BDR-209 Family to BDR-S11JX

[Yethidran]

With MattJackson's Flasher i have also flashed my various BDR-209 family to become a BDR-S11JX... (all of them were earlier flashed to BDR-S11U) then now all of them are flashed to BDR-S11JX with the dreaded December 2022 firmware, and all can rip 4K Movies too!!

Drive Information
OS device name: F:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-S11JX
Revision: 1.54
Serial number: NCDL011058WL
Firmware date: 2023-02-08
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 61

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8800
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-211
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.54/ID72
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

[Barley]

So if I am following correctly, since his flasher allows one to downgrade a 12/22+ firmware back to an earlier version, one can safely flash the more recent 1.54 and still be safe to downgrade in the future? Do you know what advantage(s) the 1.54 gives over 1.53? Thanks for testing!

[Yethidran]

i like to tinker with what i have in my possession.. thats why i take risks.. as to the question about the "Advantages" i really have no clue.. Hehehe!! as long as it can rip my 4K UHD discs, i am already a happy camper. Hehehe!!

[Barley]

Fair enough! Congrats on your successes! I have the 1.53 firmware which I installed before we could downgrade, which is why I asked. I think I'll stay on that, at least until some more dust settles.

[Yethidran]

Cheers buddy!! anyway the link to download his free flasher i will attach it below.

https://freemkv.org/firmware/flash/

and to download firmwares the link is attached below.

https://freemkv.org/firmware/find/

remember to "Backup" and also "Dump" your current drives, and save on your desktop for easy access, if you ever need to use it.
and DONT unzip the firmware files.. just use that 1 Zipped file if u want to flash the drive.. that's the only "Glaring difference vs the Regular BDRFlash software where u need to copy/drag 2 files over into the flasher.

[OneDay]

So if I am following correctly, since his flasher allows one to downgrade a 12/22+ firmware back to an earlier version, one can safely flash the more recent 1.54 and still be safe to downgrade in the future? Do you know what advantage(s) the 1.54 gives over 1.53? Thanks for testing!

Yes you can downgrade a drive with firmware 12/22+. I had a XD05 firmware date of 03/02/2023 and was able to downgrade the firmware to a earlier firmware and also cross flash to 06U and 08U. Both firmware work perfect. Rip CD's DVD's Blu Ray's and UHD with no issues. This pretty much unlocks all Pioneer drives no matter the firmware date. Awesome find. Thanks Yethidran for sharing and MattJackson for proving the free tools and firmware files.

[Yethidran]

Thanks to "MattJackson" for his Extensive listings of firmware and his own opensource free utility.
Yippee!!!!