Problems with "Incompatible Medium Inserted" and a Pioneer DVR-A07XL...

[JMSFedaykin]

Hello All!

 

I did a search but I can't seem to find anything similar to my problem. I've got a Pioneer DVR-A07XL drive and for the life of me I cannot get it to correctly identify Verbatim 8X DVD+R DL. I've updated the firmware through all the revisions from 1.10 to 1.22 and it still comes up as "Incompatible Medium Inserted."

 

Here's the ImgBurn Log:

 

 

; //****************************************\\
;   ImgBurn Version 2.5.8.0 - Log
;   Sunday, 03 November 2013, 13:38:10
; \\****************************************//
;
;
I 13:37:45 ImgBurn Version 2.5.8.0 started!
I 13:37:45 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 3)
I 13:37:45 Total Physical Memory: 1,571,296 KiB  -  Available: 373,688 KiB
I 13:37:45 Initialising SPTI...
I 13:37:45 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 13:37:45 -> Drive 1 - Info: PIONEER DVD-RW  DVR-107D 1.22 (D:) (ATA)
I 13:37:45 Found 1 DVD±RW!
I 13:38:10 Close Request Acknowledged
I 13:38:10 Closing Down...
I 13:38:10 Shutting down SPTI...
I 13:38:10 ImgBurn closed!

 

And here's the info from DVRFlash:

 

 

Drive Information:
   Description : PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-107D
  Firmware Rev : 1.22
 Firmware Date : 05/09/08
  Manufacturer : PIONEER
Drive is in normal mode.

Additional Drive Information:
 Serial Number : DCDC005356WL
Interface type : ATA
DVR generation : 0007
   Kernel type : PIO_ADV
   Normal type : PIO_ADV
Kernel version : 0002

        Status : RPC-2 (region locked)
        Region : 1
       Changes : 4 region changes remaining
                 4 vendor resets remaining
                 state is 'Region set'

 

Is there some setting or something that I'm missing in ImgBurn? It's my understanding that this is basically just a function of the drive and firmware, but I thought I'd post here in case I'm just missing something obvious. I also posted over at The Firmware Page to see if they could give me any advice. I should also mention that I've checked the drive with Verbatim CD-R's and Verbatim DVD+R Single Layers and it works fine. The only thing I haven't tried yet are the 2.4x DL Verbatims.

 

Thanks In Advance!

-J

[RhoTrux64]

Pioneer DVR-A07XL does not burn dual layer discs.  Look up the specs.

 

http://www.pioneer.eu/eur/products/archive/DVR-A07XLA/page.html

Edited November 4, 2013 by RhoTrux64

[JMSFedaykin]

Wow! It didn't even occur to me. I just double checked the order on Newegg and the model I got wasn't actually the model I ordered...

 

Well, that sucks! But thanks for the info!

 

-J