| Author |
RDR-GX7 firmware upgrade available |
Mr_Mod
Premium Member
Rank: Sony Fanatic
Joined: Jan 13, 2004
Posts: 393
From: Singapore
 |  Posted: 2004-04-08 07:51
I was sent this info and files and may be interest to you all, however i wont distribute the files. So if you have the problem then consult your sony service centre and quote E24346799 dated 24/3/04
SYMPTOMS
A DVD Disc which was created by unspecified PC software applications will intermittently not eject and lock up the unit..
RESOLUTION
Perform Version Upgrade using the automatic upgrade software attached.
CREATE VERSION UP DISC.
Copy the attached Zip file RDRupdate.zip to your computer and Unzip.
Copy all of the unzipped data files to a CD-R disc.
ChkFlg.txt
FNT_DATA.BIN
ROM_DATA.CM1
ROM_DATA.CM2
Ver.bin
[VERSION UP INFORMATION]
From RDR-GX7 : Ver1.10 to Ver1.30
[VERSION UP PROCEDURE AT THE SERVICE]
1. If the unit is in the locked condition of Disc can not eject, press the lever on the right side of DRIVE UNIT, the tray opens and remove the disc. (Refer to the RDR-GX7 S/M, page 5)
2. Reset by removing and reinserting the AC plug.
3. Playback a DVD (any working DVD disc) to initialize the systems data for repair, then remove the disc from the unit.
4. Place the version up CD on the disc tray, then press PLAY button.
5. After loading the disc, select YES of version up which is displayed on the monitor,
then press ENTER button.
6. The version upgrade starts automatically.
7. After upgrade is finished, the tray opens automatically.
8. Remove the upgrade disc from the tray.
9. With the TRAY open, reset by removing and inserting the AC plug.
10. Insert the Disc (which would not eject) and confirm whether this disc will now eject or not.
[NOTE]
*This version up cannot solve all disc problems.
*Disc's of illegal recording may not solve
|
|
jttar
Moderator
Premium Member
Rank: Sony Master
Joined: Feb 28, 2003
Posts: 9155
From: Chicago,IL, USA
 | Posted: 2004-04-08 21:53
Mr_Mod,
Thanks for letting the forum know that a firmware upgrade is available to solve these problems. The procedure sounds very similar to the firmware flash I performed on my old Apex 1500 DVD player but that flash was to make it macro and region free.
Joe
|
rigor
Rank: Sony Fan
Joined: Jun 26, 2004
Posts: 7
From:
| Posted: 2004-06-26 08:50
can you please put up the firrmware update? or direct me to somewhere i can get it?
i recently wrote a letter bitching about the problems i have had with my rdr-gx7 directly to the repair center in san diego
and i got a call back from some paul domman guy from customer service in florida and he spoke to me and told me that no such firmware upgrade for the rdr-gx7 excists.
|
rigor
Rank: Sony Fan
Joined: Jun 26, 2004
Posts: 7
From:
| Posted: 2004-06-26 08:50
ps if you do not want to post the firmware then please
give me a name and a phone number of someone that works at sony so i can call him
|
Mr_Mod
Premium Member
Rank: Sony Fanatic
Joined: Jan 13, 2004
Posts: 393
From: Singapore
| Posted: 2004-06-26 09:18
I am not able to post the firmware, due to possible copyright isssues. However the sony US service bullitin number is E24346799
|
rigor
Rank: Sony Fan
Joined: Jun 26, 2004
Posts: 7
From:
| Posted: 2004-06-27 07:14
im not getting anywhere with sony. they tell me it doesnt
excist. i wrote a letter to the service center that fixes these
units in san diego with the same bulletin numer you posted
like i said give me a # of someone at sony who can send me
the firmware
|
Mr_Mod
Premium Member
Rank: Sony Fanatic
Joined: Jan 13, 2004
Posts: 393
From: Singapore
| Posted: 2004-06-27 07:30
email me and i will return the service bulletin to you, then take to sony and wave it in their faces.
|
rigor
Rank: Sony Fan
Joined: Jun 26, 2004
Posts: 7
From:
| Posted: 2004-06-27 07:36
oh yeah one more thing your service bulletin number E24346799
sure looks like the customer information numbers that sony gives
you when you write them, the number sony gave me as a customer file number was e2511xxxx
|
rigor
Rank: Sony Fan
Joined: Jun 26, 2004
Posts: 7
From:
| Posted: 2004-06-27 07:39
my email is clicking here)
i" target="_new">
(Email Address will not display unless member has 100 posts or is a Premium Member,
see the great benefits premium
member have by clicking here)
i tried to click on your user name and it gave me
(Email Address will not display unless member has 100 posts or is a Premium Member,
see the great benefits premium
member have by clicking here)
|
rb
Rank: Ultimate Sony Reviewer
Joined: Mar 04, 2003
Posts: 2035
From: Canada
 | Posted: 2004-06-30 19:58
Mr_Mod---When the RDR-GX7 was reviewed by Sound and Vision magazine they mentioned that Sony was going to release a upgrade via software/firmware so that it could record in the +R format.
Do you have any info on this????
-----------------
rb
I listen to music in StereO
|
Mr_Mod
Premium Member
Rank: Sony Fanatic
Joined: Jan 13, 2004
Posts: 393
From: Singapore
| Posted: 2004-07-01 10:18
I have heard nothing, what i posted is what i found on the sony US service site.
Rigor: Did you have any luck with sony?
|
rigor
Rank: Sony Fan
Joined: Jun 26, 2004
Posts: 7
From:
| Posted: 2004-07-11 14:18
no luck what so ever
|
haru
Rank: Sony Fan
Joined: Jul 03, 2004
Posts: 2
From:
 | Posted: 2004-07-12 04:18
Can you tell me, where you found this firmware? (Link)
Thanks
|
MrJimNayzium
Rank: Sony Fan
Joined: Oct 04, 2004
Posts: 1
From: united states
| Posted: 2004-10-04 10:59
I cannot eject a stuck dvdrw disc from my machine and see no lever on the right side at all??
Also, the stop/next/open trick did not work for me either/???
I have held the power button down for ten seconds and it beeps at me...i get no messages except POWER OFF...
any ideas...please describe to me where this lever is?
thanks
|
pippuzzo
Rank: Sony Fan
Joined: Nov 21, 2011
Posts: 1
From: Europe
| Posted: 2011-11-21 12:46
Hi I need this firmware EURO version...
Where can I find it? Is it here?
Thank's
|
