Why won't my DVD Burner See blanks?

[Wadoki]

I have a Pioneer DVR-105s Burner. It came with a Pioneer DVR-R and a DVD-RW blank. I can put the DVD-R blank in and my system (Windows XPsp1) reads it OK. However I have tried several other brands of DVD-R & DVD+R media and my system acts like there is nothing in the drive.

Help.

[bighap]

Technically there is nothing in the drive until you burn something onto the disc.

[Gurm]

And it will NEVER see +R media.

- Gurm

[Black Diamond]

Firmware upgrades usually add the capability of detecting more brands of blanks.
So make sure you have latest firmware.

[BG]

Don't just rush to download the latest firmware........

Some of the newer firmwares prohibit what your drive can and can't do.....

Also.....

Wadoki: Take a look at Gurms post.....

Why are you trying to use +R blanks in a -R burner? :confused:

[Wadoki]

That's all good information. I was trying to use DVD+R just because I tried everyting eles. Maybe I am expecting the DVD-RW device to act like a CD-RW device. When you put blank media in a CD-RW drive the computer recognizes that there is blank media. When I put a blank DVD-R in the device the computer tries to read it, but then never recognizes that blank media is in it. Again not all media, it reads the Pioneer media. I checked Pioneer and I didn't see any firmware updates for this unit.

[Gurm]

Sounds like a picky drive.

1. Only use the media the drive supports (i.e. -R)

2. Update the firmware.

3. Check with the manufacturer to see what media brands they support.

- Gurm

[Black Diamond]

Ho hum! Yawn!
http://www.pioneeraus.com.au/multimedia/software/dvrup/dvr-a05up/r5fw133b.zip

[Wadoki]

Black Diamond that was it. I check Pioneers web site and couldn't find an update. You the man.