LiteOn 5005 new firmware 1092

[franco321]

Just bought a 5005 from K-Mart in the USA. Came 3 hour record mode enabled out of the box as well as remote-hackable region encoding... but it's still macrovision impared. Tried older firmware as a lark (1063) but it was read as a "data disk". Downloaded LNFA1092.esu from LiteOn and upgraded my firmware... then looked for a hex editor to bypass macrovision. I was able to find these codes:
At 0x47, add 1 to the value that's there
At 0xEB, add 5 to the value that's there
At 0xA7, add 4 to the value that's the [which as 7, + 4 = 1, right?);

but couldn't locate these:
55 53 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 (00) - change to ....... 01
00 00 00 01 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 (1B) - change to ....... 1F

I'm new at hexing, but I scanned the document for an hour and still
couldn't find these lines or addresses. What could I be doing wrong?

My 5005 serial # is 0104-1840-0092-G2B9 (000-010D)

Any help would be great.

[admin]

If this were my machine, a 5005 with 3-hour enabled by factory, and it looked good (no jitter), I would not hack it. Just for the record.

Here is what I have been told about the R1 5005 1091 firmware:

Enable 3 hr:
- Find '00 00 00 01 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 1B' and replace with '00 00 00 01 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 1F'
- Add 4 to location x'A7' and add 4 to location x'EB'

Macrovision:
- Find '55 53 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00' and replace with '55 53 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 01'
- Add 1 to location x'47' and add 1 to location x'EB'

NOTE: If you are applying both hacks you end up adding 5 to to location x'EB'


This is the most recent hack.

If it works with your 1092, I would appreciate if greatly if you could use the FILE UPLOAD feature of this forum to upload it (ONLY if it works for you!). I'd add it to the firmware collection update being made this month.

This looks to be EXACTLY what you've already tried. You may want to get the 1091 firmware and try to downgrade to that one. I'm not sure if that will work. You may need to re-update 1092 to a custom version that has the "no downgrade" bits removed (supposedly the end of the file, not sure where this exists on 5005, just 5001). Then downgrade to the 1091 hack.

I'm not a firmware hacker. I just pass along info on the LiteOn series because I own one myself (5001, R1) and I find these hacks useful and worthy of space on my site.

[franco321]

This 1092 firmware is a head scratcher for me. I may just not hack anything beacuse the 3 hr speed is reallynice and clear without jitters (that I have seen so far). Want I really want is no macrovision from VHS tapes.If this does work I'll upload the file. I used the 1063 mod file on my older 5005 and that was great.... now if I can get this made in Sept 2004 unit to obey my orders.

There is no line 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 1B in the 1092 firmware upgrade hwich makes sense since it's factory made 3 hr mode.

More later, thanks!

[franco321]

No problem. The hack worked like a charm! My 5005 was made in Sept 2004 with fresh from da factory 3 hr mode... so your suggestions made me a happy camper. I will upload the file ASAP. NOW this is only the firmware flash for a factory fresh -enabled 3 hr mode recording macrovision-crippled machine with the 1092 firmware.

again, thanks for the suggestion!!!

[franco321]

where is the UPLOAD part of the forum....

[admin]

Be sure to ZIP the file up.
There is a 2MB limit. If the file is larger, let me know, and I have an alternate upload option (that one goes up to 10MB if needed).

[franco321]

After two DVDR testers, using Orion and MGM VHS macrovision-crippled tapes, and recording at 3 hour mode -- everything's fine. So here's my 1092... but it's ONLY for a factory fresh already 3 hour mode enabled 5005A (someone suggested the firmware is also for the 5006 model) manufactured Sept 2004 for the USA and Canada.

cheers,
Tim

[franco321]

Tried to upload the file and got this message:
Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a0035'
File not found
/forum/functions/functions_upload.asp, line 391

[admin]

That's just lovely. The UPLOAD function of the forum crashed. Sigh. Something else to fix. Computers are such fun...

EDIT:
Fixed the forum's UPLOAD component, can only do 1.5MB now instead of 2MB. Better than nothing.