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Standalone, fully automated 

CD/DVD Duplication System 

User Manual 

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

5542 Brisa Street, Suite F 

 Livermore, CA 94550 

Tel: 925-447-8484 

 Fax: 925-447-8811 

  www.all-pro-sol.com

Summary of Contents for HERA Series

Page 1: ...Standalone fully automated CD DVD Duplication System User Manual 5542 Brisa Street Suite F Livermore CA 94550 Tel 925 447 8484 Fax 925 447 8811 www all pro sol com...

Page 2: ...tic Platform 9 3 The LCD Control Panel 10 4 Menu Overview 11 5 Introduction to Manage Accounts 16 6 Single Master and Multi Master Mode 17 7 Setting Conters and Assigning Names 18 Operation 20 1 Copy...

Page 3: ...Automated CD R Duplicator System CD 2 CD 4 CD 7 Series User Manual 3 14 Manage Accounts 44 15 Shutdown 47 Trouble Shooting 48...

Page 4: ...ormats Load Copy Compare Verify Emulate Editing etc Track selection available for copying music tracks On the fly direct copy or through hard drive loading User friendly LCD display Important Note Mak...

Page 5: ...ckaged with your duplicator Automated transport system Autoloader Tower populated with drives Power and Serial Cables This User Manual Tower Plate 5 64 hex head key Allen wrench Warranty card NOTE If...

Page 6: ...wer on the adapter see Fig 1 for Hera 3 and 6 or Fig 5 for Hera 9 Make sure all thumbscrews are loose place the tower on top of the adapter matching the colored marks see Fig 2 Tight gently thumbscrew...

Page 7: ...HERA Series CD DVD Duplication System User Manual 4 Fig 1 System unassembled HERA 3 and HERA 6 Fig 2 Fig 3 Tower alignment Side view...

Page 8: ...er cable into the proper power source and connect Serial Cable as shown in Fig 4b for Hera 3 and 6 or Fig 5b for Hera 9 The power On Off switch for the tower is located in the front and the one for th...

Page 9: ...HERA Series CD DVD Duplication System User Manual 6 HERA 9 system unassembled Fig 5b Fig 5c HERA 9 system assembled HERA 9 back view cables...

Page 10: ...y copy a DVD5 format 4 7 GB disc to another DVD5 format recordable DVD media If your autoloader has double layer dual layer capability you can copy a DVD9 format 8 5 GB disc to another DVD9 format rec...

Page 11: ...roblems when using an autoloader are the disc static and sticky media issues These static charge problems cause multiple discs to stick together resulting in improper operation and more severely can s...

Page 12: ...errors in placement and loading The figure below shows the proper and incorrect disc placements when loading media into the bins 2 The Robotic Platform The autoloader with up to 900 Disc Capacity has...

Page 13: ...elow shows the LCD Control Panel This panel has a two line 20 character LCD display to provide user feedback and eight push buttons to control the operation of the Autoloader The functions for these b...

Page 14: ...k key to change the master reading source Pressing this key takes you directly to the Select Source menu 4 Menu Overview This section provides an overview of the menu options These menu options are ex...

Page 15: ...Ds The readability check will be applied for other formats like Audio CDs CD G and Video CDs discs due to their lack of error correction mechanisms 4 Test Copy page 26 Use the Test Copy menu option to...

Page 16: ...rd Drive Setup page 29 Use the Hard Drive Setup menu to perform various hard drive related operations These options include loading renaming or deleting your images For additional information see Hard...

Page 17: ...er feature The counter tells you how many discs have been copied and how many discs are left to go during the progress and it will stop the job once the desired number of copies has been made 9 AUTOCO...

Page 18: ...Tech Support 13 Loader Utilities page 42 Use the Loader Utilities menu options to access the various utilities built into the autoloader You can scroll between the various options using the Up or Dow...

Page 19: ...y default Prior to activating the Manage Accounts feature the autoloader recognizes all users as the Administrator The pre defined password for this function is 0000 By adding additional users each in...

Page 20: ...s for job C on to the first input spindle 3 Place the master disc for job C on top of those blank discs for job C 4 Place 40 blank discs for job B on top of the master disc for job C 5 Place the maste...

Page 21: ...of copies but it will not notify you when to stop To select the No Counter simply press the Enter button when you see the screen above Or you can select Specify Counter between 1 to 9999 by pressing...

Page 22: ...move the cursor position Once you ve finished move the cursor to OK and press the Enter button The name for a partition can be up to eight characters long and the characters can be any alpha A Z or nu...

Page 23: ...Modes on page 17 If you are making copies in Single Master Mode continue on to the next section If you are making copies in Multi Master Mode jump ahead to Making Copies in Multi Master Mode on page...

Page 24: ...interval the robotic loader will pick the top disc from the input spindle and place it into one of the drives As this is happening you will see a screen similar to below This information screen shows...

Page 25: ...hat you made 100 successful copies FAIL 0 indicates that you have no failures for this job At the bottom of the screen you will see the scrolling message Job Complete Press OK to Finish Press the Ente...

Page 26: ...e will be from top to bottom The master disc for the first job The blank discs for the first job The master disc for the second job The blank discs for the second job The master disc for the third job...

Page 27: ...discs are placed in the Output Spindle Once a new Master disc are been detected by any of the drives this process will repeat for the new Master disc When all of the jobs are complete and the autoload...

Page 28: ...tion Next you will see the Counter Selection menu Follow the instructions shown in Setting Counters on page 18 to continue Once the counters have been set press the Enter button to confirm You will se...

Page 29: ...operation in Copy menu See Copy on page 20 for instructions 5 Copy Compare The Copy Compare menu option is used to make verified copies After the copy process is done the autoloader automatically comp...

Page 30: ...button to enter the menu You will see a menu similar to this Use the Up or Down button to find the desired speed Press the Enter button to set the desired recording speed The options that are availabl...

Page 31: ...ose between Multi Master mode and Single Master mode Press the Enter button to enter your selection The system will return you back to the main menu 9 Erase RW Use the Erase RW menu to erase your Rewr...

Page 32: ...e been erased you will see one of these PASS FAIL screens Counter Specified No Counter Specified PASS 25 FAIL 0 Job Completed Press OK to Finish or Input Bin Empty 20 Reset Hoppers PASS 25 indicates 2...

Page 33: ...asks Press the Enter button to enter the Select Partition menu Use the Up or Down button to select the desired partition The RESERVED partition is reserved for use by the System under Multi Master mod...

Page 34: ...tents of the master disc will be loaded into the desired partition Pres the Enter button to finish 10 3 Rename Partition When you load your master disc onto a hard drive partition you are asked to giv...

Page 35: ...ize The Hard Drive is divided into a number of equal sized partitions Each partition holds ONE and ONLY ONE master disc content regardless of the size of your master disc The options for partition siz...

Page 36: ...enter the Format Hard Drive menu Press the Enter button to format the Hard Drive After the Hard Drive has been formatted the system will return you to the Format Hard Drive menu 11 Setup The Setup me...

Page 37: ...nter that menu Use the Up or Down button to select whether Read Error Skip is on or off and press the Enter button to select that option 11 3 CD Writing Mode This setting allows you to select which mo...

Page 38: ...n button to select the Buzzer menu and press the Enter button to enter that menu Use the Up or Down button to select whether Buzzer is on or off and press the Enter button to select that option 11 6 S...

Page 39: ...he counter Use the Up or Down button to select the Counter menu and press the Enter button to enter that menu Use the Up or Down button to select whether the Counter is on or off and press the Enter b...

Page 40: ...places it on the output spindle and starts placing blank discs into the writer drives This information screen shows what is happening In this case the loader has taken a disc from the input spindle a...

Page 41: ...this feature is to increase the compatibility of DVD R media with a broader range of DVD Video players This process will increase the amount of time required to duplicate your disc s Use the Up or Do...

Page 42: ...re ID and the Media s certified writing speed Note The Disc Info function does not use the robotic capabilities of the system You must manually insert the discs into the drives Use the Up or Down butt...

Page 43: ...tes that the information is for the media inserted in tray 3 The DVD R indicates that the media inserted is a R type of recordable DVD The 4488M indicates that 4488Mbytes of space is available on the...

Page 44: ...ut the first Writer drive Press the Down button to go to the next Writer drive Press the ESC button to return to the System Utilities menu 12 4 Load Default This function will reset all of the options...

Page 45: ...ystem back on to complete the update 13 Loader Utilities The Loader Utilities menu consists of these submenus Drive Alignment Alignment Protection Each submenu has a section that describes it 13 1 Dri...

Page 46: ...king process is complete the robotic arm will drop the disc in the Reject Area 13 2 Alignment Protection Enabling Alignment Protection causes each drive tray to quickly slide in and out after a disc h...

Page 47: ...screen The submenus of Manage Accounts are discussed in the sections that follow 14 1 View User This menu allows you to view current existing user accounts Note User Admin is the administrative accou...

Page 48: ...tters or numbers Note The User password consists of four numbers Press the Enter button to enter this menu Use the Up or Down button to scroll through the list of users Press the Enter button to selec...

Page 49: ...s process you will be asked to select Yes or No enable or disable Press the Enter button to enter into this menu Use the Up or Down button to select either Yes or No Press the Enter button to enter th...

Page 50: ...If the autoloader was stored in a location where the temperature dropped below 32 F 0 C within the past 24 hours leave the autoloader in a warm room with a temperature of at least 65 F 19 C for four h...

Page 51: ...t not upgrading your autoloader s firmware Please contact our Tech Support if your system is getting unstable Cannot boot up or fails to upgrade firmware Contact our Tech Support Can I load data direc...

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