CD R/W DVD R/W

in that case it is still under warranty, take it back to sellers and explain the problem...they should fix it for you.....good luck

This may sound too simple, but you may want to try a different brand of DVD before investigating further

hi. i'm brand spanking new here as of today...


other than the obvious buttons on the remote--numbers, play, volume...what other buttons are there? there should be a 'menu' or 'settings' button on the remote.
one of them will take you to a screen where you can change the time, or at least to a screen that allows another choice selection to do that.

whenever you get there, the month, day, year, hour, minutes...should be highlighted or blinking.

you should be able to use your directional arrows to navigate left and right to get to the part you want to change, and up and down to make the change.

pressing 'ok' or 'enter' usually finalizes the selections.

(im hoping i can 'track' you to see what buttons you do have/what happened... .
once posted, do i get to edit? :)

what's the brand of player? dvd player can read blue ray and cd....while cd player only read cd's and not work w/ dvd's....hope i can spell out to you the differences....nice day

the reason you get lost is using bummer APPS
like nero or worst. do
get Imgburn , free and safe and solid.
use test mode.
the do a test mode burn
it now tells you exactly what fails. (sure does)
and this is why, sure is.(filenames too long or?)


"I know some units require a specific brand of blank CD"

this is not really true.
no player or burner has ODD media restrictions on brand. (ODD disk are really PnP disks that have ID track that tells the host what the disk can do, in every possible way)

sure there are vast brands that are pure trash sure.
just like tires car or the like. BRAND WISE.
like old Firestonedeathtires. (cured by new owners)

The Imgburn does fail on bogus media
let me explain, gee seen it all I have
the china import CD-r. has the ID track all configured illegallly, is invalid. so the burner warns of that pronto.
a blessing that, like :::: illegall(sic), disk size or makers name missing or the burn limits stated are missing (useless hard nut fail here)

a burner can not burn lacking this key ID track set correctly by the maker ( a must be good thing)

a classic case of pure junk CD-r or DV-R or BD-R
try TDK and verbatum and end this junk grade folly.

Lubricate it. Otherwise change it for a brand new unit for $15-25 only. Now they are cheap as dirt. & it will last for 5 more years.

check if you have connected the dvd/rom according to the specifications entered. if no then do it and check again if the player reads the disk. if the problem persists, and i you suspect its the manufacturer's error, then you can get a free replacement according to the warranty details

If those are all the same batch and brand of dvd, try them in another computer and/or try a different brand in yours.

What software are you using for burning?