Aleratec 13 DVD CD RoboRacer MultiDrive SA Duplicator User Guide

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Overview
Main Menu
This section provides a listing of the functions on the 1:3 DVD/CD 
RoboRacer MultiDrive SA. Detailed descriptions of each function are given 
in the next section.
There are 5 main menu items that will display in the 1:3 DVD/CD 
RoboRacer MultiDrive SA Display Panel. These are:
Disc Duplicate
Compare
Image
USB Mode
Setup  
						

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Image Load
Image Delete
Image Burn
Image Compare
Image
Overview
Subfunctions
The main menu “Image” function has 4 subfunctions. These are:  
						

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Overview
Subfunctions
The main menu “Setup” function has 16 subfunctions. These are:
Setup
Copy Mode
Demo Run
Load Firmware
Max Disc Errors
CD Burn Speed
DVD Burn Speed
Default Reload
Format Hard Disk
Test Mode Set
System Sound
Erase Disc
Software ID 
Reset Robot
Input Bin
Pointer 1
Pointer 2
Disc At Once
Track At Once
Full
Quick
Copy
Test
Test + Copy
Read Error Skip
Auto Verify
Over Burn Mode  
						

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Main Menu: Disc Duplicate
This is the default mode of the 1:3 DVD/CD RoboRacer MultiDrive SA 
controller. This function will activate the duplication process. 
 
 
1. Load a source disc in the input bin and load blank discs for the number 
of copies needed. 
 
 
2. Press ENTER (ENT), then select the quantity of discs you wish to 
duplicate from the quantity menu, (make sure the number of blanks 
loaded is equal to or greater than, the number entered.) Or simply select 
“Auto” from the quantity menu. The unit will make duplicates until all 
loaded blanks have been used.
Disc Duplicate  
						

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Main Menu: Compare
Compare will perform a bit by bit comparison of the disc copies loaded on 
the input bin to the source disc. 
1. Press the LEFT/RIGHT arrow keys ( ) to navigate to the 
“Compare” function.  
2. Load the disc to be checked. 
3. Press ENTER (ENT) to begin compare.
 
 
 
4. Use the ESCAPE (ESC) key to return to the Main Menu. 
Main Menu: Image
Four image subfunctions manage the disc images on the built in hard disk 
drive. These are:
Image Load
Image Compare 
Image Burn 
Image Delete
1. Press the LEFT/RIGHT arrow keys ( ) to navigate to the “Image” 
function. 
Compare
Image
Compare
Check SourceDisc  
						

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Main Menu: Image - continued 
Image	Load
“Image Load” will copy an image of a source disc loaded in the input bin to 
a chosen hard drive partition. 
1. Press ENTER (ENT) key to enter the subfunction menu. 
2. Press ENTER (ENT) and use the LEFT/RIGHT arrow keys ( ) to 
select the partition location. 
If there is a file size being displayed in the chosen partition, the image 
will be overwritten. The partitions are labeled alphabetically. 
3. Press ENTER (ENT) to load the image on the HDD.
When the image load is complete, the source disc will be ejected to the 
output bin.
4. Use the ESCAPE (ESC) key to return to the Main Menu. 
Image	Compare
This function will perform a bit by bit comparison of the disc copies loaded 
in the input bin to the image on the hard drive selected.
1. Press the LEFT/RIGHT arrow keys ( ) to navigate to the “Image” 
function. 
2. Press ENTER (ENT) key to enter the subfunction menu. 
3. Press the LEFT/RIGHT arrow keys ( ) to navigate to the “Image 
Compare”.  
Image
Load
Select Partition
No Image
Image
Compare  
						

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4. Press ENTER (ENT) and select the partition to be compared.
5. Press ENTER (ENT) to start. 
6. Use the ESCAPE (ESC) key to return to the Main Menu.
Image	Burn
This function will select the source image from the hard drive and burn the 
desired number of copies.
1. Press the LEFT/RIGHT arrow keys ( ) to navigate to the “Image” 
function. 
2. Press ENTER (ENT) key to enter the subfunction menu. 
3. Press the LEFT/RIGHT arrow keys ( ) to navigate to “Image 
Burn”. 
4. Press ENTER (ENT) and select the partition to be burned.
5. Press ENTER (ENT) to select the partition you want. The “Quantity” 
menu will now display.
6. Press the LEFT/RIGHT arrow keys ( ) to select the desired number 
of copies. 
7. Use the ESCAPE (ESC) key to return to the Main Menu.
Select Partition
A     4174MB
Image
Burn
Select Partition
A     4174MB  
						

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Main Menu: Image - continued 
Image	Delete
Using this function you can select a partition to be deleted from the hard drive. 
1. Press the LEFT/RIGHT arrow keys ( ) to navigate to the “Image” 
function. 
2. Press ENTER (ENT) key to enter the subfunction menu. 
3. Press the LEFT/RIGHT arrow keys ( ) to navigate to the “Image 
Delete”. 
4. Press ENTER (ENT) and select the partition to be deleted.
5. Press ENTER (ENT) to delete the image file. 
6. Use the ESCAPE (ESC) key to return to the Main Menu.
Select Partition
A     4174MB
Image
Delete  
						

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Main Menu: USB Mode
The “USB mode” activates the connection from the 1:3 DVD/CD 
RoboRacer MultiDrive SA built in hard disk drive to a PC. 
1. Press the LEFT/RIGHT arrow keys ( ) to navigate to the “USB 
Mode” function.
2. Press ENTER (ENT) and the system will ask you if you want to enter 
the “USB mode”.
3. Press ENTER (ENT)  again to make the connection. 
Allow the duplicator and the PC time to register the USB connection 
before accessing the drives on the RoboRacer MultiDrive SA. 
Once the USB connection is made, in order to edit “USB Mode” and 
press ESCAPE and then ENTER to leave the USB connection and 
return to the “Stand Alone Mode”.
You cannot see the HDD or DVD/CD drives in “My Computer” because 
the HDD is formatted with a special file format that can only be read by 
the RoboRacer MultiDrive SA controller. Only the “Image Manager” 
program, covered in the next pages, can send files to the HDD.
USB Mode
Enter USB Mode
Are you sure ?  
						

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Main Menu: USB Mode - continued
First install the Image Manager software included on the Software/User 
Guide CD. 
Using	Image	Manager
1. Once the Image Manager software is installed, put the RoboRacer 
MultiDrive SA into USB Mode and connect the device to your PC.
2. After Windows has finished registering the device you will have access 
to the HDD through the Image Manager software.
3. To load an image file to the RoboRacer MultiDrive SA’s HDD, start the 
Image Manager software.
4. The first screen that will appear will be the image you see below.  
Select the “Manage Images” button located at the lower left corner of 
the screen.
5. After clicking on the “Manage Images” button, you will see a table 
where each partition is or will be located on the HDD.