Firmware update for Pioneer 110D?

[Christian_R]

Greetings all!

After reading scads of reviews recommending Taiyo Yuden media, I purchased waaay too much TY DVD-R, only to find it absolutely, positively, in no way shape or form, would burn a viewable DVD with my system. (I'm flying a Powermac G4 dual 1GHz / 2GB RAM / 1TB HD running OSX v.10.3.9, and using the aforementioned DVR-110D burner.)

After the first dozen coasters, I sent all the media to Taiyo Yuden for inspection, with the suspicion I'd been sold counterfeit media. TY examined and confirmed it was theirs, and further, tested it on a 110D to find it worked for them, and shipped me all new media.(!) Their recommendation was that I update the Firmware.

I checked with Pioneer and they simply don't have Firmware for Mac for retail buyers. (Grrrrr! Arrrrg!) What with World War III brewing between the US and just about everybody else, I suppose I could worry about things of greater significance, but NO! I really want to update the Firmware for my little DVD burner so I can use this big box of TY DVD media.

Anyone responding with a solution that doesn't involve installing my burner in a PC to do the upgrade and then replacing it in my Mac, (Pioneer's suggestion), will be granted a nomination for Sainthood!

Cheers!

Chris ~

[Case]

You don't mention what firmware your drive currently has.
You don't mention specs (speed, media code) on your TY DVD-R discs.
Information like that might help...

Get the unofficial DVRFlash to update the firmware. DVRFlash supports Pioneer drives upto model 110D, so in your case there is no need to swap parts with a PC. DVRFlash is only a flashing utility, so you still need to get the firmware separately. That should help bring your firmware to 1.41, I believe.

[lawnman]

Get the unofficial DVRFlash to update the firmware. DVRFlash supports Pioneer drives upto model 110D, so in your case there is no need to swap parts with a PC. DVRFlash is only a flashing utility, so you still need to get the firmware separately. That should help bring your firmware to 1.41, I believe.

I have 2 110-Ds flashed to 110's just like you said with 1.41 and they both burn Taiyo Yuden -Rs.

Get your firmware at http://tdb.rpc1.org/ and use Pioneer 110, 1.41.

These are the command lines I used plus DVDFlash.

Command 1:
Code:
cd ~/desktop/dvrflash


Code:
./DVRFlash -ff Pioneer RA100010.141 RA100110.141


This is what is in System Profile now.

PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-110:

Firmware Revision: 1.41
Interconnect: FireWire
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2000 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RAM, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: No

Edit:
Christian_R,
I just thought of something. Since your running 10.3.9 you could try PatchBurn also.

[dnix71]

What are you using to burn with? There have been a lot of complaints about Toast 8. This thread is one: https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=324113

I'm still using 6.1.1 Titanium and have no plans at all to 'upgrade'. If I get Tiger (probably soon), I'll use Burn OSX, MMT-EZ, Disc Burner (Centromedia) or other freewares. I'm sorry about Toast having so much trouble, but I'm sure not going to pay for that.

I have 2 Pioneer 107D's both flashed region free. After you flash your drive, you MUST be careful about buying media that matches or exceeds you drive burn speed OR allow Toast to choose the burn speed for you. I made some coasters trying to overspeed burn some 4X discs before I realized that was my own fault. The flash firmware removes burn speed media checking.

[Christian_R]

Many thanks to all for replying!

I included far too few stats, yet you've all provided an arsenal of info to help me through this.

THANKS!!!