Also, I used to be able to burn and read back DVD-R discs in this same
system. Lately, something happened and it does not let me read back some
DVD-R discs.
I test with a DVD-ROM movie and this DVR drive play the movie fine.
Is there anyway I can test the system?
On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 02:21:01 GMT, "ACMack" <no@spam.yahoo.com> wrote:
>I have Pioneer DVR 106D firmware 1.08.
>I have Windows XP Pro SP2.
>I have Nero Burning ROM 5.5.10.56
>
>I burn a DVD video on a DVD-R disc, region 1, in the slowest x1 speed. I can
>play this disc on my DVD player fine.
>
>But when I insert this disc back into the same drive, I have "no media".
>The drive just does not recognize the media, keep asking to insert media.
>
>What do I do to correct this? Thank you.
>
The drive is probably not being reset properly after the burn. Try
shutting down and restarting, then see if you can read the burned
disc. If you can read the disc afterwards, then this problen is
confirmed. To fix it, first, uninstall Nero 5.5 and then, second,
install Nero 6.6.1.15a and the problem will go away. http://www.majorgeeks.com/Nero_Burning_Rom_d633.html
On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 02:21:01 GMT, "ACMack" <no@spam.yahoo.com> wrote:
>I have Pioneer DVR 106D firmware 1.08.
>I have Windows XP Pro SP2.
>I have Nero Burning ROM 5.5.10.56
>
>I burn a DVD video on a DVD-R disc, region 1, in the slowest x1 speed. I can
>play this disc on my DVD player fine.
Did you modify the dvd write strategy to get x1 burn speed?
I never had much luck improving burn quality by changing dvd write
strategy in the firmware.
>
>But when I insert this disc back into the same drive, I have "no media".
>The drive just does not recognize the media, keep asking to insert media.
>
>What do I do to correct this? Thank you.
>
I have experienced this before with crappy Optodisc dvd+rw's. Sounds
like it could be marginal media to me, bet your not using taiyo yuden
dvd-r's. Or it could be the drive's read laser is weaking and going
south.
Luckily the Pioneer DVR 106D does nero cdspeed quality test (pie and
pif errors), you can verify the quaility of your burned media and if
its filled with errors. A marginal disk, a thumbprint could cause
enough additional errors to make the disk un-readable. http://www.cdspeed2000.com/ http://www.isobuster.com/
"JimK2" <1alpha@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 02:21:01 GMT, "ACMack" <no@spam.yahoo.com> wrote:
Actually, I have tried around 5 different brands of DVD-R media. From
expensive TDK & HP blank disc to cheapies. I have alrady tried write at x1,
x2, x4. Same results. I have asked my friends to write a DVD-R in his
system. I am unable to read it in mine. But this drive can play back DVD-ROM
movies fine.
Do you think I have software of hardware problem? From your answers, you
seems to think I have hardware DVR-106D drive problem? This is my second
Pioneer drives. Is Pioneer DVR internal drive has so much problems? What is
better choice and reasonable price?
"JimK2" <1alpha@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Jim, the drive just unable to see the presence of DVD-R media. I can see the
drive spins. So cannot run CD speed tests.
It reads DVD-ROM disc fine. This is Nero speed test using the DVD-ROM disc.
Nero CD Speed Test results
General Information
Operating System Windows XP
Drive PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D
Firmware Version 1.08
Serial Number CJDL037851UC
Disc DVD-ROM
Capacity 7.55 GB
Transfer Rate
Start 3.42x
End 4.58x
Average 6.45x
Type P-CAV
Seek Times
Random 139 ms
1/3 236 ms
Full 134 ms
CPU Usage
1X 7 %
2X 12 %
4X 24 %
8X 100 %
Interface
Burst Rate 12709 KB/sec
Spin Up/Down Times
Spin Up Time 0.01 sec
Spin Down Time 3.21 sec
Load/Eject Times
Load Time 11.88 sec
Eject Time 1.22 sec
Recognition Time 0.02 sec
Log
Time Elapsed Action
[10:19:31] Starting Transfer Rate Test
[10:35:24] 15:53 Speed:3-5 X P-CAV (6.45 X average)
[10:35:24] Starting Seek Times Test
[10:35:37] Random seek: 139 ms
[10:36:01] 1/3 seek: 236 ms
[10:36:15] 0:51 Full seek: 134 ms
[10:36:15] Starting CPU Usage Test
[10:36:30] CPU usage at 1X: 7 %
[10:36:45] CPU usage at 2X: 12 %
[10:37:01] CPU usage at 4X: 24 %
[10:37:27] 1:13 CPU usage at 8X: 100 %
[10:37:27] Starting Burst Rate Test
[10:37:29] 0:01 Interface burst rate: 12 MB/sec (12709 KB/sec)
[10:37:29] Starting Spin-Up/Down Test
[10:37:32] Spin-up time: 0.01 seconds
[10:37:45] 0:17 Spin-down time: 3.21 seconds
[10:37:45] Starting Load/Eject Test
[10:37:47] Eject time: 1.22 seconds
[10:37:58] Load time: 11.88 seconds
[10:37:58] 0:13 Recognition time: 0.02 seconds
Starting file test
Files: 7
Directories: 1
Size: 56 MB
Errors: 0
Speed: 3.3 X (4455 KB/sec)
File test completed
Unable to read back DVD-R disc 
Linear Mode
