I`ve just received an email from Himage in Hong Kong regarding how to manually change the region:
1) Press "OPEN/CLOSE` button on remote control to open the drawer
2) Press code "8800", you will see four stars on left top corner of TV set.
3) Press "1" for region 1, "2" for region......... "6" for region 6 or
Press "9" for all region.
Anyone considering whether to buy the multiregion version from Richer Sounds could now save a tenner and just hack it themselves which is obviously what RS do.
This should get by RCE encoded discs although RS did test my player out in the viewing area using the Patriot and Matrix and both were fine on all region.
Nicki