Pioneer 105 burning 4X to 2X media - will it hurt drive?

[drewson99]

I have a 105 with most recent firmware.

For some wierd reason, all of a sudden I am given the option to burn at 4X to my TDK 2X media (A few days ago I was only given the option to burn at 1X-2X, *now* I get 1X,2X,3X,4X)

Burning with Nero 5.5.9.9

1) will this hurt my drive?
2) will it burn properly?

ty!

Andy

[Barnabas]

No, a couple of things control what speed the burner allows burning a certain disk at.

1: Firmware
2: Disk media ID and speed code imbedded on blank DVD
3: Burning software

If your burner will burn it at 4x, you won't hurt the burner, but if the media can't handle it you may see cracking of the media and or playback problems.

You likely have some disks that simply have the 4x ID code in them, even if you bought them as only 2x disks.

What firmware version do you have?

[tsantsa]

Try it out and come back and tell us! I'd love to know if I can use 2x media and burn at 4x on my 106!

[golfnut]

drewson, what version firmware do you have and where did you download it, pioneer or other site?

[disturbed1]

I have a 105 with most recent firmware.

For some wierd reason, all of a sudden I am given the option to burn at 4X to my TDK 2X media
Andy

TDK uses Ritek G04 as their 2x media, which is 4x capable. TDK will also make its own media, as well as Maxell as an OEM.

Check the media ID of your TDKs.

[drewson99]

drive info:

PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-105
Current Revision : 1.21
Release Date : 02/12/06
Model : Pioneer or Generic 3rd party model
Serial Number : BLDL161392WL

This firmware is already latest version.
This firmware does not need to be updated.


DVD info: (disturbed1 called it)

Region information N/A not a DVD-VIDEO
Media code/Manufacturer ID RITEKG04
Format Capacity Not Formatted
Free Blocks 412352512
Free Capacity 4.38GB(4.71GB)
Book Type DVD-R
Media Type DVD-R


BTW: they came out great! no errors or problems

[Barnabas]

That's OLD firmware! The latest is 1.33

[drewson99]

I don't get it. I ran the Pioneer firmware checker and it said:

This firmware is already latest version.
This firmware does not need to be updated.

hmmm

[Barnabas]

It's WRONG!!!!

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pna/article/0,,2076_4257_51972,00.html

[drewson99]

well it works great so i'm not messin' with it. (especially now that I can burn at 4X)

[nwf_snake]

You have a 4x drive, so of course you can burn at 4x! The TDKs are Ritek 4x discs!

[drewson99]

rad.