Any Marantz owners???

[willem]

I have a Marantz DV4100 DVD player. It plays VCD's fine and if I go into setup and change "Digital Audio" from "All" to "PCM only" it plays SVCD's too.

Does somebody know how to avoid going into setup every time I want to play a SVCD?
Does somebody know if this DVD player is actually a Philips, and if so what make?
I don't have a counter when playing (S)VCD's. Is there a way to get a counter?

Maybe a firmware upgrade would fix the problems I described above, but Marantz doesn't offer them on their site. Maybe someone could provide me with such an upgrade?
I've also heard about "P-codes" on Philips DVD-players to enable/disable functions. Do these work on Marantz players too ?(I suppose they would if it's really a Philips inside) If so, could somebody give me a list of these codes?

I know I'm asking quite a few questions here, but I like to get the most out of my player.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks for your time.

[lapin]

do you know what firmware is set on your player, you could perhaps use the same firmware than the one offered by philips. I heard that some p-codes for philips work with marantz there is just a different way to enter it...
play, 274, (your p-code) 000 000 000, play

[willem]

Thanks Lapin for your reply. I don't know what firmware version I have. Maybe I have to open the player and see if I can find the version number on the chip.
Do you have a list of p-codes or know a site that lists them?

[lapin]

Hi,

here you can find what firmware do you have :http://www.home.zonnet.nl/jeroenverhaar/en/index.htm
I have a list of p-codes (only 3 for marantz) the rest is for philips but if you have the same firmware as a philips player (7.12, 7.22, 9.25, 9,28, ..), it should be compatible.

[willem]

I've spent some time browsing through the forum on regionhacks.datatestlab.com. There's lots of p-code related stuff there. I also checked Jeroen Verhaar's site. The RC-6 hack using a Palm works on the DV4100 too.
Now I'm sure that my Marantz is in fact a Philips inside. Using a different P-code (53,54 or 55) gave it the Philips startup screen too. I also got extra menu items but they didn't work, probably since the required hardware wasn't there.
The funny thing is when changing back to the original p-code (P12) using the RC-6 hack I get a Philips black and white (NTSC???) startup screen. I checked the firmware string and it's identical to the original before altering p-codes. When I change it to P12 using Play 274 012 000 000 000 Play; I get the original Marantz startup screen and the original firmware string. I understood that RC-6 code has the same effect as Play 274 except for the 25x counter remaining the same when using the RC-6 method. Apparently there is another difference too between the two methods.

I also got a counter when playing (S)VCD's. This was actually easy. Just set PBC to "no" in setup. I don't know what PBC (Play Back Control???) does exactly, but disabling it gives me a counter.

So most questions are answered for me now. I'm still on the lookout for a way of avoiding going into setup every time I wan't to play a SVCD. If you know a way, please share it here. Maybe somebody can explain to me what PBC does too.



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Regards,

Willem

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