Maybe you're a student or a teacher of foreign language. Perhaps you are getting in touch with your roots and want to watch DVDs in the language of your grandparents. Or maybe just like the films of other countries. You buy a movie, put it in the DVD player, and you get an error "wrong region '.
What do you do?
The popular Philips DVP642 DVD player can easily be region free (or 'regionless') with a few clicks on the remote control. Thiselegant gray-silver unit is available at your local Wal-Mart and many other electronics outlets. In Canada, we can find for under $ 60. Sometimes it is sold region-free out of the box (though the packaging indicates that for a region only a few locations).
Phillips product fits easily into a small space. It is about 10 inches deep by 17 inches wide and less than 2 cm in height. E 'equipped with a manual, quick start guide, audio cable and video and packedRemote control with batteries to complete.
The unit plays a variety of formats: MPEG4, DivX 3.11/4.x, 5.x and 6.x, DVD + R / + RW, VCD, SVCD, Picture CD, MP3 CD and CD-R /-RW.
Some of its features are: progressive scan, 4 x video upsampling (54 MHz) and 192 kHz/24 bit audio DAC.
The mechanical rotation mechanism is quiet whisper, the picture quality is excellent, and so is the sound. Another advantage: once a region hack that automatically adjusts the DVD playerNTSC / PAL TV signals.
Region Hack
Set the DVD with the Quick Guide. Now DVD titles for the default region just to make sure the device is working properly. Remove the DVD and power for a few seconds. Turn the power back and open the drawer of the DVD. Wait until the message NO DISC appears. Open the DVD tray. Enter the following codes by remote control with care: 7 8 9 OK 0 (Seven eight nine TESTED OK) The screens show informationthe standard and the new region.
The '0 'in the numerical sequence above refers to the region. Zero regionless and should work with almost all DVDs. If for any reason you want to limit your DVDs to another region, enter another number instead of '0 '. For example, to only play region 2 DVDs, insert: OK 7 8 9 2
Philips USA provides good support for its products and offers software upgrades for future DVD enhancements at their website:philips.com / support. Other users have written reviews and comments videohelp.com - hack region contains thousands of DVD players - an excellent page.
Note: entering codes via the remote control does not void the warranty. A hardware hack. Although this hack has been used by thousands of users around the world, try at your own risk.
Now that your DVD player is regionless, the wonderful world of foreign DVD titles is to discover and enjoy!
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