help please

[swiss]

i bought some princo 4x not knowing how sorry they are now. and when i put them in my toshiba r5002 it says bad media. i used the 1x princos before worked perfect. i know that the drive is only 2x but it should go to 2x instead of saying bad media. can someone help me, do i have to play with the settings or send the dvd-r back. thanks

[swiss]

can someone please help

[Gees]

You've only waited a day for a response. The forum rules say:

Please try not to bump your topic(reply to your own topic) immediately, wait at least a few days.

I'm not sure what answer you are looking for. If you bought the wrong media and can send them back, why not just do that?

For future - many helpful people skip over posts that just say "Help Me", even if you add "please". For best responses, use a question that describes the problem.

[swiss]

thanks for the tips, next time ill wait a few days. but the anwser im looking for is is there a way to still burn somehow even tough it says bad media. im sure its not bad but wrong speed. somehow someway to get to burn at 2x. and the reason i dont want to send back is ill loose about 30 dollars reshiping and another kind of media, and if they get lost in the way back im just out of luck.

[FulciLives]

thanks for the tips, next time ill wait a few days. but the anwser im looking for is is there a way to still burn somehow even tough it says bad media. im sure its not bad but wrong speed. somehow someway to get to burn at 2x. and the reason i dont want to send back is ill loose about 30 dollars reshiping and another kind of media, and if they get lost in the way back im just out of luck.

You are screwed.

Sorry.

Send them back and eat the $30 or keep them all and eat the whole thing.

That is basically what it boils down too.

Try Ritek G03 or better yet Ritek G04 discs.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

P.S.
If you have the money go Taiyo-Yuden as it is the BEST media though a bit high on the price scale. Best price I have seen for those have been at RIMA.COM

[Synergy]

...but the anwser im looking for is is there a way to still burn somehow even tough it says bad media. im sure its not bad but wrong speed. somehow someway to get to burn at 2x...

Have you tried to update the burner to the latest firmware?

http://www.toshiba-europe.com/storage/Index.asp?page=PDR&nav=RSC_SDR&stype=product&pty...&model=SDR5002

If you still cannot burn these discs using the latest firmware, your best bet is to contact Toshiba's tech support, and hopefully, the support will be added in the future.

[swiss]

thanks to all i updated the firmware and it worked pretty damn good. only if the media will hold up now.

[FulciLives]

thanks to all i updated the firmware and it worked pretty damn good. only if the media will hold up now.

Well I am glad you got it to work.

To be safe I would try to keep the final size of the DVD at or just below 4.0GB and run each and every Princo DVD you burn through some sort of READ ERROR TEST such as the one you can do with DVDInfoPro.

If it has any READ ERRORS then chuck it. Otherwise you could have trouble later.

And just a though ... ... don't buy Princo media again!

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[dengar]

I dont understand how so many people read these forums, see that Princo sucks, go out and BUY PRINCO!!!, then ask on the very same forums "What is wrong??? Can someone help me??? HELP??!?!?!"

Someone please explain it to me.

[ZippyP.]

Someone please explain it to me.

Cheapness winning out over common sense.

[Gazorgan]

When dealing with princo's you can try and cheat. Instead of useing a target DVDR size of 4.3 GB try 3.8 GB. Princo's are notorius for "failing at the end of the movie". The edges are bad. By not using 500 MB you can usually get a good burn.

Personally I'd pitch them and get some Ritek G03's or Go4's You can get them in the states for $1.20 or so on sale.