My dvd player is region 2 only but have ended up buying a couple of region 1 dvds and a few supposidly region free that will not play on my machine
Easons for the failure may fall to the Blu-ray disc itself. Generally speaking, if the Blu-ray player is working properly and has no further wrong codecs or configurations, then it may be possible that your Blu-ray discs are not able to be read by the Blu-ray player.
Check on this for possible causes and solutions:
Why Won't My Blu-ray Players Play Blu-ray Discs
Go to the forum of videohelp, and then go to the DVD hack section. You can check more solutions here:
3 ways on how to make your Blu-ray player region free
If not, you can useLeawo Blu-ray Copyto remove the region code on the disc
Region numbers are allocated to DVD Recorders and DVD-Video according
to where they are sold.
The region number of this unit is "2".
The unit will play DVDs marked with labels containing "2" or "ALL".
SOURCE: Panasonic DVD-S27 Region Free setup
A special service remote is needed to change the region.
SOURCE: Panasonic dmr-eh57 multi-region unlock code
I sent an e-mail to Panasonic New Zealand to ask about this, and they advised:
"Panasonic NZ no longer pre set DVD recorders or players
for all region multi-zones.
However, we will multi-zone for all
regions on request.
This needs to be done by an
Authorised Service Centre, as a special service remote is
used.
Once delivered to one of these
agents, the service company will charge the fee to Panasonic
NZ."
If you're not in NZ, try contacting Panasonic in your own country. Just call up www.panasonic with your country code after eg. US = .com and NZ = .co.nz. It seems a *lot* easier than all those complicated hacks on the net. Now all I have to do is work out how to disconnect my DVD recorder again, and try to
PS. I realise this question is 11 months old by now, but I hope my response helps someone like me just cruising the internet looking for help.
SOURCE: need an unlock code for my panasonic dvd recorder
By default the DMR-XW385 plays multiregion dvds.
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