The Firmware Page

http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?c ... ufactor=18

Patched X425 RPC-1
http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_file.php?site= ... 40RPC1.zip


Where can I locate this firmware??? The above links do not seem to work.

This link DOES work here.

The problem must be at your end, try to adjust your firewall and browser settings. The http-referrer needs to be sent.

I've patched to teh X240 RPC1 firmware and although all drive info utilities report it is RPC-1 the drive is still locked to region 1. Any ideas?

Read this Announcement.

I should have included more information.
I've done this with other drives just fine. I've tried DVD Genie, DVD Region Killer, even DVD Region Free+CSS all to no avail. I've tried to different revisions of Power DVD (v4 and v6) and also WindDVD and although all act slightly differently all play r1 titles and none can play r2 titles (regardless of dvd genie etc.)

Update: It is fixed.
It seems that a quirk of this particular RPC1 frmware is that you set the region code to something before you flash to rpc1.
If you flash back to rpc2, set the region code then flash it back again to rpc1 it behaves itself.
Sorry for the confusion!

Yep, for some RPC-1 patches this way is inevitable to work properly.

I have the same problem. on My IBM ThinkPad T22 with same drive. I can watch European DVD's with Windows Media Player. But after 4 changes to the region my DVD-rom is set to Region 1. My PowerDVD does not want to play the Euro DVD's no matter what I do. I used Drive Region Info V2.2 software it sees my drive as protected. I downloaded patch firmware 8175_X240RPC1 from here I ran it in DOS prompt and with boot disk in DOS.. as

c:\DWL2 0 x240.BIN

it does it quick and still sees as protected.. I am not sure if I am doing this correct, can some one give me step by step instructions please. thank you..

Have you tried playing that DVD using VideoLANClient and DVD43?

Thanks for the response. But I am not that good at this stuff. sort off new to this. I am not sure how to do this, is there anyway you can give me step by step instructions how to flash the drive and make it region free?!
I am not sure about VideoLANClient and DVD43, I use PowerDVD and Windows Media Player which plays all regions, but PowerDVD only plays Region1, when I try play Region5, it says my drive is Region1 and will only play that region, but Win Media Player plays both, but I would love to use PowerDVD for all my DVD's, can u help?

Is Regionkiller or DVDGenie running?

I tried DVD-genie, not sure if a i am using it correctly, but I downloaded the bin to flash, not sure if i did it correctly, i did it through cmd, but it says you need to be in real dos mode, i use XP, how do i flash it? and how come win media player plays region5 and region1?

Easiest way to get into REAL DOS mode:

1) You run DOS and can boot into DOS.
2) You run w9x, press F8 and run DOS with the commandline.
3) Create a bootable floppydisk, boot from it into DOS.
4) Create a bootable USB stick with DOS...
5) Use a BOOT-CD or Boot-DVD.
...

but i have xp

Then 3) would be your first choice.

Another additional option would be to create a small extra DOS (or w9x) bootable partition on a hdd. Maybe using a Partition-Manager before is necessary.

ok.. and then what, can you please give me step by step instructions how to flash and then what to do next.. thanks for the help

Please disable all DVD related tools like Regionkiller & DVDGenie, then run Discinfo and post the output here.

ran driveinfo:

D: Matshita DVD-rom sr-8175 G228
THIS DRIVE HAS REGION PROTECTION
Region Info
Region Code 1
User: 0 Changes Left
Manufacturer: 4 Changes Left
Status: Fixed, can not be changed

i dowloaded zip 8175_X240RPC1 file, from:
http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?c ... ufactor=18
for this player, and now what?

Just flash it on your drive in REAL DOS.
You told us earlier you did that already?!?

so i have to partition my C drive with DOS and then copy this file there? then: run f:\DWL2 0 x240.BIN ??

what should I see on the screen and how long will it take? and then what should I do?

i actually have USB thumb drive, how can I use that to get into Real DOS mode, I should format it FAT or FAT32 and how can I boot up from it to get into DOS?

Your computer/BIOS requires to be able to boot from such an USB drive. Is this gonna work?

Plug it in, use the internal format function in wondows, select "make it bootable" or similar and format.
Then put flasher & firmware on it and boot from t.

Execute the flasher. Success?!
Reboot your computer or switch off for a few seconds.

HINT: Probably the flasher requires to see a Floppydrive on "A:". If you have none, fool the flasher by using the DOS command SUBST.

it did not work, i went to bios, could not select USB to be bootable device, this is on my IBM ThinkPad T22. Was not able to format USB as bootable MS-DOS disck to boot from. I used boot disk that I made, I boot from it, but then I have to change out floopy for DVD ROM, I can't have both in.. So I can't make it work, is there a boot disk that could load Real DOS with C: drive, so I can then flash from c: drive?

Try a Boot-CD: The Firmware Flashing Bootdisk (Floppy image or CD ISO image) from here: http://pioneerdvd.rpc1.org/#ISO

HI there,

I cant seem to download this file

Can anyone else access it???

http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_file.php?site=zozo00&file=8175_X240RPC1.zip


EDIT...

I can downlod the file fine fromthe linki posted! Weird???? Must be somethign dodgy in my browser not giving the correct referrer...