[TechAssist] Re: Sony ESI 2003 DVD service literature problem

  • From: Gary McCartney <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 17:37:55 -0500

Maybe the Sony DVD is DVD RAM and a lot of the newer DVD drives won't
play these. Most newer drives play both the +R and -R formats.



Gary McCartney

McCartney Electronics
Guelph Ontario Canada 
Est. 1984
email: gary (at) number63.ca





George wrote:
> 
> Bob,
> 
> It's possible that all your computer DVD's are - format and the new service
> DVD is in the new + format. Just like a lot of the automotive DVD's are
> still - format and will not play + DVD's. Same with the older home DVD
> players. The rental DVD's seem to work ok on both formats. You might want to
> check your manuals for your DVD players for compatibility.
> 
> George
> Afana Electronics
> Moreno Valley, CA
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gemini Computer & TV" <geminitv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Techassist" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 9:39 AM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Sony ESI 2003 DVD service literature problem
> 
> > Has anyone received their new Sony ESI program yet (this is the newest
> > version that uses DVDs instead of CDs)? Well we got ours yesterday and had
> > no problem doing the setup from the setup disc (which is a CD). It is the
> > other discs that actually contain the service manuals that are DVDs. I
> have
> > three computers here with three different DVD players and/or DVD-R/RWs and
> > cannot read the data on the DVDs nor can I load the service manual data
> from
> > them (it acts like the discs are an invalid media format). I was wondering
> > if anyone else has encountered this also. And I forgot to add, I did
> > uninstall the previous version like the installation instructions said.
> This
> > new version is version 1.2
> >
> > Bob Waterman, CET® #RI-28
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