Page 1 of Venturer PS166W Portable DVD

I have recently purchased the Venturer PS166W and would be greatfuel if anyone could provide me with a hack for this player.

Cheers......Ted

Ted, no info on hack but am considering buying a ps166w and would like to know what you think of it.

Cheers, Paul

1. Turn on the Player from the Player, not the Remote.
2. Open the Tray
3. Using the remote control, key in the following: 8, 1, 3, 2, 8.
4. Press Enter to cycle through Regions 1 to 6. *9* is Region free
5. Press the Return key to close out the command

Hi Paul, Sorry I have taken so long to get back to you.
I have to say that given the price the Venturer PS166W Portable is outstanding !
The supplied accessories cover ALMOST every eventually (although an s video lead is not supplied) .
I have tried dvr-r discs, dvd+r dics and all play with no problem, so anyone with a Philips DVD recorder will be able to play there discs in this unit with no problem.
I have tried playing back through my TV with the supplied leads and the picture quality is more than acceptable.
I haven`t tried the unit yet hooked up to my Dolby digital amp but the facility is there.
Just as a test I connected my video camera to the unit and played back the footage and it was fine.
I haven`t had the unit long enough to test battery life but I am considering the purchase of a second battery.
Well as you can tell I am a fan !
I repeat though given the price and the accessories and facilities for me its a winner.
Of course what I don`t know about yet is reliability, but of course on that front only time will tell.

Regards......Ted

Hi Ted - would you know if the Venturer will play VCD discs? I`ve got quite a few and really like this unit (mainly because of the price!), but that`s the sticking point. The Cyberhome portable one does play VCD so I`d be happy to spend the extra to get that, but happier if I could spend less!

Greetings.
My first contribution, hope it proves worthwhile.

I`ve not tried this, so don`t hold me to it, but there seems to be similarities between the PS166W and other Venturer player hacks. Take a look at dvd365.net, and there`s a remote hack for VCD available or other models.

Might be worth a try on the PS166W.

ND

Squirrel,
The player does play VCD disc, if the hack for making multi-region (as described elsewhere on this forum) is set to region 9 (region free)

Enjoy!

Just tried the hack on my system and it works great
although mine is a pvs166w, This unit does not have
remote tray operation but I followed the instructions
and it works great.
cheers to kirstymac.!!!!!! :D
doogs75

This item was edited on Saturday, 27th December 2003, 13:02

DEAR,KIRSTYMAC.
THIS IS JUST A WEE SHORT MESSAGE TO ASK IF YOU KNOW OF A PHONE NUMBER THAT I COULD USE TOO FIND OUT WHERE I COULD BUY ANOTHER BATTERY FOR MY VENTURER PS166W.IT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED IF YOU COULD HELP IN ANY-WAY..........THANKZ.......R.S.V.P

ronnie, why are you shouting :D