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Great! Glad to hear it :-) I will say that adjusting the resolution / bit rate on the 2.0 firmware seems to be the same process for version 1.0. I'll dig into this a bit more after VCFMW.

@Dare was kind enough to send their board my way. Version 2.0 of the Kodak firmware has been preserved. You can find it here. Doing a quick comparison in a hex editor, both firmware files have differences and are not identical. Warning! I have no way to test the v2.0 firmware just yet. So use...

Hi Thomas, Thanks for the kind words. I'm happy to provide some insight into these devices. I'm sorry Kodak couldn't provide you with any update files. Of course, in a perfect world user modification wouldn’t be required. It would be great if Kodak had some type of resolution or video bit rate...

Yes! Thanks for the great article. It’ll be interesting to see if we have all the pieces to make a bootable system with video out! 👍

For almost 17 years I've been tinkering around with the Apple Interactive Television Box, or Set Top Box (STB). If you don't know much about the device, there's a great wiki for it here. But essentially, it was a semi-Macintosh LC 475 designed to support multimedia playback and interactive...

I am working with user Dare to dump their version 2.0 firmware, but we ran into a hardware issue. As soon as we figure it out hopefully we can help you restore your firmware to the version that shipped on your device.

The rainbow cables on the left control the motors, if you mix them up you'll know it - as on the initial startup it will start the motors and not stop (instead of a brief motor start then stop). That's what happened to me, you can easily flip them around. What serial device are you using? I'm...

You can leave 3.3v empty. You only need Ground, TX and RX. I hope you got the device apart, I filmed a bit of a how-to to carefully take it open as the ribbon cables can be annoying. I used long cables and routed the 3 for the serial connection out back through the vents. I'll edit this post...

Hey Dare, that would be excellent! The biggest challenge will be removing the board and soldering 3 small cables to the serial contacts. This assumes your model has the same hardware. I'll make a tutorial for you and will post it here when I'm done.

Thanks! I'm so glad this may help you get better quality out of your scans. I also found that my camera was slightly out of focus, but it's glued to the focus ring / lens and a bit of a pain to undo (I used a hot air gun on a low setting from a few inches away). I haven't done extensive...

Another update: I've successfully connected an Arduino Nano (acting as a UART TTY serial to USB adapter) to the Kodak digitizer, which had nicely labeled and exposed serial connections. Setting the baud rate to 115200 allows me to connect and access, with plenty of things to look at! 🎉 It let...

I’ll see if I can contact Kodak asking if they’d provide me with a 2.0 update. For the time being, anyone with a 2.0 software update may want to hold off. I’m unsure what hardware / software differences those devices may have.

That's very odd, I'm using this one on my model now. Do any of the others work? I admit maybe I uploaded some of the wrong ones, the process is convoluted at best and the files all end up the same names. Was your model originally running v1.0 or 2.0? Sorry for the mix up, I'll double check...

Which modified version did you try? I can confirm with my device, there is a chance I mislabeled one. Thankfully reverting to the previous firmware is possible. I had dozens of different versions so my apologies if I got any mixed up.

Thanks! I’ll see if I can get my hands on one of them. Did the menu appear any differently otherwise? If you have any photos feel free to attach them.

Ah wow. I’m curious, is yours labeled as “Reels” or “Reelz” and can you share where you purchased it from and your country? Thanks!

Oh wow, so I guess your model had a 2.0 firmware? I heard there may be new units floating around, but I haven't confirmed this. I can't determine if there is a built-in feature to dump the firmware via software. I suppose at least it could be done via the EPROM programmer like I did. I have...

I've made a video showing some of the differences when using the modified firmware with the enhanced video bitrate and various sharpness settings. It can sometimes be hard to see the differences, but in the right scene it can really help. Especially since you'll likely be zooming in or cropping...

I don't have the device myself, but someone emailed me these firmware files for the Wolverine M1100 / MM100 Pro and a Reflecta. It appears that it ups the resolution to 1440 x 1080 at a bitrate of 7200. I've attached them below. Of course, I haven't tried these, they may blow yours up etc, good...

In this thread I'll be discussing my adventures in modifying the Kodak Reels 8mm film digitizer firmware. First I'll explain how I started, my goals, the the results, some tidbits I learned, and how-to do this yourself. This will be a lengthy post, but my process may be helpful to others and I...