Mad Mr H
Prominent Member
MOD EDIT:
There may be some possibility of the swapping causing problems, see the end of the thread. So as Andy says below, this really is at your own risk.
We'll update here if it proves to be the case. Proceed at your own risk.
END of MOD EDIT.
Its very simple to do and can be changed back and forth between regions. This takes about 2 minutes to change. This is for BOTH BLU RAY and DVD playback.
PLEASE DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK
I have a USA player. Loading the EURO firmware turns it into a UK region Blu & DVD player. Loading the USA firmware changes it into USA region Blu & DVD.
I have changed my player four times so far.
(EDIT 28/3/2011 - I now have several players, These and many others belonging to members had carried out this process, no issues reported)
You require a UK and USA serial number.
1800 UK 8117304386 Colour Black
2500 USA 8077300088
3800 USA 8027300299 Feb 2008
3800 USA 8067302414 June 2008
3800 USA 8117320090
3800 UK 8107301292 Colour black
NOTE ON SERIAL NUMBER NOTES FOR 3800 Machines ONLY
The Denon 3800 had an initial BATCH FAULT with weak Blu Ray laser AND incorrect 1080p24 HARDWARE - This could ONLY be corrected if the units were sent back to DENON USA (early units were USA)
ANY Denon 3800 dated Feb 08 or prior (see your date/serial label on rear of machine) has these faults UNLESS it has been returned to Denon USA for replacement.
For Ref
June 08 serial 806xxxxxxx
April 08 serial 804xxxxx are OK
As far as I know there were NO units produced between Feb and April 08 - This was while the issue was resolved, April )* units and onward are correct.
I have a failed early unit, its good for CD and DVD playback and does this very well, its not a door stop! but it does not play Blu Ray.
Link to USA firmware from DENON
PLEASE NOTE : On the USA site you require a serial number and a USA address - ALL of us have just made up an address and that works fine (90210 is the only Zip code I know, New York, New York is so good they named it twice! )
Link to UK firmware from DENON
PLEASE NOTE : On the UK site you require serial number and the colour of the machine.
I have tested this with the following Blu Rays which are region locked. They display a "Wrong region" Screen and then play following a firmware region change.
USA region locked Gone baby Gone & Revenge.
UK region locked The Wrestler, Terminator 2, Australia
Information on locked Blu Ray regions can be found here
Region B list
Region A list
Region A
Region B
Region Free
I have only done this with a USA player, Others have now tested with UK and other Euro units.
I this works with 1800 & 2500 UK and USA players - PLEASE NOTE - This will require the DENON 1800 or 2500 firmware and NOT the above 3800 info.
I will add more info and pictures when I find time, For now this should be enough informaton for those that wish to try AT YOUR OWN RISK
There may be some possibility of the swapping causing problems, see the end of the thread. So as Andy says below, this really is at your own risk.
We'll update here if it proves to be the case. Proceed at your own risk.
END of MOD EDIT.
Its very simple to do and can be changed back and forth between regions. This takes about 2 minutes to change. This is for BOTH BLU RAY and DVD playback.
PLEASE DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK
I have a USA player. Loading the EURO firmware turns it into a UK region Blu & DVD player. Loading the USA firmware changes it into USA region Blu & DVD.
I have changed my player four times so far.
(EDIT 28/3/2011 - I now have several players, These and many others belonging to members had carried out this process, no issues reported)
You require a UK and USA serial number.
1800 UK 8117304386 Colour Black
2500 USA 8077300088
3800 USA 8027300299 Feb 2008
3800 USA 8067302414 June 2008
3800 USA 8117320090
3800 UK 8107301292 Colour black
NOTE ON SERIAL NUMBER NOTES FOR 3800 Machines ONLY
The Denon 3800 had an initial BATCH FAULT with weak Blu Ray laser AND incorrect 1080p24 HARDWARE - This could ONLY be corrected if the units were sent back to DENON USA (early units were USA)
ANY Denon 3800 dated Feb 08 or prior (see your date/serial label on rear of machine) has these faults UNLESS it has been returned to Denon USA for replacement.
For Ref
June 08 serial 806xxxxxxx
April 08 serial 804xxxxx are OK
As far as I know there were NO units produced between Feb and April 08 - This was while the issue was resolved, April )* units and onward are correct.
I have a failed early unit, its good for CD and DVD playback and does this very well, its not a door stop! but it does not play Blu Ray.
Link to USA firmware from DENON
PLEASE NOTE : On the USA site you require a serial number and a USA address - ALL of us have just made up an address and that works fine (90210 is the only Zip code I know, New York, New York is so good they named it twice! )
Link to UK firmware from DENON
PLEASE NOTE : On the UK site you require serial number and the colour of the machine.
I have tested this with the following Blu Rays which are region locked. They display a "Wrong region" Screen and then play following a firmware region change.
USA region locked Gone baby Gone & Revenge.
UK region locked The Wrestler, Terminator 2, Australia
Information on locked Blu Ray regions can be found here
Region B list
Region A list
Region A
Region B
Region Free
I have only done this with a USA player, Others have now tested with UK and other Euro units.
I this works with 1800 & 2500 UK and USA players - PLEASE NOTE - This will require the DENON 1800 or 2500 firmware and NOT the above 3800 info.
I will add more info and pictures when I find time, For now this should be enough informaton for those that wish to try AT YOUR OWN RISK
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