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Joined on: Saturday, 12th February 2005, 13:32, Last used: Monday, 27th September 2010, 11:08

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RE: AVIUOS DRW 1029

I bought one yesterday. I found it difficult to connect to all my other pieces, i.e. freeview box & VCR, because the instructions were not detailed enough and I had never come across those type of connectors before. But with a lot of juggling around, and `logical` thinking, I got there in the end. I want to transfer my old video recordings to DVD, and managed to work out how to attach all the necessary bits, and have had some success. Most of my DVD`s are region 2 but I have a few region 1, so I searched this site for a multiregion hack and came across a message about the Avious portable player playing other regions. So I stuck a region 1 in --and it played! Duh! why didn`t I think to try it instead of just accepting that it wouldn`t!
The instructions are badly translated and too basic for someone not used to DVD RW, but with a lot of thinking and refering to the manuals of my TV, VCR, freeview etc, I am getting where I want to be.
I find the remotes signal very weak, have to be right in front of the machine for it to have any effect. My settee is about 5 feet away with no obstructions but the remote won`t work from there. Tried changing batteries, but no luck. Will talk to Superdrug about it, but otherwise I think the Avious DRW-1029 is a reasonable piece of equipment for the price.

This item was edited on Saturday, 12th February 2005, 13:54

RE: Bargain Avious Portable DVD Player at Superdrug

I have just bought the avious DRW-1029 from Superdrug, I was looking on this site for a multiregion hack, when I saw your update, so I tried a region 1 DVD, and it played! Too dumb to think to just try one myself! Thanks!