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I have a Philips DVDR1000 recorder and tried the multi-region hack involving the remote control.
Now, when I try to play region 2 DVDs on it, it displays a message that the encoding of the disc does not match that of the player.
This is really annoying - Does anyone know the correct hack to get the player back to the way it was?
I contacted Philips, but they were no help at all.

It sounds like you did a hack to change it to say Region 1. Use the same hack again to return the unit to Region 2 or see if a code free option exists, typically select Region 0.

This item was edited on Friday, 2nd May 2003, 13:22

I`ve tried doing the hack again - no joy.
:(

Hi...

Which remote control did you use to do the hack and which codes did you input?

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Regrads, John72.

I used the actual DVDR1000 remote control.

Play then 1 5 9 to display 11 spaces on the display.
Then 121 212 005 255
Then Play
Then powered off for 10 seconds then back on.

Hiya,

I`m not sure how this machine can be reset, however I do know you have to use a One4All remote control to make it multi-region. Using the players own remote will not work unlse you ant to change the region, and then it will only lock up after 25-30 times.

Using the One4All remote is the only way to make Philips DVD Players/Recorders multi-region.

Sorry I can`t help with resetting the machine, but hopfull someone might be able to from the information.

Hope everything works out.

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Regards, John72.

i tried the hack and now my machine is back at philips being put
right having packed up alltogether
we should have taken notice of the disclaimer!