How It Applies To The Dv-505 - Pioneer DV-505 Instruction And Installation Manual

Pioneer DV-505 Code Switchable Modification

1.3 How it applies to the DV-505

The Pioneer DV-505 player in itself demonstrates just how silly the whole region locking
mechanism is, since the player itself is built in a single version for the entire world. Even
those versions of it sold to the 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
modification details how to use the code switching feature, and how to re-enable it on
players sold in other markets around the world where Pioneer have choosen to disable
the code switch feature before the player leaves the factory.
The table in appendix C of this document shows the various versions of the DV-505
that are known to have been successfully modified by this proceedure.
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