Mini DVD in Pioneer DVR-112D

seus5 · #1 03-13-2009, 11:39 PM

I have a Pioneer DVR-112D and have used it successfully with no problems for quite a while (your blank media guide has been quite a help in that) but I am having complete burn failure (100% fail rate) with some prodisk spin-x I just purchased for a project. I use Nero 7 Ultimate as my software and normally use ritek, Taiyo Yuden, and Phillips with some prodisk (depending on the purpose I intend for the disks) and have never seen more than a once in a while failure of disks. What could be causing this, and if you need the firmware how do I extract it from the device?

admin · #2 03-14-2009, 12:51 AM

There are several possible issues to consider here:

The DVDs may be bad. While it is unusual for Prodisc, it is not outside the realm of possibility that the discs are bad. Climate-related issues such as heat and moisture could have damaged the media before you even purchased them. In general, Prodisc gives at least 80% or more discs from a spindle will be perfect.

The burner may have firmware issues. The most recent firmware for this drive is v1.28 and is available from the Pioneer.co.jp site. You mention using Nero 7. I use Nero 6 on one computer (for data only, however -- it's not a very good program for burning DVD-Video). The following images demonstrate how to view the firmware revision currently in use by your drive, from within Nero.

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The burner may be dirty. Do not buy a "cleaning disc" as that tends to do more damage than not. I wrote a guide on this not long ago (it's been put in it's own thread as of tonight).

seus5 · #3 03-16-2009, 12:31 PM

Thanks for the tips on firmware. The disks weren't bad after all I burned them without problem on my girlfriend's computer, but I doubt I could have found the firmware upgrade site without your pointing it out. My firmware was 1.08 and update3d without a problem.

admin · #4 03-16-2009, 05:27 PM

Glad to hear that it all worked out.