DVR 104 won't burn dvds, only cds

Discussion in 'DVD players' started by chamat, Dec 7, 2002.

  1. chamat

    chamat Guest

    I don't get it. I created a DVD image on my hard drive that works (I can play it with powerDVD), but when I try to burn it through:
    -dvdIt
    -SpruceUp
    -GearPro
    that won't work. As the softwares try to write the first track, I get immediately an error message about a communication error with the dvd burner. I tried a dvd-r and dvd-rw mediums with the same result. The laser is working though since I can burn CDs. so what gives? I tried to change my hardware config, changing the dvr-104 from slave to master on the secondary ide. I also tried pio and ultra DMA mode without success.

    I've got a dual athlon MP 2200 running win2k. Other peripheral are a sony DVD-rom, maxtor 80 gb and floppy.

    I'be been browsing the internet for at least 2 weeks now, but I still can't find someone in the same situation. Am I the only one with a totally screwed up burner?

    Please Help if you can.

    Thanks
     
    chamat, Dec 7, 2002
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  2. ld324

    ld324 Guest

    I am fairly new to this, but I would suggest doing a firmware upgrade and see if that helps. I know the 104 I just got had a very old firware version in it. You can see alot of posts regarding the firware versions for the 104 on these forums
     
    ld324, Dec 7, 2002
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  3. chamat

    chamat Guest

    Sorry, I forgot to mention that I already upgraded the firmware following pioneer advice (it is now v1.32). After upgrading, the results were identical

    ## I can't write a single DVD track ##
     
    chamat, Dec 8, 2002
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  4. Lazso

    Lazso Member

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    Hello!

    I am not familiar to programs you mentioned.
    Right now, at tehe moment I am burning a DVD with Nero Burning ROM - the writer is DVR-104 (ver. 1.33).

     
    Lazso, Dec 13, 2002
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  5. Odyssey

    Odyssey Guest

    One thing you might want to check is the settings on your computer. I was encountering problems until I set my computer to PIO under the drive settings.
     
    Odyssey, Dec 16, 2002
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    Chamat,
    I had exactly this problem end of last summer. If it is the same then your drive needs replacing. I think the problem lies with the laser staying on too long when writing DVDs which can burn it out. I think Pioneers lastest firmware was meant to fix it, but I only found that out once it already happened.
    I had to return the drive back to Ebuyer.com, have been waiting over 3 months for them to fix it so far.
     
    harjster, Jan 24, 2003
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  7. chamat

    chamat Guest

    I finally found a way to burn DVD on my A04. it turns out that Veritas has the right kind of dvd burner program. A friend of mine bought an external dvd burner from HP. The software bundled was from veritas and works very well with the DVR-104.

    I have no idea why my other DVD authoring tools were not able to handle the A04 properly though.

    Thanks to all of you for your help.

    Chamat
     
    chamat, Jan 24, 2003
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