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It`s a pain in the ass. My chipped 717 was bumped during a recent house move with the damage limited to the multi-region-enabling small daughter board that stuck out through a small ventilation vent on the side of the player. Now it`s back to being plain simple Region 2 only.

So, I try to find someone who`ll re-chip the machine for me and find that the cheapest I can get it done is 55 quid - ten pounds more than it cost to have it done originally when I bought the player in 1999.

And the only company that I can find who market the equivalent simply-slide-into-place daughter board refuse to sell it to me and insist I either by their DIY kit which requires soldering or pay 80 quid to have them put in the daughter board - THANK YOU TECHTRONICS FOR BEING BLOODY UNREASONABLE.

Now I have heard that there are handset hacks for this machine but I`m not sure if this is true. Someone told me one which is for the DV-505 instead, and another just doesn`t work.

Does anyone know of a remote handset hack for this machine which applies toi the earlier models/firmware versions?

Thanks!

Gareth

I think you`re really hoping beyond reasonableness that there`s a remote hack... Not bloody likely my man.