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RE: All Philips Region Hack May not Work!

The 820 dvd player cannot have its firmware upgraded but can play RCE disc with limited ability.
To play an RCE disc, insert the disc and repeatedly press stop so that the disc does not load up.Then use the chapter title option to start the disc playing on chapter 1 title 1 and about 8 sec into the movie.
This has worked for me on Hollowman and The patriot, and the only disadvantage is that you cant go to the menu page or use the special features, but hey!! you can still watch the movie.
The 820 is an older player now, so if you continue to have problems just buy a new one which does everything you want without the headaches.

Early Philips multiregion players.Here is the RCE hack

This is for all 1998 philips players distrubuted in the Asia Pacific area, models 820 840 860 and may also work on Toshibas and some other players.
When you first load the disc, repeatedly press the stop button to prevent the player entering playback of disc.Then use the Track/chapter function(T-C button), to tell the player to commence from title 1 track 1.
Depending on the navigation of the disc you may/will loose some functionality, but should be able to watch the movie.
I have tried this on The Patriot(columbia tristar) and it works, but i will also try it on Hollow Man in a few days to make sure.
I hope this helps someone.
Cheers
Aaron Bleakley

This item was edited on Thursday, 1st February 2001, 08:26