[HOWTO] Flash a new Pioneer drive on a Mac

[Satcomer]

Well I just checked and and DVRFlash has not yet been updated for DVR-111 yet. I guess a little patience is needed before you can do anything to it. By the way the latest firmware I have seen for that drive is v.1.19.

[Satcomer]

Well in my firmware travels I have discovered that PIONEER firmware has updates firmware for my G5 internal PIONEER DVR110 Superdrive (see my first post in this thread) 10 v1.41. So I did these steps (slightly different than my first post).

1. I downloaded the PIONEER DVR110 v1.41 firmware.

2. I then unstuffed the firmware's .exe files with Stuffit Expander that created a folder with three files in it. I paid no attention to the .exe. file, just the RA100010.141 & RA100110.141 files.

3. I then downloaded the current DVRFLash 2.2 for OS X. and unstuffed it. I then read DVRFlash's ReadMe files and followed these suggestions.
a) Created a new folder and named it DVRFlash.
b) From the DVRFlash 2.2 folder I put the DVRFlash application (the black Unix file) in the new folder I named DVRFlash.
c) I then put in the two firmware files (that I unstuffed from Pioneer named RA10010.141 & RA100110.141 in my created DVR Flash folder.

4. I now have in my created "DVRFLash" folder the DVRFlash application and the two PIONEER firmware files.

5. I then started up OS X's application called Terminal (yes you have to dive into the Terminal to be on the cutting edge) and typed these commands:
a) cd - then dropped into the Terminal the DVRFLash folder (that I created in the steps above). I now had a path to the folder. Then I hit the return button.
b) ./DVRFlash -vf PIONEER RA100010.141 RA100110.141 -- slightly different command than my first post. The two files after the PIONEER are the firmware files I got from PIONEER.
c) Hit the return key and then followed the directions the DVRFlash application (running in terminal).
d) After the DVRFlash application said it was finished, I restarted my Mac.

6. I now am running on my PIONEER DVR110 version 1.41 firmware. PIONEER says this firmware improves disk reading/writing.


Now this is on the bleeding firmware edge for my PIONEER DVD/DVDRW. System Profiler now reports this:

PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-110:

Firmware Revision: 1.41
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2000 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RAM, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: No

The DVRFlash application will update most any Pioneer drive, not just my DVR110. You just need to get the correct PIONEER firmware.

[greenpea]

Greetings Satcomer,
I found the same update, and using DVRflash got identical results.
I do have a question, why is the lowest burn speed available only 4x?
There's one client I have with a DVD player that wants general grade media burned at either 1x or 2x. I need to be able to burn at slower speeds for this one person. Any ideas?
I've tried using Toast, and Disk Utility.
Dual 1 Ghz G4, 1.5 GB ram, OS x 10.4.6, Pioneer DVR110 internal drive.
Thanks!

Originally Posted by Satcomer

Well in my firmware travels I have discovered that PIONEER firmware has updates firmware for my G5 internal PIONEER DVR110 Superdrive (see my first post in this thread) 10 v1.41. So I did these steps (slightly different than my first post).

1. I downloaded the PIONEER DVR110 v1.41 firmware.

2. I then unstuffed the firmware's .exe files with Stuffit Expander that created a folder with three files in it. I paid no attention to the .exe. file, just the RA100010.141 & RA100110.141 files.

3. I then downloaded the current DVRFLash 2.2 for OS X. and unstuffed it. I then read DVRFlash's ReadMe files and followed these suggestions.
a) Created a new folder and named it DVRFlash.
b) From the DVRFlash 2.2 folder I put the DVRFlash application (the black Unix file) in the new folder I named DVRFlash.
c) I then put in the two firmware files (that I unstuffed from Pioneer named RA10010.141 & RA100110.141 in my created DVR Flash folder.

4. I now have in my created "DVRFLash" folder the DVRFlash application and the two PIONEER firmware files.

5. I then started up OS X's application called Terminal (yes you have to dive into the Terminal to be on the cutting edge) and typed these commands:
a) cd - then dropped into the Terminal the DVRFLash folder (that I created in the steps above). I now had a path to the folder. Then I hit the return button.
b) ./DVRFlash -vf PIONEER RA100010.141 RA100110.141 -- slightly different command than my first post. The two files after the PIONEER are the firmware files I got from PIONEER.
c) Hit the return key and then followed the directions the DVRFlash application (running in terminal).
d) After the DVRFlash application said it was finished, I restarted my Mac.

6. I now am running on my PIONEER DVR110 version 1.41 firmware. PIONEER says this firmware improves disk reading/writing.


Now this is on the bleeding firmware edge for my PIONEER DVD/DVDRW. System Profiler now reports this:

PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-110:

Firmware Revision: 1.41
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2000 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RAM, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: No

The DVRFlash application will update most any Pioneer drive, not just my DVR110. You just need to get the correct PIONEER firmware.

[Satcomer]

Well in my Toast 7 I can select burn speeds from 1x to 52x (for CD) and 1x to 16X (DVD). I haven't tried burning with Disk Utility. However with iTunes it lists burn speed from 1x to 24x and to the maximum speed of the internal burner. So I would guess that the client can adjust the burn speed in the program he/she is using too burn something.

I am using OS X 10.4.6 and have Toast 7 plus the latest iTunes. I would give an iDVD report but I have no need to burn a DVD at this time.

[greglynn]

On a Mac G5 dual running SoftRAID I was able to successfully upgrade my Pioneer DVR-109 DVD drive to version 1.58 using your instructions. Thank you!

[eucarya]

2nd Gen G5 Dual 2.Ghz
DVDRFlash2.2
I had to run it like this for it to work.
./DVRFlash -ff "A:PIONEER" RA100010.141 RA100110.141

But it worked!

[pask29]

I'd like to update my Pioneer DVR-K06 firmware since I have some problems with it, but DVRFlash still doesn't support it.
So, is there another way to update the firmware ?

TNX

[mariachero]

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