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wschuerm   03-04-2003 at 03:58:19 PM

i've got a poineer DVD-119, if i pop in a dvd i can't get intervideo windvd or cyberlink power dvd to play, (the reion code is invalid, at the moment the code is set at canada but i live in belgium so it has to be set for europe, the thing is when i do this windows says i can't or i'm not authorised (you can change the region 5 times before it locks and it says i have 4 times left so i guess thats not the problem) i just put together the sytem on friday so maybe i connected something wrond, although when i open the dvd in windows mediaplayer it opens just fine

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lhgpoobaa   03-05-2003 at 02:15:29 AM
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you could have a look around online for region free patches for both the drive and the windvd software... that migh help.

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elzt   03-05-2003 at 04:33:12 AM
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Your DVD drive was originally set to region 1 (I believe Canada and USA are region 1) in its firmware. So if you want to play discs from other regions, say Europe (which is region 2), you need to change the region setting of your drive to either region 2 or region free. I prefer the latter. This site contains the region free patches for most DVD drives.

<A HREF="http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?category=1&manufactor=25" target="_new">http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?category=1&manufactor=25</A>

Unfortunately, if you enter the above link, you'll find no patch is available for your DVD-119 yet. However, you can use DVD Region free as suggested there. It's a utility that allows your region-1 drive to play discs from any region.

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wschuerm   03-30-2003 at 05:02:38 PM
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Soltion

I'm an idiot

i switched the jumper (on the back of the drive) after that i was able to change region code and play dvd's with windvd and powerdvd

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elzt   03-30-2003 at 09:30:04 PM
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That's great! I wish my LiteOn has this jumper...

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