Page 1 of touble with hack for samsung 511

just bought a samsung 511 , tried hack and it didnt work .
not really used to dvds as this is my first, what do i have to do for a cold start, on my freinds 709 he keys it in through a remote and the cold start
screen comes up
please help !!!

Hold Play+Stop for 3 seconds (for cold start), you`ll get a different intro screen. Press Repeat (make sure you press repeat, and not repeat a-b), 3, 8, 7, 6, 7, then the number of the region you need (9= Multiregion).

This hack does not work with some x11 firmwares. Try Aiwa hack.

Remember that Play & Stop has to be help on the player, not the remote!
Just out of interest, does your player display "Hello" on the LED when it is switched on?

I think that players that display "Hello" when switched on CAN be hacked and ones that do not CANT be hacked, not very technical I know, but I concluded this while looking around this forums and the 709online forums!

Still no luck with the hack FM?

At least you still have the aiwa hack!

tried aiwa hack and it still doesent work !!!, also on the cold start i press
stop and play for 3 seconds the lanuage screen comes up i press 1 for lanuage it returns me back to dvd start screen and wont work, how do i get the cold start screen up !!
i tried pressing repeat and it wont have it is there anything else i could try
apart from a sledgehammer, please let me know if im doing something wrong thanks for replying

Barney

The 511 people I talk to say that the double cold start hack is the only one that works. You need to experiment with the number of key presses to get to the service screen (it`s ADJUST on the 709). Try the faq. If it don`t work with the Aiwa remote try `borrowing` a One for all remote from ARG*S.

http://www.709online.com/709faq.htm

BTW 511 hacks cannot disable macrovision, so you`ll need an external box for this.

The US x11 firmwares *can not* be hacked using the "Repeat" method. Most European ones are hackable via this method, but as FM says, there are some which aren`t.

If you have an "unhackable" x11 - whether it`s US or European - it`s possible to swap the firmware for a hackable European one, perform the hack then replace the original firmware. The hack will be retained.

It still won`t disable Macrovision though. (It *will* disable Macrovision Level 2 on a US player, but standard Macrovision will still be present.)


Mike G

Samsung Firmware Page - http://www.709firmware.fsnet.co.uk/