theblueraja Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 It has been established that the MC35ELK stick remote is the only Sony remote other than the 40ELK that allows more than one line of text on the screen, however, only on a small handfull of select units, all being NON-HiMD. Anyone here think it is possible to HACK a HiMD unit to allow 2 lines of type on that remote??It seems like such an oversight on Sony to not allow this feature for any unit at least created AFTER the ones that came with the 35ELK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishiyoshi Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 Anyone here think it is possible to HACK a HiMD unit to allow 2 lines of type on that remote??Unless someone can prove otherwise, I don't think it’s possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 I don't think it is possible without utilizing some sort of "custom" firmware. I really wonder why nobody has bothered to really hack MD players. Perhaps it is harder then I think it is? But even so look at the PSP... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthegoat2001 Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 (edited) I wondered the same thing. You could do so much with Hi-MD I'm supprised the nobody really tried to hack it. The RH1 was my first recordable Hi-MD (the MZ600 couldn't record) and when I saw the Firmware v. 1.0 it had me thinking about that. As I've had a few MP3 players that are Firmware upgradable I thought maybe someone would put Rockbox on it or something. Edited February 6, 2007 by bobthegoat2001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poe Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 I believe that it's very possiable. I base this on a little bit of evidence from net MD hacks. In the threads for these hacks there is quite a few people who ended up scrambling their buttons on the remotes. I contend that they simply came along alternate setups for remotes, say from a generation before. I find it hard to believe that they (Sony) totally rewrote the firmware for a HIMD, so I believe that these alternate schemes still exist in the firmware. Now figuring them out is a different story. Later, POE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 I believe that it's very possiable. I base this on a little bit of evidence from net MD hacks. In the threads for these hacks there is quite a few people who ended up scrambling their buttons on the remotes. I contend that they simply came along alternate setups for remotes, say from a generation before. I find it hard to believe that they (Sony) totally rewrote the firmware for a HIMD, so I believe that these alternate schemes still exist in the firmware. Now figuring them out is a different story. Later, POE.I highly doubt that it can be enabled by just changing a value. It must be manually programmed in, which is hard to do if you don't know what you are doing. And it's not like the firmware will allow scripting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poe Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 I think that more than one set of values for remote potentials exist in the firmware. The 505, 707...the 0s series use a different scheme than 10s series for remotes, so I contend that these different schemes exist in the firmware, just to be toggled by Sony for a particular line, just like the other features turned on by hacking. I do admit that the value for two line operation maybe exclussive to those units, but I really doubt it. POE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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