JVC problems

Question: I am using a JVC burner and am experiencing numerous problems. When will there be a driver that works properly?

Answer: The problem is not so much the driver, but rather the defective firmware of the JVC XR-W2010 V1.51. You can read more about this under: `doc/Compatibility'. The major problems are:

Reading transfers defective data without error report.

If you have a Meetins Pearls III or IV, register your JVC burner as a CD-ROM drive, insert the Meeting Pearls and click on English. An amigaguide document should appear with a link which can be used to check the CD. Try checking the CD! If faulty files are shown without a read/write error, your JVC burner is most probably transferring defective data without error reports!

Rejection of write commands Under certain conditions

Some JVC CD burners apparently reject write or fix commands with ILLEGAL COMMAND. This can sometimes be solved by shortening the SCSI bus (as Patrick found) or by using another, better medium (as we were told by JVC). Try both! Also, a heat problem was reported (the burner was getting to warm in a casing with a poor fan). In one case the casing had been tightened so much that the burner was slightly warped and developed a mechanical problem.

Other errors

Please see the JVC section in `doc/Compatibility'.

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