Problems Converting To Region 1/NTSC As Well

darren_1972_uk · Post by **darren_1972_uk** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:08 pm

Hello.

I live in England and my Region is Region 2. I bought a Sony DVD recorder with a hard drive and Freeview added as well - model number RDR-HXD970 and I can play Region 2 DVD's OK. When it comes to Region 1, I can only play Region 1 DVD's that were released by Warner Bros and I've heard and witnessed this before with other machines from other makes and models.

Can anyone provide me with a code that can help me crack the code to turn my Sony DVD recorder (that I mentioned at the beginning of this post with full details) into a Multi-Region machine even if it can only play Region 1 as well as Region 2? It has NTSC as in Region 1 listed in the settings but it doesn't help when I change to that setting. I can't understand why it only plays Region 1 DVD's that are only released by Warner Bros only. If it can play those Region 1 DVD's it should play all Region 1 DVD's. I must add, luckily for me it can play Region 0 in colour because some Sony DVD players and DVD recorders play Region 0 in black-and-white. I want to get my Sony DVD recorder coded for Multi-Region.

Many thanks.

Darren.

speaker.guy · Post by **speaker.guy** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:55 pm

Not a good forum to ask this question. Try Club CD Freaks (Google it)

zaphod7501 · Post by **zaphod7501** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:47 am

You might have to do some serious modifications since Sony is a brand that usually has to be "chipped", rather than there being software/menu based cracks.

You might need to research specific titles, it might be the RCE coding rather than just the region coding that gives you the odd symptoms with Warner disks.

darren_1972_uk · Post by **darren_1972_uk** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:11 pm

speaker.guy wrote:Not a good forum to ask this question. Try Club CD Freaks (Google it)

Many thanks for the tips. I'll try that. I'll stick around here anyway because I might need to ask anything else or help others.

darren_1972_uk · Post by **darren_1972_uk** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:14 pm

zaphod7501 wrote:You might have to do some serious modifications since Sony is a brand that usually has to be "chipped", rather than there being software/menu based cracks.

You might need to research specific titles, it might be the RCE coding rather than just the region coding that gives you the odd symptoms with Warner disks.

Many thanks for the help. I've known some Pioneer DVD players that need to be chipped as well and it requires having to manually change the region setting when needed, however, I'd rather not do that with my Sony DVD recorder because if it needs repairs at any time and Sony find the chip it would blow my warranty where it would be classed as a tampered machine. Thanks anyway.

underquark · Post by **underquark** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 8:23 am

Worth a look here, perhaps. One of the more comprehensive sites esp. for UK/Europe models.