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Does anyone know the hack for this machine?

Educator,

I believe there is no known handset hack for macrovision disabling sa was the case with the 750/750S.

I think its only possible via a chip change.

Contact Steve of dvdchips for more details if you`re interested.

Cheers

Chris

I don`t agree.

The player is a Sampo player, with Sampo firmware, so there`s a firmware hack in there somewhere, especially as the player is actually a DVE360(also known as the Digitron DVS360 in this country) in disguise.

Futuretronic are offering a `modification` for £50, but I am still awaiting confirmation as to what this entails.

Hang back for a bit on getting a moddy done : keep checking http://www.area450.co.uk for news of what Futuretronic are actually doing, once they tell me.

Mind you, if any of the Independent Sampo Network crack it I`ll let you know asap !

Thanks Clayts
I will do some searching myself and post any news here

check http://www.cdrom-guide.com/ubb/Forum12/HTML/003863.html
apparently there is.Clayts, you might also want to check it out also.

Hi Navs, thanks for the link.

No doubt Steve will have seen my postings with regards to the correct region hack for the M5 - SETUP and 6,2,8,3,6.

However, the one posted on the CD-Rom Guide forum is actually the old Sampo DVE560 hack which hasn`t worked for an age and a bit, and not surprisingly failed on the M5.

All people want is the Macrovision hack. Allow me to be contraversial, but I honestly believe a certain firm (NOT DVD Chips by the way) has the hack and is charging people a silly amount of money to tap it in. Failing that, they are flashing back to an older Sampo firmware, cracking it the old-fashioned way (SETUP and 5,9,0,4,1,9), and then forward flashing to the newer Wharfey firmware. This is the same firm that tried this trick with Encore owners as well - shady guys.

The contacts within the Independent Sampo Network are trying to get hold of a firmware dump of the Wharfedale M5 (version 1.7) - can anyone help out ?

Hi Clayts,
obviously we are all trying to find a macrovision hack for the M5 so that there`s no extra cost to the customer (us). But what`s your opinion for an external macro-decoder like the one they supply at www.sonel.com? I`ve had mine for six months and so far-no problems.
Cheers.

If you already have the Sonel, and it does the job, I certainly don`t have an issue with it. As you say, we`re all customers and want what`s best for us, even if it is a bit naughty.

I`m still totally convinced that there`s a hack in the firmware somewhere - we just need that firmware ROM dump, is all...

www.dvdscene.co.uk/regionhacks/wharfedalem5.htm says that the region hack is SETUP 62836 ENTER

Is this wrong?!?

Does anyone know if the Wharfedale M5 is any good? I can`t find a review ANYWHERE!

http://www.area450.co.uk ;-)