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hi all im lost with this one , i just bought a pacific 1002 from asda thought it would be a simple task to tap a few buttons on the remote and away we go, region free ? WRONG it don`t work following all the instructions on this site,
when it says make sure there is a region 2 dvd in the player do i wait for it to start the film or just to load or what ?
when i have finished pressing the buttons for the hack on the remote do i just eject the dvd out and put the region 1 in its place ?
all i get on the screen is WRONG REGION .......... what the f... am i doing wrong helppppppppppppppp please .
can someone please rewrite the instructions precisely for us dummy`s who cannot get it working ?
or is it that there are differing versions of this model some that can be hacked of some that cannot ???. thanks for being patient
paul.

hiya m8, i`ve done this hack to 4 different players so far and it works fine............only thing i do different tho is just have the drawer open!!!!!!!!!!!!

>1. Press "setup"

>2. Press "1" for region 1 or press "2" for region 2...press "7" for bypass
>Region code.

>3. Press "PAUSE/STEP"

>4. Press "previous" (This is ¦<< )

>5. Press "next" (This is >>¦ )

>6. Press "setup"

u shouldn`t have any probs with it.

This item was edited on Friday, 6th September 2002, 15:05

I didn`t have any probs either.It worked first time.
Although you do not see any hidden menus whilst going through this procedure it does work.

thanks for that i`ve got it working now but none of the buttons on the player front work at all now ? is to do with the hack because they worked before i hacked it ??
i am getting it changed tomorrow just in case.
otherwise for the money its an awesome bit of kit, i have tried various vcd`s on it mp3 discs ,all sorts and it played them all with very good sound and picture too.
has anyone else found this to be the case??

Yes, I had exactly the same experience. - vide my earlier posting on this forum last month.
Quote RE: Pacific 1002 Multi Region Hack
posted by images on Tuesday, 6th August 2002, 20:47 Forum: Hack Help
"The hack certainly worked for me using the ¦<< & >>¦ keys on the RC

But see my earlier posting to ALT (who has not replied yet ).

" Hi ALT

" As I confirmed before the Hack certainly made the player multi region. BUT I have just found that none of the front panel buttons are working.
Restored the settings to Region 2 only, incase this was a factor but situation unchanged.

" Is this just a coincidence and I have a hardware fault somewhere or is it related to the `hack` ?
Would be obliged if you could check your player and tell me your experience.
Images "

The reply was that ALT`s machine was unaffected but this does seem to be rather a strange coincidence.

Has anyone else found this ??

right just got in with new pacific 1002, checked all the front panel buttons they work fine. put the region hack in that works fine , check the buttons again and they still work fine ???
does that mean the first player was faulty ??
the buttons on that first player definately worked when i first tried them ?
thats why i thought doing the region hack caused it , maybe not then, because i put the first player back to region 2 and the buttons would still not work ?
hope this is of some use .
paul.

Strange! It seems that for both of us the buttons failed after a short time.
I had a look inside and could see no obvious loose wire and presumed it was a firmware problem. Took it back and got a refund.
As you say the machine otherwise worked well and played mini DVD at a high datarate without any problem.The Board looked like a Sampo clone but mounted upsidedown to overlap the loader and save space.This limited the visual inspection - done with a mirror.
Images

I`ve seen one up close, but not the insides of the player. It certainly doesn`t resemble any Sampo player I know of, and the only player with an upside down loader is the Sampo DVE612.

Did you get any pictures of the player ? If not, it may be handy to have a look at some shots, particularly of the processor board (the green one) which will tell me whether it`s a Sampo or not.

e-mail me at styalc[at]moc.054aera

Hack works & Buttons work all tested here
Chuckey :-)