Pioneer BDR-S13J-X from Japan

[fljoemon]

I bought a Pioneer BDR-S13J-X from Japan off Ebay from a seller in Japan after confirming the manufacture date with the seller that it was prior to December 2022. The drive arrived today and unfortunately the manufacture date is listed as July 2023. When using makemkv, I see that the drive is not LibreDrive. Any way possible to make this drive LibreDrive compatible, as firmware on it shows a date of December 12, 2022.

Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-S13JX
Revision: 1.04
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2022-12-12
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 61

LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled
Drive platform: Pioneer RS9201
Firmware version: ID72

[Coopervid]

No. Return it.

[Billycar11]

Why are we buying it from Japan when I have ones with old fw right here in the USA?

Instead of getting the jx/ux from Japan you could have got the s13ubk from me for cheaper the ux is $290+ my s13ubk is $273 and guaranteed to have old fw and it's tested. But I do also offer the ux but really the s13ubk is 90+% as good as the ux and is what I would recommend for most.

[Stingray]

Why are we buying it from Japan when I have ones with old fw right here in the USA?

I bought my S12JX from amazon.jp for 178$ (FW 1.01) a Month ago

[Coopervid]

So?