DVD Players and regions // THANKS A LOT!

[Jasper Sharp]

Thanjks very much for your reply Ulrich - I'm not too sure its worth me
fiddling around too much if its so risky. Past experience has told me its
never wise to mess with things I have only a partial understanding of!

Regards,
Jasper



----- Original Message -----
From: "Ulrich Plate" <plate at gol.com>
To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 12:45 AM
Subject: Re: DVD Players and regions // THANKS A LOT!


> > Secondly, anyone know how to get round the region code restrictions for
> the
> > WinDVD player software (version 2.3)?
>
> 1. Check your drive status with something like Drive Info (Erwin van den
> Berg, http://www.visualdomain.net).
>
> This should tell you details about the model and whether it's region
> protected or not. If your drive is newer than 2 years and the above check
> confirms it's RPC2, you can't do anything on the software level. The
region
> lock is in the drive, you need to patch the firmware.
>
> 2. Go to http://perso.club-internet.fr/farzeno/firmware/ and search for
the
> patch for your drive.
>
> Double-check what you're doing, this can ruin your hardware if you do it
> wrong.
>
> Good luck
> Ulrich Plate
>
>
>