firmware
7. Save
12. AutoCop
13. Shutdown

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Appendix 2: Error Messages
If an error situation occurs during du lication, the dis lay will show both an error code and an
error message.
Error Code
Error Message
Description and Recommended Solutions
200 Source Disc Em ty
The master disc was detected and identified successfully,
but is blank.
Check the master to ensure it contains data.
201 Bad Master
The master disc is detected but can’t be identified.
Check the master disc for defects or errors.
202 No Targets!
All blank discs are missing once the job has already
started.
Verif that blank discs are loaded into the recorders.
203
Burner Mixed or
Firmware Version
Mixed
The model or firmware versions of all installed recorders
are not the same.
Drive ma have been replaced. Contact Tech
Support.
204 Targets & Master Not
Com atible!
The master disc and target discs do not have the same
format.
Verif that the master and target discs are the same
format (CD master and CD blanks, for instance). You
can use Disc Info in the Utilities menu to verify the disc
formats.
205 Targets Not Blank! Existing data has been detected on the target discs.
Verif the discs are blank, replace if not.
206 Targets & Master Size
Mismatch!
During Compare: The sizes of the master disc and
successful co ies are different.
During Copy: The ca acity of the blank discs is less than
the data size of the master.
During Compare: Contact Tech Support
During Copy: Use Disc Info in the Utilities menu to
verif that the blanks capacit is large enough for the
data on the master disc.
208 Targets are not RW
Discs!
The target discs are not Rewritable during an Erase
attem t.
Verif that each loaded disc is rewritable.
209 Master Disc is CSS
Protected!
The master disc is co y rotected.
Cop protected masters cannot be duplicated.
210 Bad Discs! The target discs are detected but cannot be identified.
Replace discs that cannot be identified.
211 This format can not be
tested!
Target discs during a Test attem t are DVD+R,
DVD+RW, DVD+R DL, BD-R, or BD-RE.
Disc formats listed above are not supported b the
test function.
230 Not enough HDD s ace
There is not enough em ty s ace on the hard drive to
store the current master.
Free up hard drive space b deleting unnecessar
images or folders.
231 Redundant Name!
The name entered already exists on the hard drive.
Either enter a different name or rename the previous
file of the same name.
232 Format Failed!
The hard drive was not able to be formatted. An
additional code is dis layed as XX-YY, with XX being the
index of the drive with the error and YY being the error
code.
Possible hard drive failure; contact Technical
Support.

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Error Code
Error Message
Description and Recommended Solutions
233 Hard Drive Corru ted
The hard drive is corru ted and the information on the
drive cannot be accessed.
Reformat the hard drive.
235 Hard Drive Access
Error
The du licator encountered an error when attem ting to
access the hard drive.
Possible hard drive failure; contact Technical
Support.
240 Wrong Password
The assword that was entered is not correct.
Confirm the correct password is being used or use a
different password.
241 Login Failed
An incorrect assword was entered 3 times
consecutively.
Wait 5 minutes, then re-
enter the correct password.
Contact Technical Support if the problem persists.
251 Co y Audio Error
Applies to Mix Audio Trac s. An error occurred during
the Mix Audio rocess. Could be caused by either a
master error or a recording error.
Tr a different master or blank disc.
252 Not Audio CD
Applies to Mix Audio Trac s. The master disc is not an
Audio CD.
Verif the master disc is an Audio CD.
253 Over Blank Disc
Ca acity
Applies to Mix Audio Trac s. The total size of the
selected tracks is larger than the remaining ca acity of
the target discs.
Select alternate track of smaller size, or remove
selected track.
260 No U date File
A valid firmware file was not detected on the disc during a
Firmware U date attem t.
1. Confirm the file on the disc is not a “zip” file. If
so, extract the file and burn to another disc.
2. Confirm that the update disc was burned as a
“Mode 1” Data CD. Drag-and-drop burn methods
such as the Windows XP burn utilit generall do
not use this format and will not be recognized.
3. Verif that there are no other discs loaded in the
duplicator. Insert the update disc in another
drive tra and repeat.
261 Wrong U date File
The Firmware U date File is either not com atible with
your du licator or is corru ted.
Download and burn Update File again. Contact Tech
Support if this error persists.
262 Unknown Flash Model
The Firmware U date File is not for your du licator.
Contact Tech Support for the correct file. Have
Duplicator Model and Serial Number available.
263 User Abort
A du lication job has been deliberately cancelled by the
user by ressing the ESC button for more than 5 seconds
during a du lication attem t.
Once the reason for cancellation has been corrected,
restart the job after replacing an partiall burned
media.