DVD player cannot read any DVDs. Says "Region Error"
I live in the USA. I am using discs bought from my local Target, Best Buy, etc. It's worked for the past 2 1/2 years so please no solution that suggests I check the region of the discs.
Furthermore, the blue screen that comes on at startup no longer outputs the Yamaha "CinemaStation" image that I have been seeing for the past 2 1/2 years. Instead I see a distorted image with a "Philips" logo. That's right. Philips.
What's going on?
This is my guess as to what could be the problem. It is more of a software issue than hardware. My guess is that there is a philips "software" in the machine that is meant for our European friends. Somehow, through an unidentifiable cause, our US machine is now booting the software version meant for Europe or Region 2.
This means that our REgion 1 DVD will no longer play in the machine. I actually got around this problem by making the DVD player region free.
I am now able to play US DVDs with the system although still with the Philips software. One drawback is that I am no longer able to take advantage of the Progressive scan mode, which the philips software doesn't seem to support.
I also contacted Yamaha and they told me to take the unit to a service center. I contacted the Service center and they said that it could be a firmware problem and they could "upload" the firmware using a special DVD that only they have. The kicker was that they wanted $50 for this service while not being able to guarantee whether the upload would restore my system to its default state.
I would love to talk to you about this. My username at yahoo is my email.geek5,
No I still have not "fixed" this issue.
This is my guess as to what could be the problem. It is more of a software issue than hardware. My guess is that there is a philips "software" in the machine that is meant for our European friends. Somehow, through an unidentifiable cause, our US machine is now booting the software version meant for Europe or Region 2.
This means that our REgion 1 DVD will no longer play in the machine. I actually got around this problem by making the DVD player region free.
I am now able to play US DVDs with the system although still with the Philips software. One drawback is that I am no longer able to take advantage of the Progressive scan mode, which the philips software doesn't seem to support.
I also contacted Yamaha and they told me to take the unit to a service center. I contacted the Service center and they said that it could be a firmware problem and they could "upload" the firmware using a special DVD that only they have.
The kicker was that they wanted $50 for this service while not being able to guarantee whether the upload would restore my system to its default state.
I would love to talk to you about this. My username at yahoo is my email.
AnonymousDec 12, 2007
hello
I live in Italy and I have the same problem.
Instead of the classic "Cinemastation" logo i have the philips logo and menu. To restore the image do this:
1 Press DVD/CD.
2 Press s for 5 seconds. NTSC<->PAL appears in the CinemaStation Display.
3 Press e to switch the setting. NTSC/PAL SET appears in the CinemaStation Display.
1 Perform steps 1 and 2 above.
2 Press s again. YUV<->RGB appears in the CinemaStation Display.
3 Press e to switch the setting. YUV/RGB SET appears in the CinemaStation Display.
this operations works until you turn off the system.
If anyone has a finelly solution, please sen to me at [email protected] hello
I live in Italy and I have the same problem.
Instead of the classic "Cinemastation" logo i have the philips logo and menu. To restore the image do this:
1 Press DVD/CD.
2 Press s for 5 seconds. NTSC<->PAL appears in the CinemaStation Display.
3 Press e to switch the setting. NTSC/PAL SET appears in the CinemaStation Display.
1 Perform steps 1 and 2 above.
2 Press s again. YUV<->RGB appears in the CinemaStation Display.
3 Press e to switch the setting. YUV/RGB SET appears in the CinemaStation Display.
this operations works until you turn off the system.
If anyone has a finelly solution, please sen to me at [email protected]
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I Just started getting this same error. All the way down to the "Philips" logo. I wrote to Yamaha to report the problem and all they would (or could) tell me was to take it to any authorized Yamaha repair center (Best Buy). I sure would like to know if you got any resolution to your question in Mar. If not, what did you do?
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The problem with Amazon DVDs purchased is the region codes each disc may contain. Since a majority of them would be from USA, and their region is 1, your player being region 4 would not support that code.
There is no fault here, it is just a restriction. Some discs work, some don't.
No one likes region restrictions - particularly on DVDs bought legally, and I doubt very much Panasonic would provide any information on unlock codes for you.
Be warned: if you do successfully find a hack to unlock your player so it becomes region-less, expect the risk of either the player failing later, or not reading any discs at all. I am sure there are 'region-free' players around now, which don't contain a restriction and can play ANY DVD any region.
On the other hand, if you have a DVD drive on your PC, and it is set to
region 0 or all regions, and the discs play fine in it, but not the player, then you could view those particular discs that way; you do not need to make any copies of any of the DVDs just to watch them.
Here is a solution: http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks/samsung-bd-c6900/10895
Please note, however, that even
after region code hack, it may remain NTSC only, so if you are planning to
play European DVDs recorded with PAL system, it may not work.
The dvds discs u bought from the UK is play on only the DVD player that play PAL signal format. Where u live Canada,US or Mexico?DVD players in these countries.It play only NTSC signal format.U can't change DVD players regions format,only can a DVD players that have regions free to play all DVDs discs of the world.
IF YOU LIVE IN THE USA OR CANADA THEN YOUR IN REGION 1 AND IT WILL PLAY WITHOUT CHANGING ANYTHING BUT IF YOU LIVE IN ANOTHER REGION OR YOUR DVD PLAYER IS FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY FOR SOME REASON THEN IT WONT PLAY.ALL DVDs MADE IN THE USA OR CANADA ARE REGION 1.
I'm assuming you bought the DVD recorder in Asia as well. US DVDs are region 1 and won't play on a player/recorder from another region without alteration. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvd_regions for a description of DVD regions). There's nothing as simple as a switch unfortunately.
You may be able to find a way of altering your recorder to play all regions (region-free) but you need to be careful when doing this. Here is one person's story of this going wrong with the same model JVC.
A safer alternative may be to buy another recorder in the USA.
DVDs are ecoded with region codes to indicate what area of the world they are made for. These codes may be 1,2,3, etc depending on which region they are made for.
DVD player read these codes and if the disc region code does not match the region the device is made for, the player will not play the disc.
Region 1 is for USA so most DVDp players made for use in USA require region 1 discs.
Some DVD players called multi region DVD players can be set to play different region DVDs but they are typically more expr=ensive then one region players and the code must be changed each time a different region disc is played.
you may have a different region on you dvd to your dvd player. say your dvd player was 1st region you can only play 1st region dvds if you try a 2nd or 3rd region dvd it would not work. you can go to a dvd specialist to get it tuned to a multiregion dvd player.
go to a dvd player shop and ask if they know how to tune it.
To the second problem, some units are now universal and will play DVD's from more then one region, ie: Pal, NTSC etc.
Best to check your manual for different regional settings. The unit may still be in it's own county and you are using discs from USA.
Hope that helps.
As i live in Australia, the best advice i can offer anyone, if you plan on buying a universal player, buy it locally as it should already be set to your region.
Buying cheaply from overseas suppliers may result in non-compatable disc errors.
geek5,
No I still have not "fixed" this issue.
This is my guess as to what could be the problem. It is more of a software issue than hardware. My guess is that there is a philips "software" in the machine that is meant for our European friends. Somehow, through an unidentifiable cause, our US machine is now booting the software version meant for Europe or Region 2.
This means that our REgion 1 DVD will no longer play in the machine. I actually got around this problem by making the DVD player region free.
I am now able to play US DVDs with the system although still with the Philips software. One drawback is that I am no longer able to take advantage of the Progressive scan mode, which the philips software doesn't seem to support.
I also contacted Yamaha and they told me to take the unit to a service center. I contacted the Service center and they said that it could be a firmware problem and they could "upload" the firmware using a special DVD that only they have.
The kicker was that they wanted $50 for this service while not being able to guarantee whether the upload would restore my system to its default state.
I would love to talk to you about this. My username at yahoo is my email.
hello
I live in Italy and I have the same problem.
Instead of the classic "Cinemastation" logo i have the philips logo and menu. To restore the image do this:
1 Press DVD/CD.
2 Press s for 5 seconds. NTSC<->PAL appears in the CinemaStation Display.
3 Press e to switch the setting. NTSC/PAL SET appears in the CinemaStation Display.
1 Perform steps 1 and 2 above.
2 Press s again. YUV<->RGB appears in the CinemaStation Display.
3 Press e to switch the setting. YUV/RGB SET appears in the CinemaStation Display.
this operations works until you turn off the system.
If anyone has a finelly solution, please sen to me at [email protected]
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