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Pioneer DVR107 8x DVD+/-R Writer Released
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zoidy
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23. February 2004 @ 23:43 |
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Here we go.... lol
You'll have to check inside your machine mate, run the cable from the IDE slot up to the optical drive, (the central clip in the cable should be clipped into the optical) then the end clipped into the hard drive.
If the cable is'nt long enough - you can buy them very cheaply over the net - if your in the UK £2-£3 quid. Be careful what you buy though... cables have changed as P.C.'s have grown more powerful - make sure you buy the same one...
By the way... If your P.C. or peripheral equipment does suggest a method of connection - you should always follow the manufacturers advice.
ZB
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zoidy
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23. February 2004 @ 23:43 |
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"oops - doubled up on the thread - removed it sorry"
ZB
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This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 23. February 2004 @ 23:47
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24. February 2004 @ 14:10 |
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Thx, Zoidy. Hang around here long enuff and you'll be giving Oriphus and ScubaPete a run for their money. And all of the viewers will be the winners in that race.
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24. February 2004 @ 16:11 |
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lol - he already is. Got a long way to catch up though with us :-)
Im not sure how many posts i have made but i good few months ago it was just over 6,000 if i remember correctly, but you should make that up in no time ;-)
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zoidy
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25. February 2004 @ 05:36 |
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Thanks for the compliment guys - but I'll leave it to you experts and promise only too give advice on anything I'm sure about...
I'll pop in from time to time, if you guys don't mind - just to see what's happening.
Besides - I came here for advice remember! My 107 is working a treat by the way...
Zoidy
It takes two wrong's to make a right... But two Wrights to make an airplane!
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25. February 2004 @ 07:42 |
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Its a good drive. Who really is an expert at the end of the day? We all learn from someone. I'll learn new things everyday from reading some answers...
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ericbee
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25. February 2004 @ 16:00 |
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I think I may have just run into "my" first problem with the hacked 107 drive.
For the first time EVER, while using shrink the disk failed to burn correctly. I don't know if it a shrink issue or what but, Ihave never had any problems using shrink and having a disc fail to burn.
I will try it one more time and see if it was just an anomaly or if there is some sort of problem burning through shrink using Nero.
Anyone else with a hacked 107 using shrink and Nero 6 have a problem with 8x yet?
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25. February 2004 @ 16:37 |
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I had a problem originally with Record Now, changed over to the Nero 6 and it was solved. Let us know how u get on...
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stamnes
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26. February 2004 @ 04:54 |
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I just got a 107 and I can't burn higher than 1.6x on Memorex DVD-R discs. The machine I have the burner is running Windows 2000 server. I flashed it up to the newest firmware and it is still doing the same thing. I am going to go buy some different discs and try it. Just not sure why it won't burn 4x rated memorex's higher than 1.5
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ericbee
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26. February 2004 @ 04:55 |
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Well, I tired again and everything worked perfectly. Maybe it was just a bad disc, a conflict of some sort, that particular movie (sinbad for kids)or just bad luck. In any case, when burning school of rock it all worked seamlessly with ZERO compression I might add.
Sorry for the false alarm.
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zoidy
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26. February 2004 @ 05:45 |
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I've experienced this, I tried copying a bluey ;-) "for one of the lads in work I might add lol" The disk refused to be recognised when Nero 6 kicked in ?!?#!.
Put a different disk in - no worries, film copied no problem.
Now I was going to throw the disk away, but I tried it with another film - burned ok. Maybe the disk was "porn protected" ,"lol".
I think Nero was playing silly buggers - but I wouldn't worry too much - If this keeps happening maybe we should all write to Pioneer tech. And ask them to look into it?
As for the issue with disk burning at 1.5, yeah try a different media type - also reinstall your software - make sure you do a complete uninstall first, then reboot to flush the registry - then reinstall - you never know! Let us know.
ZB
It takes two wrong's to make a right... But two Wrights to make an airplane!
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lesleb
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4. March 2004 @ 10:45 |
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hi there
just been bought a 107 by my wife for my birthday.
Could anyone tell me if it supports 99min 870mb cdrs
Also are DataWrite red 4x ok with the 107, found someone selling 25 for £8.99
thanks
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zoidy
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4. March 2004 @ 23:18 |
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You romantic old dowg you! Now that's what I call a prezzy... Bought my wife a dishwasher once, had to send here back to Sweden though - lol.
I've had some bad experience's with various cheap disks on my previous Optorite writer - I was using Datewrite Red and Bulkpack Red. - crap quality.
I bought the 107 and thought I might as well try burning on them again to use them up - 20-30 burns later - no problems, disks work fine on every reader they've been in, so I'd say yes, try them, it's worth the gamble.... especially at that price!
Now there's your advice...... Pay up for it...... Where are you buying disk's at that price??? Lol.
Zoidy
It takes two wrong's to make a right... But two Wrights to make an airplane!
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5. March 2004 @ 02:11 |
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I've burnt 99min CD's with the Pioneer no problem.
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grovesej
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5. March 2004 @ 14:03 |
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Just now, I purchased the Pioneer DVR-107 online for $122.00 (including shipping) from:
http://us-depot.com/pidv8xdvdrin.html
I am currently running the DVR-105 and I hope the new one lives up to my expectations!
http://mysite.verizon.net/eric.groves/index.htm
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5. March 2004 @ 16:34 |
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It will, i recommend getting the firmware up-date for 12x ripping and 8x burning of 4x media. You can get it from the link for my site in my signature under downloads.
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zoidy
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6. March 2004 @ 10:05 |
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Oriphus, what are you doing to my brain! lol
I've been reading the thread over a couple of days now, and you've talked me into updating my firmware (nobody seems to have issues once it's done!
- so I followed your link for the update and - "this is when I went pear shaped" - I use windows 98, and the readme files attached with the firmware suggests xp,
Also I've come across 2 firmware updates (aaahhhhhh)
Gis some advice mate, do I use,,,
DVR-107Dv1.05_RPC-1+12xRip+8xDVD-R_WINDOWS_XP
or
DVR-107D v1.10 - RPC-1 + 12xRip + 8xDVD-R
I downloaded...
DVRFlash_v1.1
But 'aint got a clue how to update this on my system...
Is there a guide or can you tell me how it's done (dos commands if needed too)
Cheers
Zoidy
(P.S. - it's saturday night - don't reply if your toooo pissed!)
It takes two wrong's to make a right... But two Wrights to make an airplane!
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zoidy
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8. March 2004 @ 08:41 |
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Right -
I got my brain into gear and read, re-read then tried the firmware patch for X8 burning on X4 media.
Firmware Rev.:V1.05
Author: NIL: Files Compiled by Flash
Started the Win98 command prompt.
Typed in the directory - got as far as this and no further.........???
I typed...
C:\flash>DVRFlash -V E: R7100007.105 R7100107.105
And all I got was this?
C:\flash>DVRFlash -V E: R7100007.105 R7100107.105
C:\FLASH\DVRFLASH.EXE: illegal option -- V
DVRFlash v1.1 : Pioneer DVR firmware flasher
Coded by Agent Smith in the year 2003 with a little help from >NIL:
usage: DVRFlash [-f] [-k] [-v] device [kernel] [general]
Most features are autodetected, but if you want to specify options:
-f : force flashing
-k : put drive in Kernel mode
-v : verbose
Any Ideas where I'm going wrong guys?
I'm currently on 1.10 anyways?!?
Thanks
Mark
It takes two wrong's to make a right... But two Wrights to make an airplane!
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karatone
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8. March 2004 @ 08:51 |
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I've been using my flashed 107 drive for a few weeks now and the only problem I have encountered is that when burning 4X Riteks at 8X after playback on my pc and my tabletop dvd player is that the movie back-up freezes and gets stuck and starts getting all jerky,so for the time being I've decided to burn my 4x media at 6X. I'm using 1. DVD Decrypter 2.DVD2One 3. Nero 6 Oem suite. I think this drive is awesome cause it also does my CD+G (karaoke) back-ups to CDR using Padus discjuggler and it's not even mentioned on their supported hardware list,6X is faster than 4X so I can't complain. Is anyone else out there experiencing this little bug? thanks
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drchips
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8. March 2004 @ 09:44 |
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Hiya zoidy,
There is a difference between -v (lowercase) and -V (uppercase)...
Do you think that might be what is wrong?
Apart from booting into the DOS part of Win98 (which is not a true DOS anyway).
One of the reasons why I keep DOS 6.22 handy.
Have Fun...
Life is just more of the same:
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zoidy
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8. March 2004 @ 09:53 |
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thanks for the tip, but the V is a typing error here only ;-(
In dos, I'm putting in lower case "v".
I've been scanning the other forums - but still abit stuck.
I've put all the files in a place called
C:/Flash
I start with the win98 boot disk
at A: I change Directory to C:/Flash (where i hold the files)
Follow the procedure and ..... NOWT!
Pissing me off it is - but I'm probably learning :-)
Any help is still appreciated,
Regards
Zoidy
It takes two wrong's to make a right... But two Wrights to make an airplane!
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Preyzuess
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8. March 2004 @ 15:19 |
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karatone - I have noticed the same thing on ritek 4x -r burning at 8x I get skips etc. , So I only burn at 6x still pretty darn good. I love this drive. I have 2 of them in 1 box and can do 2 disc's in under 11 mins.
6 PIONEER A07 / 107 8x ± hacked firmware
RITEK RULES !!!!
Best way to backup that movie
1 DVD Decrypter 3.5.2.0
2 DVD2One 1.5.2
3 Nero 6.3
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karatone
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8. March 2004 @ 20:04 |
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Hey Prey, it looks like you're using the same programs that I am and getting the same results at 8X ,maybe someone else can chime in about how they are able to get freeze and jitter free back-ups at 8X. Anyone else getting perfect results at 8X? I think it's probably Nero that's limiting our speed. I don't think it's the drives fault for the defects. I am very impressed with this drive. If you don't already have this new 107 ,get it now!
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ericbee
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10. March 2004 @ 02:49 |
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No problems burning ritek 4x at 8x. No skipping no issues at all. I too have that faint ring on the burned side of the disc but, it causes no problems in any of my players and everything is working fine.
I too use dvd20ne, decrypter and nero
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Preyzuess
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10. March 2004 @ 04:57 |
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ericbee , are you using + or - ritek ? I am using - and I get pixel/skip near last chapter in every movie I tried at 8x burn. though 6x burn is flawless. Also is there a booktype setting utility for the pioneer a07 ? I would like to burn as dvd-rom instead of +or- r.
6 PIONEER A07 / 107 8x ± hacked firmware
RITEK RULES !!!!
Best way to backup that movie
1 DVD Decrypter 3.5.2.0
2 DVD2One 1.5.2
3 Nero 6.3
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