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Sorry, forgot to add this.

6) Last of all, this is the bit I find the most confusing.

I found this QandA, which said if you buy a US 709, you can`t play European disc because you can only play NTSC and not PAL.

However, I`m in Australia and we use PAL, and I haven`t found anything that quite states the reverse, namely does European PAL 709`s play US NTSC discs back. Is that what all that talk about SCART and Quasi-PAL is about? Are they something that converts the signal from NTSC to PAL, so we don`t have the problem the people in the US have?

RE: Thanks (also ...) x 2

Thanks again.

The box for the 511 and also 811 in the remote hackable page (where they have a picture of the machine etc etc) specifically mention that the hack removes Macrovision and it doesn`t say that for the 709. However, you certainly know your stuff and I`ve checked a lot of sites which say specifically that the 511 and 811 cannot have the Macrovision disabled as well as yourself, so I would imagine the site is wrong in this particular case.

I have actually found a place selling a 709 just down the road from my house, so I`m going to buy it. Just want to sort out a few things though, if you can help me, that would be great as all the info out there about Aiwa remotes and stuff gets confusing.

1) Some sites say you can hack the machine with the remote that comes with it. Is that right?

2) The hack with the supplied remote can be made permanent (Region free and Macrovision off) using the remote, and doesn`t need to be re-entered after turning the machine off.

3) The multiregion hack isn`t affected by RCE

4) If for whatever reason the hack needs to be turned off, you can, and then turn it back on again later. There isn`t any kind of countdown which locks your machine.

5) I`ve read some of the earlier 709`s don`t play some R1 discs like The Matrix etc. I imagine this is one of the later models and isn`t a problem but if it turns out to be an earlier model machine, this problem can be fixed without the hack being removed? How actually do they fix it, is it some kind of hardware upgrade?

Thanks again

Shan

Thanks (also ...)

Thanks very much for your reply, I will try out the hacks before I commit.

I am a little confused about one thing though, this site does state that the macrovision hack works on the 511 and 811 (though presumably not the others) and doesn`t mention the 709,809,909 etc at all. Are any of those models still available? Just asking as finding Samsung DVD players in Australia at all is really tricky business. But you`re absolutely certain these ones 709,809 and 909 can turn off macrovision.

Thanks again.

Does anyone know if the remote hacks for Samsung work on the new M205 or M405?

Does anyone know if the remote and console hacks work on the new
M205 and M405, as according to Samsung Australia, they`ve phased
out the DVD 511 and 811, which are no longer available, apparently.

What still works out of the region free/choose your region/macrovision off?

If not, are there remote hacks which are different from the 511 - 811 hacks?

Strangely, the only web pages I can find on these models; none of them are in English, they`re either European or Asian.

Can anyone help?

RE: philips hack problem

This is part of an e-mail I got from a guy which should solve your problem. It`s his website that is listed in the message.

The 25th time you access the code entry part, i.e. when you press Play, 1, 5, 9
or whatever and the dashes appear. Once you have done this 25 times, you will
not be able to do it again. Therefore, if you set your machine to region 1 on
the 25th time, it will be locked in this region forever (unless you chip the
machine or use a OneForAll remote on it).

You cannot make the machine multiregion with the remote you get with the
machine, you can only *change* between different regions. If you use a
OneForAll, you can do this as many times as you wish, but there is no need
because with this remote you can also make the machine multiregion. You`ll only
need to do this once, too, so once you`ve done it you`ll never need to enter
another code again.

> The OneForAll 5 or 6, is this the remote you get with the player or do you
> have to buy it specially (where from if so?)

This is a universal remote that you have to buy seperately. Try
http://www.oneforall.co.uk - this will tell you about their remotes and where
you can buy them from. I have a OneForAll 6 (model number URC-7560), but I
*think* you can perform the hack with a OneForAll 5 (model number IRC-7550) too.
As long as the remote has buttons labelled "DVD" and "Magic" then you should be
able to perform the hack.

If you cannot get hold a OneForAll remote, you can also use a PalmPilot or a
Philips Pronto universal remote. Both of these may be expensive, however.

> The whole thing with the RC6 and all those things you have to key in, that
> is all on the machine somewhere?

The remote you get with the player *is* an RC6 remote, but it does not output
the necessary signal to perform the hack, but a OneForAll can. RC6 is just a
type of remote, you can get RC5 remotes as well. If you don`t understand all of
these technical terms, the don`t worry! :)

See http://www.ianc.net/philips/hacks.shtml for the full instructions if you`re
still not sure, everything is explained in a way which should be easy to
understand.

Philips DVD players. Does the hack beat RCE? Is it reversible? Also ...

Does the hack for the Philips DVD beat RCE and can you turn it off? Also, can you set the player to a single zone only of your choice?

Also, is everything you need to activate the hack just the DVD and the remote. When it says to set to infra code RC6, is that just done with the buttons on the DVD or remote for example

Studios Find Way To Defeat DVD Modification

Studios Find Way To Defeat DVD Modification


Columbia TriStar Home Video has confirmed that it is using a program called Regional Coding Enhancement that will prevent its DVDs from being played on any player that has been modified to permit playback outside the disks` intended region, the online Inside magazine reported today (Friday). A spokesperson for Warner Bros. Home Video said that it is testing RCE, but added, "it`s not quite cut and dry whether we will be using it."

This was on imdb.com

Shouldn`t we be able to easily beat this even if it works by using the remote control hacks to just switch the player to whatever zone the disc is, so to just play that disc you turn your player back into a single zone player and then switch the region coding off otherwise for discs of a different zone or ones without this new protection?