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post #761 of 1272
10/11/04 at 8:46pm
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Originally Posted by skyc280
just for information
DVDIdle Pro does not support the Mat****a UJ-825S drive in the Acer Ferrari 3200....
Yes it does, what version and DVD player are you using? I'm using Windows Media Player together with PowerDVD codecs and it works fine here.
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post #762 of 1272
10/11/04 at 9:08pm
[quote=snorre]No, there's no region free (RPC-1) firmware available for the Panasonic UJ-825S drive in the Acer Ferrari 3200 yet AFAIK. I use DVDIdle Pro instead, since that also includes DVD Region+CSS Free

Snorre,

I found the firmware flash for Mat****a UJ-825S slot loading here

http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?download_id=1915
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post #763 of 1272
10/11/04 at 11:21pm
Is there any way to manually control the brightness of the 3200 screen? Display under the XP Control Panel doesn't seem to be much help.

Bootz
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post #764 of 1272
10/11/04 at 11:27pm
My Ferrari is showing a Mat****a DVD drive, too. Do they really replace four of those letters in that brand name with asterisks?

Bootz
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post #765 of 1272
10/11/04 at 11:53pm
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Originally Posted by wikedlam
Snorre,

I found the firmware flash for Mat****a UJ-825S slot loading here

http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?download_id=1915
Ok, but that's only RPC-2 firmware and not RPC-1 (region free) firmware so I wouldn't flash it with that since it won't help.
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post #766 of 1272
10/11/04 at 11:56pm
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Originally Posted by Bootz
Is there any way to manually control the brightness of the 3200 screen? Display under the XP Control Panel doesn't seem to be much help.
Fn + Left Arrow & Fn + Right Arrow
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post #767 of 1272
10/12/04 at 6:52am
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Originally Posted by snorre
Yes it does, what version and DVD player are you using? I'm using Windows Media Player together with PowerDVD codecs and it works fine here.
it does work by caching the movie onto the harddrive
but it won't make the dvd drive region free
if u load up a dvd with different region than the default set, it s number of counts will decrease until it no longer allows u to change region
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post #768 of 1272
10/12/04 at 12:05pm
http://superdrive.cynikal.net/
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-- UPDATE - Sept 11th, 2004 --

I've received a lot of inquiries about the April 2004 powerbooks that come with UJ-825 drives. I'm currently working on getting a region-free firmware out. I know about the (non-region free) firmware for the PC. I'll update this page when i have some results.
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post #769 of 1272
10/12/04 at 3:56pm
Does anyone know how much space I need to allow for the second partition. I talked with the acer rep and he said that it wouldn't be a good idea to delete it and that I could change it's size with partition magic but he didn't know what amount of space to allocate for it.
Does anyone have any luck with doing this with partition magic and if so, what size drives are you running with?

thx
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post #770 of 1272
10/13/04 at 4:03am
[quote=wikedlam]
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Originally Posted by snorre
No, there's no region free (RPC-1) firmware available for the Panasonic UJ-825S drive in the Acer Ferrari 3200 yet AFAIK. I use DVDIdle Pro instead, since that also includes DVD Region+CSS Free

Snorre,

I found the firmware flash for Mat****a UJ-825S slot loading here

http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?download_id=1915
I cant find any information on what this firmware is updating.
I'm looking after a firmware update for the drive that would make it possible to write cheaper disk in higher speeds, now i only can write ex. Princo 4x in 2x speed. I have also tried a TDK disk and i burns alright in 4x.
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post #771 of 1272
10/13/04 at 11:06am
is there any way to reduce the heat at the left palm rest ?
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post #772 of 1272
10/14/04 at 2:30am

Left palmrest

Pllat: Yes there is. If you had bothered to read this entire thread you'd had know that it is to replace the default harddrive with one that generates less heat, and use the Laptor Cooler.

Now about my own problem, nobody seemed to care to answer.. I found this one site (http://www.svideo.com/svideoscart.html) but are they for real? Can the colors really depend on S-Video to SCART adapter?!
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post #773 of 1272
10/14/04 at 2:46am
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Originally Posted by Zael
Pllat: Yes there is. If you had bothered to read this entire thread you'd had know that it is to replace the default harddrive with one that generates less heat, and use the Laptor Cooler.

Now about my own problem, nobody seemed to care to answer.. I found this one site (http://www.svideo.com/svideoscart.html) but are they for real? Can the colors really depend on S-Video to SCART adapter?!
I had the same problem as you when connecting the 3200 to a tv.
At first the picture was black and white, what i needed to do was to reconfigure the incoming scart connection in the tv. It is done with menus on the tv. I changed it from video to s-vhs. BTW the tv is a Luxor (Nokia)
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post #774 of 1272
10/14/04 at 6:26am
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Originally Posted by Bootz
Just got my 3200 back from Acer. The worksheet says they replaced the mainboard this time.

Just out of curiosity, fellow users, how long does it take for your Ferrari to recognize your wireless router? My Acer TravelMate does it almost instantaneously when you awaken it from sleep. Ditto a Dell and a Toshiba.

The Ferrari typically takes its own good time, as in several minutes to make a connection. For example, it's now been ten minutes and the Ferrari still hasn't recognized my wireless network.

Anyone else had this problem? I'm getting a little frustrated here.

Bootz
Well, my ferrari 3200 recognizes my wireless network immediately.
no problems with that, maybe your settings are wrong? dunno
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post #775 of 1272
10/14/04 at 8:46am
Have you installed WindowsXP SP2 yet?
It is quite nice for wireless management !

/Waxi
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post #776 of 1272
10/15/04 at 5:41pm
Ferrari 3400 specs:

http://global.acer.com/products/notebook/fr3400.htm

I didn't check to see whether it was actually available yet.

Bootz
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post #777 of 1272
10/16/04 at 1:23am

*bows*

Thank you magnor, no really. *is grateful for any help /me receives*

..but uh, Menus... Ouch, this is gonna hurt.. *is on a brink of shooting his old TV without any goddamned menus*

Well, at least I have something to cling on to now.. *bows gratefully*
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post #778 of 1272
10/16/04 at 1:39am

Re: Ferrari 3400

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Originally Posted by Acer
Enhancing its practicality and effectiveness, the Ferrari 3400 has included a port replicator -- a boon for corporate users!


Now, what's a port replicator? *doesn't remember of hearing of one earlier*

..so the upgrades Acer actually included in the oh-so-new Ferrari 3400 was pretty much only new processor, huh?
Plus it seems that they removed the modem to reduce the weight, and updated their advertisements (with the info users found out, like that the memory card reader also supports Memory Stick PRO) and software (Windows XP Service Pack 2)...

..Pretty weak I'd say, and they go and add 200 to the name, geez...
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post #779 of 1272
10/16/04 at 12:16pm
Well, probably sounded better than "3200 and a half"...
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post #780 of 1272
10/17/04 at 1:24pm
Is the Acer Ferrari the only laptop with a slot-load DVD drive?
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