to start with: hello everyone

now to my problem, the player works ok, everything is fine, its being hooked to a Sony Wega tv.

the tv is set either AUTO or PAL

the dvd, when played gives a black and white image, no matter what i do, when inserting a pal disc i get it bw

i heard on some players it would be needed to force the player to play on NTSC, but still, the player switches itself back to pal, and thus, i get a bw image (even choosing the NTSC setup)


its really weird since the dvd is supposed to play pal and ntsc discs.

my country's tv signal is PAL so i know the tv is working correctly.
ive tried both dvd outputs, the composite and s-video. no luck.
tried different tv inputs, 2 different tvs, both pal/ntsc capable..


so, anything you guys know i should do? (other than buying another player)

could there be a firmware upgrade im missing? i couldnt find one.

thanks in advance