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Can Annyone Help I have A Aiwa 170 Portable dvd player , can it be hacked to enable it to play all regions, i have tried the remote hack , it dosent work, is there a hardware company that can make this player multi region, i tried one site who had a kit , but on e-mailling then thaey said they did not have a kit for the aiwa, 170 and it was a mistake.
so if annyone can help, i would be most appreciative.
jim.

Found this:

AIWA XD-DV170
I have one Aiwa XD-DV170 region 4 player, and found the way to play Region 1 DVDs:
1.- Plug the power into the unit but keep it turned off ("OFF" should be on display)
2.- Press and hold "MENU" button on unit (not on the remote), while holding pressed that key, do the same with "TOP MENU" (now you have two buttons pressed) and finally do so with "POWER" (you have to follow the sequence keeping pressed all previous keys) Once you have "MENU" "TOP MENU" and "POWER" buttons, hold them for at least 3 seconds and "FACTORY" should appears on display.
3.- Turn on the unit
4.- Test it
It works for region 1 and 4, I wonder if does for all other regions, I don`t have DVDs apart from R.1 and 4.
If works for U.K. DVDs please can somebody let me know..
Renny (sotnasr[at]moc.liamtoh

Here:

http://www.vcdhelp.com/dvdplayershack.php?select=Aiwa+XD-DV170&get=Get&dvdplayer=

Let us know if it works and somebody will be able to add it to the Region Hack database on this site.

Update from the above

HACK CORRECTION
I wrote the previous hack procedure and had an error, should be "OSD" button instead of "POWER"
This is the right procedure:

AIWA XD-DV170
I have one Aiwa XD-DV170 region 4 player, and found the way to play Region 1 DVDs:
1.- Plug the power into the unit but keep it turned off ("OFF" should be on display)
2.- Press and hold "MENU" button on unit (not on the remote), while holding pressed that key, do the same with "TOP MENU" (now you have two buttons pressed) and finally do so with "OSD" (you have to follow the sequence keeping pressed all previous keys) Onceyou have "MENU" "TOP MENU" and "OSD" buttons, hold them for at least 3 seconds and
"FACTORY" should appears on display.
3.- Turn on the unit
4.- Test it

In order to put it back to normal, use "F SKIP" instead of "MENU", "B SKIP" instead of "TOP MENU" and "POWER" instead of "OSD". "AllClear" should appear on display.
It works for region 1 and 4, I wonder if does for all other regions, I don`t have DVDs apart from R.1 and 4.
If works for U.K. DVDs please can somebody let me know..
Renny (sotnasr[at]moc.liamtoh)

no it did not work i have a region 2 player do you have any more sugestions
jim.

Hi,
I tried this method on my aiwa xd-dv170 player (reg2?) from japan and i tried playing a reg1 dvd after (liar liar) and it did not work. is there another way or a kit to make this multi-region? i`m desperate!

Techtronics offer a region-free upgrade for the DV170 for 84 pounds. Look under `Older players` on their site (www.techtronics.com). You have to send your player to them, but it`s probably worth it if you really are desparate.