Firmware information
  CD−R CD−RW DVD−R DVD−RW DVD+R DVD+RW DVD+R DL DVD−R DL DVD−RAM
Strategies 1.15CF 1.32AF 1.22AF 1.24AF 1.28DF A.30CF 1.28CF 1.20CF 1.12BF
Bitsetting   Yes Yes Yes  
Date1 (*) 2008-05-28
Date2 (*) 2008-04-22

(*) Date 1 seems to be related to the strategy version while date 2 seems to be related to the main firmware code

This firmware is based on the original Sony DRU-842A Firmware 1.60. In addition to the original firmware, this one contains bitsetting functionality for DVD+R and DVD+RW.