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Please help with a region hack for the Thomson 5000 or 5500

I dont know these players at all and this is a pure guess .... Thomson players have tended to be Samsung based for a while now so it`s worth trying the Samsung 511 hack from this site ... chances are this wont work as even if the player is Samsung based many Samsung based players tend to have had the remote hack removed from the firmware.

Assuming the 511 hack doesnt work you need to UNPLUG THE UNIT FROM THE MAINS and compare the board to the picture on my install page

http://www.shoyle.f9.co.uk/dvdchipsuk/sam_m105install.htm

if the picture matches the board in your player then you do indeed have a Samsung x05 Clone with unhackable firmware

Ah I`ve just thought of an easier way to confirm whether you have a Samsung clone without removing the cover .... hold stop and play on the front panel together for at least 3 seconds .... if the player resets back to a menu asking for language then you have a Samsung clone.

Steve
www.dvdchips.co.uk

Hi Steve
I have a Samsung DVD 511 which act`s as you have described am I to assume that this DVD player cannot be converted to multi region by any means.

Les Milton

This item was edited on Sunday, 18th November 2001, 17:19

No ... you should try the 511 hack from this site and if that doesnt work then the player can still be chipped

Steve
www.dvdchips.co.uk

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you Steve.
Chiped ? what where how. Any help greatfully recived

Les Milton

Advertising is not allowed here .... I can say no more than I have done

Steve
DVDChips

Mmmmmmmmmm, But you do it anyway.


Who cares? Do you want your Dansai Chip Back? For the last time...!

Do I want my Dansai chip back for the last time ??? that`s the first time I heard that .... No I dont want anything back .. Dansai is now remote hackable hence the reason it can be no longer ordered from my site ... it`s still listed but when you click "buyit" you get an error

Steve
www.dvdchips.co.uk

Fair enough, Just thought Id ask.


I did post in another forum, But you must have missed it.

Once a player has had a remote hack discovered then that`s it for me ... I dont bother reading those threads any more ... the chip is now off the site

Steve
www.dvdchips.co.uk