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  • sfgcal
    Junior Member
    Junior Member
    • Nov 2005
    • 6

    Chewy - Please help with NEC Burner

    I've been DVD burning for a couple of years now, but last month I decided to upgrade my 2x burner to a new NEC 16X Dual Layer, model #ND3540a. My problem is playback on at least one DVD player - in the car. Through trial and error, I have pinpointed the exact disc that I started having problems with playback, and it was the first disc I burned with the new burner. I changed nothing - using DVD Shrink and Nero just liked I've used hundreds (literally) of times before. Unfortunately, the movies that play in the car are for my son, such as Lilo & Stitch 2, Robots, and Madagascar. They play fine on two different players at home, but once they go into the car, I get a read error message every time. I've noticed that under the burner properties, there is no region chosen, and the driver version is 5.1.2535.0. I am going to select Region 1 right now since I am in the middle of another burn - shrinking right now. Hopefully this solves it - doubtful. I have a 2004 Acura MDX that has played everything up to this point.

    Any Help?!?
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  • jmet
    Super Moderator
    • Nov 2002
    • 8697

    #2
    1. What brand of media are you using?
    2. How fast are you burning them?

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    • sfgcal
      Junior Member
      Junior Member
      • Nov 2005
      • 6

      #3
      TDK 8x DVD+R - burning at 8x. Should I drop down to 4x? I've been doing some reading, and there seems to be a corellation with write speed and compatibility.

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      • jmet
        Super Moderator
        • Nov 2002
        • 8697

        #4
        Try 4X, if you still experience problems go down to 2X.

        Edit: I have the same burner and I love it! I have yet to burn a coaster!

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        • Chewy
          Super Moderator
          • Nov 2003
          • 18971

          #5
          I haven't confirmed with the 3540a yet, but I am pitching the first
          disk burned after flash or new media change with my 3520's.

          It's something to do with the first time an nec or benq burner sees a certain media and power calibration, I do know the first burn takes longer.

          Take Jmet's advise, post a nero log, and plan on flashing the firmware
          to bitset those +r's for compatibility in the car player.

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          • sfgcal
            Junior Member
            Junior Member
            • Nov 2005
            • 6

            #6
            Thanks to both jmet and Chewy. I will try both a new firmware flash and a slower burn speed. It's funny, with this new burner, it seems to take longer to go through the analyze and encode processes using DVDShrink. My old 2.4x HP burner went faster but burned sloooooow.

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            • Chewy
              Super Moderator
              • Nov 2003
              • 18971

              #7
              Another reason to flash, it comes with riplock(slow speed) on reading dual layer dvd's out of the box, modified firmware turns it into the fastest ripper
              I have ever benched. No contest.

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              • jmet
                Super Moderator
                • Nov 2002
                • 8697

                #8
                Go here and download "1W7_rpc1.zip" version firmware under NEC-3540 in the "Modified Firmware" section. Your ripping speed will increase considerably!

                Last edited by jmet; 29 Nov 2005, 07:38 AM.

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                • Chewy
                  Super Moderator
                  • Nov 2003
                  • 18971

                  #9
                  do what jmet says even if it seems a little mixed up

                  i think he meant ripping speeds not times, doesn't his smile kill you?

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                  • jmet
                    Super Moderator
                    • Nov 2002
                    • 8697

                    #10
                    Oops yes I mean ripping speeds. Thanks Chewy!

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                    • Chewy
                      Super Moderator
                      • Nov 2003
                      • 18971

                      #11
                      ur more than welcome my mentor

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                      • sfgcal
                        Junior Member
                        Junior Member
                        • Nov 2005
                        • 6

                        #12
                        Thanks for all your help Chewy and jmet. I flashed my burner last night and changed the default setting to dvd-rom. It was set to dvd+r before, and it would not let me change it. Funny though, I re-copied all three movies that were an issue (the cartoons), and I noticed by the third one that they were burning at 12x. I told myself that these were trashed, but I decided to test them, and my son and I watched one of them from beginning to end, and I saw no difference whatsoever. However, in the future, I will slow down the speed to 4x just to play it safe. By the way, the media I am using is TDK DVD+R 8X Printables. I picked up 200 of them from Costco for $40.00 a couple of months back.

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                        • Chewy
                          Super Moderator
                          • Nov 2003
                          • 18971

                          #13
                          we'll forgive you for burning at 12x



                          I burn at 8x except for testing

                          shhh! don't tell anyone

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                          • Floppy

                            #14
                            I was gonna say setting the bitsetting on the +R would maybe sort it.... Some Burners first software wont support bitsetting until F?W is flashed....

                            Glad it's all sorted anyway...

                            I allways burn using the maximum speed allowable... x8 on Ritek G-05 -R or x16 With RITEKF1 -R...

                            The +R I Use are Ritek again R03 x8 with bitsetting.... I guess its time for MCC 004 (verbatim dye) Media sometime when prices come down a bit more...

                            Congrats...

                            Mums the word Chewy!

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                            • Chewy
                              Super Moderator
                              • Nov 2003
                              • 18971

                              #15
                              I ordered 100 of the 16x +r verbs for 35$ from newegg last week,
                              then picked up another at officemax for $30 sunday, cheap enough?

                              Got plenty of to experiment with. testtesttest

                              from what I have read there's plant in india that produces them and they
                              sell in europe and it's inferior to the Tawain disks.

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