DVD-R Lead-In is Fixed for the Samsung SH-S182D/M!

It's been buried at the end of other threads, so I thought it important to create a separate thread that can't be missed. You can now fix the longtime problem of a too large lead-in being written on DVD-R media by the Samsung SH-S182D and SH-S182M. To do that, you'll need to cross-flash the drives into an OEM TS-H652D (SH-S182D) and TS-H652M (SH-S182M), respectively. While Samsung in the United States has been completely asleep at the wheel, Samsung HQ in Korea put out an update for the OEM drives that finally fixes the well-known lead-in problem. It's actually been out for awhile, but most of us are just now finding out about it.

In order to do the cross-flash, you'll need to use a version of the Samsung update utility called SFDNWIN that will accept the "-nocheck" option (in order to add options to the command, you have to use Run from the menu or do it in DOS). That will allow you to force flash your 182D/M, as the standard utility will not work.

Thanks to Skylon for the discovery, and C0deKing for providing the needed version of the updater.

SFDNWIN 3.25.4

TS-H652D Firmware Update (KC03)

TS-H652M Firmware Update (KC03)

SH-S182D DVD-R Lead-In Thread

Mini-FAQ for Samsung DVD Writers

Thanks!

Minor warning to updates:

SFDNWIN will FORCE-reboot your system. After flashing you only have "OK" button option and after that, without any further warning, it will reboot your Windows.

So make sure you don't have anything important in the background before flashing

what exactly will this help with??
-reduce recording time or!!
-make more space on disk!!
in other words is important?

It's a compatibility issue - some standalone players won't read the disc if the lead-in is too long.

It's not just standalone players. In some cases, the 182D/M can't even read it's own burned disks!

Does the newest fw (SB06) for SH-182M fix the problem?

No, it doesn't fix the lead-in issue.

Note that the lead-in issue can also be fixed by cross-flashing the S182 into a Philips SPD2412:

http://club.cdfreaks.com/2079671-post273.html

http://club.cdfreaks.com/1981671-post101.html

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SH-S182D ---> Philips SPD2412T P1.5
SH-S182M ---> Philips SPD6002T P1.3
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Yeah, I forgot to mention it earlier and was about to correct that.

To fix the lead-in on your SH-182M, you should cross-flash it into a Philips SPD6002T:

http://club.cdfreaks.com/2079661-post65.html

Sorry for the massive bump.

I just downloaded

TS-H652D Firmware Update (KC03)

and

SFDNWIN 3.25.4

To cross flash my samsung SH-182D. I added the -NOCHECK parameter to SFDNWIN 3.25.4 and it says Nocheck when I open the problem.

The problem is I cant open the firmware update file mentioned above. I read in anouther guide I needed to download teh firmware from samsung site so I did. But when I open the autorun.bin file provided by the samsung site I just get their newest firmware, I want to use the TS-H652D Firmware Update (KC03). How do I make it so SFDNWIN 3.25.4 installs the firmware I want?

I just tried extracting the file mentioned above, TS-H652D and got the bin file, but when I try to open it in SFDNWIN it jsust tells me its an old fw and I cant install it.

Hi and Welcome!

simply ignore the "old firmware" message and go ahead.
You can also use the sfdnwin (or tsdnwin) version that is in the firmware package you got from TSST website.

Michael

Hey

Yea I just tried tsdnwin and extracted the exe firmware and it worked like a charm, thanks

how to cross-flash a SH-S182M to Philips SPD6002T P1.3 ?
Downloaded the Philips SPD6002T Update to P1.3 Tool.exe
Inside are P1_3.bin and sfdnwin.exe
But l click on it and says
This Firmware is not compatible with the selected drive.
Mine was
TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H652M
rev 0414
OEM HP
l´ve made it(don´t remenber how) and change to
TSSTcorpCD/DVDW SH-S182M
rev SB06
OEM SB
and now it doen´t seem to go back
but even so unfortunetly it still don´t read/write dvd
only works with original ones and any cd

Please have a look into the FAQ (see my signature). Your question is covered there.

You already started a thread about this: http://club.myce.com/f105/ts-h652m-c...te-dvd-314464/

Michael