Page 1 of Definitive SC2000 FAQ?

Hi All,

Well I`ve decided to bite the bullet and go with the SC-2000. Despite all the problems I still feel if you get a working one then it`s the best VFM.

Has anyone put together an SC-2000 FAQ? I know there`s hundreds of articles on here but it`s quite hard to get definitive answers without trawling through a lot of irrelivent stuff. I still can`t work out if the new SC-2000 has firmware 2.06 or 2.08 and whether or not it`s macrovision disabled out of the box etc

Cheers

Psycloud

My Scan unit received last Friday came with firmware V2.06 - this version does NOT allow you to disable macrovision. You will first need to upgrade to V2.08.

I do not understand why Scan are shipping V2.06 !!??

Probably because of very strong legal and real threats either to TaeYoung Telstar (the Scan manufacturer) or to Scan themselves, from a certain organisation with the backing of the entire film industry behind it. Think about it. Look at what happened in the US with the Apex player.

Once the FAQ is up and running you will be able to read all about it. I look forward to someone creating it and it would be good for this site to hold a copy.

An FAQ is a good idea. I`ve collected a whole bunch of articles off this site covering many of the usual Scan questions.

DaveyG also has a good knowledge of whats what and whats not with the Scan and Nelley at Scan is always helpful. Any input guys?

Does anyone have some ideas about what it should include?

Here`s my suggestions, based on what I`ve already collected:

1. How to burn a firmware upgrade CD
2. How to upgrade your firmware (tried paths)
3. How to make region free
4. How to disable macrovision (VCR Friendly)
5. How to access Hardware Menu (and description of values)
6. How to access Secret Menu

Suggestions that I don`t have info on:

7. Configuring Secret Menu Options (What exactly do they do?)
8. Blue Shadowing (this ones for me and Xeno)
9. Troubleshooting & Things to avoid

It would be useful to know the firmware versions where people have problems. My origrinal Scan (v187) died whilst doing an upgrade if there were more info then duff batches might be identified.

Just some ideas.

NiVZ.

Psycloud

perhaps you could post the entire "I purchased a scan story" on the forum, detailing what version you got, did it work, did you have to burn a cd to get it to work, how long did you wait for delivery, what was the customer service like, the whole story whether it works or not. Also what the build quaility is like.

most people only post when they have problems so post the good and the bad.

It seems a hell of a lot of people are buying the Scan and posting here so lets have a definative story of how it went.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.................................Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..............Mmmmmmmmnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn............Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm...............Dooooooooooooooo....Dooooooooooooo.mm.................Mmmmmmmmmmmnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn OH!
SORRY JUST BROWSING........

I`ve put up a quickly put together F.A.Q of all the info I`ve gathered about the SCAN.

It`s online at http://members.scotland.com/NiVZ/scan/SC2K_FAQ.txt
The address is case sensitive.

Post your helpful feedback here. Thats not you BEAR.

Hope it helps,

NiVZ.

BEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ITS A TRAP!!!!!!!!!!

GET OUT OF THIS THREAD NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I HAVE JUST SEEN 2 BLACK CATS IN HERE!

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

SCAN THREADS ARE...................THE MATRIX!
SCAN OWNERS ARE....................AGENTS!
BEAR IS.......................NEO!!!!!!!!!!!

YOU ARE THE ONE NEO BUT YOU ARE NOT READY FIND AN EXIT AND GET OUT BEFORE THE AGENTS GET YOU!

GO........................I DONT CARE IF YOU KNOW ORIGAMI.........THESE GUYS WILL THROW THEIR SC-2000`s AT YOU!

THE IRONDUKE (Morphieus)

This item was edited on Monday, 29th January 2001, 18:30

NiVZ,

You are a star. I will post some additional stuff I have been collecting when I get some time. Keep up the good work.

Fantastic!! Nice one NiVz.

For those who wanted a start to finish experience.....here`s the start :o)

Sent an email to Edward at Scan to place the order for me, this was because of a previous error on one of Scans Today Only pages that had some 12 speed CDRW`s really cheap but they were actually 4 speed so I came to an arangement with Edward about compensation. Anyways, order taken and SC-2000 due tomorrow....

BTW - Thanks for the acknowledgement NiVZ :o)