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HELP!!! Im having a major headache over trying to hack into my phillips dvd 701. I have tryed everything I can think of, but I still haven`t got anywhere. Using my one for all 6 remote, I first tryed 0539, magic, 085, nothing happened in the display. I then tryed 539, magic, 085, still nothing. I finally tryed my phillips remote typing in 159, then play which to my suprise gave me -----------. I typed in 11 digits, 222 222 005 25, then when I pressed 5 a small dot appeared left of the -------, which led me to believe I was finally getting somewhere, but after then pressing play, several times!, nothing happened apart from my dvd freezing up. PLEASE help, I`m getting balder by the second!!!

OK, lets start from the beginning if your remote is.
URC7560 the code is 0539, or if its a URC4300 its 539.

First you need to clear the device code already stored in your one4all. so if you want to set it up on you VCR button do the following.
Press VCR then press and hold the magic button (flashes once when pressed) wait till it flashes twice quickly, then enter 992 press VCR and VCR again. (wait till led has finished flashing about 2 seconds).

Now press the VCR button, Press and hold the magic button (flashes once when pressed) wait till it flashes twice quickly, enter 0539, press the magic button ( do not hold ) the led will flash once, enter 085 your DVD display now will show ----------- on you philips dvd remote enter 222222005255 then play.
The display shows no disk, Power off 10 sec. Switch on.

This item was edited on Saturday, 28th April 2001, 20:39

EXCELLENT! My dvd has accepted the code, I dont know what I was doing wrong before, but there is one small problem.....yep youve guessed it, my american discs playback in black & white. Ive switched my scart leads so that the dvd runs from scart 1, and I dont think it`s a TV prob cause it is fairly newish (6months old). I have heard that my dvd`s output may not be set to RGB, but on s-video. But If that was the case then surely my english discs would also be b&w, right? And If that is the prob, how do I get the output on RGB?

no, your region 2 disks will play in colour cos your tv is receiving a pal signal, the zone 1 disk is ntsc. I dont have the 701 dvd in front of me, but if you look in the dvd setup menu, you might find a tv output select option, if so, set it to RGB.

This item was edited on Sunday, 29th April 2001, 16:24

After looking in my instructional manual, I found info on how to change the ntsc/pal settings. the process is....
1.Unplug at mains.
2.press & holdstop+forward
buttons, plug back in.
3.when pal or ntsc appears in
display screen, release stop,
and use forward button to scroll
between ntsc and pal (within 3
seconds).
Unfortunatley after trying this, my american discs still play in B&W. The only difference is that in ntsc mode, my default screen is now b&w (in this mode my english discs still play in colour). I`m pretty sure it`s not my TV because it`s only 6 months old, with 2 scart connections.
Any ideas??

This may sound stupid, but after finding out how to switch pal/ntsc settings on my dvd, I`ve got a horrible feeling that this was all that I had to do, and the reason I am getting b&w playback (american discs), Is because of the 701 hack code.
Does that make any sense, or am I getting really paranoid?

No the hack code doesn`t make any difference to the DVD other than playing all region disks, If you try it on another newish stereo tv, You`ll find it will play in colour.

What tv have you got, Make, Model.?

The TV is a MATSUI 25M3, nicam, and fastext

Just downloaded the manual, and if you look on page 27 you will find that it says "Colour System...........PAL ". Sorry no NTSC and no mention of NTSC video playback via SCART which you will find on most tvs.

Looks like I`m doomed to watching b&w American discs, until I can persude the wife that we`ll be better off with another TV.

Don`t fancy my chances just yet, wish me luck!

Thanks for all your help though ijames

If by some miracle there is a way of changing my tv`s colour system to ntsc, I`m open to suggestions.