Page 1 of Problems with Harry Potter

Has anyone had problems with disk two of Harry Potter. Both my neighbour and I have LG machines and both freeze when selecting the wand on disk two. He has had the disk replaced 4 times without luck. I have a region one copy and it does the same. The only way to get out of it is to unplug the machine. This is very annoying as I cannot access the deleted scenes because of this. Any ideas?

read this thread and your problems will be solv-ed!

http://www.dvd.reviewer.co.uk/forums/thread.asp?Forum=214&Thread=95981&Type=1

SN

Thanks for pointing me at the other thread. I must have missed it. Unfortunatly I have got the region one version bought through Futureent. I don`t know if it is worth the bother of sending it back. Heaven forbid the kids not being able to watch it for a few weeks. I think I will wait to see as I am sure that Warner UK would not exchange a region 1 disk

Hmmm...Yes I Think you`re right about WB - UK not wanting anything to do with an R1 Disk.

Incidentally, I had my disk from Futureent `bout a week ago and it played perfectly in my Samsung 709. So I don`t think it`s a batch problem. GIve them a Bell - They`re only in Kent. I`m sure they`d be happy to exchange, especially as your disk freezes in the same place as the UK disk.

Best of luck with this, as there`s nothing more frustrating than things going wrong!

SN

hi i also have had problems with disk 2 - it also lock`s when choosing a wand, ( i have a aiwa xd dv 370 player ) the first 2 copies were from my local asda ( both locked when choosing a wand ) then i saw the press release from warner so i called them and they posted me a replacement disc which arived this morning, i have just tryed it and it also locks when choosing a wand !!! so i am going to give them another call tomorow and see what they say

marty

me again (see above)

i called warner today (7/6/02) and they said because the replacement disc will not play ether it is there for a problem with your dvd player, they did say i have 3 options

1 exchange the dvd for a copy of the video
2 put up with the fact that you can not play disc 2
3 buy a new dvd player

so it seems that disc 2 will not play in most (if not all) aiwa and lg dvd players (and possibly some/all "budget players") even with the replacement disc 2 !!

time to phone warner`s help line and demand to speak to the management i think !!!

And so it goes on.
Although I have not contacted Warners my next door neighbour is more pro-active than me. Even though he told them that the DVD had been returned to the supermarket where he bought it after 4 attempts to get a working copy they still sent him a replacement disk and a copy of willy wonker and the chocolate factory to compensate him for his time and trouble. Hehas tried the new disk and all seems ok. He has just bought it round and I will try it and let you know

Me again.
I have just tried the disk and it seems ok. I managed to navigate to the deleted scenes.
This is the official walkthrough as sent out by Warners incase any one is interested
Harry Potter and the Philosopher`s added value scenes
Instruction sheet.
1) From the Main Menu go to Diagon Alley (OwI option)
2) Enter Diagon Alley (lf you make 4 mistakes it will let you in after)
3) From Diagon Alley Enter Gringotts Bank using the key
4) In Gringotts Bank Select the coins
5) Go back to Diagon Alley
6) Go Into Ollivanders
7) Select a Wand Box (any will do)
8) Wait for V/O to end then Select a second and third wand. When done this will automatically kick you back into Diagon Alley
9) Go back to the Main Menu.
10) Select the Hallway to Classrooms (The Wand on the table)
11) Go to the option of the Cat (Transfigurations) and hit the down arrow. 12) The 2 Owls on the Pedestal should highlight and hit enter.
13) The `H` Should highlight as well and hit enter again.
14) This should give you a long transition that takes you to Fluffy (3 headed Dog).
15) Select the Flute option and this should go to the key page.
16) The correct key is 2 up and 1 to the right from the back arrow button. lf you don`t select the correct key it will give you a V/O and try again. If you continue to miss the correct key, the keys will all move. The correct key if you miss 4 times will become the largest key on the screen (you can`t miss it)
17) Potions Room Select the Yellow Round bottle in the back
l8) Mirror of Erised Select the Stone to go to the Deleted Scenes.

Hope that was a help to somebody

marty again

if any one has managed to get disc 2 to work can you tell me what revision no. it is,
my original copy is " 22659D10&2 "
the replacement disc is " 22659D10&2/1.2 "

are there any other versions out there ???

you can find this number by looking at the playing side (the picture is facing away from you) between the center hole and the start of the playing surface.

marty