Primera DUP-07 User manual

061605-510800-(01)
Automated Optical Disc
Duplication & Printing System
AUTOPRINTER
TM
CD/DVD
Duplication System
USER’S MANUAL
© 2005 All rights reserved
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TABLE OF CONTENT
TITLE PAGE
Welcome!............................................................................ 1
Before you start…………………………………………... 1
LCD Front Panel…………………………………………. 4
Words and Terms………………………………………… 4
Tutorial Guide
I. Make Disc-To-Disc Copies……………………......... 5
II. Make copies from the Hard Drive(For Duplicator w/
HDD installed)…………………………………….. 12
III. Select the Duplication Speed……………………….. 24
IV. Select the Master Reading Source…………………. 27
V. Load Master Disc onto the Hard Drive……………... 30
VI. Specify the Active Slot/Partition of the Hard Drive... 35
VII. Rename Existing Hard Drive Image Name…………. 38
VIII. Delete Existing Image Permanently………………… 40
IX. Change the SETUP settings……………………….... 42
X. Audio CD Editing…………………………………... 44
XI. Introduction to Account Management Feature……… 54
XII. Introduction to Duplication Mode………….. ……… 59
Start Up Guide
Setup IEEE 1394 Firewire / USB 2.0 device(s)……... 63
Menu Overview
1. COPY………………………………………...………. 64
2. TEST………………………………………….....…… 64
3. COMPARE…………………………………………… 64
4. TEST + COPY……………………………………….. 65
5. COPY + COMPARE ………………………………... 65
6. VERIFY …………………………..…………………. 65
7. SELECT BURN SPEED………….………………….. 65
8. SELECT SOURCE…………….…………………….. 65
9. QUICK ERASE ………………..…………………….. 66
10. HDD IMAGE SETUP………….…………………….. 66

TITLE PAGE
Menu Overview
11. EDIT AUDIO TRACK …….….………………… 66
12. SETUP
Language ………………….…….….…………….. 66
Auto Start ………………………….….………….. 66
Read Error Skip…………..……….….…………… 67
CD Write Mode ……….……………….….……… 67
Max Audio & VCD Speed.………….….…..……. 67
Buzzer ……………………………….….…..……. 68
Startup Menu ……………………….….……….... 68
Screen Saver………………….……….….……….. 68
Duplication Mode…………………….….……….. 68
Counter ……………………………….….…….…. 68
Auto Tray Close…………………………….….…. 68
13. Utility
Prescan ………………………………….…..……. 69
System Info ………………….……….….……….. 69
Device Info ………………………….….……….. 70
Load Default………………………..…….….……. 70
Update Firmware…………………………….….… 70
14. Account Management ……………………………... 70
15. Shutdown……..…………………………….….…... 70
Trouble Shooting ………………………………………... 72

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Welcome!
Our duplicator is a reliable, high performance, high speed,
standalone CD and/or DVD duplicator. With its professional
industrial design and simple beginner user interface, it will make
your duplicating experience easier than ever.
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Before you start:
Before you start using this duplicator, please read the following to
ensure proper operation:
1. Important Notice:
If you have purchased a CD duplicator, your duplicator will
duplicate CDs ONLY. However, if you have purchased a DVD
duplicator, you duplicator will duplicate both DVDs and CDs.
2. DVD Duplication Limitations:
For a DVD Duplicator, it will not copy any DVD that has Copy
Protection encoded inside. Typically, most DVDs you purchase
or rent from a store, does contain Copy Protection.
In addition to the copy protection limitation, the duplicator will
only copy a DVD-5 format (4.7GB) disc to DVD-5 format
(4.7GB) recordable DVD media. If your duplicator has double
layer capability, you can copy a DVD-9 format (8.5GB) disc to
DVD-9 format (8.5GB) recordable DVD media. You cannot
duplicate a DVD5 format disc to a DVD9 format recordable
media or vice versa.
3. Temperature Warning:
If the duplicator was stored in a location where the temperature
dropped below 32°F (0°C) within the past 24 hours, please
leave the duplicator in a warm room with temperatures at least
65°F (19°C) for 4 hours prior to powering it on for the first
time. Failure to do so may cause irreparable harm and prevent
the duplicator from functioning.

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4. External Connection Warning:
If you have an external connection installed in your duplicator,
you will see the USB/Firewire switch(s) on the back of your
duplicator, and/or USB/Firewire sticker(s) on your writer front
drive panel(s). In order to operate the duplicator solely as a
standalone unit (no connection to the computer), you have to
make sure all of the USB/Firewire connection light(s) on the
back of your duplicator are off. If by any chance, the
USB/Firewire connection light(s) are on, you need to follow
the following steps: 1. Turn off your duplicator. 2. Turn off the
USB/Firewire switch(s), 3. Turn on your duplicator. 4. Make
sure all the USB/Firewire lights are off.
5. Maintenance:
It is very important to operate and keep the duplicator in a dust
free, clean environment since dust is the number 1 killer for
CD/DVD recording devices. Failure to do so may severely
damage your duplicator. We strongly suggest you place an Air
Cleaner next to the duplicator and constantly use theAir Duster
(Can Air) to clear off any dust on the surface of the duplicator.
Do not try to use the Air Duster to clean the
duplicator while the reader/writer trays are open.
In doing so, you may inadvertently blow dust into
the recording device and damage the recording
device.
6. Proper Shutdown:
To avoid possible system failures, you need to shutdown the
duplicator properly. To shutdown the duplicator, you need to
press “>>” button to “15. Shutdown” and follow instructions
on the screen to shutdown the duplicator properly. Turning off
your duplicator without performing this function will increase
the risk of damaging your duplicator.

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7. Double Layer Partition Issue
Attention: If you have a 16x speed or higher duplicator with
double layer/dual layer DVD9 capability, the hard drive
partitions are set at the default size of 9GB each to
accommodate for the expanded size of the DVD9 format. If
you require more partitions and do not plan on utilizing double
layer/dual layer DVD9 media, Please refer to “Tutorial VIII:
Changing Hard Drive Partition Size.” Please keep in mind that
if you alter the partition size, all previous data/video stored on
the hard drive will be lost and you will only be able to load
media with less than 5GB capacity such as DVD5 (4.7GB), CD
(700MB), etc.
NOTES

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LCD Front Panel
: Up
: Down
: Forward; Enter; OK; Execute the function
: Backward; Escape; go back to the previous
function
: Shortcut to make a copy
: Shortcut to make simulation of copying process
: Shortcut to change the duplication speed
: Shortcut to Load and Copy. Press the “>>” to start
the load and cop
y
process.

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Tutorial Guide:
I. Make Disc-to-Disc Copies
This process will copy your master disc into several blank discs
simultaneously. However, due to its simultaneous nature, a
good conditioned master disc and lower recording speed is
necessary for high success rate and good quality duplications.
When you turn on your duplicator, after it has booted up, you
should see the following signifying your duplicator is ready.
1. Make sure the Master Reading Source is set to the
READER.
It is very important to make sure that your current Master
Reading Source is the top tray in order to avoid
unnecessary error messages. To check the Master Reading
Source, please do the following:
a. Use UP or DOWN arrow buttons to navigate to the
following screen.
b. Press “>>” to enter Select Source Menu and you shall
see the following:
*** The Reader Port could be indexed as 2.0.
Either 1.0 or 2.0 is fine.
DUPLICATOR 5.00
1. COPY
DUPLICATOR 5.00
8. Select Source
Reader Port 1.0
Pioneer DVD-ROM

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Make sure it is located at the “Reader Port”. If not, then
you need to press UP or DOWN navigation button to
search for it.
If your duplicator does not equip any Reader port, then
please choose the device with the Writer Port number as
your Master Reading Source.
c. Press “>>” to submit your selection.
2. Go back to “COPY” Menu.
a. Use UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the
following screen:
3. Start the Copy Process.
a. Now, please insert your master disc and your blank discs
into the corresponding tray(s) and press “>>” button to
enter COPY menu. You will see the duplicator mode menu
like below:
Now, you have been given two choices:
•Load and Copy
•On the Fly
For detail information, please review “Tutorial Guide XII:
Introduction to Duplication Mode.”
Once you have decided which mode you would like to run,
press UP or DOWN arrow button until your desired mode
is displayed and press “>>” button to confirm.
DUPLICATOR 5.00
1. COPY
Duplic
a
tion Mode:
Load and Copy

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b. Then. you will see the Counter Selection Menu like the
following:
c. The Counter Selection Menu will let you choose how many
copies you want to make for your project. This Counter
Selection feature will allow the duplicator to count the
number of copies you’ve made and prompt you when the
desired number of copies has been made.
You can select “No Counter” if you prefer to copy continuously
with no interruption. (It will still count the number of copies, but it
will not notify you when to stop.) To select the “No Counter”,
simply press “>>” button when you see the screen above. Then
skip below and continue on to step “d”.
Or, you can select “Specify Counter” between 1 to 9999 by
pressing the UP or DOWN navigation button to the below screen:
Then please press “>>” button to submit. You shall see the screen
below:
To specify the number of copies for your project, you need to
enter/input a 4-digit number. If you are planning to specify a
number that is less than 4 digits, please fill the leading spaces with
“0”s (any leading “0” will be skipped). An example of that 4-digit
number could be “0234” (Two hundred and thirty four), or “0010”
(ten). Remember, the beginning “0”s are skipped, therefore “0010”
means “10”, which is the number 10.
Counter:
Specify Counter
Specify Counter:
[0 ] OK?
C
ounter:
N
o Counter

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To enter the number, you need to use UP or DOWN button to
select the number for each digit and use “>>” or “<<” button to
move the cursor position right or left, once you’ve finished, move
the cursor to “OK” and press “>>”. For example, if I want to
specify a counter value of 21 (twenty one). The 4-digit value
would be “0021”. To input the desired quantity, please do the
following:
Make sure the cursor is located at the first position:
i. Press “DOWN” button consecutively until “0” is
displayed.
ii. Press “>>” button once to move the cursor to the next
position.
iii. Press “DOWN” button consecutively until “0” is
displayed.
iv. Press “>>” button once to move the cursor to the next
position.
v. Press “DOWN” button consecutively until “2” is
displayed.
vi. Press “>>” button once to move the cursor to the next
position.
vii. Press “DOWN” button consecutively until “1” is
displayed.
viii. Now, “0021” is displayed, press “>>” once and the
cursor moved to “OK”.
ix. Then, press “>>” once to submit your counter value.
Specify Counter:
[X ] OK?

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Now you shall see the following screen:
OR
If either one of the ABOVE 2 screens are displayed
for more than 2 minutes, please check your Master
Disc or Blank Discs for quality.
d. Please allow 5-10 seconds for the duplicator to detect your
Master Disc and Blank Discs as well. After your Master
Disc and Blank Discs have been recognized, then you shall
see the following screen:
By default, the “Auto Start” setting is set to “Auto”.
For example, if your duplicator has detected 3
blank discs and didn’t detect any additional blank
discs within 30 seconds, then the duplication will
start automatically.
Preparing...
W
aiting for Blanks
Preparing...
W
aiting for Master
Preparing...
7 Disc Detected, Go?
*The “7” indicates there are 7 discs recognized by
the writer tray. Actual quantity may be different
depending on your machine.

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Once the number of blank discs you inserted
matches the number of discs detected on the
screen. Then press “>>” (if you are not using
Auto Start or wish to speed up the process) to
confirm and the following Processing screen will
appear.
If the number of blank discs you inserted doesn’t
match the number of discs detected on the screen,
please give 10-15 seconds for the duplicator to
recognize all of your blank discs.
e. After 2 or 3 seconds of processing time, the following
Copy Progress Screen will appear.
Counter Specified No Counter
OR
It is normal to see the progress indicator stays at 0-
10% and 100% for approximately 30 seconds for
CD duplication and up to 1 minute for DVD
duplication. That is caused by the initializing and
finalizing stage.
Processing...
Please Wait
C
opying .
.
. 4012MB
0 12%
Copying ... 4012MB
0/21 12%
- “4012MB” indicates the
capacity of the master disc.
- “12%” indicates the current
progress of the duplication.
- “0/21” indicates you have a
project size of 21 copies and
you have made 0 copies so far.
- “4012MB” indicates the
capacity of the master disc.
- “12%” indicates the current
progress of the duplication.
- “0” indicates that you have
made 0 copies so far.

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Once the duplication run is completed, the successful
copies will be ejected and you shall see the following
screen:
O
Next, refill more blank media to continue making more
copies, or you can press “<<” to terminate your project and
go back to the main menu.
If you’ve specified a counter value for your project and
your project is completed, you shall see the following
screen:
If you see above message, you can press “>>” to go back to
main menu.
If you enabled the counter and the number of discs
you have inserted is more than what you requested,
you will receive a message regarding you have
inserted more discs than what you need. You can
continue to copy or you can eject the extras.
If you happen to have any failed discs (bad copy),
the failed disc(s) will not be ejected automatically.
You need to manually eject them and throw them
away if they are write once recordable disc(s).
21 Disc Copie
d
Press OK to Finish
PASS 7 FAIL 0( 7)
W
aiting for Blanks
- “PASS 7” indicates that you’ve
just made 7 successful copies.
- “FAIL 0” indicates that you
have no failure in this run.
- “7” indicates that you’ve
successfully copied 7 copies so
far.

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Tutorial Guide:
II. Make Hard Drive(HDD)-to-Disc Copies (For Duplicator w/
HDD installed)
Copying from the Hard Drive is the best way to make copies.
Overall, there are 4 benefits to copying from the Hard Drive:
i. Performance – Duplicating from 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.
iv. Convenience – With your master discs stored inside the
Hard Drive, you can have access to each one easily.
There is no need to carry your master discs; they are all
stored inside the duplicator.
If your duplicator has a Hard Drive installed, your built-in
Hard Drive will be divided into a number of partitions, or slots.
Each partition/slot will hold ONE and ONLY ONE master disc
regardless of the capacity of your master disc.
The number of partitions is determined by dividing your Hard
Drive’s total capacity by 1GB for CD format, 5GB for DVD-5
format or 9GB for DVD-9 format (Double Layer) and
subtracting one partition for system use.

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For example, if you have a 40GB Hard Drive, then you can
calculate the number of DVD-5 format partitions by: 40 / 5 = 8.
Since there is 1 partition reserved for the system use, you will
have 7 partitions to use.
Or you can calculate the number of DVD-9 format partitions
by: 40 / 9 = 4.17. Since you cannot use an incomplete partition,
there will be a total of 4 partitions available for a 40GB Hard
Drive. Since 1 partition is reserved for system use; there will be
3 partitions available for use.
The following steps will show you how to load your master
disc into the installed Hard Drive as a disc image and copy the
stored disc image into several blank discs. This process is
recommended for mass volume productions.
How to make copies from the Hard Drive?
When you turn on your duplicator, after it has booted up, you
should see the following signifying your duplicator is ready.
1. Make sure the Master Reading Source is set to the Hard
Drive.
It is very important to make sure the Master Reading Source
is set to the Hard Drive in order to avoid unnecessary error
messages. To check the Master Reading Source, please do the
following:
DUPLICATOR 5.00
1. COPY

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a. Use UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the
following screen.
b. Press “>>” to enter Select Source Menu and you shall see
the following:
Make sure it is located at “Hard Drive”. If not, then you
need to press UP or DOWN navigation button to search
for it.
c. Press “>>” to submit your selection. After your selection
has been submitted, you will see the following:
2. Load your master disc onto the Hard Drive. If you have
already loaded your master disc onto the Hard Drive,
then you can skip step 2 and go to step 3.
a. Use UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the
following screen.
Hard Drive Port 0
W
DC WD400EB-75CPF0
DUPLICATOR 5.00
8. Select Source
DUPLICATOR 5.00
8. Select Source
DUPLICATOR 5.00
10.Hard Drive Setup

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b. Press “>>” to enter Hard Drive Setup Menu and you
shall see the following:
c. Now, load your master disc on to the Hard Drive. To do
so, use UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the
following screen.
d. Press “>>” to enter Load Partition Menu and you shall
see the following:
e. Now, you have a choice to load your master disc into a new
(empty) partition or overwrite one of the existing partitions
if any exists. You can simple press UP or DOWN arrow
button to select your partition and press “>>” to submit.
You will see the following:
Edit Partition Name
[ ] OK?
H
ard Drive Setup
1.Select Partition
H
ard Drive Setup
2.Load Partition
Load Partition [ 1/ 8]
Load->New Partition
*The “1” indicates the number of partitions
you’ve already loaded into the Hard
Drive . (Includes the Reserve Partition)
*The “8” indicates the total number of partitions
you can load to the Hard Drive.

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f. Now, you can name the partition you are about to load into
the Hard Drive. To enter the name, you need to use the UP
or DOWN buttons to select the character and use “>>” or
“<<” button to move the cursor position and once you’ve
finished, move the cursor to “OK” and press “>>”. For
example, if you want to name the partition for your master
disc as “FUN”. Then do the following:
Make sure the cursor is located at the first position:
i. Press “DOWN” button consecutively until “F”
is displayed.
ii. Press “>>” button once to move the cursor to
the next position.
iii. Press “DOWN” button consecutively until “U”
is displayed.
iv. Press “>>” button once to move the cursor to
the next position.
v. Press “DOWN” button consecutively until “N”
is displayed.
vi. Press “>>” button once to move the cursor to
the next position.
vii. Now, we have the name “FUN” displayed and
then, press “>>” consecutively until the cursor
is moved to “OK”.
viii. Then, press “>>” once to submit your name
selection.
Edit Partition Name
[x ] OK?

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g. Now you shall see the following confirmation screen:
h. Press “>>” button to confirm. Once your master disc has
been recognized. The loading progress indicator will be
displayed and you shall see the following
i. Once your master disc has been loaded completely, you
shall see the following:
Then, you can press “>>” button to go back to the Hard
Drive Setup Menu.
3. Go back to “COPY” Menu.
a. Press “<<” button to go back to the main menu. You shall
see the following:
Load Partition?
[FUN ], OK?
Load Partition OK!
Press OK to Continue
DUPLICATOR 5.00
10.Hard Drive Setup
Loading ... FUN
1% 123MB loaded
*The “123MB” indicates the amount of data has
been loaded to the Hard Drive.