How do I unlock my Toshiba SE-RO301 to play american DVDs? Thank you John Scott

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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

Try this. Second post down: http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=997116

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

The machine uses the same code as the SD7200. See the unlock code at this link:

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks/toshiba-sd7200/10068

Mine works in other DVD players, some DVD players barley play real dvd's, but mine plays it after I finalize it

If by bit-torrents you mean avi video files the DVD recorder must state it will play divX files. But if the files are encoded with a codec other than divX or X-vid then they may not play directly on any standalone DVD.
If the files you have downloaded are mpg2 files there is a chance they may play.
Lite-on do a nice small compact model that plays divX, or the Toshiba D-R17DTKB plays most things and has 1080p upscaling so you can connect it to an HDTV and upscale any slightly poor quality files you may of downloaded.

I am in need to find what an error code is on my HD DVD player. The code is 408 bc 504.

seach the net for unlock region codes and it will tell you how to do it. good luck

cannot play American DVDS