pioneer 104 compatability issue with tdk dvd-r

[gblackham]

Help

has anyone had trouble with TDK dvd-r 4.7 gb discs in the pioneer.

my system has worked brilliantly for a year on several disc brands but i just bought some of these and hell broke loose!

when i put the disc in the drive nothing happens... explorer says there is no disc or eben loses sight of the drive completely...

if i open dvd movie factory it says the disc capacity is 0

i thought the drive had gone wrong but i put a verbatim disc in which i have used b4 and everything immediately came right!

anyone else had this trouble?

[gcutler]

I had burned over 100 TDK DVD-R 1x and 2x, with never a problem. these were the made in Japan Jewel Cases or 15 spindles, and not the made in Taiwan 25/100 spindles.

Have you applied the latest firmware. I had done all my 104 burning since early firmwares so don't think that is inherently the issue.
http://wwwbsc.pioneer.co.jp/product-e/ibs/device_e/dev00001r_e.html

Do these say TDK on the DVDs themselves. One attempt to buy TDKs gave me a no-names spindle that I'm pretty sure were counterfeit.

[gblackham]

hi thanks for your reply

these are TDK data/video discs 1-4x they are grey and bought in a 5 pack each in individual dvd cases.

they are from a major UK retailer so I doubt they are counterfeit.

the writer is one of the original ones when they were launched a couple of years old and i have changed nothing

[gblackham]

I have sorted it

the discs are 4x and the original 1.20 firmware cant handle them. I downloaded the firmware v 1.41 upgrade from pioneer and it is fine now

[EpitaphILIP]

I have the same problem as you, but I can't install the new firmware. When I open it it says "Available Target is Not Found". Anyone know what's going on?