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User’s  Manual 

 

v3.6.0

 

Summary of Contents for The Cube 3.6.0

Page 1: ...User s Manual v3 6 0...

Page 2: ...YRIGHT DISC IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED WE DISCOURAGE THE USE OF ANY SUCH ACTION THAT GIVES RISE TO CRIMINAL INTENT AND PROSECUTION VINPOWER DIGITAL IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY POTENTIAL ILLEGAL ACTIONS OF...

Page 3: ...3 5 Compare 23 6 Test Copy 24 7 Copy Compare 24 8 Select Burn Speed 25 9 Master Mode 26 10 Erase 26 11 Hard Drive Setup 27 11 1 Select Partition 27 11 2 Load Partition 28 11 3 Rename Partition 28 11 4...

Page 4: ...38 14 5 Update Firmware 38 15 Loader Utilities 38 15 1 Sticky Media Detection 38 15 2 Update Robot Firmware 39 16 Manage Accounts 39 16 1 View User 40 16 2 Create User 40 16 3 Edit User Info 40 16 4...

Page 5: ...If your autoloader has double layer Blu Ray DVD capability you can copy a double layer Blu Ray DVD disc to another double layer Blu Ray DVD recordable media but you cannot duplicate a single layer Blu...

Page 6: ...reatment If you have experienced this kind of problem please do the following to remove the adhesive static between the discs Separate the blank discs before you place them into the autoloader s spind...

Page 7: ...ea for holding CDs DVDs and or Blu Ray Discs Although the manual refers to them as spindles many of the messages shown on the LCD display will refer to them as bins in order to create a more concise m...

Page 8: ...depending on the media thickness Place the media you wish to copy into the Input Bin The robotic arm will pick discs from Input Bin then place the successfully copied discs onto the Output Bin If any...

Page 9: ...ter Execute the function Also referred to as OK in the Menus ESC Escape Go back to the previous function Copy Copy Quick key to make a copy Pressing this key automatically performs the AUTOCOPY job Te...

Page 10: ...rint menu to print label s directly onto the label side of your LightScribe printable media Before you start a printing process please make sure you have successfully loaded your LightScirbe label fil...

Page 11: ...oses please perform Full Erase 11 Hard Drive Setup page 27 Use the Hard Drive Setup menu to perform various hard drive related operations These options include loading renaming or deleting your images...

Page 12: ...feature is to increase the compatibility of DVD R media with a broader range of DVD Video players 13 10 ISRC This option will allow you to enable disable copying the ISRC code of an Audio CD ISRC is...

Page 13: ...Use this utility to update the software in your autoloaders robot controller To update you need to insert a manufacture Certified Update CD into one of the drives and no other discs are in remaining d...

Page 14: ...benefit of this operation is to decrease the time needed to initiate the compare process for a master disc that does not need to be stored on the HDD permanently 20 Shutdown page 43 Use this menu opti...

Page 15: ...C 5 Place the master disc for job B on top of the stacked blank discs for job B 6 Place 20 blank discs for job A on top of the master disc for job B 7 Place the master disc for job A on top of the st...

Page 16: ...see the next Specify Counter menu To specify the number of copies for your project you need to enter input a four digit number If you need to specify a number that is less than four digits fill the l...

Page 17: ...mple if you want to name the partition for your master disc as FUN Then follow this example Press the Down button repeatedly until F is displayed You can also hold the Down button down and the autoloa...

Page 18: ...n to the next section If you are making copies in Multi Master Mode jump ahead to Making Copies in Multi Master Mode on page 18 1 1 Making Copies in Single Master Mode This process will copy your mast...

Page 19: ...case the loader has taken a disc from the input bin and is placing it into Drive 1 The loader will continue to remove discs from the input bin and place those into drives until either all of the drive...

Page 20: ...see a screen similar to below Drive 1 indicates the below results are for the 1st drive OK 1 indicates there is 1 successful copy made by this drive NG 0 indicates there are 0 bad copies created by th...

Page 21: ...master discs and blank discs onto the input bin as described in Single Master and Multi Master Modes on page 13 In general the order of the discs on the spindle will be from top to bottom The master d...

Page 22: ...e Input Bin Empty message Press the ENT Enter button to continue and you will see the Access Job Log screen You can press the ENT Enter button one more time to see the job log that indicates the numbe...

Page 23: ...Design and Create a Label File on page 51 To begin the printing process perform the following Turn on your autoloader and wait until it has booted up You should see the following signifying your auto...

Page 24: ...n the loader will then pick up another LightScribe printable disc and load it into the drive This is then repeated for each drive The printing process will continue until you either run out of LightSc...

Page 25: ...r instructions 5 Compare Use the Compare function to perform a bit by bit comparison between the content of your master disc s in the Hard Drive and the contents of all discs it copied This ensures th...

Page 26: ...button to finish Input Bin Empty indicates that the system has run out of discs to compare If you have more discs to compare you can empty the output bin place the discs to be compared in the input bi...

Page 27: ...Hard Drive CD Content to CD R RW Discs HDD to DVD Copy Hard Drive DVD Content to DVD R RW Discs HDD to DVD DL Copy Hard Drive Double Dual Layer DVD Content to DVD DL R RW Discs HDD to BD SL Copy Hard...

Page 28: ...ress the ENT Enter button on Erase to enter the menu and you will see the following screens There are two options Full Erase This option erases the entire disc destroying all previously written data i...

Page 29: ...inue If you have no more discs to erase press the ESC Escape button to terminate the operation 11 Hard Drive Setup The Hard Drive Setup menu consists of functions related to the Hard Drive operation E...

Page 30: ...ally create a partition name NEW 0001 Enter a new partition name as described in Editing Names on page 15 For this example we will name it HAPPY Press the ENT Enter button to overwrite the partition n...

Page 31: ...VEF field shows the name of the partition The DVD field indicates that the master stored in this partition is a DVD The 4021MB field indicates the capacity of the master s content stored in this parti...

Page 32: ...tion Default By select this option the partitions will be in chronological order Alpha Asc By select this option the partitions will be in alphabetic order Alpha Dec By select this option the partitio...

Page 33: ...at which point you can press the ENT Enter button to return to the Print Setup menu 12 2 Rename Label When you load your LightScribe Label file into the hard drive the filename of the label file is us...

Page 34: ...2 Read Error Skip Normally when the autoloader encounters a read error while reading your master disc the duplication is aborted and all the recordable media in the writers are ruined However if you...

Page 35: ...to adjust the maximum duplication speed for Audio Video CD and CD G format to ensure reliable duplication for such formats Use the Up or Down button to select the Max Audio VCD CDG Speed menu and pres...

Page 36: ...urn discs until it reaches the value set into the counter Use the Up or Down button to select the Counter menu and press the ENT Enter button to enter that menu Use the Up or Down button to select whe...

Page 37: ...the desired drive trays you would like to enable disable Then press ENT Enter or ESC Escape button to move the asterisk in front of Enable or Disable Use the Up or Down button until you see the Save C...

Page 38: ...ursor to the next position Press the Down button repeatedly until 2 is displayed Press ENT Enter button once to move the cursor to the next position Press the Down button repeatedly until 1 is display...

Page 39: ...the BD Safe Copy menu is to be shown or hidden and press the ENT Enter button to select that option 14 System Utilities System Utilities is used to provide useful tools for duplication aspect of the s...

Page 40: ...o insert the manufacturer s Certified Update CD into one of the drives and make sure no other discs are in rest of the drives Then select this function by pressing the ENT Enter button We strongly sug...

Page 41: ...e follow these instructions Change the Administrator password Refer to Edit User Info on page 40 for additional information Create a User Name and Password for each authorized person on this autoloade...

Page 42: ...s menu Enter the user s name using the instructions shown in Setting Counters and Assigning Names on page 14 Press the ENT Enter button to move on to the Enter Password stage Enter the user s password...

Page 43: ...utton to enter into this menu Use the Up or Down button to scroll through the list of users Press the ENT Enter button to select the user to delete The autoloader will ask you to confirm the deletion...

Page 44: ...s from the input bin and place those into drives until either all of the drives are full or the count that you loaded into the counter is reached It takes a few seconds for the autoloader to recognize...

Page 45: ...ed due to non recording error such as invalid media type etc Use the Up or Down buttons to look at the drive log file for the various drives Press the ESC Escape button to return to the Copy menu 18 A...

Page 46: ...g this function will increase the risk of damaging your autoloader Press the ENT Enter button to enter into this menu Press the ENT Enter button to shut down the autoloader The autoloader will do all...

Page 47: ...such problems Use another BD DVD CD player ROM to test the copied media Sometimes your BD DVD CD Player ROM may not be compatible with recordable BD DVD CD disc The failure rate is high Lower the writ...

Page 48: ...46 How do I reset my autoloader back to default See Load Default on page 38...

Page 49: ...securely onto the spindle This error indicates that an obstruction missing component or mechanical failure has prevented the picking arm from performing the assigned task R20 Input bin empty If error...

Page 50: ...posited to the output bins increasing the total disc capacity beyond the maximum output capacity R176 Cannot detect disc in drive tray If error code 176 is shown it represents that the picking arm is...

Page 51: ...rt the LightScribe Installation Disc into the CD drive of your computer 2 Using the My Computer icon or Windows Explorer click on the CD drive 3 From the CD Drive double click the setup exe to run the...

Page 52: ...elected You can then click Install to continue the installation process Where is the icon for this statement 7 During the installation process the following applications will be installed LightScribe...

Page 53: ...ntact Tech Support for assistance Section 1 Design your labels with LightScribe Template Labeler and create a LightScribe Label CD Step 1 Launch the LightScribe Template Labeler By clicking the shortc...

Page 54: ...tegories 2 Click on your Template choice to activate 3 If you prefer more advanced design capabilities instead of the pre designed templates you can do following a Design your own CD label artwork usi...

Page 55: ...he picture you d like to use 4 Use the Zoom button or the scroll wheel of your mouse to size the picture and then drag it to position where you want it within the selection window 5 For text just clic...

Page 56: ...name of the label file s you wish to generate In addition due to the system display limitation make sure the file name does not contain any foreign characters other than those in the 26 Greek alphabet...

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