Does anyone know anything about how you go about turning a european playing DVD recorder in to a Multi region one????

It's just that Amazon are selling the model I want for £250, but it only plays our region, The same model is available on the internet, having been made multi region for an extra £60.

Is there a shop you can take them to to get them done cheaper??

I have no idea how it works!

(The model is 'Pioneer DVR433H-S' if that makes any difference!)

look at item number 5822761149 on ebay.
Its a firmware upgrade disc which will unlock the player to multi region.

Just saved you £50 :D

DJ shadowman, I think I love you.:love:

You can check out:-

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks.php

It's blocked from my work so can't tell you if your model is on the list.

I was just going to say to go to that website.

if that don't work try dvdreviewer. they also have an extensive list of hacks

Originally posted by neeeeeeeeeek
You can check out:-

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks.php

It's blocked from my work so can't tell you if your model is on the list.

It works fine I did mine some time ago without any probs and its all done via your remote.

Or just buy a multi-region DVD player, they're dirt cheap nowadays, I saw them selling in Tesco's for like 30 quid last week.

DVD reviewer has loads of hacks. They are just a series of key presses that open up the regions (a bit like a cheat on Playstation) I did mine and it worked perfectly. They don't tend to make dvd's for a single region because it's not a sensible business option. They just set them before they are shipped. If you change the region you're only doing what they do all the time in the factories.

Originally posted by neeeeeeeeeek
You can check out:-

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks.php

It's blocked from my work so can't tell you if your model is on the list.

i think thats the site i used for mine.

most of em you download a text file and burn it to cd a special way, it includes a set of numbers and the last number is the region code, mines set to 0 so no region but IF you need another region to play a stubborn disc you burn another disc with the number ending with the correct region (ie:- region 2 = 2)


simple :)

the ones on dvdreviewer should just give you a remote hack which you just need to enter on one of the menus on your machine.

If you buy a multi-region from Richer Sounds you can say get the single region for £30 and for an extra £10 they give you the codes to make it multi-region.

Thanks everyone! I didn't have a clue what to do and now I've got multiple options!