Pioneer have released an official firmware upgrade for the DVR-A07/107 whichs boasts a clutch of improvements in writing and playability. You can download the new firmware from our firmware downloads section or click the headline to find out more details.

DVR-107D Firmware Update Information
Version: 1.12

DVD-R/RW Writability Improvement
+R/+RW Writability Improvement
DVD Playability Improvement
CD-R/RW Writability Improvement
CD Playability Improvement
DVD-RAM Playability Improvement
Surpport 8X writing on New Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation(Verbatim) DVD-R Media
Surpport 8X writing on New RITEK DVD-R Media
Surpport 8X writing on New Daxon +R Media
Surpport 8X writing on New Prodisc +R Media
Surpport 8X writing on New RITEK +R Media

Please note the following:
The firmware for 107D cannot be installed on the Advanced Model(A07XLA/XLB) and vice versa.

Updating via Windows when writer is external:
The update procedure may only work when the DVR-107D is connected to an IDE port as it may not be able to find the destination when it is external in an IEEE1394 Firewire or USB 2.0 case. However tests have shown that under Windows XP with the DVR-107D mounted in an external IEEE1394 Firewire case the FW update was able to complete successfully. Different Operating Systems and types of external cases may produce different results. If the update fails externally the drive will need to be removed from the case and temporarily mounted onto an internal IDE port. It is preferable not to have any other drive daisy chained with the DVR-107D when performing the firmware upload.

Uploading the firmware via DOS:
If the firmware uploader can not recognise the DVR-107D or fails when run from within Windows after several attempts, the solution in most cases is to boot the system via a Windows 98SE or Me DOS startup floppy and then run the update program from a DOS prompt.

When the uploader runs in windows it creates a folder on the C: drive, there you will find the uploader program UPGDVD.exe and firmware the file. First copy both files to a blank floppy.

Then after booting the system into DOS from a Windows 98 or Me floppy remove this and insert the floppy you copied the files to and run the UPGDVD.exe uploader program.

It is also possible to run UPGDVD.exe from the C: drive without copying the files to a floppy.