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Author Topic: DTS XD10 Encrypted Discs David Ferguson Film Handler Posts: 12 From: United Kingdom Registered: Sep 2018 posted 09-28-2018 02:17 PM                     I'm very new to film and cinema tech, so sorry if this is a silly or already answered question. I'm aware that the DTS-6D needs the v1.46 ROM chip in order to decode and play encrypted discs from ~2005 onwards. I'm wondering what upgrades a DTS XD10 would need to read the encrypted discs. Is it just a firmware upgrade, or is a hardware upgrade needed like the 6D? Thanks!  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-28-2018 02:26 PM                     I'm pretty sure the XD10 could play any disc from the get-go. I think Brad has posted the last version of the XD10 firmware...which is a good one and, among other things, allows one to allocate more space on the HDD to audio storage (take away from video storage). Hardware wise...XD10s suffer from bad electrolytic capacitors and if they haven't failed on yours, they have already be replaced or it is a miracle.  |  IP: Logged Victor Liorentas Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 800 From: london ontario canada Registered: May 2009 posted 09-28-2018 06:21 PM                     Are there any early warning signs to capacitor failure?  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 09-28-2018 09:09 PM                     quote: Victor Liorentas Are there any early warning signs to capacitor failure? Yes.. Long bootup times (or hanging on bootup); Erratic behavior or crashing during operation; Display errors or flickering; Errors in playback or when loading new discs You can also pop the cover and look carefully at the electrolytic caps..any with bulging tops or goop oozing out are bad. Mark G. did a post some time ago showing what bad caps look like... you can also find that info on the web.  |  IP: Logged Stephan Shelley Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 854 From: castro valley, CA, usa Registered: Nov 2014 posted 10-05-2018 02:58 PM                     The very first disks of Jurassic Park will not play on the XD10. They later reissued disk that will.  |  IP: Logged Blaine Young Master Film Handler Posts: 477 From: Kirkland, WA, USA Registered: Sep 2006 posted 10-08-2018 10:54 AM                     The original "Heart and Soul" discs won't work either (for the same reason as the Jurassic Park discs).  |  IP: Logged

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