Nec ND-1300A DVD-RW Firmware 1.08

Features

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DYNAMIC BITSETTING:
- now yoor NEC burn DVD+R(W)s with different book types DVD+R, -R, +RW, -RW and -ROM are possible.
- Use DVDInfo Pro (recommended) or DVDBitSetter to change book type settings. The settings will stay resistant until you power off your computer or until you change them again.

NEW AUTO RESET ROUTINE:
- Region code - no problem. If you ever have set a regio code to your drive this firmware will reset your drive to factory settings once. Don't worry about the flash memory. After this reset the firmware will not(!) write in flash anymore.
- Any temporary regio code setting will disappear after changing the DVD.

2X RIP LIMIT:
- removed for sure

Restrictions

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- This firmware runs only on a original NEC 1300A v1.06 to 1.08
- The firmware does serveral checks and if it will find incompatible hardware the drive would return the ident string _NEC_ERROR! ND-1300A as an error message to windows (only) applications instead of the correct string: _NEC_DVD_RW ND-1300A. In this case go back to a (original) compatible firmware.
- NERO:
After erasing a preformated DVD+RW with NERO the book type seems not to be changed. But after burning a DVD the selected book type will be correct.
Solution: use DVDInfo Pro to format your DVD+RW discs.

- NO BITSETTING WITH NERO
Because of the insufficient book type features of NERO this firmware detects NERO and does not offer book type capabilities to NERO. That means NERO will never burn that book type you have selected with DVDInfo for example. NERO does not affect book type settings.
- NO BITSETTING OF CURRENT MEDIA
This firmware cannot change book type settings of the current media afterwards (like a HP300 do), i.e. you must select the desired book type before burning a DVD!! That is no restriction.

Known Issues

 

All versions of the original NEC1300 firmware do not indicate the correct book type of DVD+R medias. Regardless whether a DVD+R has a changed book type or not the NEC returns the book type DVD+R for all DVD+R medias.
Example: if you burn a DVD+R with book type DVD-ROM the NEC will write the book type DVD-ROM on DVD but will return DVD+R to NeroInfo or DVDInfo. That fact does not affect reading the DVD.
Solution: If you want to know which book type is on your DVD+R then use a different DVD-Drive to read out book type (for example a Tosh 1712).