Liggy: Any chance of adding support for this media to the 3520?

CD, DVD and (Ultra HD) Blu-ray Writers NEC / Optiarc Writer
#1

Just got some of these cheap (i.e. free), they’re only 2x rated -R but as they are TDKs, I assume they’re of decent quality. Any chance of patching the 3520 firmware with them?

Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD-R:TDKG02000000]

Disc & Book Type : [DVD-R] - [DVD-R]
Manufacturer Name : [TDK Corp.]
Manufacturer ID : [TDKG02000000]
Blank Disc Capacity : [2,298,496 Sectors = 4.71 GB (4.38 GiB)]

[ DVD Identifier - http://DVD.Identifier.CDfreaks.com ]

** INFO : Hex Dump Of ‘Media Code’-Block Listed Below
** INFO : 4-Byte Header Preceding ‘Media Code’-Block Discarded
** INFO : Format 0Eh - Pre-Recorded Information In Lead-In
0000 : 01 40 c1 fd 9e d8 50 00 02 98 0c 13 76 78 80 00 .@…P…vx…
0010 : 03 54 44 4b 47 30 32 00 04 30 30 30 30 30 30 00 .TDKG02…000000.
0020 : 05 88 80 00 00 00 01 00 …

** INFO : Hex Dump Of ‘Control Data Zone’-Block Listed Below
** INFO : 4-Byte Header Preceding ‘CDZ’-Block Discarded
** INFO : Format 10h - Physical Format Information Of Control Data Zone
0000 : 25 0f 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 26 12 7f 00 00 00 00 %…&…

Cheers

Hellraiser…>

#2

You can add support for this media yourself usind MediaCodeSpeedEdit. Just download it and read and follow the instructions. It may take some trial & error, but I’m sure you’ll find an exceptable solution. I have been successful in swapping a couple of unsupported media codes myself as well as some good speedups of other cheap media. Try swapping it to another TDK media code first. You may get lucky.

#3

Aye, did it earlier as I found a link to it and thought “hmmm…” - have tried using a Princo strategy and can burn them quite successfully at 8x so I am happy for now :slight_smile: I couldn’t find a non 2x TDK strategy though, maybe I was looking in the wrong place?

Thanks for the reply anyhow :slight_smile:

Hellraiser…>

#4

I just checked and it looks like LD 3520 1.UF has support for this media @ 2X. Double check your firmware revision. Or, if your happy w/ the burn results your getting at 8X, keep what you have…if it’s not broke…