Make the Philips 8.5" region free: Is there a way to make the Philips 8.5" portable dvd player region free.
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Without a disk inserted: press setup go to the prefernces page. type 9 6 5 3 select region (0 for allregions) press ok This is suppose to work, as I found it on a web search. Let me know if it works for you and you are welcome! cheers :)
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Look for Philips players instead. Almost all their models can be set to multiregion with the remote (you'll need to find out the "secret" code for a particular model online) and play both NTSC & PAL. Pioneer plays PAL, but only region 0, this cannot be changed with the remote, only with expensive and risky modifications to the internal circuits.
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If region is an issue for your collection, you can check out hacks like this to make your player region free: http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks/panasonic-dmp-bd65/10861 (similar model)I have tried this hack with a couple of Panasonic DVD / BD players with success to make DVD into region free.But, for some reason, I couldn't hack with DMP-BD75.when the power to the unit is turned on, home screen appears. when pressing 1, 2, 3, ..9 the first press 1, it recognize as OK button or something. anyway, maybe this BD can not be hacked.
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HD-DVD is region free, but as for DVD, the Toshiba HD DVD player from Amazon (HD-A3, HD-A30 and HD-A35) can play only Region 1 DVDs and Region Free DVDs. If you own a lot of DVDs which are non-Region 1, I recommend the Oppo DV-980H universal upconverting DVD player. This upconverting DVD player (up to 1080p) can be set to be Region Free (easily done in 4 easy steps which have been detailed in various Amazon Review of Oppo DVD Players by other owners). It can easily be set back to be Region 1 to play DVDs with RCE. It can also play DVD in PAL format and upconverts it to 720p or 1080p so that it will play with your HDTV. This is great when you own or buy a lot of DVDs from Asia and Europe. The Oppo player will not play HD-DVD, but it upconverts standard DVDs to 1080p almost as well as the Toshiba HD-A35. It is universal voltage so you can plug it to 220/240v when you are travelling outside the country. It also plays SACD, HDCD, as well as many video formats not supported by the Toshiba HD-A35.
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Some "evil scientist", divided the world in regions to watch DVD's, I believe there are 7 regions, each one not compatible with the others,... Nice uh?... USA, Canada and Japan are # 1, Europe is # 2, and so on, check google and it will tell you. However there are players such earlier Philips models ( Divx capable ) that by entering a code with your remote, will convert your player to region 0, which is general, and plays everything. Why do it this way, it baffles me, evil, pure evil... Every movie you rent in the USA is supposed to be region # 1. Unless you are part of elite renters that ask for titles not available in the USA, or buy outside our country over the internet, in that case make sure your player can handle all regions... One word of caution, if you use your computer, in my case, Windows XP, home version, you can change your region to another and be able to play two regions but... the big but,,, it can be done only once, lets say you change the original #1 to #2, and then change to #3, you will be able to play 2 & 3, but 1 will not play and is not reversible ! Hope I helped you. Peter
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Like all DVD players, this is "region free" to begin with but as soon as you play a disk it becomes usable only to that region. Again like all DVD players you can change to the region up to five times. After that the stuck with the last region.
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Googled a number of "region free" dvd players, a Samsung for as little as $40.00. LG also has "region free" players. Could not pin down a player that interfaces with computer but a bit more googling might find one.
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I just saw how to play various regions on this unit on www,videohelp.com. Here are the instructions: This hack was successfully applied to the Philips DVP5960/37. It is the same hack as with the Philips DVP5140: 1. Turn on the unit 2. Open the loading tray 3. Press the "Setup" button on the remote 4. Navigate to the "Preferences" page using the right arrow key 5. Enter 138931 6. You will now see the current region code displayed 7. Use the Up/Down arrow keys to select the region required or "0" for all regions 8. Press the "Setup" button on the remote 9. Press "OK" on the remote
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Bishop,Have you check dvdhelp.com under "dvd hacks" for the region free hack of this player? I did that for my Philips dvp5982 which require using your remote control to bring out the hidden menu of the player to reset the region code to "0". After that you can play all dvds without the region restriction.
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I do not know if it is region free. I sold the vehicle that I installed it in and I gave the new owner the dvd players and all the documents that pertained to the players. I apologize in advance for not being able to help you out.
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You can get Philips pet824 which is an excellent model. Then you can make it region free by pressing a combination of buttons in the menu(google pet824 region free; you'll find it), and then it will play DVDs from every country, regardless if it is PAL or another region code.
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Probably not. This is a region 1 (North America) player. You can use a region-free player. Also, most computer DVD players are region-free, so you can try that.
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Region A only, however you can buy an adapter on eBay that will make it region free.
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I'm not sure, but I've older versions of LG players that have been able to play PAL formatted DVD's. Meaning DVD's from the U.K.
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You can play DVD's with other TV systems, like PAL, which is the system in Europe and also DVD's from other world regions like Asia, Australia, etc. . There are 6 regions, and the US is 1, if you buy a DVD in Spain, for example will be 2, and you won't be able to play that in a regular DVD but with this multiregion DVD player you will be OK. This is a wonderful DVD player..
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My review was written for the Pioneer DVD player that was NTSC only. I don't know why it was posted under this region-free device.
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that is not true. as per other post all you need to do is get the firmware. and you can always install original firmware if player needs to be serviced. it takes 2 minutes. now the philips have problems with divx playback as well as aspect ratio problems with some files, i had one and returned it. now pioneer has been runing for 3 months and i am watching all the files and pal region 2 dvds without any issues