Page 1 of Philips DVD 719.

Hi,

Would anyone know anything about a permanentregion 1 hack or modchip for a philips DVD 719? It`s a player I picked up cheap in Singapore which is very similar to the 710. The 710 remote control hack works but the dics play in black and white which I`ve been told is to do with my TV not accepting the NTSC signal (it`s a cheap TV with only 1 scart input no RBG or S-video).
I would quite like to be able to pop in a chip which would allow me to play R1 dics in colour if that`s at all likely.
Any suggestions on this would be most helpful

Cheers

Martin.

To play NTSC discs in colour, you`ll need either a new TV or an external NTSC to PAL converter connected between your player and your current TV.

You should also be aware that the remote hacks for Philips DVD players can only be performed 25 times before it locks to whatever region you switched to on the 25th attempt.

Ian,

Any ideas of a good place to get one of those converters?

cheers mate,

Martin

Hi Martin,
A good place to get accesories by mail order is www.techtronics.co.uk.
If you still wish to permently reprogram the player for multi region I can do it for you cheaply.
You can contact me @ ewc-aelr[at].moc.12klat
Regards.
Rick
P.S. if your TV has more than one scart socket try swaping them round.
It could be that only one of your scarts is NTSC compatable.
Good luck.

This is correct. It`s also worth checking that you are using an "RGB" SCART socket rather than a composite video SCART socket (usually only one of the sockets is RGB). Not only will you get a clearer, crisper picture, but usually the RGB socket will support NTSC.

I have a very cheap crappy TV which has only one scart socket on it. Also my DVD player (which is actually a 718 I just noticed I put 719 before) doesn`t have a scart socket on the back, not being european and all. It has a s-video socket and the audio/video phono sockets. I am using a 3 phono to scart lead at the moment. I`ll look into the RGB scart business.
cheers for the help all.
Martin