JVC DVD Player XV 521 User Manual

JVC Upgrade Tool Solderless Upgrade Instructions

First you must get the player ready to accept the upgrade tool, this process

differs from one model another.

XV-521 / 522 / 523 , XV-M567 , XV-S40 / 42 , XV-E100 / 112 , XV-S300 / 302

Plug the player in whilst holding the “Play” and “Open/Close” keys on the front panel

, the front panel display will show “Test E2” on a R2 player.

TH-A9 / 10 , TH-M45 / TH-M65 / TH-V70 , TH-A55 / 75 / 85

Plug the player in whilst holding the “Stop” and “Eject” keys on the player , the

display will show “Test” ( if not then use “Power” and “>>|” instead )

TH-S1 / S3 / S5 / S7 / S8 / SW8 / S9 / SW9 / S51, TH-M303 / TH-M603

Plug the player in whilst holding the “Power” and “Play” keys on the player , the

display will show “Test” ( if not then use “Pause” and “Play” instead )

XV-NP1 / XV-C5 / XV-N5 / XV-N30 / XV-N33 / XV-N35 / XV-N40 / XV-N44 /

XV-N55 / XV-NA77 / XV-N412 / XV-N512

Turn on the player in whilst holding the “|<<” and “>>|” keys on the player , the

display of the player will come up with the current region (REG x) or (REGION x)

RX-DV3 / RX-DV31

Turn on the player in whilst holding the “Stop” and “DVD” keys on the player , the

display will show “Test”

Now you are ready to perform the upgrade …. Insert the upgrade tool into either

of the “Compulink” sockets on your DVD player and press the button on the tool

( a few seconds only ) until you see the following confirmation signals from the

player.

XV-521 / 522 / 523 and XV-M567 will show “V.Mask”

XV-S40 / 42 , XV-E100 , XV-S300 / 302 will show “D.Mix” ( Sometimes D.Mix

will not show )

TH-A9 / 10 , TH-V70 , TH-A55 / 75 / 85 , XV-NP1 ,TH-S1 / S3 / S5 / S7 / S8 /

SW8 / S9 / SW9 / S51 , TH-M45 / TH-M65 / TH-M303 / TH-M603 / RX-DV3 /

RX-DV31 will show “Change OK” , “Region 0” or “Info”

XV-C5 / XV-N5 / XV-N30 / XV-N33 / / XV-N35 / XV-N40 / XV-N44 / XV-N55 /

XV-NA77 / XV-N412 / XV-N512 display will change from REG x to REG 0.

Finally remove the tool , switch off then unplug the player … when you plug it

back in it will be Multiregion.