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My grandmother purchased a Hitachi DV-P305e dvd player about a week ago. I have tried most of the hacks I can find (all BUT those requiring an additional remote other than the hitachi model supplied).

I haven`t got any idea why this is not working.

The one I have tried most frequently is: Resetting the machine (Play + Stop held down), choosing a language, pressing repeat, then keying in 3,8,7,6,7, and finally the region I require.

I still have no luck. Aparrently the region the machine is set to is supposed to appear in the corner of the screen, I have had no such number appear..

There are two repeat buttons on the remote, which one do I press?? I usually use the top one, is this wrong??

Please help!

All the best, Daniel

Don`t panic !!

There are a few of us out there that this hack won`t work for with the same model. You`re pressing the correct repeat button, but like mine your machine could well have an older version of firmware in it.
Our freind Mike G is on the case, just keep checking back and hopefully all should be revealed soon.
PS Don`t bother wasting your money on an all in one remote like I did because that doesn`t work either!!!

Fab.

Of course you can buy an auto region chip for this model very cheaply from my site

Steve
www.dvdchips.co.uk

I have this problem also so would be interested to hear from Mike G. I can get hold of an Aiwa RC-7AS06 remote that is supposed to work. Is it worth trying ?

Any Info would be appreciated

Daz

I also couldn`t get the Hitachi remote hack to work but was able to get it working using an Aiwa RC-TN340EX remote.

Pressing SHIFT + CLOCK (with no disc inserted) pops open the tray and displays "ADJUST" on the LED panel. Then insert a region 1 disc and away you go. It doesn`t coldstart the unit as reported in the Samsung 709 hack and doesn`t need any other keys pressed after the tray pops open. Only works on a single disc and is not permanent unfortunately.

Pressing SHIFT + REPEAT seems to light every pixel on the LED display.

Pressing SHIFT + SLEEP pops open the tray and displays " CS 02 2" on the LED. This one doesn`t work, despite appearing to be similar to the Samsung 709 hack. It does coldstart the player however and all your settings will need to be re-entered the next time you power on.

Using the first method above I`ve been able to play numerous Region 1 DVDs with no problems, including "The Perfect Storm" which is RCE encoded.

Hope this helps.

Lynx.

Thanks for the tip I will try it and see how I get on.

Cheers


Daz

Am I the only person on earth with a Hackable Hitachi DV-P305E??

Mines hacks just fine, but im not sure which firmware i have cos i haven`t opened the player!!

Hope Mike G finds a cure anyway!

Hi Stewart Did you do something different to the rest of us to get your hack to work ?
Just after I press repeat and enter the first digit of the code
the DVD (correctly) thinks that I am selecting german language as this is the screen that I am on.

When you held Play and stop did the language screen eventually disapear before you enetered the code.

Please help.
nordlawr[at]moc.moc3.liam3

When i cold started (Play & Stop) i select my language (English), and then press "Repeat", 3, 8, 7, 6, 7 and a 2 appears in the top left of the screen, you then press the number of the region you want, or 9 for region free. Then press open/close on the player, followed by the Power button on the REMOTE! The drawer will close automatically and the player will be region free!!

>>>PS Don`t bother wasting your money on an all in one remote like I did because that doesn`t work either!!!

Fabrize, check out:

http://www.dvd.reviewer.co.uk/forums/thread.asp?Forum=176&Thread=17204

(I still can`t believe it)


dela