i have a Philips DVDR 1660P1 and keep getting error messages on my disks whem buring is it my firmware i think it is can some one tell me where to download my firmware for this dvd rw as i cant find it any where also i dont know how to install firmware my firmware is p1.3 at the moment
Hi labajue The latest is P1.6 - here's a link. The will be a file in this download that will try you how to update the firmware. it's pretty easy - only takes a few minutes.
cheers for link .but im not sure what to do when o go to the web page as it only has to files i can click on . one is a update link the other is a firmware link but there not for my model . its for another model the SPD1400BD/00 i want firmware for this model Philips DVDR 1660P1 . but thers nothing when i click on model search it says no matches for this search am i doing somthing wrong
thaks i just sorted it i updated my firmware to 1.6 cheers. but i have one more question i can record on my disks at these speeds on datawrite - disks using nero 7 2x 4x 8 x but i dont know what speed to use as before if i used the higher speeds i got errors and if i use higher speeeds will the disks play in all dvd players
Sorry about that labajue I forgot to mention that those are the same models for this drive - glad you sorted that out! Datawrite uses different manufacturers - some good and some bad. So pop a blank disc in the drive. In Nero SmartStart go to ToolKit>cd-dvd speed>disc info tab. Check the manufacturer. If it's MCC, TY, Ritek, Ricoh try 8x - should be good. It's what I burn at on good media. Any other manufacturers show up - take it down to 4x.
