ok if you own this machine at present price at £179 at currys ,here is a region hack which DOES work to make this player multi-region
without disk in recorder, on remote press `setup`,
press `return`,
press `info`,
press numbers 8 8 8 then the required region (e.g. 1 or 4 or 0 etc) a message confirming will appear on screen, wait until it disappears... switch off and on again, setting saved
I have made mine region free (0) and it seems to have no problems playing zones 1, 4 and region 0 discs.
enjoy :)