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Jefferson Ryan · 8th March 2005, 19:07

Today, someone at the Philips_DVP642 Yahoo Group answered my message about this topic (that I posted there):

I discovered the difference between the xx and the xxDV versions at
least. I flashed the xxDV version to my xx player (by renaming the
file) and the firmware acted properly EXCEPT for the loader. The
loader code is different between the two, apparently. Now no discs are
readable (and the loader makes strange attempts at seeking).

So basically I killed my unit, but hopefully this will at least
enhance the understanding of this player.

As I suspected, the difference seems to be in the loader!

If this is true, the player is not really dead. It´s possible to fix this by swapping loaders with a model "S" model and reflashing.

[]´s
Jefferson Ryan
http://ryan.com.br
Philips DVP642 Brazilian Portuguese Review at
http://ryan.com.br/prod_dvp642.htm

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Jefferson Ryan Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Brasil Posts: 12	Today, someone at the Philips_DVP642 Yahoo Group answered my message about this topic (that I posted there): I discovered the difference between the xx and the xxDV versions at least. I flashed the xxDV version to my xx player (by renaming the file) and the firmware acted properly EXCEPT for the loader. The loader code is different between the two, apparently. Now no discs are readable (and the loader makes strange attempts at seeking). So basically I killed my unit, but hopefully this will at least enhance the understanding of this player. As I suspected, the difference seems to be in the loader! If this is true, the player is not really dead. It´s possible to fix this by swapping loaders with a model "S" model and reflashing. []´s Jefferson Ryan http://ryan.com.br Philips DVP642 Brazilian Portuguese Review at http://ryan.com.br/prod_dvp642.htm Last edited by Jefferson Ryan; 9th March 2005 at 13:36.