CEM-3000

CEM-3000

Naming

"CEM" most probably corresponds to: Consumer Experience/Engineering/Electronic Model

3000 simply is the 3rd iteration of a Handheld Gaming Console from PlayStation (1000 was PSP)

Suffix

The suffix can be broken down like this:
N Wifi / V 3G
E / D / P / Z is the Validation Stage
followed by the Revision Number

Known Versions / Models

Model	Date	Stage	Serial	SubCode	TG code	Motherboard	IDStorage String
CEM-3000VE1 (3G)		"EVT1"	20Y0ZZZ	..	..	..	..
CEM-3000NE1 (WiFi)		"EVT1"	21Y0ZZZ	..	..	..	..
CEM-3000VE2 (3G)	~2011-06	"EVT2"	30Y0ZZZ	0xA	..	..	..
CEM-3000NE2 (WiFi)	~2011-06	"EVT2"	31Y0ZZZ	0xA	00-TG11200K	IRS-002 ..	0001,0024,0024,0001,0001,2,1,1,1,00.990_20110426_01_E,0.1.1.0_20110418_01_E,1
CEM-3000VD1 (3G)	~2011-07	"DVT1"	60Y0ZZZ	0xB	03-TG13100H	IRS-002 ..	..
CEM-3000ND1 (WiFi)	~2011-07	"DVT1"	61Y0ZZZ	0xB	03-TG13200H	IRS-002 (..46-U8MU)	0001,0034,0038,0001,0001,2,1,1,1,00.996_20110725_01_E,0.1.5.1_20110725_01_E,1
CEM-3000VP1 (3G)	~2011-09	"PVT"	80Y0ZZZ	0xF	03-TG16100H	IRS-002 (0-845-846-U10)	..
CEM-3000NP1 (WiFi)	~2011-09	"PVT"	81Y0ZZZ	0xF	03-TG16200H	IRS-002 (0-845-846-U10)	0001,0044,0046,0001,0001,2,1,1,1,01.000_20110927_01_E,0.1.8.0_20110920_01_E,1

• E3 Model "NGP" Prototype: CEM-3000E3
• Special Edition "PCHJ" Prototypes: CEM-300xNZx (WiFi)
• PlayStationTV Prototype: CEM-3000P01

Serial

A B C D Z Z Z
│ │ │ └ Color
│ │ └ Target Area (J1, UC2, CEL, ..)
│ └ Model Version (Wifi / 3g)
└ Generation

B Model 0 3G 1 Wifi D Color 0 Black

C Target 0 ? 1 J1 Japan 2 UC2 USA 3 CEL Europe 4 DEX 5 ? China?

"TG Code"

Example: "03-TG16104H" from a European CEM-3000VP1 (3G Model) with Serial 8030123
1 6 1 0 4 H
│ │ │ │ └ Region: CEL (Europe)
│ │ │ └ Color: Black
│ │ └ Model: 3G + Wifi
│ └ Val. Stage: PVT rev 1
└ Target Firmware: CEX

Example: "03-TGD3200H" from a Japanese CEM-3000ND1 (Wifi Model) with Serial 6140016
D 3 2 0 0 H
│ │ │ │ └ Region: J1 (Japan)
│ │ │ └ Color: Black
│ │ └ Model: Wifi
│ └ Val. Stage: DVT rev 1
└ Target Firmware: DEX