MicroBoards Technology QD-52 manual

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    QD-52 User’s Manual www.microboards.com Version 4.4[...]

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    3 Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................... ................... 5 Unpacking y our sy stem .......................................................................................................... ......... 5 Installa tion.......................[...]

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    5 Introduction The QD-52 is a high sp eed, low cost one to one CD Recordable d uplication system from Microboards Technology, LLC. The QD-52 is perfect fo r any user requiring easy copying of a udio, video, or Data CDs. Superior technology allows the QD-52 to ship without a har d drive. LED indicators provide the user with status of the duplication[...]

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    6 Basic Instructions Buttons and LCD There are four buttons and an LCD on the front panel of the QD-52 duplicator. LED display: Shows the menu item s and any status messages that may com e up during operation. ENT button: The ENT bu tton, used to start a duplication process o r enter into an area in the menu structure. ESC button: The ESC button, u[...]

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    7 The QD-52 system consists of a CD reader, CD Writer and Controller module. The master discs always go into the TO P CD Reader drive. The blank CD media will always go into the BOTTOM CD Recorder drive. The power switch and power LE D are also lo cated on the front of the QD-52 duplicator. The LCD display will show the differe nt menu selections a[...]

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    8 Main Menu 1.0 Copy 2.0 Test 3.0 Test & Copy 4.0 Veri fy 5.0 Compare 6.0 Prescan 7.0 Disc Info 8.0 Edit Track 9. Setup Source Disc Analyzing…. Copying – 52x 17% 150.4MB 01:15 1.0 Copy OK: 01 ESC Load Next Blank Disc ENT Source Disc Analyzing…. Testing – 52x 17% 150.4MB 01:15 2.0 Test OK: 01 ESC Load Next Blank Disc ENT Source Disc Anal[...]

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    9 1. Copy Copying – 52x 18% 150.4MB 01:15 2. Test Testing – 52x 18% 150.4MB 01:15 3. Test & Copy Testing – 52x 18% 150.4MB 01:15 1.0 Copy OK: 01 2.0 Test OK: 01 Functions There are 9 different function s for the QD-52 duplicator: Copy, Test, Test & Co py, Verify, Compare, Prescan, Disc Info, Edit Track and Setu p. For the Setup option[...]

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    10 Copying – 52x 18% 150.4MB 01:15 3.0 Copy OK: 01 4. Verify 4. Verify OK: 01 5. Compare Compare OK: 1 Fail: 0 Diff: 0 6. Prescan Src:01 CD-RW Total: 15.2MB Tgt: 00 CD-RW Identical When this operation completes, the unit will sta rt the Copy process: When the job is completed, the recorded disc will be ejected from the BOTTOM drive. The display w[...]

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    11 Scaning – 24x 15% 620.4MB 02:15 PreScan OK! 7. Disc Info Source Disc (Analyzing) 8. Edit Track 8-01. Edit Track CD to CD Edit Select Track: 1/16 04:53 Select Track: + 1/16 04:53 Select Track: End 1Track 04:53 Place the master disc into the TOP reader drive a nd press ENT. The prescan starts and the following screen ap pears: Once the scanning [...]

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    12 End Edit Disc And burn? YES Copying – 52x Edit 1/16 → 1/1 Burn Complete! OK: 01 Continue Edit Next disc? NO Continue Edit Next disc? NO Close all disc’s Sessions? Yes Closing Session Please wait…. Close Complete OK: 01 Fail: 01 8. Edit Track 8-01. Edit Track CD to CD Edit This screen shows the total numb er of tracks selected from the ma[...]

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    13 8-02. Edit Track Play Audio Track Select Track: 1/16 04:53 8. Edit Track 8-01. Edit Track CD to CD Edit 8-03. Edit Track Close Session Close all disc’s Sessions? Yes Closing Session Please wait…. Close Complete OK: 01 Fail: 01 Press the ▼ button until the display reads: Press the ENT button. The following screen appears: To play a track, p[...]

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    14 Setup 9.Setup 9- 01. Setup Language 9-02. Setup Burn Speed 9-03. Setup Read Speed 9-04. Setup Auto Start Drive 9-05. Setup Start Up Menu 9-06. Setup Auto Verify 9-07. Setup Auto Compare 9-08. Setup Auto Prescan 9-09. Setup Eject Disc 9-10. Setup Burn Mode 9-11. Setup Display Time 9-12. Setup Button Sound 9-13. Setup Device Info 01 IDE2 Master CD[...]

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    15 The Setup menu include s many setting the user ca n select to cu stomize the use of the QD-52 duplicator. Here is a description of the options in the setu p menu. Please refer to the chart on page 15 for the location and options of these settings. Language The QD-52 duplicator has two language options, English and Spani sh. English is the defaul[...]

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    16 Eject Disc There are 3 options for the Eject Disc set ting: 1. Eject good discs only 2. Eject all discs 3. Do not eject discs The default setting is to eject the good discs only. Burn Mode There are 3 options for the Burn Mode setting: 1. DAO (Disc A t Once) 2. TAO – Not Close (Track At Once, not closed) 3. TAO (Track At Once, closed) The defa[...]

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    17 Adv Setup 10 - 01 A dv Setup Under Run Protect 10 . A dvanced Setup Under Run Protect ON 10 - 02 A dv Setup Overburn 10 - 03 A dv Setup Read Error Skip 10 - 04 A dv Setup Burn - In 10 - 05 A dv Setup Update Firmware 10 - 06 A dv Setup Compare Firmware 10 - 07 A dv Setup H / W Diagnostics 10 - 08 A dv Setup Load Default 10 - 09 A dv Setup CD + G [...]

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    18 Update F/W T.950 To T.970 YES? Advanced Setup Menu To get to the Advanced S etup M enu, press and hold the ESC button for three sec onds. The Advanced Setup menu inclu des options for the more adv anced user. Normally these functions are not u sed in the daily operation of the QD-52 duplicator. If you have any questions about using these functio[...]

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    19 S pecifications • Product Name Quic Disc QD-52 • Product Interface ATAPI/ IDE • Read Speed 52X • Write Speed 52X • Supported 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+G (Karaoke ) • System Display LED • Write Method Auto Detect (DAO, TAO ) ?[...]

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    20 Appendix 1 List of Functions 1 Copy 2 Test 3 Test & Copy 4 Verify 5 Compare 6 Prescan 7 Disc Info 8 Edit Track (for CD only) 8-1 CD to CD Edit 8-3 Play Audio Track 8-4 Close Session 9 Setup 9-1 Language (Default is English ) 9-2 CD Burn Speed (Default is Maximum) 9-3 CD Read Speed (Default is Maximum) 9-4 Auto Start Drive (Default is Off) 9-[...]

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    Appendix 2 LCD Messages Normal Conditions: Initialize SDRAM ........................ ........... .................. ............ .....Initialize the memory of the s ystem. Detect Drives ............................... ............... ......Detect what drives are connected with the system. User Abort! ........................ .................. ....[...]