How do I unlock my Toshiba SE-RO301 DVD player to play American DVD's Please I need Your help, Catherine (Ireland)

Hi there!
North American TVs, consoles and DVD players play video and games in the NTSC format (region 1), while Ireland's and most of Europe's play in PAL(region 2). You best bet to be able to watch your dvd set will be to purchase a dvd player that plays multi regions (these will be a bit more expensive) or to order a region 2 dvd player from Ireland or somewhere in Europe that uses region 2.
Hope this helps!

HI MARTYN,
Toshiba allow cheapo makes to use their brand name sometimes.

So if the player is not a genuine Toshiba then there is likely to be a remote hack on the net some where.

If it is a genuine Toshiba then there wont be a remote hack and you will need somebody like DVD Chips to send you a £20 remote that will hack it.

However - many Toshiba machines will not play NTSC discs at all when first set up.

Check out the Video setup menu and you will see a PAL/NTSC/AUTO option.

Tosh's I've seen are preset to PAL but unlike other players the Tosh will spit out any NTSC discs you try to play- set it to AUTO

Check that setting first just in case that is the only thing stopping it

Here's a Tosh hack to try


1. Press the Open button on your remote control to open the drive tray
2. Press the 2 button on your remote control
3. Press the 4 button on your remote control
4. Press the 0 button on your remote control
5. Press the 3 button on your remote control
6. Press the 9 button on your remote control
7. Press the 6 button on your remote control
8. Press the 0 button on your remote control
9. Press the Enter button on your remote control to change the region to 1 for region 1, 2 for region 2, and so on, or 9 for multi-region playback
10. Press the Open button on your remote control to close the drive tray
11. Power off the DVD player
12. Power on the DVD player

If the hack does work make sure the PAL/NTSC setting is on AUTO because R1 disc might still not play

You can change the region code for your drive a maximum of four times.
To do this Right Click on "Computer" ("My Computer" if using XP), select "Properties" from the drop-down menu, then select "Device Manager (or "Hardware Manager") and click the "+" next to "CD/DVD Drives" and then right click on the description of the drive that you want to change the region code on, select "Properties" and then click on the tab labeled "DVD Region." From the list, select the country associated with the DVDs you want to play or just manually enter "Region 1" (without quotes) in the empty field labeled "New Region." Click "OK" and you're done.

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=997116

open tray

press 9 8 7 9 0 then press play :)

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