I WANT TO CONVERT MY TOSHIBA SD501 KB DVD PLAYER
INTO A MULTI-REGION PLAYER. HOW CAN I ACCOMPLISH
THIS TASK?
Hi,
On most of the DVD players regional set up cannot be changed.However just for trying; type your
players brand and model number into goggle along with 'hack code' and
you should be able to find some codes to change the region code on your
player.You need to find the correct 'Hack' for your model.
Google 'DVD Hacks', there are many sites out there that will provide the details.
It generally consists of pressing a secret sequence of buttons on the remote.
Like holding the mute button down and simultaneously pressing 6758, they are all different.
It then enters a special mode where you can change the DVD region or make it region free.
In
my experience the major brands like Sony, Sharp, JVC, Toshiba,Panasonic etc are
harder to change, I guess the major players do not want copyright
issues.
The cheaper DVD players as unbranded, or never heard of, are better.They are all "MULTI REGION " or "region free "players play any region dvd.
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additional info for DVD regions:
DVD region codes are a digital-rights management technique
designed to allow film distributors to control aspects of a release, including
content, release date, and price, according to the region.DVD video discs may be
encoded with a region code restricting the area of the world in which they can
be played.
The American DVD Copy Control Association in California requires that DVD-player
manufacturers incorporate the regional-playback control (RPC) system - according
to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, an Australian government
agency.
There are six different official regions and two informal variations.[citation
needed] DVDs may use one code, a combination of codes (Multi-Region), most
codes (Region 0) or every code/no codes (Region All). The commercial DVD player
specification requires that a player to be sold in a given place not play discs
encoded for a different region; however, region-free DVD players are also
commercially available.
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