RPC1 Firmware Upgrade Available for T42

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nichihan · #1 Post by **nichihan** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 12:37 pm

For those who do not already have it, the RPC1 upgrade/flash is now available at http://tdb.rpc1.org/ . This upgrade will allow you to watch DVDs from anywhere in the world and not be limited to a region-change counter (you can only change it 5 times before the flash). I've tested the firmware and it works perfectly. Huge props to TDB for hooking up us T42ers.

MadeInJapan · #2 Post by **MadeInJapan** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 5:42 pm

Which drive are you talking about? The T4X typically has a Matshita drive in it. To date I know of no RPC1 firmware upgrade for these 9.5mm drivers. Please advise.

nichihan · #3 Post by **nichihan** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 6:44 pm

Sorry, I'm talking about the LG GCC-4242N.

kstuart · #4 Post by **kstuart** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:06 pm

For the record, most of the Matshita drives can be made RPC1 using "MPatch". If you look in the long sticky thread at the RPC1 site Forums for MPatch, near the end is a downloadable ISO file that a Laptop repair guy has provided.

Be sure to check that all this applies to your specific model before using, and note that it voids warranties and a chance exists that it may even kill your drive.

Esben · #5 Post by **Esben** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 3:15 am

Another option is using a program such as DVD Idle. It will buffer the DVD disc contents to memory or harddrive, as well as remove region encoding on-the-fly. It works with RPC2 drives too.

sugo · #6 Post by **sugo** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 10:54 am

Actually neither MPatch or DVDIdle works for panasonic UJ-8x2 drives used in T4x.

pae77 · #7 Post by **pae77** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 12:49 pm

Doesn't "Any DVD" also solve this problem without doing anything to the drive's firmware?

sugo · #8 Post by **sugo** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 1:12 pm

AnyDVD failed as well, at least for UJ-812. There is something special on the M a t s u s h i t a drives.

Bgradid · #9 Post by **Bgradid** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 2:08 pm

nichihan wrote:Sorry, I'm talking about the LG GCC-4242N.

Mine has Hitachi written on it but LG and LG GCC-4242N written on it, so, I guess this would work?

asiafish · #10 Post by **asiafish** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:46 am

DVDRegion+CSSFree (great name) by Fengtao software (also listed at RPC1.org) worked great on my M a t s u s h i t a drive as well as on the LG-4242n.

#11 Post by **bill bolton** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 5:31 pm

asiafish wrote:DVDRegion+CSSFree (great name) by Fengtao software

Can be found here.

Cheers,

Bill

mg · #12 Post by mg » Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:16 am

bill bolton wrote:
asiafish wrote:DVDRegion+CSSFree (great name) by Fengtao software
Can be found here.

http://dvdidle.com/dvd-region-free.htm wrote:NOTE: DVD-RAM, Matshita XX-8xxx, SW-9xxx series DVD drives, and Torisan DRD-Uxxx series DVD drives are not supported now, and there is no plan to support them. But you can watch and copy CSS encrypted DVD movies when the drive region and disc region is matched on these DVD drives.

RPC1 Firmware Upgrade Available for T42

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