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| DVD Player | Hacks | Updated | Add |
| Pioneer DV-550 | 3 user region code comments |
February 08, 2025 | Post region code/hack comment |
 Region code hack posted by Mark Fell-Crook, February 21 2003: | |||
Wow can't belive I'm the first one to post a hack!!! Anyway i Purchased the 550 on the hopes that the same hack for the 350 and 454 would work. And it does!!! My 550 is now Region free. I used Pocket TV Remote Controller on my Compaq Ipaq 3970. | |||
| Region code hack posted by Morgan, June 30 2003: | |||
modified my dv-550 Using a Ipaq with pocketpc 2000 The andreas-pfister_ccf.zip did not work on my 550 i used another file found on the 454 hack page. my 550 is not region free... NICE! | |||
| Region code hack posted by PioneerIR, February 08 2025: | |||
Create "pioneer.cf" file using instructions by Jack T in Pioneer dv-434 thread. Any infrared LED transmitter will work instead of building the one in the diagram Shiro shows for Pioneer dv-354. Even easier to use a USB version of IR LED to send the signal. See irdroid.com or dangerousprototypes.com/docs/USB_Infrared_Toy for examples. Install the drivers that come with the IR device, or use IRtoy.dll as a driver. Also visit winlirc.sourceforge.net for the latest version of winlirc.exe Comments for Pioneer dv-434 (Jack T) and for Pioneer dv-410, and Pioneer 454 (Bernie, Knut) have more details. Used Winlirc 0.9 with IRtoy.dll, pioneer.cf file, and IRdroid USB connected to a laptop running windows 7 to make a region 2 Pioneer dv-550 region free. Windows 7 Device Manager should detect the IRdroid device and the COM port it is assigned to. Check winlirc's configuration, it should show the same COM port number. If not, change it to match the one Device Manager found. Turn the Pioneer 550 on, with no disc, and wait for the front display to show "NO DISC". Run winlirc, icon appears in taskbar, right-click for main window. Set "remote" to "pioneer" and set "code" to "region", then click on "Send Code" to transmit the signal. The player should switch itself off. When turned on again it should play pal and ntsc DVDs from any region. | |||
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