Pioneer 111d problem.

[MaloFX]

Hello all, I'm having some issues with backing up my DVDs with this Pioneer 111d, I had a Pioneer 108 and I had no problem, burning at 12x on 8x Ritek media, on the 111d I burn at 8x (no biggie) but my back ups skip when I play on one of my DVD players. Any suggestions?

Thank you in advanced

[OneSickPup]

I've read that the Pioneer 111/111d does not do well with Ritek G05. Possibly other Ritek codes. I have not purchased any Ritek media in over 2 years so I have no personal experience. My 111d does very well with MCC 004, MCC 03RG20, Yuden000T02, TYG02 and even TYG03 to some extent.

On a side-note - my old 108 burned Ritek G04/G05 exceptionally well - initially anyways. I just could not cope with the sporadic degradation issues. I eventually reburned every family video I used Ritek media for and redid what few movie backups I had done. It will be a LONG TIME before I ever purchase another Ritek dvd.

[MaloFX]

Thank you for your respond.

Question: What brand whould these bee? MCC 004, MCC 03RG20, Yuden000T02, TYG02 can you mention one or two name brands?

Thank you

[OneSickPup]

Thank you for your respond.

Question: What brand whould these bee? MCC 004, MCC 03RG20, Yuden000T02, TYG02 can you mention one or two name brands?

Thank you

Easiest to find in retail stores here in the US is Verbatim DVD-R 16x (MCC 03RG20) and Verbatim DVD+R 16x (MCC 004). The 111D will burn those exceptionally well at 12x - even 16x if you prefer. Taiyo Yuden media is harder to find in retail stores because many brands like Sony have several different media codes available within a given product line. An example would be Sony DVD-R 8x where it could be TYG02 or SONY08D1. The SONY08D1 gets even further confusing because there are two flavors of it - one made in Japan and the other made in Taiwan. As a general rule though, your 111D should be fine with any of the Sony media as far as I can tell with mine. Good luck.

[MaloFX]

Thank you very much for taking the time to explain this step by step.