*************************************************************************** ** NUON FAQ * * ** ** Ver. 1.2 * * **** * ** ** 16/August/2004 * * ***** * ** **Compiled and Maintained by Yan Proulx * * *** * ** ** boreal@sympatico.ca * * * ** ** With the precious help of the ** ** www.nuon-dome.com forum members ** *************************************************************************** ***YES!! you can play too with your DVD player!!!!**** Table of content: 1 General 1.0 History of NUON technology? 1.1 What is NUON? 1.2 In which different device we found the NUON technology? 1.2.1 What a NUON can do and which performance does it have? 1.3 Manufacturers, models? What included in the box? 1.4 VLM? what is that? 2 Peripherals 2.0 What kind of peripheral we can use on NUON DVD player? 2.1 Peripherals Manufacturers list and products? 2.2 Does memory card for saving game exist? 2.3 Where I can purchase peripherals? 3 Games and movies 3.0 How many game was made specifically for the NUON? 3.1 Game list (available and cancelled) 3.2 Homebrew games and programs 3.2.1 Demo disk 3.3 Whats different in NUON enhanced movie? 3.4 How many DVD movie use the NUON capabilities 3.4.1 NUON Enhanced Movie list 3.4.2 NUON enhenced movies easter eggs 3.5 Interactive DVD games? 3.6 Interactive DVD games list 3.7 Games cheat and Codes 3.8 Where to buy games? 3.8.1 And what about Iron Soldier3? 3.8.2 And what about The Next Tetris? 4 Technical 4.0 How many version of the NUON chip? 4.1 Which model have those ver of the NUON chip? 4.1.1 NUON processor base specification (Aries1) 4.1.2 DVD Model Specification. 4.2 Can we be able to play Pal on NTSC or vice versa (movies and NUON/interactive games) 4.3 Are they zone free? 4.3.1 Region hack (movies) 4.4 N64 controller for NUON? 4.4.1 Diagnostic screen with modified N64 controller for NUON? 4.5 Logitech gamepad for NUON modification? 4.6 How to burn CDR to play in my NUON DVD player (homebrew program) 4.7 Sound out of synch? 4.8 Samsung DVD-N501 bios upgrade. 4.9 Problems with Planet Of The Apes NUON features? 4.9.1 Problem to play other movies? 4.10 Blue stand by led modification for Samsung N501 4.11 Whats the bug inside IS3 and in what it affect the game? 4.12 RCA DRC300N doesnt play NUON game? 4.13 Wich is the best NUON DVD player? 5 Links 6 Memorablia 7 Credit ******************************************************************************** ***SECTION 1 General*** 1.0 History of NUON technology? 1.1 What is NUON Nuon is a media processor. The NUON chip for instance replace near all the dumb (and fixed)circuitry inside a regular DVD player and can provide more special effects, more function and is programmable. So a DVD player with a NUON chip inside do not just decode MPEG, but can do a lot more for less money. And the NUON processor is (it seem) easy to program.Nuon is an enhanced DVD players making them Total Interactive Entertainment Centers. The Nuon boasts playing DVD’s with more interactivity, better sound quality, and brings gaming to the world of DVD’s. Keep in mind that the Nuon has transformed from a gaming system, to a DVD player that plays games, and music.The Nuon was originaly dubbed "The Mario Killer" as the first teasers of the system showed Mario's hat in a puddle of blood by a big X (the system was still known as Project X at that time). Games avaible at the machine's launch include Monopoly®, Tempest 3000TM , Myst®, The Next Tetris DLX, Merlin Racing, and Balistic. 1.2 In which different devices we can found NUON tech? NUON technologie can be applied to anything , but is specialy designed to use in cell phone, DVD player, set top box etc. For now, it has invaded the DVD player market. 1.2.1 What a NUON can do and which performance does it have? 1.3 Manufacturers , models and what is included in the box? Motorola: -Streamaster 5000 (set top box) Oritron: -DVD900 (unreleased) Raite Optoelectronics: -RDP-741 (?) RCA (Thomson multimedia): -DRC300N (doesnt play NUON game) -DRC480N (unreleased) Samsung: -DVD-N2000 eXTIVA -DVD-N501 -DVD-N504 (Asia/European only) -DVD-N505 (Asia/European only) -DVD-N591 eXTIVA(Korean) -DVD-N705 eXTIVA(unreleased) Toshiba: -SD2300 1.4 VLM? what is that? By Llamasoft VLM1 (Atari Jaguar) VLM2 (NUON) Virtual Light Machine built in software. ***SECTION 2 Peripherals*** 2.0 What kind of peripheral we can use on NUON DVD player? 2.1 Peripherals Manufacturer list and products ******************************************************************************** Manufacturer: *Product name Mfg Part# ******************************************************************************** Eleven Engeneering Incorporated: *AirPlay wireless RF controller Unreleased This was supposed to be the first wireless controller for the NUON.Was expected to be released in Q1 2001 H.P.I. (Hot Product Peripherals): Note: Originallyy it seem that HPI collaborate in the production or development with NYKO Industries *NUON Standard Memory Card HPI-MEM (unreleased) This was supposed to be THE memory card for saving the progress of NUON games (expected Q1 2002).Capacity range from 2 MB to 4 MB . *Pro-Elite analog/digital controler HPI-6000 (unreleased) This controller was designed with a slot for a "visual memory card a la" Dreamcast VMU (expected Q1 2002).Come with a digital D-Pad and analog ministick. *Warrior Digital Gamepad HPI-2000 This is the basic NUON gamepad. Only have a digital D-Pad. Also come standard with the Samsung DVD-N2000 Extiva. HPI model are black with burgundy buttons, Samsung model black with blue-grey button and Samsung logo in place of HPI one. *Stealth Gamepad HPI-4000-BLA/HPI-4000-BLU Come in black or translucend blue.Have a digital D-pad and an analog ministick. Look similar to the N64's. Also have a Z-trigger button. *Port Replicator HPI-PR This one duplicate the game port on your NUON DVD player. With this, you can connect your controllers without the obligation to let the door of your home theater open. *Cable Extension HPI-EXTCABL You dont understand this one? Logitech: *Wingman controller pad for NUON 963248-0403 Everyone know Logitech good reputation. One of the most comfortable and good looking controller for the NUON. But have it's flaw. The analog mini-stick seem to have a problem of interference with the pad case causing not full movement of the stick. Samsung: *NUON digital controller Should be included with the Samsung DVD-N591 Korean. Look like a Playstation controller without the two analog mini-stick. Come with only a digital D-pad. 2.2 Does memory card for saving game exist? No. For now you have generally to enter some code or password to remember your progress. 2.3 Where I can purchase peripherals? Amazon.com and other online retailer have some Logitech Wingman NUON in stock. For HPI controllers you will have to go on their website. Or at last Ebay. ***SECTION 3 Games and Movies*** 3.0 How many game was made specifically for the NUON? 3.1 Game list ******************************************************************************** Released ******************************************************************************** Title Developer Publisher Genre Release Ballistic (available Mitchell Corp Infogrames puzzle only with Samsung N2000 and N501) Crayon Shin-Chan Okiyasu Lab Okiyasu Lab side scroll/platform Freefall 3050 A.D. Total Arkade Software DVD International shooter Iron Soldier 3 Eclipse Software Design DVD International shooter Merlin Racing Miracle Design DVD International racing Next Tetris, The Digital Element Toshiba puzzle (demo disk with Toshiba player only) Space Invaders XL Matahari Studios/Taito DVD International Tempest3000 VM Labs Hasbro Interactive shooter ******************************************************************************** In development ******************************************************************************** Decaying Orbit DSI (Dragon Shadow Industries) shooter ******************************************************************************** Unreleased (some almost finished) ******************************************************************************** Title Developer Publisher Genre Release aMaze Fungus Amungus DVD International tumble maze Breakout Hasbro Interactive Infogrames Bowling 2000 Adrenalin Interactive Bugdom Hoplite Reasearch Bust a Move Matahari Studios/Taito DVD International Cabinet of Jillian Hyperspace Cowgirls Johnson, The ? Cupcat Hyperspace Cowgirls Dracula Unleashed Infinite Ventures Elevate Your Golf Convergence Sport Media Game of Life, The Matahari Studios/ DVD Inter/Infogrames Hasbro Interactive Geo-Beaties Hyperspace Cowgirls Interactive Rocky On-Line Entertainment Horror Show Iron Soldier Eclipse Soft Design DVD International (fixed ver) Monopoly Hoplite Research DVD Inter/Infogrames Myst Hoplite Research DVD International Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure Activision Activision Pong Matahari Studios VMlabs Power Excavator ? construction sim Power Shovel Taito/Miracle Designs RC de GO! Taito/Miracle Designs Riven Cyan Shangai Matahari Studios Activision/VMlabs Mahjongg Essentials Sorry Matahari Studios VMlabs Speedball 2100 Bitmap Brothers Star Trek: Invasion Activision Activision Titan3 Tiertex Design Studios Trillbee Hyperspace Cowgirls zCards Softeq 3.2 Homebrew games and programs Yes, you can develop yourself NUON games and utilities. Here is the list of known homebrew program and game made for your NUON DVD player. Keep in mind that ONLY the Samsung DVD-N501 can play those homebrew. ******************************************************************************** Homebrew games/utilities programs ******************************************************************************** Ambient Monsters Atari 800 emulator Atari 2600 PacMan Breakout Chomp (PacMan clone) Doom (shareware PC version) PacMan tournament Edition SameGame Snake SynthDemo ******************************************************************************** Others ******************************************************************************** NUON SDK development tool for PC NUON emulator for PC 3.2.1 Demo Disk Some DVD players come with demo disk. The Samsung DVD-N2000 Extiva come with the Spring 2000 Sampler demo disk. Toshiba come with a mail-in card to obtain free The Next Tetris sampler demo disk. 3.3 Whats different in NUON enhanced movie? 3.4 How many DVD movie use the NUON capabilities 3.4.1 NUON Enhanced movies ******************************************************************************** Title ******************************************************************************** Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, The Bedazzled Dr. Dolittle 2 Planet of the Apes, The 3.4.2 NUON enhenced movies easter eggs 3.5 Interactive DVD games? 3.6 DVD interactive game (no NUON required...that's more game to add to your NUON DVD player!) Game list ******************************************************************************** Title Developer Publisher Genre ******************************************************************************** Dragon's Lair Digital Leisure inc. Dragon's Lair 2: Timewarp Digital Leisure inc. Gravity Angels DVD International Hologram Time Traveler Digital Leisure inc. Kiss Immortals Mad Dog McCRee Digital Leisure inc. Space Ace Digital Leisure inc. Tender Loving care Aftermath Media Digital Leisure inc. Who Shot Johny Rock? Digital Leisure inc. 3.7 Game cheats and codes You can link here: http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/nuon/file/nuon_codes.txt or http://www.iongames.org/nuon/nuon_vault.html or read this section. Freefall 3050 A.D. Here is the first set of passwords for Freefall on Normal difficulty, starting with mission 1 : mission 1 "WE",mission 2 "NEED",mission 3 "TO",mission 4 "THINK" For Hard difficulty: mission1 "UP",mission 2 "SOME",mission 3 "PASS",mission 4 "WORDZ" Thanks to Micheal Olshansky for those. The first four passwords are for normal difficulty. You have to input these passwords separately to unlock each mission. To open the 'cheats' menu, go to the title screen and press: up,down,left,right,right,left,down,up Level/Mission select cheat!: Use this code to select ANY mission you wish within Freefall. After you have activated the cheat menu,(stay on the title screen) press: B 4 times, L 4 times, then R 4 times. Goto 'Select/Start mission' and there now will be a option for level select! Freefall designer Tony Takoushi has provided several tips for the game, I quote him from his posts on the NUON Forum: General Freefall Strategy from Tony T. "Mission 3 battlecruiser is my fave too :) I'm glad you sweated the cruiser as I designed it so that people playing for the first few times would run VERY close to the wire in terms of defeating the cruiser (the last 200 to 400 feet)" "Getting Arielle can be tricky but general pointers: If she goes into a dive then dive straight down after her and keep diving until you hit her. If she is too far away try moving AWAY from her (straight back..)" "Also if she has dived you can airbrake to drop slower and position yourself ABOVE her as she comes back up so she hits you!" "On skyfall 3 you can just move in a pyramid to avoid most enemies (OK boring, but guarantees you safe passage)." "On Gateway 3 float over the thermal and count to 10 saying 1001, 1002 in your head etc..) then for the other gates count to 6 using 1001 etc.." "You must anticipate the time you will need to drop down to the gate from the thermal, if you come off it at 10 you will fail, try coming off around half to three quarters of the count needed.." "I put a twist into each main mission objective so that just as you think you have done it something crops up.. Thus the brainwash on the girl and the firewall chasing you in Cybercity (it does not matter which way up you are diving(head first or feet first)as both positions drop at the same speed (160 with auto airbrake) so you can look up the tunnel to see the firewall get ever closer..." "Gateway 4 is my favourite, it is so intense..if the electric balls at the top are chewing ya butt try going horizontal and airbraking all the time while shooting them continuously.." "Don't try to avoid them, psyche them out with airbrakes and let'em have it!!" Endzone 1 tips "The Endzones are very different they are slow and strategic as you have realised." "To beat the first endzone you need to use the yellow thermal towards the the top right corner of the zone." "Go on this BUT be careful you do not go into the next row where the homing mine is protecting the rear of the zone (including the landing pad itself)." "When you are at your maximum height (around 42 feet) THEN hold down the airbrakes to lift you even higher, wait until the airbrakes are half way thru the yellow section on the gauge(this extra airbrake helps you float across the whole width of the endzone) and then float across the endzone to the other (opposite)wall (you MUST go straight across otherwise the thermals will blow you back to the front of the Endzone(where you came in). You MUST keep holding the airbrake as you dirft across to the other wall or you will fall short and get blown back. Don't worry about them overheating as you will reach the far wall by then." "When you get there drop back a couple of rows and use the thermal there to rise up and then airbrake up again and float down to get the shield pick-up." "With this go back to the yellow thermal in the top right corner and activate it (by pressing buttons A and B together)and build up and hold the airbrakes BEFORE diving for the landing pad as the homing mine will hit you almost instantly as you cross into its rear protection area." Endzone 3 tips "I realised I forgot to mention that you can bypass the impossible looking first row of thermals by going to the far right hand side (basically touch the wall) and push forward through the gap between the thermal edge and the wall.." Iron Soldier 3 Look here: http://www.magicnet.net/~yak/t3kguide.htm (Jeff Minter's personal website) * Level Passwords: MISSION MODE - Skill Level Easy E3AC03 63BC4E 23B46E 23AF6E 03AB7E 83BBBE 43B3DE 43AEDE 23AAEE E3A30E 63BE4E 63AE4E E3BE8E A3B6AE 83BDBE 83ADBE 63A9CE 23A1EE A3B22E A3AD2E 83A93E 43A15E C3B19E C3AC9E A3A8AE Merlin Racing Adventure Mode Passwords MMTTMFXN - 2 Keys LDFUDHEC - 3 Keys BXEJDYPG - 4 Keys IYKOHAEI - 5 Keys GJNPEFED - 6 Keys, 1 Special Key JZPOAEPJ - 6 Keys, 1 Special Key, 1 Zystral Crystal ISHTVOYU - 7 Keys, 1 Special Key, 1 Zystral Crystal KCCDFWOP - 8 Keys, 1 Special Key, 1 Zystral Crystal KJHLWKDB - 9 Keys, 1 Special Key, 1 Zystral Crystal LNTWTDBR - 10 Keys, 1 Special Key, 1 Zystral Crystal KQBUHDZP - 11 Keys, 2 Special Keys, 1 Zystral Crystal FYWWJSGT - 11 Keys, 2 Special Keys, 2 Zystral Crystals JATSCFKW - 12 Keys, 2 Special Keys, 2 Zystral Crystals IIJIWOFR - 13 Keys, 2 Special Keys, 2 Zystral Crystals LXPWFLSY - 14 Keys, 2 Special Keys, 2 Zystral Crystals KKGUALPW - 15 Keys, 2 Special Keys, 2 Zystral Crystals BTVBUFKC - 16 Keys, 3 Special Keys, 2 Zystral Crystals LFTMWSUC - 16 Keys, 3 Special Keys, 3 Zystral Crystals JKHFUBPR - 17 Keys, 3 Special Keys, 3 Zystral Crystals FXJLKXWA - 18 Keys, 3 Special Keys, 3 Zystral Crystals EKFVLZKH - 19 Keys, 3 Special Keys, 3 Zystral Crystals JHMIATSU - 20 Keys, 3 Special Keys, 3 Zystral Crystals BBFDYNIO - 21 Keys, 4 Special Keys, 3 Zystral Crystals AIGWLYBT - 21 Keys, 4 Special Keys, 4 Zystral Crystals DJUFAWXP - 22 Keys, 4 Special Keys, 4 Zystral Crystals MCWQSGRI - 23 Keys, 4 Special Keys, 4 Zystral Crystals EGWQNGKY - 24 Keys, 4 Special Keys, 4 Zystral Crystals KSDXXHVU - 25 Keys, 4 Special Keys, 4 Zystral Crystals AALZCDUA - 26 Keys, 4 Special Keys, 4 Zystral Crystals NRLCCYCW - 27 Keys, 5 Special Keys, 4 Zystral Crystals FAVBRWFM - 27 Keys, 5 Special Keys, 4 Zystral Crystals I originally forgot to write down what each password gave you, so thanks to Tempest X000 for that part of the list. If you want a super boost when you start the race, wait until the counter hits the thrid red light then press and hold the acceleration button. Cut as many corners as possible. On some tracks you may notice that while some parts look like you'd have to turn, but if you look closely you can almost go straight through. Play as Merlin! Enter the password 'MAGICIAN' You can play as Merlin in any mode except for Adventure mode. Space Invaders 2001 NONE Tempest 3000 Tempest 3000 Level Passwords Level Password English Translation 17 MAMOG (n.) dam, sheep with young 19 DAFAD (n.) sheep; wart 21 GAFR (n.) goat 23 BUWCH (n.) cow 25 CWRW (n.) ale, beer 27 DEFAID see dafad above 29 YCHEN (n.) ox 31 LLAITH (n.) death, (adj.) damp, moist 33 ANIFAIL (n.) animal, beast 35 BWYSTFIL (n.) beast 37 CNAIF (n.) shearing, fleece 39 GWLANOEDD (n.) wool 41 HWRDD (n.) impulse, stroke 43 FFWR (n.) fur 45 CARNAU (n.) cairn, (n.) hoof; hilt, haft, handle 47 GWARTHEG (pl.) cows, cattle 49 CEILIAU (pl.) (n.) see "cail": sheepfold, flock of sheep 51 CLOREN (n.) rump, tail 53 CYMRAEG (n.) Welsh Language 55 CWMCYCH (n.) Welsh Town Yak mentions on site 57 PENCADER (n.) Welsh Town. Pen: head, top; cadair: seat or caer: fort 59 ALLTWALIS (n.) Welsh Town also known as Dyfed(?) or in Dyfed(?) 61 HESBIN (n.) yearling ewe 63 HWYL (n.) sail; humor; religious fervor 65 SAIS (n.) Saxon, Englishman 67 LLOEGR (n.) England 69 TYMESTL (n.) tempest, storm 71 GWLAD (n.) country, land 73 AFFLIW (n.) shred, particle 75 COCH (adj.) red 77 GWYRDD (adj.) green 79 GLAS (n.) blue 81 TAFARN (n.) tavern, pub, inn, public-house 83 BWCH (n.) buck 85 GORMOD (n., adj., adv.) too much, too many, excess 87 CROESO (n.) welcome, you're welcome 89 GWLANENNOG (adj.) woolly 91 TARW (n.) bull 93 CYFRIFIADUR (n.) computer 95 FFENESTRI (n.) window 97 LLYGODEN (n.) mouse 99 PINCFLOYD (n.) Pink Floyd 101 GWE (n.) web, texture 103 CHWARAE (n.) play 105 AERFA (n.) slaughter; battle 107 BREINTAL (n.) bonus, royalty 109 AFRWYDD (adj.) difficult, stiff, awkward, clumsy 111 POETH (adj.) hot; burning, ardent 113 NEWYDD (adj.) new, novel; fresh 115 BODIAU (n.) thumb; toe 117 BUGAIL (n.) shepherd, pastor 119 GWAITH (n.) time; work 121 LEFEL (n.) level 123 DRAIG (n.) dragon 125 HYFEDR (adj.) expert, skillful (skilful), clever, adroit 127 GORAU (adj.) best 129 NOSDAFLOSSIE 129 NOSDAFLOSSIE ()Nose Of Flossie? - Access Algo Levels Tempest Codes!! Partial Invincibilty cheat code - CHUPACABRA. This makes you invincible to all enemies except the lightning bolts of Pulsars and Frank Zappers. GOATIEST - Not sure FLIPPER - Flip the between level bonus grahpics upside down RIMSTALKER-BOMBE - Haven't had a chance to try yet I'll post more as soon as I find them! (Very special thanks to Wasted for the T3k passwords!) Now, if you know Tempest you also should know that it is hardly a game that accepts strategy. There are a few tips which could benefit you, if you are new to Tempest. First off, your best chance of staying alive is to keep as many enemies away from the web as possible.In other words, kill everything. On later levels, obtaining as much fuel as you can for your hover ability is essential. Be careful with Homing Missles and Frank Zappers, as if you are not careful, you may shoot the Frank Zapper with a missle and then cross over the line as it fires and then you're fragged. 3.8 Where to buy games? You can buy game on DVD International web site and Amazon.com. 3.8.1 And what about Iron Soldier 3? Iron Soldier 3 was sold at first with a bug. The publisher was supposed to fix the problem and ship in store the bug free version. In the same time retailer was supposed to return all the bugged version to the publisher. But the publisher never released the bug free version and some of the buggy version remaining was sold to some happy customer who are aware of the fact that it have a bug inside. 3.8.2 And what about The Next Tetris? The Next Tetris is only available with the purchase of a Toshiba SD2300 NUON player. You have to fill in a mail offer card to obtain your copy of the game. ***SECTION 4 Technical*** 4.0 How many version of the NUON chip? To date, 3 commercially produced version exist. The Aries1, Aries2 and Aries3. 4.1 Which model have those ver of the NUON chip? ************************************************************************ Aries1 Aries2 Aries3 ************************************************************************ Samsung DVD-N2000 eXTIVA Samsung DVD-N501 RCA DRC300N Toshiba SD2300 Samsung DVD-N504 Samsung DVD-N505 ************************************************************************ 4.1.1 NUON processor base specification (Aries1) NUON Specs NUON™ Media Processor Specifications: Over 1,500 MIPS 216 Million 32-Bit Multiply-Accumulate Operations per Second 864 Million 16-Bit Multiply-Accumulate Operations per Second 13.5 Million (4x4) x (4x1) Matrix Transformations per Second (32-Bit Elements) Firmware and Library Specifications: Digital Video MPEG-2 MP@ML Audio/Video Decode Video Scaling, Zoom, Picture in Graphics DVD Subpicture Graphics Overlays PAL/NTSC Digital Audio Dolby™ AC-3, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, LPCM, PCM 3D Spatializer™, ProLogic™ CD-DA, HDCD™, CD-TEXT DVD Audio, MP3, DTS™ SPDIF Output ADPCM and PCM Sample Playback 32-Voice General MIDI Wavetable Synthesizer Full MIDI Sample Set Advanced Karaoke: Reverb, Chorus, Echo, Flange, Key Control, Vocal Partnering, Harmony 2-D Graphics MML2D - Full Featured 2D Graphics Library 2-D Drawing Functions (Line, Rectangle, Ellipse, Arc, Polygon, Bit-blit) Support for Various Line Styles, Widths, Gradient Blends, Anti-Aliasing Real Time Scaled and Compressed Fonts, TrueType™ Outline Fonts 16 Million Colors, Alpha Blending With 256 Levels of Transparency 3-D Graphics MGL 3D Graphics Library Patterned After Computer Graphics Industry Standard OpenGL™ Bilinear Filtering, Perspective Correct Texture Mapping Automatic Mip-Mapping, Lighting M3DL 2D/3D Graphics Library Console-Style Library Familiar to Console Game Programmers 2D Sprites & Tiles, Bilinear Filtering 3D Graphics Perspective Correct Texture Mapping, Mip-Mapping Caviar™Voxel Graphics Library Non-Polygonal 3D Library Audio Libraries Wavetable Synthesizer Full Featured General MIDI Compatible Automatic MIDI File Parsing Voice Editor Allows Creation of Application-Specific Wavetable Banks Low-Level API Access PCM Engine Plays Digital Audio Samples Choice of Sample Rates Supports ADPCM Formats, Digital Audio Streaming 4.1.2 DVD Model Specification. Here is the spec sheet. Samsung: DVD-N2000 DVD-N501 DVD-N504 DVD-N505 DVD-N591 Toshiba: SD-2300 RCA: DRC300N 4.2 Can we be able to play Pal on NTSC or vice versa (movies and NUON and interactive games) 4.3 Are they zone free? 4.3.1 Region hack (movies) Head here: http://www.vcdhelp.com/ or here is the trick with Samsung DVD-N501 and N2000 eXTIVA by Marcelo Donoso: Use an Aiwa Hifi Remote Control... 1. Turn on the N-501 (without any DVD on the player) 2. Wait until in the TV appears "No Disc" 3. Open the tray and put a DVD from other region (not zone 1), don't close the tray!!!. 4. On the remote control of the Aiwa press the "Clock" button, in some remote control you must do a button combination like "Shift+9" (Is the combination to see the clock, do the combination fast), and in other model of Aiwa remote control doesn't appear the clock button, you must try with the "random" button. 5. If you do it right, in the corner of TV where appears "No Disc" will be say "Region Free", in the Player Screen say "ADJUST" and the tray must close, and you are ready to enjoy the movie on your player. 6. your DVD is now REGION FREE until you turn it off, while you don't turn it off, you can change movies whatever times you want.if you turn it off, every time you turn it on, you must do all the steps again to be able to see other region movies. I GUARANTEE THIS BECAUSE I'M LIVE IN CHILE AND GOT MOVIES ZONE 1,4 AND 3 AND IT PLAYS ON MY NUON DVD PLAYER. ALSO WORKS WITH EXTIVA N2000 AND THE EUROPEAN VERSION OF THE N709... (I PROVED TOO) I live in Chile (zone 4) and the DVD N-501 Nuon is zone 1,and i own a N-501 zone 1 that i bought in the USA.My brother bought an Aiwa NSX200, i use the remote control of the Aiwa(model RC-AAS11),I turned on the player and press the "Clock" (in the nsx200 remote is Shift+9, do it fast, almost at the same time)(i tried with another Aiwa HiFi remote and it work too) button on the "Aiwa Remote Control", in the front panel say "ADJUST" and the drawer pops open, and on the tv appears "Region Free" in the left-up corner, Just for a little moment, then i put a DVD zone 4 that i rent (Aliens) and it work, i tried with a DVD Zone 3, and also works ***AWESOME!!!. The only problem that you need to do this every time that you turn off and on the DVD player . It's a little annoying, but the reward is huge... Also works with N709 (only that N709 is PAL) and Extiva N2000, i tried with those too, and it works!!! NOW GET AN AIWA HIFI REMOTE CONTROL, AND ENJOY!!! A FRIEND FROM CHILE (SOUTH AMERICA)... 4.4 N64 controller for NUON? 4.4.1 Diagnostic screen with modified N64 controller for NUON? 4.5 Logitech gamepad for NUON modification? 4.6 How to burn CDR to play in my NUON DVD player (homebrew program) 4.7 Sound out of synch? 4.8 Samsung DVD-N501 bios upgrade. Head to Samsung website or www.nuon-dome in the download section. Currently the downloadable version is .52 . But the most up to date version is .53 and is only included in the last run of N501. 4.9 Problems with Planet Of The Apes NUON features? 4.9.1 Problem to play other movies? Shallow Hall Blade II and the second disk 4.10 Blue stand by led modification for Samsung N501 4.11 Whats the bug inside IS3 and in what it affect the game? 4.12 RCA DRC300N doesnt play NUON game? No. It seem to have an incompatibility with commercial game created especially for the NUON Voluntary or not...we suspect voluntary because the RCA dont have any gamepad port. But homebrew game and program seem to work correctly. 4.13 Wich is the best NUON DVD player? We will not discuss of this here since it's not the scope of this FAQ. Read on the caracteristic of player and choose the one whos best suited for your use. ***SECTION 5 Links*** Official site: NUON home page www.nuon-tech.com VMlabs homepage www.nuonsemi.com or www.vmlabs.com other official link that are dead now: official homepage www.nuon.tv official VMlabs development site www.dev.nuon.tv official VMlabs message board www.nuontalk.tv Fan site: NUON dome www.nuon-dome.com NUON Dev www.nuondev.com NUONline www.gti.net/hysteria/nuonline NUONica www167.pair.com/atarian/nuonica IONgames (Castle NUON) www.iongames.org/nuon NUON eternal www.nuon-eternal.8m.com/ NUON Interactive board http://pub37.ezboard.com/bnuoninteractive Station NUON http://www.angelfire.com/fl/JagCat64/NUON.html Manufacturer: Toshiba www.toshiba.com Samsung www.samsung.com Motorola (Streamaster) www.motorola.com RCA www.rca.com Raite Optronics www.raite.com.tw HPI www.hotproductsinc.com Logitech www.logitech.com VMlabs www.vmlabs.com (closed) now look at www.vmlabs.de (NUON Alumni) DVD International www.dvdinternational.com Game developper site: http://www.mataharistudios.com/gdev_history.htm Llamasoft Games site: Decaying Orbit http://www.dragonshadow.com/-/decayingorbit/ Message board: (the most active) NUON dome http://www.visualcues.com/forums/forumdisplay.php3?s=&forumid=3 Iongames forum http://www.iongames.org/forums/ NUON reactor yahoo group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thenuonreactor/ NUON Interactive board http://pub37.ezboard.com/bnuoninteractive NUON dev forum http://www.nuondev.com/DevForum/devforum.html NUON Eternal http://server3.ezboard.com/bnuoneternal.html IRC and chat room: NUON dome http://www.nuon-dome.com/chat.html NUON Eternal http://nuon-eternal.8m.com/chat.html IRC channel server: pramool.th.as.webchat.org port:6667 room: #nuondome Newsgroups: None to date Directory: http://dmoz.org/Games/Video_Games/Console_Platforms/NUON/ ***SECTION 6 Memorablia*** You can find sometime things NUON related on Ebay. But here is some links to purchase some of these items directly: -Sunglasses -Shirt,Coffee mug, mouse pad etc: You can go to www.nuon-dome.com or go directly here: http://www.cafeshops.com/cp/store.aspx?s=nuondome -Various document (pics and files) CDRom from VMlabs days go here: http://www.icwhen.com/photos/99-1000-vmlabs or contact Donald A. Thomas Jr at datj@icwhen.com with "Photograph inquiry" as subject 7.0 Credits The only credit I deserve here is to had took time to search and compile all those info into one easy to read text file. All other credit goes particulary to Kevin Manne (kevin@nuon-dome.com) and his site www.nuon-dome.com from where I borrowed 80% of the info of this FAQ And to all those members at NUON dome who take time to answer my questions and help me in completing this FAQ Also, thanks to the peoples who take care of my grammar...since I'm a poor english writer. This is still a work in progress!!