Firmware Upgrade For LiteOn LVW-5005

HELP ME PLEASE
I SAW IN EBAY THIS DUDE THATS SELING A FIRMEWARE AND THAT FIRMWARE IS FOR: the firmware has been modified to provide the lp (3hr) record option and also change the region setting to region free and to disable the other so you can make unlimited backups of your purchased dvd's or vhs tapes.

And this guy is selling this for like 50 dlls i mean thats cruel but i want to know if i can put my dvd recorder in region free and thats all how can i do this ¿?¿ HELP ME
my e-mail is: [email addy removed]

 

The firmware hack is something you can do yourself to get the 3-hr mode and disable macrovision. The person selling this on E-bay is a ripoff. Region Free can be gotten by pressing the setup button, highlight "Exit" (do not press OK or Select, just highlight), with "Exit" highlighted, press 2, 9, 6, 0. A new menu will pop up on screen where you can select the region of the recorder, including region free.

 

Wow thanks a lot man i realy apreciated but i did not understand you when you told me how i can use the 3hr mode? can you take me step by step? i realy ipreasheated friend! the region free worked great! but i cant get the 3 hr mode still

 

Gtrman i have done the hacking, but with no luck my serial number is 0102-1840-0098-g2bd http://www.liteonit.com/DC/english/download/index.asp and thats the page i download it it from, but i just found out that muy brother just recently udpated the firmware about 4 weeks ago but how can i get the 3 hr and microvision stuff¿? the region code worked corecctly but no eforts on th 3hr and mircovision! ¿? help please! i would happly donate $$ if works, were half way there man dont give up thank you!

 

 ... Go to this link ...

http://ilohacker.tripod.com/

 

Ok I thik now one has the late'st clue about what i've just said i have the latest firmware allready installed in my dvd recorder model LVW-5005, i have the pagie and i download the program and burn it in a cd, and then stick it in the dvd and nothing happens i think thats because i already upgreaded it i think so? my question is how in the hell can i re-patch my DVD without loosing he firmware and having the 3 hr recored system and the microvision??? please help me! i know that i can go to the paige and download the firmware but my dvd dosent do anything!! because i have already patch it!!!! thanck you!!

 

and something else i have a 160gb hard disck drive in no use i have no use for this hdd can you tell me to if i can open my dvd lite-on LVW-5005 and place this hdd so i can recored on this hdd or on the dvd-rw or on any cd? can this be done? and if it can would it be easy to do!?

 

morrisonx,

The smart firmware hacker is to add code to the original firmware. You do not put it on a CD. You need the original firmware file you downloaded from LiteOn AND the Smart Firmware Hacker (ilohack.exe). Run the ILOhack program. It will ask you where the firmware file is you want to hack. Point it to the file you downloaded from LiteOn. It will hack the file and create a directory called "Hacked" and put the new updated file in it. Burn the hacked firmware file to a CD and upgrade with it instead of the original one. This will disable MV and add LP 3-hr mode.

Remember, firmware updates REPLACE the installed firmware, not add to it. Every time you do a firmware update, it erases what's there and puts the new code in it's place.

You can not add a HDD to the LiteOn 5005. It has no connections for it and the chipset will not recognize a HDD.

 

Gtrman I will try what you told me thank you for you coaporation and ill let you know how my progress is thanks a lot youll be reciving my donation very soon!

 

 ... You really don't need the macrovision hack with the LVW-5005 ... What I do is get the DVD to a menu screen then start my recorder and let it run for about 15 seconds, then start the source DVD and voila! it duplicated just fine ... You can do the same thing with a VHS .. just start the tape, pause it and start your recorder ... 15 seconds later, start the tape and that nasty old macrovision has been licked again! ...

 

HI again Gtrman i am realy not happy with what im doing, but yet i follow youre every step and nothing i download the original firmware file from LiteOn AND the Smart Firmware Hacker (ilohack.exe). I Run the ILOhack program. It ask's me where the firmware file is that i want to hack. I Point it to the file that i downloaded from LiteOn. then it creates a folder name called "Hacked" and It puts the new updated file in it. I Burn the hacked firmware file to a CD and when it finish the burning i put the disc in the recoreder and dosent do a god dam thing it opnly reads DATA DISC ?¿ why is that ¿? what am i donig wrong i think that every thing that im doonig is acording to what you said and im donig everything perfect¿? i only whant the 3 hr can you still help me ¿?

 

http://www.liteonit.com/DC/english/download/download1.asp

 

Morrisonx, you will soon no longer be classified as a newbie by the system!

You have done exactly what you're supposed to. Keep on trying with the CD you made (power off, reinsert, etc., etc). This should do the trick. If it does not, try burning another CD. The machine seems not to like your CD but it may just be kidding. It's a woman, you know.

"Data disc" is exactly what it said to me a few days ago when I hacked the machine for the first time. CD-RW first, then a CD-R, then same message, power off, reinsert, etc., etc until the machine was finally happy.

It's a woman, you know!

aokay

 

Migawd, I'm a newbie too to this bitch [g]

 

WELL THANKS A LOT TO EBERY ONE THAT HAS HELP ME I WILL TRY TO DO WHAT YOU SAID OK TRYING TO PUT THE CD-RW OR CD-R ON THE RECORDER AND I WILL TAKE CARE OF IT THANK YOU ILL HAVE EVERY ONE POSTED WHEN I HAVE EVERYTHING DONE!

 

It's been said that you have to reset to the Lite_Ons (using system option) defaults before it will recognize the CD and do the upgrade.

 

Ok, Nephilim i did not know the rules ok sorry i take a read and understand them ok thanks a lot!

 

 ... @Gtrman .. About the 3hr hack ... Does it give you 2hr (720x480, 5.1Mbps bitrate) or 4hr (352x480, 2.5Mbps bitrate)resolution? ... If it gives you the same resolution as the 4hr recording mode, it wouldn't make any sense to apply the hack ...