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RE: Multi region info for the toshiba SD63HK

I had the cover off of my SD-63HK this evening and had a good look inside. I discovered some interesting things: 1. The PCB has a silk-screened set of boxes on it painted on. These are numbered 1..2..3..4..5 to represent the DVD regions. Mine is region 2 so it has a splodge of red paint in the "2" box. This means that Toshiba have actually made it part of their manufacturing process to mark the PCB (printed-circuit-board) as working with a specific region.

This is not good - it looks like they have not gone for the handset hack / pop-in-the-numbers -using-the-remote type of approach. I can`t say this for sure, but I have tried ebery UK comapny I know and none of them can hack my SD-63HK to be region free except for RGB who want £40- £50 as you know.

There was a space on the board for a connector that might have been a jumper for the region but without knowing for sure??? Also there was a large metal shield with a "2" stamped into it. This was soldered down securely so it could not be removed (does it hide or cover some kind of region selection jumper or solder pads?) - unlikely because shielding like ths is usually for protecting delicate circuitry from RF interference.


But I have another plan to get the handset hack - I truly believe there IS one, in spite of everything ... watch this space. I can`#t say what it is yet.

RE: Multi region info for the toshiba SD63HK

Yep thanks for that Mojo r, I tried those hacks but sadly no luck. I have to agree that it is a stonking piece of kit, though. When I saw how tiny the speakers were I was a bit worried, but ohhh wow what INCREDIBLE sound that box has.

I`m sure that the hack will surface sooner or later. One thing I noticed when I trawled through the many, many hacks out there (including yes shock horror a great many Toshiba hacks, need I say more for the benefit of the previous poster), I realised that the SD-63HK is a relatively new machine, so the hack has probably just not been dug out yet. After all, if RGB can do it for a fee, then it is do-able, it`s just a matter of finding out what they know that the others don`t.

I had an interesting chat with a bloke at one of the commercial mult-region companies. They did not have a hack but we thought that maybe RGB were using a disk hack for a similar model. He offered me one of these if I wanted to try, but I can`t bring myself to risk my shiny new Home Cinema with an untried hack. Well not yet, anyway.

As far as the internal switch goes, I have a fair bit of electronic experience and I will have a good look inside for any DIP switches or anything like that. Then I will try all the known Toshiba handset hacks again ... watch this space.

I see the player is on sale in Russia and Korea, and they ain`t region two, so there HAS to be a way of setting the region.

RE: Multi region info for the toshiba SD63HK

This is a serious problem - I have just bought one of these from eBuyer, and after searching through about fifty forums and websites, it seems like there is NO region-free / multiregion hack for the Toshiba SD-63HK. There is one company "RGB Electronics" who say they can do it but they say it will cost "£40 to £50" - since you can buy a new player for £20 from eBuyer, there is not much point in paying so much just for a hack.

I REALLY want to make my SD63 region-free, but it is now looking to be impossible. I tried Toshiba Tech Support but they just said "no way, we can`t do that". As if every other Toshiba player does not have their own hacks published on the web.

This evening I printed out about ten hacks from all the other Toshiba models, and tried them out - but still no joy.

Does anyone know how to get make the Toshiba SD-63 (SD-63HK) region-free? I see it is for sale all over the world (Russia, Korea asd well as the UK), so it must be possible.

Please please please?? :D :D :D