On Feb 18, 2010, at 1:42 AM, Kris Tilford wrote:
And the DVR-106D has v. 108 firmware? If not, you CAN flash this on
your Mac. You can get firmware and flash tool for it here:
<http://files.rpc1.org/index.php?act=category&id=1080>
Also, the Pioneer is older and has restricted media types.
Here's a chart that shows EXACTLY which types of discs the DVD-106D
can use, and about half the discs aren't available to the DVD-106D
(the ones with the "X" don't work in the DVD-106D):
<http://wwwbsc.pioneer.co.jp/product-e/ibs/device_e/mediachart.html>
These charts are complex and you need to look at them carefully,
especially for the difference between DVD+R and DVD-R discs. It
appears the DVD-106D can only handled discs that are x2 or x4 discs,
with the possible exception of being able to use the x8 DVD+R discs
also. The DVD-106D is a 4x writer and thus incapable of recording
any dual-layer DVDs, but it should read them.
I made several attempts to upgrade one of my Pioneer 106Ds using the
dvrflash ... so far no go. Beforehand, It didn't read properly
anymore, so maybe its just shot. Here's the Terminal output:
Last login: Thu Feb 18 16:52:00 on ttys000
Acoustic-Piano-Mac:~ moonstoneartstudio$ /Users/moonstoneartstudio/
Desktop/DVRFlash/dvrflash -f PIONEER /Users/moonstoneartstudio/Desktop/
DVRFlash/R6100006.105 /Users/moonstoneartstudio/Desktop/DVRFlash/
R6100106.108
-bash: /Users/moonstoneartstudio/Desktop/DVRFlash/dvrflash: Permission
denied
Acoustic-Piano-Mac:~ moonstoneartstudio$
Some how I'm not getting through ... is there some way to clear the
way using my Admin Password? (if that's the problem).
Recap ... I believe the Samsung is functioning properly, but that the
Zenith set top just cannot read the DL DVDs.
I can go several $40-45 routes:
a. Buy a Sony Set Top (DVD only) player, that plays DL DVD+Rs.
b. Buy DVD2OneX, and convert my DVD files to Single Layer DVDs
(starting to like that idea)
http://www.dvd2one.com/?loc=about
c. Buy a Pioneer DL DVR-118D, and replace the failed DVR-106D ...
still doesn't solve the Playback issue, unless I connect one of my
Macs up to he TV (then I could playback from the harddrive, but
wouldn't have any remote control over the playback).
Perhaps I've gotten off topic, and after hijacking this thread! ...
apologies.
Note: I did discover, during all this, "Share Screen" between my DA
Dual 533 and my QS 2002 Dual 1GHz ...
So if Time Machine wasn't good enough an idea for buying Leopard ...
Share Screen makes up for it. ... IMHO.
Very Cool.
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