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Hey guys,
I`ve just bought a JVC XV-C5SL from ebay, only to find out that it won`t play Region 1 disks, even though the seller advertised it as PAL/NTSC compatible which threw me of! anyway, can this be remote hacked? or does it have to be chipped? thought i was having a nice little multi region DVD player, instead i got a box thats got a dodgy LCD screen on that wont play my region ones:(

Thanks in advance for replying and helping me out hte best ya can guys, much appriciated.
Darren aka yo_da84