Optical Duplicator Compare

The Compare function will perform a bit-by-bit comparison between your master disc (or master image on the hard drive) and all the copies. The reason for performing this Compare operation is to ensure that all of your copies contain data identical to the master.

	1. From the Main Menu, press the UP or DOWN button to navigate to Compare. Press the ENT button to enter the Compare menu
	2. You will see the Counter screen. For more information on the Counter, see section “General Operation -> Setting a Job Counter”.

Once you have set the Counter, any trays that do not contain discs in them will automatically be ejected. You will see the following Preparation screens:

3. Insert discs into the drives.

After you’ve loaded the drives with discs, close the trays and allow 5 - 10 seconds for the system to detect them. If either of the preparation screens are displayed for more than 2 minutes after you have inserted your discs, please check the quality of the discs.

Once all the discs have been recognized, you will see the confirmation screen.

	Note: The “7” indicates that there are seven discs recognized by the Writers. The actual quantity may be different depending on the number of discs you have inserted.
	4. When the number of discs detected matches the number of blank discs you inserted, press the ENT button. You will see the Processing screen.

After 2 to 5 seconds of processing time, the Compare Progress screen will appear.

Note: It is normal to see the progress indicator stay at 0-10% and 100% for approximately 30 seconds to one minute for duplication. That is caused by the initializing and finalizing stages.

5. Once the Compare process has been completed, you will see the following screen.

√ PASS 7 - number of discs successfully copied. √ FAIL 0 - number of discs that failed to copy. √ ( 7 ) - number of copies made for this job so far.

The successful copies will be ejected. Remove the successful copies, refill the trays with blank media and press the ENT button to continue comparing another round of copies. Any discs that fail to compare will not be ejected automatically. You will need to manually eject them and throw them away if they are single recording discs. Empty drives will also not be ejected automatically.

6. Terminate the current job.

                a) If you have finished making copies, press the ESC button to terminate the current

                    duplication project and exit to the Main Menu.

                b) If you specified a Counter, once you see the following screen indicating that the

                    specified Counter value has been reached, you can then press the ENT button to

                    exit to the Main Menu.