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REGION FREE METHODS FOR : Sampo

 

MODEL(S) : METHOD : CONFIRMED?
DVD-520
DVD-560
DVD-620
 1.  Press SETUP on the remote control.
2.  A menu appears, select PREFERENCES.
3.  Press STEP, PREV, NEXT on the remote control.
4.  You should now be in a hidden menu, where you can change the region, or set it to region-free.
5.  You can also disable Macrovision in this menu.		 620 code may not work - try other hack below

 

MODEL(S) : METHOD : CONFIRMED?
DVD-520 (alternative)
DVD-620 (alternative)
DVE-660		 Region select:

1.  Press the SETUP button on the remote control.
2.  Press 3, 8, 8, 8, 3 on the remote control.  Be very careful to type these numbers correctly, otherwise the video-out capability of the player may not work any more.
3.  You should now be in a hidden menu.
4.  You can change the region or set it to region-free.

Select PAL or NTSC:

1.  Press the SETUP button on the remote control.
2.  Press 7, 2, 5, 5, 5 on the remote control.
3.  You should now be able to change the output between PAL, NTSC and AUTO.

Setting CSS and Macrovision:

1. Using the remote control, key in the following: Setup, 5, 9, 0, 4, 1, 9.
2. There are then two options available: CSS and Macrovision.
3. CSS allows you to set to Auto (plays all DVDs), or Off (will not play copyrighted DVDs).
4. Macrovision allows you to set to Auto (Copy protection on), or Off (Copy protection off).

Check firmware version:

1.  Press the SETUP button on the remote control.
2.  Press 1, 2, 3, 4 on the remote control.  Try 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 if this doesn't work.
3.  You should now be able to see the firmware version date.

   

 

MODEL(S) : METHOD : CONFIRMED?
DVE-611 1. Open up Windows Notepad or similar text editor, and type in, or copy and paste the following text only:

TSDVDREG-2001-9629735-R0

2. Save the file as "CREGIN.TXT" (without the quotation marks)

3. Burn this single file to a CD-R using ISO 9660 Mode 1 format (not Joliet).

4. Insert the CD into the DVE-611 - note this is not a firmware flash, merely accessing a factory setting.

5. "R0" should appear in the bottom left of the screen - you now have a region-free player and one capable of handling RCE discs.

Incidentally, if you prefer you can make your player play just one Region, by substituting the figure after the "R" at the end of the text stream:

TSDVDREG-2001-9629735-R1 for just Region 1 playback

TSDVDREG-2001-9629735-R2 for just Region 2 playback

TSDVDREG-2001-9629735-R3 for just Region 3 playback

If you do not have access to a CDRW and want these discs, then the price of discs will be 1 UK Pound each (my discs and my time to spend cutting them etc!), or 5 UK Pounds for the set of 7 ($7.50 if using PayPal) plus 2 Pounds P&P regardless of the number of discs ordered.