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ARS-2030L/2032

Copy Smart Plus

Release: April 2005

Attention:

It takes over 5 seconds to

power on after shutdown

otherwise the system may

operate abnorrmally.

CD Duplicator

User’s Manual

Ver: 1.2

Summary of Contents for ARS-2030L

Page 1: ...Copy Smart Plus Copyright 2005 ACARD Technology Corp Release April 2005 Attention It takes over 5 seconds to power on after shutdown otherwise the system may operate abnorrmally CD Duplicator User s...

Page 2: ...ntains materials protected under International Copyright Laws All rights reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced transmitted or tran scribed without the expressed written permission of the m...

Page 3: ...nstructions 13 3 1 Buttons and LCD 13 3 2 About HDD Installation 14 3 2 1 With an HDD 14 3 2 2 Without an HDD 15 Chapter 4 Board Layout 17 Chapter 5 Functions 19 5 1 Copy 19 5 2 Test 20 5 3 Test Copy...

Page 4: ...1 9 Eject Disc 49 5 11 10 Burn On The Fly 49 5 11 11 Burn Mode 50 5 11 12 Button Sound 51 5 11 13 Device Info 51 5 11 14 System Info 52 5 11 15 Quick Erase 53 5 11 16 Full Erase 54 5 12 Adv Setup 55 5...

Page 5: ...6 3 About CD ROM CD Writers 64 6 4 About Buttons 64 6 5 About CD Writer Not Readable 65 6 6 About High Failure Rate 65 6 7 About Firmware Update 65 6 8 About Function 12 and Cancellation 65 Appendix 1...

Page 6: ...opera tion For any end user the two models are really cost effective 1 1 Features 1 2 Specifications Power Voltage 5V 5 Current 0 5A Max Environment Operation 0 C to 60 C Storage 20 C to 85 C Humidit...

Page 7: ...D Format CD ROM Mode1 Mode2 CD ROM XA Mode2 form1 form2 CD DA Mixed Mode Video CD CD 1 Karaoke CD Photo CD Single Multi session CD Extra HFS CD Bridge ISO9660 CD R and CD RW Supported CD ROM TEAC Supp...

Page 8: ...Unpack the package l Check if there is any defect or malfunction l Prepare suitable CD writers according to the list given in subsection 1 2 l Assemble the copy smart plus according to your needs l B...

Page 9: ...ow to Install The following diagram and pictures indicate the installation of ARS 2030L copy controller with a CD ROM and 3 CD writers Copy Controller ARS 2030L CH 1 CD ROM CH 2 CD Writer CH 3 CD Writ...

Page 10: ...the installation of ARS 2030L copy controller with an HDD a CD ROM and 3 CD writers The second picture shows that HDD is put inside a tray Copy Controller A R S 2 0 3 0 L C H 1 C D R O M Slave CH 2 CD...

Page 11: ...on of ARS 2032 copy con troller with a CD ROM and 7 CD writers Copy Controller A R S 2 0 3 2 C H 4 C D W r i t e r C H 3 C D W r i t e r C H 2 C D W r i t e r C H 1 C D R O M C H 5 C D W r i t e r C H...

Page 12: ...the installation of ARS 2032 copy con troller with an HDD a CD ROM and 7 CD writers Copy Controller ARS 2032 CH 4 CD Writer CH 3 CD Writer CH 2 CD Writer CH 1 CD ROM Slave CH 5 CD Writer CH 6 CD Write...

Page 13: ...ugh functions or menus 4 It is used to execute a selected function 5 It is used to cancel a selected function After you power on and the copy smart plus detects the installed hardware like CD ROM CD w...

Page 14: ...e your copy smart plus detects the hard disk it will ask if you want to format or not A 10GB hard disk can be divided into 10 partitions Each partition has 1GB l Use function 8 Select Source to set th...

Page 15: ...led CDs l During operation do not press any button on your copy smart plus because interruption will harm the device and CDs will be damaged l Place a source CD into CD ROM l Switch to function 1 Copy...

Page 16: ...fore hardware installation 1 Three connectors for CD ROM or optional HDD 2 Two connectors for CD writers Connect to ARS 2030L 2032 IDE ports Connect to IDE CD ROM drive Slave Connect to IDE hard drive...

Page 17: ...17 ARS 2030L 2032 Manual Chapter 4 Board Layout The board layout of ARS 2030L is shown as follows...

Page 18: ...18 ARS 2030L 2032 Manual The board layout of ARS 2032 is shown as follows Host Mode ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 ON Target Mode...

Page 19: ...blank CD disks Before copying be sure that the source CD is placed into CD ROM or there are data in a certain HDD partition if you have installed a hard disk If you are not sure of real copying you ca...

Page 20: ...t automatically 5 2 Test Function 2 Test is to simulate the copying progress When simulation finishes there will be no data really written into CD disks Select function 2 Put a source CD into CD ROM a...

Page 21: ...ut if the CD rewriteable disks contain important data they may be destroyed 5 3 Test Copy Select function 3 Put a source CD into CD ROM and blank CD disks into the CD writers Press ENT to start simula...

Page 22: ...00 When the whole process finishes LCD will show the result as follows 3 Test Copy OK 03 5 4 Verify Function 4 Verify is to examine if the target CDs can be read correctly after copying Select functio...

Page 23: ...comparison between the source CD and the target CDs after copying Select function 5 Put the source CD into CD ROM and the target CDs into CD writers 5 Compare Press ENT to compare LCD will show the co...

Page 24: ...age as follows Src 02 CD RW Identical If comparison fails LCD will show the failure By pressing ENT twice LCD will show that the contents of source 1 and those of source 2 do not match as follows Src...

Page 25: ...ning finishes and the source CD can be read correctly LCD will show the result as follows PreScan OK 5 7 Disc Info Function 7 Disc Info is to show the basic information of source CD Select function 7...

Page 26: ...s shown below Src CD ROM 01 IDE1 Master After selecting the source such as CD ROM you can press ENT and LCD will show the message as follows CD ROM selected Suppose you select HDD as the source and tr...

Page 27: ...Src Drive The loaded data is called an image file Select function 9 9 Image 5 9 1 Load On the above figure press ENT and you will enter the following figure Here the function Load is to let you load d...

Page 28: ...k you whether to overwrite it or not Please use to confirm Yes or No Image Exists Overwrite Yes 5 9 2 Delete Image If you want to empty an image file stored in a particular partition you can use the f...

Page 29: ...file stored in a particular partition First select the function by pressing 9 03 Image P A Image Info Press ENT and LCD will show the information of the image file as follows Disc Type CD ROM Capacity...

Page 30: ...ff 0 Press ENT to see the details of source 1 as shown below Src 01 CD ROM Total 650 0MB Press ENT to see the details of source 2 If the comparison is identical LCD will show the message as follows Tg...

Page 31: ...ons is dependent on the hard disk s capacity The partitions are alphabetically arranged Select a partition by pressing and LCD will show the message as follows After the partition is selected LCD will...

Page 32: ...ce such as CD ROM you can press ENT and LCD will show the message as follows Load image from Drive ID 01 5 10 Edit Track Function 10 Edit Track is designed for editing a collection of favorite songs f...

Page 33: ...blank CD R RWs 10 01 Edit Track CD to CD Edit On the above figure press ENT and you will enter the following figure Here 1 10 means the number one of the 10 tracks and 03 25 means the playing time Se...

Page 34: ...editing and use to confirm Yes or No End edit disc and burn Yes LCD will show the copying information as follows Copying 24X Edit 1 10 1 1 On the above figure 1 1 means the first track of all tracks...

Page 35: ...rce CD will eject auctomatically and the system will ask you to insert another new CD as shown below Insert next disc After inserting the new CD press ENT to edit as before Suppose we decide to select...

Page 36: ...X Edit 2 10 2 2 On the above figure 2 2 means the second track of all tracks we have selected and so far we have selected two tracks from two different CDs When copying comes to an end LCD will show t...

Page 37: ...ws Closing Session Please wait 5 10 2 CD to HDD After closing sessions press ESC and to enter the following figure Here the function CD to HDD is to let you select one or more tracks from CD ROM and t...

Page 38: ...After selecting please use to move to the End menu as shown below Select Track End 1Trk03 25 End edit disc and burn Yes Then the track as an image file will be loaded into HDD LCD will show the loadi...

Page 39: ...system will ask you to insert another new CD as shown below Insert next disc After inserting the new CD press ENT to edit as before Suppose we select the second track then press ENT A will appear bes...

Page 40: ...ge as follows Image load OK The system will ask if you want to keep editing This time please use to confirm No as shown below Continue edit next Disc No Then the system will ask if you want to burn fr...

Page 41: ...ove the data from HDD template into a certain partition Burn or Move to partition Move After pressing you need to select a partition into which the data will be moved Suppose we select A as shown belo...

Page 42: ...n as follows When moving finishes LCD will show the result as follows Moving to P A OK 5 10 3 Play Audio Track This function is to make the copy smart plus act as a music player You can plug an AV ter...

Page 43: ...below Playing Track 1 00 00 03 25 5 10 4 Close Session This function is to close CDs and let no data written into After closing you can put the CDs on any normal player and listen On the above figure...

Page 44: ...you change the default settings Once you change a setting remember to press ENT to save it However it is suggested to use the defaults for the optimal operation This function includes 16 parts They ar...

Page 45: ...to enter the following figure Here LCD only supports English Japanese Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese are optional 5 11 2 Burn Speed On the above figure press ESC and to enter the following...

Page 46: ...following figure The default is maximum but there are still other choices 32X 16X and 8X ReadSpeed Maximum 5 11 4 Auto Start Drive On the above figure press ESC and to enter the following figure Auto...

Page 47: ...tup Startup Menu Press ENT to enter the following figure The default is Copy Of course you can select any other function as the first item but remember to press ENT Startup Menu 1 Copy 5 11 6 Auto Ver...

Page 48: ...to scan automatically if the source CD can be read correctly and by the way to test the reading speed Press ENT to enter the following figure The default is Off Press to select On 5 11 7 Auto Compare...

Page 49: ...o the target CDs When the setting is Off the data will be loaded into a partition of HDD first and hence copying will be done 11 10 Setup Burn On The Fly 5 11 9 Eject Disc On the above figure press ES...

Page 50: ...ess ESC to return to Function 10 and thenselect part 11 Burn Mode as the following figure shows Burn Mode lets you control the burning modes There are two modes DAO Disc At Once and TAO Track At Once...

Page 51: ...ss it 11 12 Setup Button Sound Press ENT to enter the next figure The default is On Press to select Off Button Sound On 5 11 13 Device Info On the above figure press ESC and to enter the following fig...

Page 52: ...ter CD RW PLEXTOR Press ENT to enter the next figure CD R PX W2410A 1 01 5 11 14 System Info On the above figure press ESC and to enter the following figure System Info shows the information of the sy...

Page 53: ...ure Quick Erase is to erase the data on the CD rewriteable disks quickly Press ENT to enter the next figure Use to confirm Yes or No After confirming Yes and pressing ENT LCD will show the message as...

Page 54: ...letely Compared with Quick Erase Full Erase takes longer time to do the job Press ENT to enter the next figure Use to confirm Yes or No After confirming Yes and pressing ENT LCD will show the message...

Page 55: ...ip Format HDD Verify HDD Burn in Update Firmware Compare Firmware H W Diagnostic Load Default CD G ISRC MCN and Switch Link Host 5 12 1 UnderRun Protect On the above figure if you press ESC you can en...

Page 56: ...ress to select On Overburn Off 5 12 3 Read Error Skip On the above figure press ESC and to enter the following figure Read Error Skip is to neglect any error that occurs during copying Under normal ci...

Page 57: ...your copy smart plus doesn t connect with a hard disk LCD will show the message as follows There is no HDD 5 12 5 Verify HDD On the above figure press ESC to return to Function 12 and thenselect part...

Page 58: ...the above figure press ESC and to enter the following figure Burn in is to simulate the copying progress many times The time can be from 1 to 1000 After each cycle of simulation the CDs on the CD writ...

Page 59: ...s to erase and write repeatedly It is only for CD rewriteable disks Burn in Erase Copy Press ENT and use to select the time of simulation such as 1 2 3 1000 or Run Continuous The figure below shows Ru...

Page 60: ...e message on LCD as follows after it finds the new firmware Then press ENT to update Searching F W XXX XXXXX 5 12 8 Compare Firmware On the above figure press ESC and to enter the following figure Com...

Page 61: ...own on LCD It is the easiest way to know if the system can work well When the whole process finishes LCD will show the message as follows Test finished 5 12 10 Load Default On the above figure press E...

Page 62: ...wing figure CD G is a kind of special copying format This function supports the special format 12 11 Adv Setup CD G Press ENT to enter the next figure The default is Off Press to select On CD G Off 5...

Page 63: ...SRC MCN Off 5 12 13 Switch Link Host optional On the above figure pressESC and to enter the next figure Switch Link Host lets you switch to the link host mode if your 2030 or 2032 has connected with a...

Page 64: ...not read please confirm the format of the source CD and examine if it is damaged If reading fails an error message will appear on LCD Please get a new source CD to try again If the copy smart plus has...

Page 65: ...to a hard disk first and then transmit to CD 6 7 About Firmware Update If you cannot update the firmware please inspect the BIOS program Perhaps you have downloaded a wrong program or let a zipped fi...

Page 66: ...e Image 9 5 Select Image 9 6 Select Src Drive 10 Edit Track 10 1 CD to CD 10 2 CD to HDD It works only when a hard disk is connected 10 3 Play Audio Track 10 4 Close Session 11 Setup 11 1 Language Eng...

Page 67: ...o 11 14 System Info 11 15 Quick Erase 11 16 Full Erase 12 Adv Setup 12 1 UnderRun Protect Default is On 12 2 Overburn Default is Off 12 3 Read Error Skip Default is Off 12 4 Format HDD 12 5 Verify HDD...

Page 68: ...tion of source disc cannot be obtained Save new config Fail The new setting of configuration cannot be saved Load Default Config Do you want to load the default settings Src Tgt can t in the same chan...

Page 69: ...will be lost format All data on the hard disk will be lost Confirm the formatting of hard disk Format HDD OK The Formatting of hard disk has been completed Image load OK The image is successfully loa...

Page 70: ...sessions Can t edit HDD The hard disk cannot be edited as a source audio disc NO AUDIO track in this disc The source disc has no audio track Insert next disc Insert the next audio disc Sessions were...

Page 71: ...e has errors Source can t be Hard Disk During comparison the source cannot be hard disk Last update F W OK The firmware is updated successfully Last update F W Fail The firmware is not updated success...

Page 72: ...30L 2032 Manual Technical Support Form Email support acard com http www acard com Model F W Version CD ROM CD Writer Hard Disk Model type Capacity Firmware version Others Problem Description Model F W...

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