LiteOn (Ilo, Daytek, Gateway) DVD recorder hacks
This post was originally a guide found on the main site, first started in May 2004. It was updated a number of times during the lifetime of the LiteOn (and LiteOn clones) series, from about 2003-2007.
Where are the Firmware Files? Various posts in this thread have firmware files attached. To get access to download the files, simply join the forum as a Free Member (it's free!) and that's it. You'll be able to download. We provide files like this for the convenience and support of our members, including both Free and Premium Members. We don't send spam or sell your e-mail addresses. If you're not sure what to do with the attached ZIP or RAR files, then read this help post. Don't forget to thank us! We don't have to do stuff like this, and it takes a lot of time. To support this site, consider becoming a Premium Member for $20 and join a community of quality-seeking video professionals and enthusiasts alike, to get help with your video or other media projects. Don't just be a downloader, become a valued site member, whether you ask questions, or answer them! Or just drop us a quick thank-you donation -- $2, $5, whatever -- that we can use to pay for the site costs. Need Firmware Help ? After the LiteOn-run forums went offline, users scattered to several places online. Each year, more of these sites disappear. All that's currently left is ss3f.com/ilo (Guitarman's site) and ilohacker.tripod.com (MrWizard's site). Neither site has received updates in 5+ years. Guitarman was one of the earlier members of the LiteOn hacking community, in the era of the LVW-5001. In later years, MrWizard wrote a program that would hack the firmwares for most LiteOn models. Because those sites could disappear at any moment, their contents have been archived here at this forum. Those archives are located here: http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/home...r04-hdd04.html Important: We are only hosting files that are confirmed to work. I am not a firmware hacker. If you ask me questions, I'll likely reply with a simple "Everything I know is already on this forum. Search the site to see what information you can find." Want to Submit Some Firmware Files ? If you have a file that is not here, feel free to attach it to a forum post. If the file is larger than 8MB, then simply Contact Us. Firmware additions are very much appreciated by fellow LiteOn owners in your community. Every month, for several years now, somebody asks about LiteOn firmware files, where to find specific versions for specific models. If you don't see it, add it. Somebody will thank you for it. Thanks to the Firmware Hackers of Yesterday Thanks to GGW2000, SEANH, OOSEL, UNLEASHEDPC, SMARTBLUE, CCHANG, TJDMOBILE, MRWIZARD, GUITARMAN, LORDSMURF, and many others I've probably forgotten to list, for their contributions to this information and to the hacking scene in general. Without users like this, the DVD recorder scene would have been far less interesting. Non-Firmware Mods This thread only covered firmware hacks. Hardware mods were mostly for better cooling or for replacing the DVD burner. LiteOn hardware modifications are located at http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/vide...-recorder.html . |
Why Hack the Machines?
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How to Hack the Units...
The units are not difficult to hack at all. It will take a CD-RW or a couple of CD-R, a CD or DVD burner in your computer, burning software (preferably Nero or RecordNow), and a little bit of patience and courage.
Some things to remember:
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Firmware Files Archives
These files are older firmware files, mostly being provided for archive purposes. This is not a complete collection of any kind, just random files that have been collected in years past. New firmwares will be added here as they are submitted to us. These machines had wacky anti-copy "protections" that would randomly engage on home-recorded VHS tapes, camera video tapes, or television broadcasts. It was overly sensitive, and turning it off was almost a requirement to make the machine workable. An experimental 3-hour LP mode was also available, though in some machines (early 5001 units), it was known to cause jitter. That may be the reason for this setting being hidden on the SETUP menu. LEGEND: LP = 3-hour mode enabled MV = VHS anti-copy disabled CPRM Key = Broadcast anti-copy disabled PAL HACKED files: |
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NTSC HACKED files:
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PAL OFFICIAL files:
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NTSC OFFICIAL files:
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iLo Hack Software and Firmware Files:
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All available firmware files and tools have now been uploaded into the forum, in the above posts, as attachments:
LiteOn PAL HACKED files LiteOn-5001-PAL-Hacked-1076-LNFBE076.zip (1.87MB) LiteOn-5001-PAL-Hacked-2163-NoMV.zip (2.22MB) LiteOn-5001-PAL-Hacked-2163-NoMV+LP.zip (2.22MB) LiteOn-5001-PAL-R2UK-Hacked-LNEBE098.zip (1.82MB) LiteOn-5005-PAL-Hacked-LNFB2063.zip (2.23MB) LiteOn-5005-PAL-Hacked-LNFB2091.zip (1.82MB) LiteOn NTSC HACKED files LiteOn-5001-NTSC-R1-Hacked-1063.zip (2.23MB) LiteOn-5001-NTSC-R1-Hacked-1163-NoMV.zip (2.22MB) LiteOn-5001-NTSC-R1-Hacked-1163-NoMV+LP.zip (2.22MB) LiteOn-5001-NTSC-R1-Hacked-1176-NoMV+LP+NoCPRMKey.rar (1.87MB) LiteOn-5001-NTSC-R1-TestingUnstable-LNEA1176-LP+NoCPRMKey.rar (1.87MB) LiteOn-5001-NTSC-R1-TestingUnstable-LNEA1176-NoCPRMKey.rar (1.87MB) LiteOn-5005-NTSC-R1-Hacked-LNEA1180.rar (1.87MB) LiteOn-5005-NTSC-R1-Hacked-LNFA1091-NoMV+LP.zip (1.82MB) LiteOn-5005-NTSC-R1-Hacked-LNHA1092.zip (1.82MB) LiteOn PAL OFFICIAL files LiteOn-5001-PAL-Official-LNEB2135.zip (2.39MB) LiteOn-5001-PAL-R4Aus-Official-4163.zip (2.22MB) LiteOn NTSC OFFICIAL files LiteOn-5001-NTSC-R1-Official-LNEA1129.zip (2.38MB) LiteOn-5001-NTSC-R1-Official-LNEA1135.zip (2.39MB) LiteOn-5001-NTSC-R1-Official-LNEA1141.zip (5.94MB) LiteOn-5001-NTSC-R1-Official-LNEA1143.zip (2.12MB) LiteOn-5001-NTSC-R1-Official-LNEA1163.zip (4.07MB) LiteOn-5001-NTSC-R1-Official-LNEA1176.zip (1.87MB) LiteOn-5001-NTSC-R1-Official-LNEA1176-DSU-UpdOnce.rar (1.87MB) LiteOn-5001-NTSC-R1-Official-LNEA1180-DSU-0101-014x.zip (1.86MB) iLo HACKED files and utilities iLo-Hack-v15-Software.zip (0.18MB) iLo-NTSC-Hacked-WMEA1095.zip (1.82MB) |
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A few more recent firmwares to add, for the iLo and LiteOn units with hard drives. Use of these firmwares is discussed at Videohelp.com.
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Does anyone have the old Gateway dvd recorder hack for firmware 4001-1140-0086
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Do you have hacked firmware for A500GX?
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LVW-5001 Upgrade and Hacks
First of all I would like to thank you for this site!! It is by far one of the best sites that I have visited for infomation, and files, on hacking the LVW-5001!! I downloaded your files and followed your instruction and they worked as you said with one exception. The firmware number stayed stayed at 1163 after the hack. I had installed a cooling fan, a few months ago, in the top of the unit as I noticed that it was running a little too warm for me. Also, one little glitch, nuisance, that keeps poppig up is the "display status" of the LVW that keeps popping up. Sometimes right after you clear it and sometimes it will wait for a good length of time. Not a problem, just a nuisance. After I upgraded the unit to the 1163 firmware I then upgraded it with the hacked version and it has been working flawlessly ever since!! I have copied ~ 30 Disney protected VHS movies one right after another with no copy problems or heating probems. Thanks Again!!
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dean, sorry, don't have one. Hopefully somebody will want to submit one someday. We'll archive it here.
kkcheng, what you see is what you get. Please note that sometimes firmwares for one machine work on others. You may need to dig around online, and see if another LiteOn firmware works on that A500GX. It just might! MistyMo, thanks much for your input and success story. It's good to hear that these are not being archived in vain, that the overly touchy stock firmware can be replaced well, to allow you to archive your home movies and videos to DVD. After all, who still has VCRs in living rooms? Everybody wants their content on DVDs now. VHS tapes will be stuck back in the attic or a closet, am I right? Thanks all of you. Good luck, enjoy the DVDs. :) |
hi all.ive got 2 liteon dvd recorders both with problems that im hoping someone can help me with :@) .the first been a liteon lvw 5001b that im trying to make macrovision free so i can copy my daughters disney films on to dvd and also a lvw 5006 which has picture jitter.ive been doing a bit of reading and it says a firmware update will cure it.can anyone point me in the right direction for the right firmware for each machine so they are both mv free? cheers all.:cool:
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We're mostly just archiving some firmware files that have become harder to find as time has gone by. All we know is already found in the forum, at the top of this page, all the posts you see here.
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Hi, thanks for the firware files, very helpful. I was wondering if anyone knows how to disable the screensaver feature on the 5001? I use the TV tuner to view a cctv camera and have to keep hitting any key on the remote to get the picture back on screen. I've emailed LiteOn but had no reply as yet.
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Having problems getting the player to recognise the disc with the firmware files on, maybe I'm just being stupid but how do I burn a suitable disc, any recommendations as to what software I could use? Tried Nero and it wont recognise the file extension D00, I'm stuck now on what to do?
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I don't know that the screensaver can be turned off. If it were possible, I would think the instructions would be in the product manual. I don't see anything in the book, or in the on-screen menus.
Re-read the instructions: http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/show...76&postcount=3 The file has to be burned onto a data disc. In Nero, just make a data CD, and drop the firmware file(s) onto the disc file window. The DVD burner on my LiteOn LVW-5001 has finally died, which is sad considering the fact that it hasn't even been used in the past year, and it was working fine last time. I'm hoping a clean will fix it. |
Hi there,
I have done a fair amount of research without any success. I have the LiteOn LVC-9006 and I need some advice on the macrovision situation. Is there 'an adjustment' that I can use to assist me here? I have read Mr Wizard's info and all the info available on this site and others, but I just don't see a solution available. Is there one? Thank you all in advance. The Moose |
There may not be anything more you can do. If you've exhausted the information already found here, or from MrWizards archived documents/info, then you may be out of luck. Wish I could help more.
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hi every one
Please i am looking for file for update my liteon lvw 5005,the file in the forum does not work for me ,when i insert the cd in machine , it indicate file and then stop |
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Read my response here, for a similar topic: http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/home...html#post12423 That information would apply to your question, as well. Thanks. :) |
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Gateway AR-230 stock firmwares...
Gwea1086.exe | Firmware Flash Update for Gateway AR-230 DVD Recorder | Version: 1086 Note: This firmware updates the Gateway DVD Recorder AR-230 with a serial number in the sequence of [xxxx-01xx-xxxx-XXXX(xxx-xxx)] to version 1086 of the firmware. This version of firmware is meant to update version 1139 systems to version 1086 systems. Release Date: 4/25/2005 File Size: 1,897 KB Gateway AR-230 DVD Recorder R0 [Part #2520516] Gateway AR-230 DVD Recorder R2 [Part #2521012] Gateway AR-230 DVD Recorder R3 [Part #2521671] ______ 7514855.exe | Firmware Flash update for Gateway AR-230 DVD Recorder | version 1163 Note: This firmware updates the Gateway DVD Recorder AR-230 with a serial number in the sequence of [xxxx-11xx-xxxx(xxx-xxx)] to version 1163 of the firmware. This version of firmware is meant to update version 1139 systems to version 1163 systems. If your DVD recorder has firmware version 11.43, this upgrade is not applicable to your unit. All of the upgrades have already been applied to your firmware. Please see the Identification section below for information on how to confirm you firmware revision. If your serial number is within this series [xxxx-10xx-xxxx(xxx-xxx)], this firmware does not upgrade your DVD Recorder. ______ Overview - This firmware updates the Gateway DVD Recorder AR-230 with a serial number in the sequence of [xxxx-01xx-xxxx-XXXX(xxx-xxx)] to version 1086 of the firmware. This version of firmware is meant to update version 1139 systems to version 1086 systems.
Troubleshooting - If you have difficulties extracting the files or running the firmware update, copy the file to a different blank CD-R media and then follow the installation steps in this document. Reason for Update - This disc updates the Gateway DVD Recorder AR-230 to version 1086 of the firmware. This firmware resolves a difficulty when recording to the 1394 port and a stopping message may occur. This firmware improves video quality and media compatibility. Applicable Part Numbers - 2520516, 2521012, 2521671 |
Replacement drives known to have worked in LiteOn DVD recorders (and clones):
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oopla DVR-330 -> LiteOn DVR-330 -> LiteOn LVW-5001
beschreibt nur DVD+R and DVD+RW. oopla DVR-530 -> LiteOn DVR-530 -> LiteOn LVW-5005 beschreibt DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, CDR & CDRW Weitere OEM-Versionen des LiteOn 5001/5005 existieren zum Beispiel unter "CyberHome", "Daytek", "ILO" und "Gateway". |
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Firmware files from the official LiteOn site in April 2006. Post #1 of 2.
By most accounts, these were the final firmware versions of many of these recorder models. |
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Firmware files from the official LiteOn site in April 2006. Post #2 of 2.
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Some more files have been added in this thread: http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/vide...98-liteon.html
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hi guys. i know this thread is very old and i used help from this forum alot of years ago to hack a liteon lvw5006 dvd recorder to remove the mv/ add the 3hr mode and make the unit region free. ive just found the recorder in the loft which ive tried to play a shop bought dvd which it was finicky in playing and wouldnt play straight away. dvd+r dvd+rw dvd-r dvd-rw played fine.......i was wondering if the firmware on the drive has messed up somehow and i could downgrade the firmware back to stock. any info on this would be greatly apreciated
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