Have a few testers required for How 301 vid mod guide, here you go

Worked like a charm for me

easy vidmod

what does this do to the 301.13..can i change a 013 to a 0.10 thanks

what does this do to the 301.13..can i change a 013 to a 0.10 thanks
DP301.013 (DP3013), receivers most of the time refuse to work with ROM 2,3,10 or 11 cards accepting only ROM101,102 and 103 (ROM10x) cards which are unhacked at present time. In order to convince these receivers to accept the older ROM cards as well as enable ECM repair in case your TSOP gets corrupted we need to write to the TSOP. The problem is that the TSOP is write protected in the factory. The idea behind this hack is to put +12 Volts to a leg of the TSOP Flash memory chip which is normally grounded then once we do our TSOP write switch that leg back to ground. that is the purpose of a vid mod :)

FEAR_THE_INTRUDER,
That leg you are talking about is not grounded. It has 3.4 V (at least my 301-013 is not) and it change to 12-12.5 V with the vmod switch on. The other reason could be, that what's the purpose of running a trace more than 3" and then grounded it?.
No reason to make you feel bad. Just updating info.
nvo2003

Have a few testers required for How 301 vid mod guide, here you go
Very nice guide Mas. You guys rock. Thanks for all of you and your knowledge. :beer: :beer: :wow:

Extremely informative Vid Mod Guides. It helped me every step of the way. As I have quite a few 301.13's which needed the mod. Anyone needing a vid mod is encouraged to download this.

mwtdmt
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Where did you manage to find a 12v regulator? I went to my nearest Radio Shack in town and they never heard of this 12v regulator. What exacly does it look like (picture) and is there another alternitive place to get it?

The ones that i have seen are square with a screw hole at the top and has three legs one leg is input I believe the center leg is ground and the third leg is output. It works the same way as the zener diode but is more accurate with the voltage. Hope this helps. Thanks phantom

Went to rat shack to get parts to mod my t911, found a 12v reg, part # is 276-1771, it worked wonders. First time I killed my .013, I grounded pad 1 of the jtag, and also pad R79 got it to take both flashes and an eprom, put in a rom10 and it worked fine for about two days. Then it sat there and flashed, wouldn't come on.. unpluged from stream and fired up, all seemed well. put back in stream and got message, this card is not compatible with this IRD.. What do you think??? maybe it updated the tsop I wrote to it and now needs the vid mod????

does the 301-013 need a vmod if your using a atmega

If it is a single tsop 301.013 it requires a vidmod to be able to test anything. All roms aside from nagra2 are blocked in this ird and require a vidmod to modify the Tsop. If you are not sure wheter you have a dual or single tsop open the case and take a look.

mwtdmt
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Where did you manage to find a 12v regulator? I went to my nearest Radio Shack in town and they never heard of this 12v regulator. What exacly does it look like (picture) and is there another alternitive place to get it?
what i have done is pull the battery off the truck and use it to do my vidmods :cool:
that way i'll have a fresh 12 v all the time
and useing a nine volts fresh battery works fine too such as this easy vidmod take a look it works great

Radio shack number 276-1771 is the 7812 12VDC voltage regular 1 amp

What jkeys is the guide using? I don't see an op for 301-3100 (single flash)

there's diferent versions i have them all just in case and i do try them all until i find the one that reads my box
get the jkeys here
http://forums.dsstester.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=29146
our friend mass has done a great job posting a lot of diferent jkeys (if not all versions)

hello
i'm having a a problem after i hit read and change 05d00 to 0000 i keep getting this errors flash time out (DQ5 set ) and flash operation complete wuth in correct data read back.
you help will be apreciated thanks

hello
i have a 3031.013 from hell this is the problem
i can go to the last step of the vidmod steps when i change 05d00 to 0000
this errors keep coming out .
Flash timeout (DQ5 set) and Flash operation complete with incorrect data read back.
what can cause this ?
your help will be appeciated
thanks

Jkeys 301C and jkeysdp301-13b are a little diferent and one will give you XXXX's in the boot strap
if the error comes after a good boot strap readding then the power is the problem
what power source do you have?

i'm using a 12v power supply

do you get XXXX's in the boot strap before flash programing?
or everything is fine till you read 5d00 or when you hit program 0000's in 7FFFFFAC?

yes everything works fine till i hit program after i change 5d00 to 0000 and hit program. i keep getting this error ** flash operation complete with incorrect data read back*** and ***flash timeout (DQ5)*** what can cause this problem ? thanks

yes everything works fine till i hit program after i change 5d00 to 0000 and hit program. i keep getting this error ** flash operation complete with incorrect data read back*** and ***flash timeout (DQ5)*** what can cause this problem ? thanks
it could be the power supply ... it is the only thing i can think of making the error
can you try with a fresh 9vlts battery with aligator clips?
leave the end off sb35 to the side and the ground directly to the board on the side to have better contact

warning: double check there is no contact betwen sb35 and "the point" or you'll fry the tsop

i tried a fresh 9v battery and got the same error ?

thanks i will try that tomorrow i'm ready to use the hammer with this receiver

i try it but no luck i use a adjustable power supply at 11.1 v but the same error still coming out . i think maybe is the receiver that has the problem ?

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yes checked with a voltmeter but there is nothing between those points

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hello
i have a 3031.013 from hell this is the problem
i can go to the last step of the vidmod steps when i change 05d00 to 0000
this errors keep coming out .
Flash timeout (DQ5 set) and Flash operation complete with incorrect data read back.
what can cause this ?
your help will be appeciated
thanks
ok this has been bugging me since the tread started
i had a friend who's vidmod was doing the same error
so i took it home and started with the vid mod and i got the error you where taking about elsat
the only way i could fix it is by reconecting the spot to sb35
put the reciever back in stream with a yellow card and as soon as it starts to look for satelite signal go to menu=6=3=info=rigth arrow=left arrow=tv/video=turn off receiver and let it take the update
that will fix the eeprom and only then you can do the vidmod
5 minutes ago got the receiver fix and runing on blue :hat:
it took me 1 hour to find out the way to fix it
i hope you haven't given up on the receiver and try this
good luck

I am having the same problem. I already had the vid mod done in the past. So I cut the wire from the SB35 to teh spot and connected a new 9v put + on SB35 and grounded the battery on the screw. opened Jkeys and read the 7FFFFFAC and it reads 0000. I cannot program it because I get the same error. From reading it sayd that it is supposed to value something else but I changed it and when I program it, it igives me that error. But when I goto read it, it looks like it took the data as the value is 0000. So I then connect the SB35 and the spot back up and try erase the full 3 times. When I click program it asks program at address 0x7FC0000 size 0x40000. I say yes and then it looks to see if flash is blank and says it is not blank. I tried adding a C battery plus th e9v and no difference.

Any advice out there??

Spike the vidmod has to be on to erase the complete tsop. Reconnect the vidmod and then erase and rewrite the tsop. Maybe that will help you. Let us know how you are progressing. Thanks phantom

I just got a used 301.13, 1 Chip TSOP, Bulid DANA. I jtaged it and was able to read TSOP/EEPROM and did a backup (4M). Then I did a full erase 3 times in order to write a modified TSOP but It always gives me an error when writing. Does it have to do with the fact that it's not VidModed. I tried openning Jkeys yet again but I get no IRD info now. I will provide you more info on error when I get home. Do I need to VidMod in order to write to it. If so, How was I able to delete the TSOP? Confusing isn't it (for me atleast)

hi bill11, i am a very rookie rookie, i've ordered my first ever jtag reader/writer from highontech.com. and plan on taking this one step at a time so i don't spend too much money on things that don't work

after reading and viewing your instructions on making a vidmod i get it, the pictures are perfect and match my dp301-013 perfectly. if i had the tools i would do it, but i live 125 miles south of the border in mexico and don't have a ready access to tools.

i have e-mailed them for the installing intructions on this product but wonder if you know anything about it.

thanks,

bajasmith

i found this product at highontech.com:

VIDMOD KIT (DETACHABLE) FOR 301-013
[Temp-Vidmod] $10.00
VIDMOD KIT (DETACHABLE) FOR 301-013
Click to enlarge

This device allows easy access to the protected sector on the 301.013 flash. If you need to repair a flash or modify protected sector for testing on a 301.013 receiver you'll need to unprotect the protected sector before you begin your repairs. This device makes unprotecting the sector easy. Color coded wires equiped with allligator clips make this extremely simple to connect. Totally assembled it comes with fully illustrated instructions.
This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 06 November, 2004.








easy vidmod

I just downloaded the vid mod guide, but before I go doing anything I wanted to know, becuase I have the married ROM102 for this IRD do I need to do this mod or should I just worry about getting the card unlocked and programeded? Before the N2 cards where swap I was using an older ird that did not have the jtag and I put in the socket strips and wired it to use either the flash memory on the borad or one that I put in the socket, worked great. After getting a few ECMs I was able to fix them with very little problem, and I noticed that becuase the first sector was locked in the TSOP on the borad the ECM never affect that first sector so all I had to do was rewrite the sectors after the locked one. So my question is if this is still the case and are there jtag programs that can be set to write after the locked sectors to fix ECMs.
No need to hack up ird if it can be done with programming only!

if you have the married cam,,no need for vid mod,,just unlock cam and use dt teir works to add channels you want,,if it anit broke dont fix it,,LOL

worked great... thanks alot

I did a VID Mod awhile back to use with ROM 10. Now I just popped a ROM 102 that originally came with the receiver.
What do I have to do to use my newly popped ROM 102 in this receiver?
Just reflash the TSOP to the original and leave the VID Mod alone?

VID Mod needs to have 12V, not 9V, like a few posted here. Read the chip spec, which says protected area programming enable at 11.5 to 12.5V.

I got a different problem -- DCU PEEK. Somewhere else saying that I need to have R79 grounded. Anyone has a picture howing how to get R79 grounded? Is R79 also on the JTAG port?

i have a 102/rev 103, dp301.013 using ' all i one ' file but doesn't vid mod still has to be done to change the ird's boxkeys and ird info.? and with the cover off, how can i tell if it has one or two tsop's?

just look at it,,if it has one,you can see where the other one should be,,look for sb35 and se if there is a chip there

the square area below sb35 is empty, so it means there only one tsop? i did jtag without vidmod, jkeys had a pull down menu showing 2, and there was 2 tsops images that i was able to save, u22,u23 even though without the vidmod.( but i know it needs vidmod to get the info out it).

dumhead, i believe you are suppose to connect pad1 of your jtag and ground it your box.

I just did 2 more VID Mods for my 301.013s using the diode version and 330ohms resistor. This is the most reliable mod I've done so far. All the parts can be found at Rat Shack. Using this mod, you've never have to worry about the battery running out and such. Just my thoughts. It only took me 15 mins. for one mod.

if you have the married cam,,no need for vid mod,,just unlock cam and use dt teir works to add channels you want,,if it anit broke dont fix it,,LOL

I have one 301 10 without a married cam,
And Three 301 13 with married 102 rom cams that are 103 rev still locked.
I read that no vid mod in required on the 301 10, is that due to the fact that they have dual TSOPs, opossed to the single TSOP in the 301 13's, as I read that the 301 13 recivers with the dual TSOP's also didn't need the vid mod. so will I have to do the vid mod on the 301 13's with the card that came with them form charlie with the married rom 102 cams. Two of the three 310 13 married recievers were in one house under one bill, So would one of those be a sub reciever? Both?
But all units must be jtaged right?
Which of the video mod's do you recommed to me if I in fact need then, the bobs or one of the others?
Thank You.
PS I have an extra 12v power supply from an old computer that I use to run some extra computer fans, I was planing on usig it as my power supply to do the video mod on my 301 13's this should work shouldn't it?

I have two 301 recievers with cards. The cards are yellow and have dish 500 written on them. Iam trying to get my coolsat 5k running but i dont think these cards are the correct ones. Is there any way to put a 102 bin/image on thes cards to get the coolsat up?

hi everyone!!!
i am trying to read my ird but with no sucess!!!
I did the vid mod and everything is fine with the vid mod cuz i checked everything more than one time!!! When i connect my jtag to my receiver, and the receiver power on, i opened the jkeys but dosen't even detect any flash. i don't no if i am using the right JTAG. how can i show a picture of the jtag?

thanks for everything

i used this "easy vid mod (http://www.highontech.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=128&osCsid=59b2fd5b9d441ec0fd881c3967d163c7)" from highontech.com and it came will amazing instuctions... great pics and everything also dont forget to ground out r79 point, plus cut the trace and all that fun stuff will post pics soon once i find the cd lol

here is the link to the vid-mod. http://www.highontech.com/downloads/highontech-301vid-regulator.pdf

case, did you buy the vidmod kit? did it work?

This is gonna be a popular post in da next few days! He!He! :beer:

I followed the instruction to do VIDMOD on a 301-013 but when started up jkeys keep getting "Device ID 0x000000 and Device: Unkown Device. I had a friend who is a long-term tech at Intel so I know the soldering is good. What should I look for?

Thanks

try running wall.exe in background first?

I followed the instruction to do VIDMOD on a 301-013 but when started up jkeys keep getting "Device ID 0x000000 and Device: Unkown Device. I had a friend who is a long-term tech at Intel so I know the soldering is good. What should I look for?

Thanks
You get all zeroes with the receiver ac unplugged.All FF's with the jtag unplugged.

hi all Im new in this forum but Im member of humexico great forum here! well my question is this: in any modvid the 12V are connected to the same pin of the flash? my ird is the 301 13 where the 12V must be connected? Ill try the modvid 12v of the regulator in front panel thanks for all.

see ya in the forums!

the purpous of the vid-mod on one chip 301-13's is the tsop has the boot sector factory locked. pin 12 on the flash is the reset, and pin14 is write protect/acc. applying 12 volts to either of these pins temporarily unlocks the chip allowing programming of the low and high boot sectors. if you've had errors at 7fffff40 - 7ffffff (writing 4mb) the sector is locked and you need the mod. restoring the pin also restores the locking algorithem.
Boxnut

Hey, I'm using jkeys 2.9.9. I'm unable to program the flash or the epprom. when, i open jkey's up i get.
JTAG INFO:

DEVICE ID 0X1D4050401
DEVICE STI5518MVB-X
START 7FF80000
BYTES 80000

so, do i need to vidmod or what can i do to get my reciever to work again?:unsure: and the ird that i'm using is 301.13 w/ 1flash

You should make your own thread, but yes you have to vid mod it.

Hawk

hi everyone!!!
i am trying to read my ird but with no sucess!!!
I did the vid mod and everything is fine with the vid mod cuz i checked everything more than one time!!! When i connect my jtag to my receiver, and the receiver power on, i opened the jkeys but dosen't even detect any flash. i don't no if i am using the right JTAG. how can i show a picture of the jtag?

thanks for everything

I had the same problem. It turned out that I connected the JTAG pins wrong . Once I corrected it. jkeys detects the receiver right away. 0x0000000 if unplugged, 0xffffffff if JTAG is not connected. Changinging numbers if connected wrong.

Excellent info and I'm getting ready to do my first ird. My question is, I have a 301-013 w/2 flash, do I have to vid mod or just do the jtag? Sorry if it sounds stupid but is my first experiment. Thanks for any help given.

Excellent info and I'm getting ready to do my first ird. My question is, I have a 301-013 w/2 flash, do I have to vid mod or just do the jtag? Sorry if it sounds stupid but is my first experiment. Thanks for any help given.

no vmod needed on dual flash 301.13's just jtag and go.

I have all needed for Vmod 301-13I just need to know the source of power and how to connect it to the Vmod?????

I have a few yrs old DP301. How can I tell if it is 301-10 or 301-13? I read all the posts here but to start I need to know 10 or 13 :-)

I downloaded the 301-10 tsop (2 flashes and one eeprom) in the files section, and wrote them to my receiver. It boots up (green light on), but it doesn't display anything on TV, not even the menu or the status page. Does that mean my receiver is 301-13?

Any help will be appreciated from a newbie :)

I just did the simple 9 volt vidmod on a 301.013. I connect the jtag and verified all conections. I open Jkeys it detects my receiver with no problem. I then click on flash programming in jkeys so I can backup the TSOP. On the right IRD Model shows 301-3100. Flash shows: Flash 1(U10-M29W160) On the left under Chip/Select Programming it says full. I click on read and it is asking me for a location to save the bin. I select a location and choose save. It reads and saves the memory for 3 bars and then I get a message that says Error reading from memory.

Does anyone have any idea what is happening or what I may have done wrong. The mod is straight forward. I am using a battery from my garage door opener remote and it is providing 11.9 volts to sb35. I did have a switch and everything in place and the only thing I can think of is I may have had the toggle switch in the wrong position and may have sent the 11.9 volts to the spot on the board. Jkey still recognizes my receiver though.

I just did the simple 9 volt vidmod on a 301.013. I connect the jtag and verified all conections. I open Jkeys it detects my receiver with no problem. I then click on flash programming in jkeys so I can backup the TSOP. On the right IRD Model shows 301-3100. Flash shows: Flash 1(U10-M29W160) On the left under Chip/Select Programming it says full. I click on read and it is asking me for a location to save the bin. I select a location and choose save. It reads and saves the memory for 3 bars and then I get a message that says Error reading from memory.

Does anyone have any idea what is happening or what I may have done wrong. The mod is straight forward. I am using a battery from my garage door opener remote and it is providing 11.9 volts to sb35. I did have a switch and everything in place and the only thing I can think of is I may have had the toggle switch in the wrong position and may have sent the 11.9 volts to the spot on the board. Jkey still recognizes my receiver though.

I once had this same problem and I was unable to recover from it. I just tossed the receiver after a few days.

Hawk

I just did the simple 9 volt vidmod on a 301.013. I connect the jtag and verified all conections. I open Jkeys it detects my receiver with no problem. I then click on flash programming in jkeys so I can backup the TSOP. On the right IRD Model shows 301-3100. Flash shows: Flash 1(U10-M29W160) On the left under Chip/Select Programming it says full. I click on read and it is asking me for a location to save the bin. I select a location and choose save. It reads and saves the memory for 3 bars and then I get a message that says Error reading from memory.

Does anyone have any idea what is happening or what I may have done wrong. The mod is straight forward. I am using a battery from my garage door opener remote and it is providing 11.9 volts to sb35. I did have a switch and everything in place and the only thing I can think of is I may have had the toggle switch in the wrong position and may have sent the 11.9 volts to the spot on the board. Jkey still recognizes my receiver though.

That usually means an unreliable ground. You might try doing the regulator vid mod too. It's a lot more stable than the batter version.

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301-013 single tsop Does the vid-mod have to be installed before J-taging? I have trie a couple of different J-tags and can't get one to work.
Thanks

301-013 single tsop Does NOT need the vid mod. the vid mod is for dual TSOP 013's

301-013 single tsop Does NOT need the vid mod. the vid mod is for dual TSOP 013's

above post by bobu
no vmod needed on dual flash 301.13's just jtag and go.
Now I am confused.

No vidmod for Dual, though some may require it, single Tsop needs vidmod

I vid mod all 301.13's. The only one's I havn't vid modded are a few that came with a married rom. And even then, if you wan't to write to the tsop(s), you will need a vid mod. You can read both versions of the .13 with a jtag, you just can't write a complete image. Sometimes you can get around this if you have the info off of the married rom.

301-013 single tsop Does NOT need the vid mod. the vid mod is for dual TSOP 013's

This is incorrect ! The vid mod is for the single tsop...Duals do not require vid mod...

This is incorrect ! The vid mod is for the single tsop...Duals do not require vid mod...

I agree, all the single tsop 013's I have required a vid-mod - although I understand there are some models that don't require it, I have never had one.

Hi guys i have a dual tsop and struggle to get the flash ERASING so i thought it was the jtag but the eeprom seems to be fine when programming it.. i did the VIDMOD but not necassary cuz i took it off and got same errors so it don't matter i gues... my error is that D6Q error pops up then i reset the IRD and open jkeys again and get a read but it gives me a totally different moddel cuz it has a FTA CLONE flashed on it .. but i can't seem to erase the damn thing... any help..
BTW this is my first post.. but i got more posts on a different site (dishgods.tv) and you'll find some projects i've done (and the vidmod on the singles is pretty easy once you get the hang of it)
now i got 2 projects ahead.. and reading up on them... its the 301.013 DUAL and the 510PVR.. so if someone knows any links to some good threads pls provide me them so i can get going and post them once done.. THANKS ALOT

And you guys have some cool files and threads up here!.. keep the good work going..

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