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I was able to change the region code, but my player still won't accept
PAL DVD's. Any suggestions?

How did You change the region code?

I just bought one last night and popped in a British PAL disc and it played
automatically with no trouble. I'm not sure what the region code was, but I
ASSUME it's R2 cos all Brit discs are, right? Yet the player specs say it only
plays R1 (?). The inner ring of the disc definitely has "PAL" etched into it.

Mick

(MickAugust) wrote in
news::

> How did You change the region code?
>
> I just bought one last night and popped in a British PAL
> disc and it played automatically with no trouble. I'm not
> sure what the region code was, but I ASSUME it's R2 cos all
> Brit discs are, right? Yet the player specs say it only
> plays R1 (?). The inner ring of the disc definitely has
> "PAL" etched into it.
>
> Mick
>

What's the title you tried? As with any area a disc may be R0
which will play (technically) in any machine, irrespective of
the video format.

The problem for the OP may be that either the DVD Player
needs to be set to output the PAL signal, or their TV is
can't accept a PAL signal.

(RB) wrote in
news: m:

> I was able to change the region code, but my player still
> won't accept PAL DVD's. Any suggestions?

What is it actually doing?

Are you saying you put a non R1(?) title in & it still says the
region code is incorrect or is it that you don't get a picture
on the TV?

If the former you probably haven't set the multiregion up
correctly.

If the latter have you set the format output on the DVD player,
and if you have is your TV capable of accepting a PAL signal?

Lithurge wrote on [5 Mar 2004 19:18:47 GMT]:
> (RB) wrote in
> news: m:
>
>> I was able to change the region code, but my player still
>> won't accept PAL DVD's. Any suggestions?
>
> What is it actually doing?
>
> Are you saying you put a non R1(?) title in & it still says the
> region code is incorrect or is it that you don't get a picture
> on the TV?
>
> If the former you probably haven't set the multiregion up
> correctly.
>
> If the latter have you set the format output on the DVD player,
> and if you have is your TV capable of accepting a PAL signal?

And here I thought the whole point of the cyberhome players was that
they converted from PAL to NTSC.

Justin <> wrote in
news::

> Lithurge wrote on [5 Mar 2004 19:18:47 GMT]:
>> (RB) wrote in
>> news: m:
>>
>>> I was able to change the region code, but my player still
>>> won't accept PAL DVD's. Any suggestions?
>>
>> What is it actually doing?
>>
>> Are you saying you put a non R1(?) title in & it still
>> says the region code is incorrect or is it that you don't
>> get a picture on the TV?
>>
>> If the former you probably haven't set the multiregion up
>> correctly.
>>
>> If the latter have you set the format output on the DVD
>> player, and if you have is your TV capable of accepting a
>> PAL signal?
>
> And here I thought the whole point of the cyberhome players
> was that they converted from PAL to NTSC.
>


Just love people who think they're funny but hide behind x-no
archive.

I think you'll find the 'whole point' is they play DVD's.
Converting is an added bonus, and even if they are capable of
doing it, it doesn't mean they do it out if the box without
settings being changed.

Come back when you have something interesting & useful to
say.

Lithurge <> wrote in message news:<Xns94A3C806CEF63ds34543dsffds@130.133.1.4>.. .
> Justin <> wrote in
> news::
>
> > Lithurge wrote on [5 Mar 2004 19:18:47 GMT]:
> >> (RB) wrote in
> >> news: m:
> >>
> >>> I was able to change the region code, but my player still
> >>> won't accept PAL DVD's. Any suggestions?
> >>
> >> What is it actually doing?
> >>
> >> Are you saying you put a non R1(?) title in & it still
> >> says the region code is incorrect or is it that you don't
> >> get a picture on the TV?
> >>
> >> If the former you probably haven't set the multiregion up
> >> correctly.
> >>
> >> If the latter have you set the format output on the DVD
> >> player, and if you have is your TV capable of accepting a
> >> PAL signal?
> >
> > And here I thought the whole point of the cyberhome players
> > was that they converted from PAL to NTSC.
> >
>
>
> Just love people who think they're funny but hide behind x-no
> archive.
>
> I think you'll find the 'whole point' is they play DVD's.
> Converting is an added bonus, and even if they are capable of
> doing it, it doesn't mean they do it out if the box without
> settings being changed.
>
> Come back when you have something interesting & useful to
> say.


Thanks for all the input. I have an old TV which I can only hook up to
my DVD player using an RF converter. Interestingly, I needed to unplug
the RF converter when loading the R2 Pal DVD, and it worked. Before
actualling unplugging the cinch cables, the player would not read the
DVD although it was switched to R2 (it was still set to NTSC in the
menu) - after doing that it was set to PAL. I am not an electrical
engineer, somebody else will have an explanation for this. However, it
works now and I can watch my German DVD's. If anyone has similar
issues, this might be a solution.