MicroBoards Technology manual Advanced Orbit II Operation, Special Notes

Orbit II Disc-to-Disc Copier Reference Manual – Revision I

7.0 Advanced Orbit II Operation:

There are three advanced Orbit II operation options, Burn CD?, Use Buzzer?, and Write Speed?. You put your Orbit II in its “simulate” mode by switching Burn CD? to No when you followed the installation

procedure in Section 5 of this manual. Burn CD? must be set to Yes for all copy operations.

The Use Buzzer? Setup menu selection allows you to turn off Orbit II’s audible alarm. If Orbit II’s buzzer is disabled, a flashing LED will be the only indication that the Input Hopper is empty, or there is a problem with the current job. If the buzzer is enabled, you can silence the audible alarm by pressing the

No key.

Set Write Speed? to the copy speed you want to use. Normally you should leave the write speed at 48x to maximize the number of CD-Rs you can write per hour. In order to run at 48x, it is important to make sure you are using blank CD-R media that is rated for 48x. If you are experiencing a high reject rate (also called “low yield”) with a particular batch of media, try lowering the copy speed to 16X.

Special Notes:

•If you are copying to CD-RW discs, the maximum copy speed is 10X.

•Orbit II will automatically adjust its copy speed if you load CD-RW discs instead of CD-R discs. You do not have to manually change Write Speed? to switch between CD-R and CD-RW jobs.

•CD-RW discs must be blank for use in Orbit II. Orbit II cannot erase or over-write CD-RW media.

There are two different ways you can set up your Orbit II, depending upon how you intend to use it. If Ask Quantity? is turned on, Orbit II will ask the operator how many discs should be processed for each job. In this operating mode you can leave a stack of blank CD-Rs in the Input Hopper. Orbit II will always provide the requested number of discs, even if some discs are rejected during the job. If Ask Quantity? is turned off, Orbit II will not request a quantity from the operator. Orbit II will expect the operator to place the proper number of discs in the Input Hopper before starting the job. If there are rejects, and a specific quantity of discs is needed, the operator will have to add additional discs during the job, or set up another job when the first job is complete. See Section 7 for additional details on the Ask Quantity? option.

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