I don't know how this player worked. I never took it out of the box. I was mostly upset and frustrated that when I googled PAL systems this came up, I ordered it and they sent me a region 1 player not the pal system I was looking for and that I was unable to communicate with amazon about my problem. All those tidy little choice boxes. And of course all the reason to send back something state that it's not their fault so you have to pay return postage on it! Even when it's not what you ordered!