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can anybody help me on 2 counts. first how do you copy dvd`s to dvd`s on the dmr-30 by buypassing the coding on the machine. do you need software, that you download of the net or buy, or hardware.
also how do you make the dmr-30 play region 1 disk`s.

To copy you need another player and something like a video stabiliser from here http://www.lektropacks.co.uk/dept.asp?Hash=377&dept_id=32
On the region 1 issue I don`t know yet.

you need to by another player which is region and macrofree it will then work with no problems try the computer fair theres plenty to go at,
leads dont work.

to play region one Discs you will need to get the player modified by a dealer,This consists of a update disc then the use of a dealer remote control

The Gaffer, "leads don`t work" is quite a sweeping statement and also untrue, plenty of people use the macro free scart leads and I personaly use the above stabiliser with absolutely NO problems.

OK. OK. Now lets steady the head on this. Macrovision is an ANALOG copy protection system meaning it stops copying tapes or dvds to a VHS video recorder. It can be switched off in certain dvd players or eliminated by an external box or lead such as provided by Lectropacks or Sonnel. However, the Panasonic E30 is a DIGITAL recorder. So does the entirely seperate digital anti copying system CRSS (or something like that) prevent copying dvd to dvd-r or dvd-rw or whatever the medium this machine uses?

Yes the E30 is a digital device but it takes an analogue signal. Any digital protection (CSS, CGMS/D) only works if you send the signal digitaly ie, firewire or a direct copy in a PC. For analogue there is macrovision and CGMS/A (Copy Generation Management System) which controls the amount of copies allowed (may allow a copy but not a copy of a copy), and I`m not sure if this is present in NTSC signals only.

I connected up a Pioneer DVD player to my DMR-E30 via a scart. The Pioneer has been hacked... no Macrovision, no RCE, no region encoding... yet it still comes up with a message when trying to do dvd-to-dvd saying that the original disc is copy protected... anyone any other ideas?

ccs protection get a dansai cheapy player they do not carry ccs signal