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does anyone have a macrovision hack for a liteon lvw5005 dvd recorder, i already have a region free hack that works great but i would also like a mcrovision hack if possible,
so that i can copy my protected videos to dvd.
i have noticed people keep mentioning the lead from sonel. i purchased one of their leads to copy my videos to another video and it didnt work i exchanged it 3 times and eventually purchased a different type of lead, (not from sonel) it also took me 3 months to get my money credited back to my credit card from sonel but only after i had complained to my credit card company.therefore i am not really willing to have anything to do with sonel.i know probably lots of you will reply saying how good the service has been from sonel but its a case of once bitten etc etc .if anyone can help either with a hack or a lead it would be greatly appreciated.
many thanks.

check this site out they have the hack to do it also is picture quality good on playback on that machine thanks
http://220.130.29.146/ikonboard.cgi?s=7 ... act=SC;c=2

This item was edited on Saturday, 19th June 2004, 13:52

thanks for your reply sunderland i checked out that site you suggested and most of the comments on that site applied to the lvw5001 so i dont know if their hacks will work with the lvw5005, bit wary of trying them just in case i screw the machine up.picture quality is excellent on playback in my opinion as i used this machine to replace a pacific 1002 which i thought had a good playback picture too

here is another site hpe this might help glad you think picture quality is good as ive just ordered mine
http://www.digitalfaq.com/reviews/liteon.htm

This item was edited on Sunday, 20th June 2004, 17:55

thanks for that site sunderland i will download that file, but i think i will wait awhile and see if anyone else does the hack just in case it screws up machine. i bought mine mainly for transferring stuff from old videos to dvd (films that you cant get on dvd) and also because it has a connection on the front for a digital camcorder. where are you getting yours from ? as i got mine from svp for £199.99 which i thought was an excellent price considering it records on all formats. once again many thanks for your help and i hope you get your machine soon.

thats were i am getting mine from. just waiting for it to come. cant go wrong for the price. hope everything is fine when get it. :)

Hi there

Sorry to jump in but would you let me have the multi region hack please. Thanks Ian

hi ian ,here is multiregion hack for lvw-5005 this also works on the lvw-5001.
enter setup
put cursor on exit and leave it there
on remote type 2960
on popup menu select region free.

This item was edited on Tuesday, 27th July 2004, 22:32

About to hack mine - will let you know if it works ! :/


Yes I can confirm the following hack worked on my LDW-5005B !
I have tested for 3 hour recording (which works a treat) and Iam now macrovision free - so I can now backup my pre-recorded videos to DVD!

The hack I used was as follows :

1/. download the following file :

http://www.softwareunlimited.co.uk/firmware.aspx


2/. Once downloaded, unzip

3/. Change name to LNFB2063.D00

4/. Burn to a cd in iso format in Nero. Like others I used a CD-R without any problem but I have seen that a new CD-RW should ideally used.

5/. Follow on-screen instructions (ie asks if you are sure you want to download firmware - select OK, then wait for a minute and switch off when it says)

6. When you power on again you will see the 3 hour format in the Guider, and can use macrovision free backup.


To make multi region :
1. Enter set-up screen
2. Move cursor to `Exit`
3. Using remote key 2,9,6,0
4. On pop-up menu select `Region Free`

I now have an excellant machine.
Hope this helps others. :) :D

This item was edited on Wednesday, 28th July 2004, 00:27