Posted by Bill McCutcheon on 06/26/07 14:36

<metatech@flashmail.com> wrote in message
news:1182691486.280295.232430@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
>
> When I burn a DVD+RW (plus) on my PC with Nero, my Panasonic stand-
> alone DVD burner does not recognise it and shows "unformat" on the
> display. It works well with the same parameters (same machine, same
> burning settings, same media brand, ...) and a DVD-RW (minus) though.
>
> Does anyone else have the same problem ?
>
> My firmware version is 060404 (Benelux version).
> To know the firmware version :
> - While the device is in stand by mode, push 5 seconds on the 3
> buttons "REC", "CH UP" and "OPEN/CLOSE" together. After 5 seconds the
> service menu appear ("SERV" on the display).
> - Press "61" on the remote control
> - The display shows the firmware version, "060404" in my case, which
> is April 2006 I suppose.
>
> It is not clear which models can be affected by this problem, probably
> DMR-EH65, DMR-EH56 which are from the same generation, but maybe more
> recent models as DMR-EH57, DMR-EH67, DMR-EH575 or DMR-EH675.
>
> Some forums users claim that it can be solved with a firmware upgrade,
> but Panasonic keeps them internal and does not release them publicly
> (contrary to Philips).
>

I have the EH55, am very happy with it. I've burned and played back DVD+R
(DL) discs with it successfully (if you count a 40% failure rate, which I
attribute to the discs, not the EH55, a success). That said, I haven't
tried burning + media elsewhere and playing them back on the EH55.

-- Bill McC.

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