Indeed! I think some people think the player is stuck, but in some circumstances the update progress takes a few minutes (it seems the player is stuck, but it actually isn't and you just have to wait till it reboots).

Well well here i go agan with a new one.
I will try again, but i will try to read some pages først..:-) :-)

Go here

Here we go again..
I managed to burn the cd and hacked the dvd. (burned the original and than the hacked one)
Now evereything works fine both region 1 og 2 are working. BUT... BUT
only the special edition from michael moore dvd bowling from columbine says "Incompatible disc region number. can't play disc".. any help????

is that an region 1 disc? you may want to try to play an region 1 disc before playing that disc.

Is it set to region 0?

Go in the home menu, initial setting, put the selection over options and press display.

I wonder if one can replace the fonts with the Tiresias fontface, used by TV. It's considered to be one of the most readable fonts.

Hello!
i was into the options, with or without the open drawer ,but he only show me the password linea highlighet i can't go into the other linea they are in grey color. any help??



hi! thanks for reply
yes i have tryed other disc region 1 and they works only the mentoned one above is not working
NB! I have noticed that the PIONEER LOGO at the startup turns to Pal or NTSC script..is that normal
??

Yes it is normal -- if it is Pal or NTSC depends on what TV system the last disc you played was in.

For not playing the disc I cant really say why it wont. It could be that the disc is RCE protected but I do have 3 RCE protected discs and they are playing just fine.

I did try to find out if your "Bowling" disc has the RCE protection but i couldnt find any info about that.

No-worries this what i got from the pc :
Summary for drive E: (AnyDVD 5.9.4.1)
Drive (Hardware) Region: 2

Media is a Data DVD.
Booktype: dvd-rom (version 1), Layers: 2 (opposite)
Size of first Layer: 1618592 sectors (3161 MBytes)
Total size: 2381005 sectors (4650 MBytes)

Video DVD (or CD) label: BOWLING_FOR_COLUMBINE_SIDE_A
Media is CSS protected!
Video Standard: NTSC
Media is locked to region(s): 1!

RCE protection not found.
DVD structure appears to be correct.
Found & removed invalid VOBUs!
Autorun not found on Video DVD.
Bad sector protection not found.
Emulating RPC-2 drive with region 1!

Gah, it's almost humiliating for me to ask and I know that this question might be slightly stupid. In my defence, I'm new to this firmware stuff and still learning.

Ok, I modified my DV-380 using Gufiak's patch and it works perfectly. I checked my region code and it's set to "0". Now my question ... brace yourselves:

If it's "0", does that mean that my player accepts every region code ... as in region code 2 for european dvds or vice versa?

I'd appreciate any kind answer and a little help.

Thanks a lot!

Yes it means that your player is regionfree, ie it accepts any disc with any region code.
Dont know about region 7,8 and 9 but the rest it should accept.

7 and 9 are reserved numbers. 8 are Sea, air and oilriggs = Special places

Thanks a lot for your help.

Good thing I'm not living on an oilrigg.

can i change the *PAPA* logo when i power off the dvdplayer??

ok i changed it to my name
thanks for the help guys

Hi all. New to this forum...
I'm planning to buy Pioneer DV 588S-A (or may be Philips 642). Now I just wonder if this player supports srt subtitles in languages (like Chinese/Japanese) other than English? And how is the Xvid support compared to 642?

btw, how do I back up the original firmware (in case of warranty issue)?

Thanks!

cenerentola,
How did you change the papa to something different?

I got help from NO-Worries.
NB! go to the homepage, that no-worries has, and download the firmware
that says *BYE* if you want. (h**p://www.pioneer.wassberg.info/)

Hi,

I've just upgraded my Pioneer DV-380 with the Gufiak firmware but some Xvid movies won't play.
The sound doesn't match with the rest and the framerate is wrong (slow).
Other movies ( divx and xvid)) are working just fine.
What is wrong ?

Any help would be appreciated.

Vtec.

Somebody know if the gufiak's firm can works onto the home theater by Pioneer HTZ 131 (or european equivalent). Cause' I checked the info about this player and play the same formats that the DV380/DV383 (yet no tested OGM files but coming soon post here when test the player).
So, someone got one?
Gufiak... what do you think?

here the link:
http://www.pioneeraus.com.au/home_entertai...1dvd/index.html

Get yourself a serial cable and try. I dont belive it will work, since 383 is a regular DVD and your device (according to the info on the site) is Home theater with receiver built-in.
Good luck.

Yes I thinking the same...
The HTZ looks so good for all the features DivX, plus the 5.1 system and the radio tunner, although the disadvantage will be the firmwares updates for this model.
Yet no buy it, but sound interesting.

How much does it cost in your country?

hi because of the resolution perhaps !

i encoded a video from my tv

and i played it on my pio 380, there was only the sound

so i re encoded it with virtualdub by reducing the resolution and it worked

In México, The HTZ131 cost aprox US$240

It is the packed bitstream issue. 25fps run fine but 23.976 stutters imagewise and
sound is slightly out of sync. very well known limitation of almost all mediatek based players.
Mpeg4modifer can be used to rewrite the file without packed bitstream, works fine.

Hello,
I try to upgrade my Pioneer DV-380 .I insert the cd and it was loading.Then the cd goes out and now i can't turn on the player.Did anybody knows anything about it????
Thanks

This fw (B5CA1096.rar) works well in Pioneer dv-585A? If no, what is the right one??

How can i backup my original fw in case of the flash of the modified fw crash my dvd player?

It is normal for the CD to go out, let it stay there for a few minutes because it has already read the firmware, but hasn't flashed it already.

Upgrading the firmware :

Power on the DVD player,
Insert the disc,
when it says "upgrade file detected Upgrade? press play to start" press play,
no matter what the player does, do nothing for at least 5 minutes, (Even if the CD ejects)
upgrade should be done.

MPEG4Modifier doesn't support OpenDML AVIs. Otherwise it works just fine but I imagine that Pioneer could fix the packed bitstream bug with firmware. Or not?

I've read on some German boards that gufiak would release a modified 1.20 soon. But this is almost one month ago. I still keeps my fingers crossed for it Have just downgraded from original 1.20 to 1.09 without problems and it seems like a great mod. But I've heard that 1.20 has improved MPEG4 support...

Thanks but the player has no power.That's the problem..

What did you do when the disc came out?

I have just bought DV-380 and it's fw is 1.09. I live in Serbia, so codepage for easteuropean (latin) languages is ok for me. It is CP1250?

I have read all 20 pages of this topic, but still I am interesed (and confused) in your opinion, what should I do:

1) Replace original fw 1.09 with original 1.20 - if yes, with which 1.20 firmware, i've found two - one: 1.57 MB (1,647,296 bytes) and another: 1.52 MB (1,598,468 bytes). I still cannot find any pioneer web site with link for d/l original 1.20.
Should it correct problems with subtitles font size and add more flexibility when choosing subtitles?

2) Flash DV-380 with Gufiak's 1.09.02 - but it is based on 1.09 and relatively old fw?

3) Wait for Gufiak's (and sub3ero's of course) fw based on original fw 1.20

4) Something else or none of above

Thank you all and many thanks for your effort

The original 1.20 fw is 1.598.468 byte (according to pioneer.wassberg.info). This should apparently support better MPEG4 playback but still has issues with packed bitstream files. I don't know if it corrects subtitle problems.

I also bought DV-380 recently but with original 1.20. Still I downgraded to the modified 1.09.02 because I think it has some essential settings which is lacking in the original firmware.

You can always upgrade to a modified 1.20 later on when it becomes available.

Thank you APu for your quick answer.
Ok, i'll downgrade on 1.09.02 (and upgrade many of the features
)


Hm, since present firmware is 1.09, it is still upgrade rather than downgrade.
Sorry for this notice and mistake in earlier post

You're welcome. You should always be able to update the original firmware with a modified one even though it's based on the same version. I downgraded from original 1.20 to modified 1.09.02. Then I updated 1.09.02 with a new background and filebrowser of my own

Not sure if this has been addressed before but after buying a new projector I tried it out by playing Finding Nemo, and to my surprise the red-orange fish was almost green-brown, I was sure it was something with my component video cables or the projector, but it turned out to be the DVD player itself. I took some comparing shots playing the movie with the DV380 and a laptop on the same LCD-TV.

I’m using the v.01.09.02.00 firmware.

My kids are just watching DVD Finding Nemo on DV-380 and Sony 29" 100Hz TV, and all colors are ok.
DVD Disc is region free.
DVD Player is upgraded with 1.09.02, last night.

OK, I did some further testing, hooking up the DVD player with both component and RGB to the same LCD TV as before. RGB output produces much better colors.

Anyone noticed differences in color with the original firmware or the modified? Perhaps my player is broken.

Another bunch of stupid questions...sorry!

I posted something a few weeks back and only now have had the chance to come back and take a look at any replies. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like I had any.

Basically, I'm completely in the dark about all this firmware stuff and have not much idea about DVD or computer techy stuff either.

As my old Samsung 790 (remote hacked to be region free) is close to being sent to the DVD player graveyard, I'm about to get a Pioneer 380 (I'm in Belgium if that makes a difference) and would like to make it region free. It looks like if I download a firmware upgrade from this site, I can do that but I'm really confused about what version I need, whether all the versions will make the player region free and I can use the latest or whether I need to use an earlier version.

Could someone help me out with some really basic stuff?

- am I right in thinking the firmware upgrade makes the player region free without the need for any "chipping" or remote hacks?
- what verison of firmware upgrade do I need to make the player region free
- is there any special way (or specific software) I need to burn the CD with the firmware - actually, I'm not even sure how to burn a CD!
- what else does the firmware do (though I'm really only bothered about the region free facility)
- Finally, I've read - but not understood - that there can be an problem with Pionner/Sony incompatibility - on some models a faint line appears on the screen. My tv is a Sony KV29 LS 35B (EU model capable of NTSC playback). Does anyone know if the problem will occur?

I don't want to end up with a player that I can't make region free so any help - preferably "step-by-step" - would be really appreciated

1) Yes, you are.
2) Use this -1.09.02 gufiak's fw:
http://board.softpedia.com/index.php?act=A...ype=post&id=352
3) Yes, follow this instructions:
http://pioneer.wassberg.info/english/burn_guide.php
4) I cannot answer to this question, due to my limited knowledge.
5) No there are no incompatibilities, i own Sony KV29FX66, european model and everything works fine.

Nope, I live in Brussels !


Correct.
Otherwize you have to use a Nokia phone, or a Pronto remote control (or the Marantz equivalent).


The one that was modified by Gufiak.


That has been already explained many times in this thread. Just follow the instructions.


Plenty !
Already covered here previously as well.


No problem on my Sony KV-32WF3B. I wouldn't worry too much about that.


This is not complicated. All you need is to read the instructions :
1°) Download the firmware
2°) Burn a CD with it
3°) Update you 380

As said before, all details have already been described in details in this thread.

Thanks guys.

Now I just have to find a friend who has Nero Burning (pc at home does not have a writeable CD drive and I can't download in work).

I also notice that the firmware has been updated again; it was v.01.09.02.00, now its B5CA1096_02.

I can't keep up!

Now I hope that Fnac still has the Pioneer...

No, firmware has not been updated, yet:
v.01.09.02.00 is B5CA1096_02

A have a problem with Gufiak firmware. If I have multiple subtitles for a movie like this:

movie.avi
movie.eng.srt
movie.hun.srt

I have no problem when I start the movie from the beginning. I can switch between the subtitles,the player shows the language of the subtitle correctly. But if I use search, or start the movie from a different position, only the first subtitle will show. I can switch between them, but the second is not displayed. Any ideas?

I can't seem to get packed bitstrem files to play on my 585, even though i unpacked it with mpeg4modifier.

Heres the original file info (Not the unpacked). Anything else needs changing

Packed bitstream: Yes
QPel: No
GMC: Yes (3 warp points)
Interlaced: No
Aspect ratio: Square pixels
Quant type: H.263

I-VOPs: 805 (1,14%)
P-VOPs: 14010 (19,86%)
B-VOPs: 44055 (62,46%)
S-VOPs: 11666 (16,54%)
N-VOPs: 0 (0,00%)

Max consecutive B-VOPs: 2
1 consec: 21,25%
2 consec: 78,75%

Warp points used:
2: 30,70%
3: 69,30%


544x304 @ 899 kbps, 25 fps

This is the second file i tried to unpack, non of them would play on my dvd without stutters.

Could it be the resoulution then, i also have problems playing HR (High resolution) files.

This is the problem...
You need to re-encode the file....
Max. supported horizontal resolution is 720 pixels...

Latest firmware version in a DV-383 that's shipping to stores, is now 1.21

Hey no-worries,
1.21? Do you have any details on the changes for this? have they happened to fix the packed bitstream support problem by any chance?
Thanks mate.
Brett.

1.21? 1.09 is starting to sound archaic (but I bet Gufaik's file browser still makes it worth keeping his modded fw).

Shame Pioneer won't issue a change log (and improve their filebrowser).