LATEST NEWS

4/30-08
New moddified firmware!

3/14-08
New original firmware

7/7-07
New firmwares!

4/17-07
There might be new models in Europe this year after all. In japan Pioneer will release the following models: DV-300, DV-400V and DV-600AV

3/23-07
The DV-696AV will not be replaced during this year with a new model!

3/16-07
new moddified firmware, V5.0

2/28-07
New original firmware.

1/27-07
Bugfixes, uploaded 3.01. Now with bigger subtitle fonts for CP1250/01/02/04/05
Fimrware for Greek (CP1253) also added now

Firmwares

ALL UPGRADES ARE ON OWN RISK!

How tell which firmware version your player has:
HOME MENU,INITIAL SETTINGS,go to OPTIONS (dont enter the submenu),press "DISPLAY" on the Remote Control

Known firmware revisions
There is only one firmware version, it´s 1.16, but diffrent flash ROM versions.

Version 1.16

flash ROM version
YDC6502C ?
YDC6606A ?
YDC6628 ?
YDC6915A ?
YDC6C18A December 2006
Fixes the 1080i upscaling artifacts on a full-HD screen
YDC7410A April 2007
Will change analog audio output from 2ch to 5.1ch when HDMI cable is unplugged and plugged in again
Audio tempo will be slower when playing DVD-Audio disc with certain settings.
Striped noise will occur on TV screen when playing DivX files and BNR is set to ON.
YDC7B16A November 2007

Report bugs to me! There is no use in posting a bug report in a forum, I might not read it.
Use the Live Help at the bottom of the page to leave a message!

Smash the Mac V7.0

30-04-2008

- Long filenames
- white subtitles outlined with gray
- Turned off preview of images/video in filebrowser
- Replaced background images. You can now see what TV-system the dvd player is set to.
- Replaced screensaver.
- The pointer stays as it was in File browser and is not reseted any more
- Shuffle with MP3 on surround button, hold longer to have V.Surround
- Playe Mode with MP3 activated!
- Multiregional when Enter is pushed until the player turns off.
- Original region setting restorde when Clear is pushed until player turns off.
- Show all caracters in filename, foldername and when Display button is pushed instead of "_".
- Dont play new file on FF or FR, its hard to explain, just play some file, press FF key move selection bar to other file, press "play" or "enter" and check results
- Filbrowser names centerd
- A new font for file browser
- Changed subtitle window.
- Fixed bug with .SRT and .IDX/SUB Subtitles timing.
- Dimmer function under 0 key. Hold longer to obtain: On, ½-light and Off.
- White subtitles with black outline and transparent background
- Only one size avalible for DivX subtitles, but it´s bigger then the original one. So CP1252 workes for everyone, just wont disply your languages charaters in file browser
- Supports now bigger DivX/Xvid subtitles for CP1250, CP1251, CP1252, CP1254 and CP1255
- Default font changed thanx to Robert7
- Support for Greek (CP1253) in firmware now.
- New icons made by Dinderi.
- Based on new original firmware, YDC7410A.
- Pan&Scan.
- UOP Messages disable, (User Operations Prohibitet), but only partially :(
- .SRT timing bug.
- Show specific extension in filebrowser.
- Now shows all chars avalible.
- New bigger subttile font. Even bigger for Hebrew
- Based on new original firmware,YDC7B16A.
- WordWrap for DivX subtitles

For complete list see readme included in zip. There might be functions listed that do not work with your player.
There could also be functions that are not listed here or in the readme file in zip.
The firmwares under each CP# is supposed to also support your language in OSD and file browser. This is only tested for CP1252!
However this firmware is cheked and should work good, I do not take any resposibility for any damage and/or inconvenience, triggered by installing and using it. Remember you install firmware´s, on your own risk!

ADVICE When the upgrade is nearly finished, the player will go in a state that looks like it is dead for about 5-10 sec, dont touch the player before it get backs to life again.

Use on own risk!

How to create the update disc!

WARNING:

These firmwares, even if they have already been tested by several users, are published "AS-IS", without any representations or warranties , and you agree to use them at your sole risk. If a problem happen during update, the guarantee of your player could be simply canceled! This is NOT any official Pioneer updates. If you kill your player, you can´t use your warranty to get it fixed!

YOU WARRANTY WILL BE CANCELED WHEN YOU USE THESE FIRMWARES.

If you do not agree with this, then JUST DON´T USE THE FIRMWARES AND GO AWAY.
Only use firmwares for the palyer it is intended. If you use it in another player it will just die. By using the firmwares found on this pages you agree to the terms above!

FIRMWARES ARE BETA VERSIONS. YOU MIGHT KILL YOUR PLAYER USING THEM! USE ONLY IF YOU KNOW HOW TO RELIVE YOUR PLAYER AGAIN!

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

When updating the player and it is finished, the display and TV-screen will go black and it actually looks like it died! This is normal DO NOT TOUCH THE PLAYER untill you see the Pioneer logo and the disc tray have closed! On some players it says CLEAR when the disc tray is closing!

Problem that can occure when updating is:
When update is finnished, the TV-screens goes black as it should but player does still say LOADING, it does not restart it self!
If you are ABSOLUTLEY sure the update is done, wait 10 minutes to be sure.
Close the tray by hand, then pull the power cord and then put it back! When you start the player again should read CLEAR and start normal!

RESET your player after upgrade!!!!

Do not touch the player while it is upgrading

Firmware	Version	Updated
DV-696AV
All CP
StM	V7.0	30 Apr 2008 11:46
Pioneer	YDC7B16A	Original

CP1250 English, Croat, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene and Serbian.
StM	V7.0	30 Apr 2008 11:46

CP1251 English, Bulgarian, Belorussian, Macedonian, Moldavian, Russian, Serbian and Ukrainian
StM	V7.0	30 Apr 2008 11:46

CP1252 Albanian, Danish, Dutch, English, Faroese, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish.
StM	V7.0	30 Apr 2008 11:46

CP1253 English, Greek.
StM	V7.0	30 Apr 2008 11:47

CP1254 English, Turkish
StM	V6.0	7 Jul 2007 09:41

CP1255 English, Hebrew
StM	V6.0	7 Jul 2007 09:41

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