How To: Jensen head unit brake override

neon_ert3 · Post by **neon_ert3** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 5:49 pm

ATTENTION TO ANYONE WITH A JENSEN VM9311,VM9411, VM9511TS and/or 9021TS

YOU CAN BYPASS THE PARKING BRAKE SECURITY FEATURE FOR FREE!!!! WITHOUT PAYING FOR THOSE PULSE BOXES OR ANY ADDITIONAL HARDWARE!!!!!

YES THE LITTLE BLACK BOXES WORK....BUT THEY'RE A SCAM CAUSE YOU CAN DO THIS FREE USING THE JENSEN FACTORY OVERRIDE CODE

So if that isn't clear enough, let me further explain. The code is a permanent way of disabling the brake override on the jensen vm series multimedia head- units.

There are two ways of doing this:

Insert the DVD

After the disc loads and plays you will see a blue screen telling you "it is unlawful to drive with a movie blah blah blah"

1)Activate the brake sequence and disable the blue screen using the hand brake, the switch method or anything else to give the unit its three pulses to disable that freakin blue screen.

(What I did was I installed my radio entirely, then took the pink wire and touched for two seconds, removed for two seconds and then touched and held the negative pole of a mower battery laying on my passenger seat until the screen was no longer blue.)

2) Next, on the main remote press stop twice, then 1, 2, 6, 4.

You will now see a hidden menu that says:

Region Code
Brake Override (I know you're drooling by now)
Macrovision (Watch all the burned and pirated movies you want if this option is off)
Loader Version
Model Version

3) Using the right joystick on the unit, navigate to the options of your choice, click on them to toggle on, off or which region code you want.

This is what you want:

Region Code: 1
Brake Override ON
Macrovision: OFF

When your done, click SYS SETUP on the main remote TWICE to save the settings and bingo, your done!!! Hooray!!! You can now kill your whole family in the car while watching that adult movie while your driving.....

The other way of doing this is by not engaging the parking brake sequence, thus you're inputting the code blindly.

1) Insert the DVD and you'll get the blue screen.

(If you have more than one tv, the unit itself will have the blue screen but the additional tv's you have plugged in will NOT, they will show the dvd menu. Thus you will be able to see the hidden menu on the additional screens after inputting the code, but not on the main unit because of its blue screen.)

2) On the main remote, push stop twice and then 1, 2, 6, 4

3) Push the joystick on the unit SOUTH twice and then click it once.

4) Press SYS SETUP on the main remote twice to save your settings.

It may take a few tries but you'll get it. This method can be done if you don't want to bother temporarily activating the brake sequence, but if you only have the unit and no additional tv's, its #$%^&* damn hard because you can't see the settings your changing.

Best of Luck! and sorry for no pics

By the way, this is for informational purposes only and I will not be responsible for anything bad/stupid/ignorant you do with your Jensen unit.

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:00 am

Any detailed pics at all?

neon_ert3 · Post by **neon_ert3** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 2:40 pm

no cuz i had to do it the blind way and the only pic i would have to show would be the pic of the pretty blue screen

EvoNeon02 · Post by **EvoNeon02** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:01 am

i just did it and it works you are the man!!!!!

neon_ert3 · Post by **neon_ert3** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:14 am

glad to know i helped someone out

slickneon19 · Post by **slickneon19** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:49 pm

will this work with Dual dvd players as well?

slickneon19 · Post by **slickneon19** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:37 am

or where can you get a pulse box at?

getcrunk88 · Post by **getcrunk88** » Mon May 28, 2007 6:08 pm

couldn't you just put the brake wire straight to ground?

Project00 · Post by **Project00** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 5:45 am

Holy Crap bro, I just installed my fiance's Jensen Dvd player yesterday and I just ran into that "Unlawful" blue screen problem. I grounded the pink wire which worked on my Kenwood Exelon DVD player, but it didn't work for the Jensen. Then just so happens I'm surfin' through these how-to's lookin' for random items about my neon...then "Bam" I run into this post. The answer to my headache...lolz...I tried this out right when I seen this, and now it works...

Thanks neon_ert3. This was a really really great post

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Adionik · Post by **Adionik** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 11:37 pm

It didn't work for me, you can't just ground that wire. And I wasn't able to disable the blue screen so I couldn't input the codes. WTF do I do?

SOKADAO954 · Post by **SOKADAO954** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 2:12 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZbqqPP8Nuo

Tagar89 · Post by **Tagar89** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:04 pm

or just connect parking brake wire with you negative wire. problem solved