Page 1 of Welltech Portable DVD 20654 - Hack?? Purchased from Lidl

Hi,

Just purchased this player from Lidl, its a little portable and very nice to. No screen though, but what do you expect for £99.00

I have searched around and its nowhere to be seen on the internet.

Its made by www.ls-electronic.de

Does anybody have any hacks for this??

i also have 1 of these a hack would be great

Also puchased this player from Lidl.I`v opened the remote to see if there`s
print on the right top of the remote.Inside the ruber has been cut but the printed circuit is intact with open/closed marked under it.maybe othere
DVD players use the same electronics and handset.
Do`s someone out there have a Welltech othere than this model.
regards
Edwin.

How do you know its locked to region 2. Have you tried a region 1 disc in it as some players are multi-region out of the box. It doesn`t matter that it carries an R2 symbol they often put that on for marketing.

Hi,

I have tried a couple of region 1 discs, with both coming up as "Wrong Region" disc.

I am very impressed with this little unit, it plays VCD and SVCD very well.

I tried a mixed disc of VCD/SVCD/MP3 and JPGs and using the great file menu that comes up on screen, navigation was very easy.

I fully recommend this machine, especially all for £99.

A region hack would be nice though

aircub

i emailed ls-electronic.de about a region hack for this player and have got a uk address and phone number of them which i shall be ringing tomorrow
this is it:-

Select TV Ltd
9th The Parade
Hengrove
GB - Bristol BS14 9DB
Hotline: ++44 (0) 1275 - 54 25 86
Fax: ++44 (0) 117 - 972 12 69

Kind regards
L&S Service Team

I bought one of these, also.
The menu system looks remarkably like a Daewoo IMO.
Maybe the Daewoo hacks would work ? Hmmm vcdhelp is down at the mo.. Can`t check.
Anyone care to comment ?

Update
I rang the UK number and was told that there was NO way you could make this unit region free

Welltech DVD 20654. NOT A HACK more a fiddle i.e. confuse it! It may not work on all dvd`s or regions & you may need to repeat the sequence several times to get a result. If the player locks up remember the RESET pin hole (bottom right of PLAY PAUSE button on the front)

*All commands from the remote*.

With lid OPEN press *SET UP* - select PREFERENCES - select SMART NAV & select NO MENU - press *SETUP* .

Load up a Region 1 disc & when WRONG REGION appears - press *STOP STOP PLAY PLAY* - as STOP appears on a BLACK background - OPEN the lid - The DVD will slow down - Let it SPIN UP again & slow down then as it starts to SPIN UP again press *SETUP* & CLOSE LID. The SETUP MENU on a BLACK background should appear (see notes) - press *SETUP* again - PLAY on a BLACK background should appear - at this press *SKIP FORWARD i.e. >>I * & the 1st TITLE CHAPTER should appear & the dvd will play. From this you should then be able to access the MIAN MENU & have complete control.

notes :-

Obtaining a SETUP MENU on a BLACK background is the main objective of the above sequence. If it appears on a BLUE background you will have to repeat the above sequence, maybe several times.

If after pressing *SETUP* from the black SETUP MENU the screen is just BLUE with nothing happening just press *PLAY* & *SKIP FORWARD >>I* & the DVD should play.

If you have corrupted sound/video repeat the sequence a few times but if no luck try a RESET & start again.

If you want to see the ROOT MENU instead of playing the DVD set the SMART NAV to WITH MENU & it should appear on a BLACK background

info :-

I played a R1 Leon the Professional (uncut) many times (a brilliant film & direction. I recommend it), I played a R1 Little Shop of Horrors once & never again.
With practice you will get the knack of when to open the lid & when to press the set up key while the disc is spinning. It`s not rocket science but frustrating sometimes but great when the DVD plays.

Someone who is a lot cleverer may work out a better sequence with clues from the above & let us all know. I`m washed out with this now.

Good luck everybody! Your FEED BACK in this forum would be welcome & what DVD`s you managed to play from other regions (any R1 Buffy the vampire slayers work?).

Thanks to Ken for the R1 test DVD`s.

This item was edited on Tuesday, 11th February 2003, 23:23