Friday, October 17, 2014

FIRMWARE UPGRADE - REGION FREE - PHILCO PH-919 DVD PLAYER

How to make Region Free _ Philco PH-919 DVD Player _ Power Supply Circuit Diagram [Schematic]
Upgrading  the System and Changing the Region Code

MTK upgrade:
* Name upgrade file as "MTK.BIN"(must be in big caps)
* Record it in a CD-R/W (It can be enclosed a sub-directory which size is about 30M, and the file content can be letter or non used file.) disc Format: (advise to use the tool NERO burning ROM)
Disc volume: MEDIATEK, ISO9660 LEVEL1, MODE1, not JOILET.
* Put the recorded disc into the DVD player, on the TV will show "upgrade?" after loading. Press PLAY button, the player will automatically upgrade.
* Do not shut down the player during upgrade, it will restart automatically after upgrade.
* Upgrade finish.
How to change the region code:
This player uses NTSC/PAL color system.  It cannot play discs recorded with other systems, such as SECAM.
The region code for this player is 5, which indicates the applicable. The disc with code number other than 5 cannot be player on this player and screen will indicate the unconformity.
* Power on the machine, and press OPEN button to push the tray out.
* Press SETUP button to enter the SETUP menu, and go to the PREFERENCE item by pressing left button, then press 5 buttons in turn: 4,9,5,4,0
* A edit box will be displayed, you can change the region code to 1-6 with UP/DOWN button, the num 0 means REGION FREE. And then press SETUP button to exit (FOR 1379)
* An item named VERSION will be displayed, you can change the region code to 1-6 with UP/DOWN button, the num (0) means REGION FREE. And then press SETUP button to exit (for 1369).
POWER SUPPLY REGULATOR [SMPS] SCHEMATIC