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DVD/Video CD/CD Player
Code Switchable Modification
1. Performing the modification detailed in this
document will invalidate any warantee given to
you by the retailer from whom you purchased
your player.
2. Presence of this modification in your player
may cause an authorised service centre to
refuse to work on your player.
3. The authors do not warantee this modification
in any way. This document merely documents
the techniques used by other owners of these
players. You perform this modification entirely
at your own risk.
Revision: 1.0 June 1998
Pioneer DV-505
Instruction and
Installation Manual
WARNING
This document may be copied and distributed freely.
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- Page 1 Pioneer DV-505 DVD/Video CD/CD Player Code Switchable Modification Instruction and Installation Manual WARNING 1. Performing the modification detailed in this document will invalidate any warantee given to you by the retailer from whom you purchased your player. 2. Presence of this modification in your player may cause an authorised service centre to refuse to work on your player.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Code Switchable Modification Manual Contents 1. Overview 1.1 What is Region Coding 1.2 Codefree Vs. Code Switchable 1.3 How it applies to the DV-505 2. Operating Instructions 2.1 Determining the current region code 2.2 Setting the region code 3. Performing the Modification 3.1 Opening the player... -
Page 3: Overview
Pioneer DV-505 Code Switchable Modification Chapter 1 Overview 1.1 What Is Region Coding For many years the movie industry has, for it’s own convience, divided up the world into a number of territories. In each of these territories, a local distributor handles the distribution and promotion of each movie. -
Page 4: Codefree Vs. Code Switchable
Video disc. A quick change of region number and it will of course play the disc without further complaint. This approach has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantages are that in many cases, this modification for the Pioneer DV-505 included, there are no changes required to the software that controls the player. The method used in the factory to set the initial region code is merely re-enabled. -
Page 5: How It Applies To The Dv-505
US market include full and complete support in hardware and firmware for the PAL television system. It has been known for some time that the Gold-coloured version of the DV-505 player sold in South-East Asia is capable of being code switched as sold from Pioneer. This... -
Page 6: Operating Instructions
Pioneer DV-505 Code Switchable Modification Chapter 2 Operating Instructions 2.1 Determining the current region code Please Note These steps should be performed with the disc drawer open or when there is no disc inside the player. This proceedure can only be performed from the remote control. -
Page 7: Setting The Region Code
This proceedure can only be performed from the remote control. Unless you have the gold colored South-East Asian version of the DV-505, the hardware modification detailed in chapter 3 will need to have been carried out for this to work. Step 1 - Get to the Region Code display screen (see 2.1 above) - Page 8 Europe, Japan and South-East Asia and can be played on either a region #2 or region #3 player. You can set your DV-505 to either when you want to play this disc. There are other combinations of course, and the numbers within the logo will reflect this.
- Page 9 "Wrong Region No." and eject the disc tray. At this point you can set the player to another region no and try again. It is not possible to set the DV-505 to region code 0 in order to emulate a codefree player. Only numbers 1 through 8 are valid - only 1 through 6 are currently used DVD Video region codes.
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Page 10: Performing The Modification
Pioneer DV-505 Code Switchable Modification Chapter 3 Performing The Modification Please Note Disconnect the mains power before opening the unit. You will need a mid-size Philips screwdriver, a thin-tipped soldering iron (25 watt max) suitable for electronic work, and a length of self-fluxing solder. -
Page 11: Removing The Pcb
Pioneer DV-505 Code Switchable Modification Step 3 - Lift the cover and remove Lift the cover at the rear first and then hinge up to about 45 degrees, then move cover away from the base. 3.2 Removing the PCB Step 1 -... - Page 12 Pioneer DV-505 Code Switchable Modification Step 3 - Remove the four screws holding the PCB in place and turn the PCB over being careful to make sure none of the ribbon cables are fowled. Please Note The PCB cannot be removed from the player easily. It is...
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Page 13: Making The Modification
Pioneer DV-505 Code Switchable Modification 3.3 Making the modification Step 1 - Locate the three contacts shown on the picture Rear Panel Looking at the underside of the PCB, the three contact points are near the hole for the mounting screw on the right hand bottom corner of the board as you look at it. - Page 14 Pioneer DV-505 Code Switchable Modification Step 2 - Join the center and right contacts together with a small blob of solder; being careful not to heat the contacts too much with the soldering iron. These two contacts need to be "shorted" together...
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Page 15: Testing The Modification
Pioneer DV-505 Code Switchable Modification 3.4 Testing the modification Step 1 - Replace the PCB and secure with the four screws This is simply the reverse of Step 3 of Removing The PCB (Page 12) Step 2 - Hook in the shield and secure with two screws one of which also supports the protruding post This is simply the reverse of Step 2 of Removing The PCB (Page 11). -
Page 16: Region Codes
Regional Variants of the DV-505 Basic DV-505 as sold in USA Gold-colored DV-505 sold in South-East Asia is already code switchable Black DV-505 sold in Europe has a SCART euroconnector and PAL/NTSC written on the front panel, bottom right. Appendix C Modification Reports There have to date been no reported failures of this modification.