contry codes

[nicolas]

i already asked this question once, but everybody misunderstood it. My pioneer dv 250 allows me to change the country code, i can choose any country in the world from usa to france or even the smallest country, but that doesn't affect te region, my dvd player remains region 1. What is the piont of those coutry codes how does this affect my dvd player.
For example i have an all zone disc recorded in pal thati bought in france, even if i select Franc as my country code, it still won't play it and eject it mentionning an incompatible region.
Cheers Nicolas

[donpedro]

Just an idea.... Maybe if your DVD have multiple languages then DVD player will set language based on your Country Code setup.

You are right. That settings doesn't have anything to do with region code.

[nicolas]

Hi Donpedro, Would you know by any chance why my pioneer dv 250 won't play my all zone disc, it's very frustrating
Cheers Nicolas

[donpedro]

I don't have that player, but is it possible that it can't play PAL disks ?

[P@iNKilleR]

in the setup of the player set the tv system to pal as this sometimes playes havoc with my player... trying to play a pal region zero dvd when the player is still set to NTSC!!! My player spins the disk up then says no disk.... switch it back to pal & weyhey its playing!!! just thought it may do the same for U as my eclipse player does not autswitch the tv system..

Kev!

[nicolas]

my dvd player only ask me if i have a widescreen tv or a 4:3. It doesn't ask me if it is pal or ntsc. I don't know how to change it or if it is possible.
Any tips?
Cheers Nicolas

[yg1968]

You should read the hacks on your DVD player, it might help you. There seems to be a (complicated) remote hack for your DVD player.
https://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks.php?select=Pioneer%20DV-250

P.S. Do you have a DVD-ROM player on your computer? If you, it will make your life much easier. It is much esier to make a DVD-ROM region free than a DVD player.

[nicolas]

I just boght a computer but i still haven't receive it yet. Can u explain me how i can make it region free?
Cheers Nicolas

[yg1968]

Not for beginners but essentially, you must change the firmware of your DVD-ROM player for a "hacked" region free firmware. Once that you have done this, you have to install a freeware program called "DVD Region Killer".

See this website:

www.rpc1.org

[yg1968]

Changing the firmware of your DVD-ROM is actually not that hard and is free. Thre is a risk in doing this but it is not a high risk if you know what you are doing.

Here's what you need to do:

1- Identify the exact model of your DVD-ROM
2- Find the rpc-1 patched firmware for your DVD-ROM player on www.rpc1.org
3- install the patched firmware
4- install DVD Region Killer (freeware program) See this website:
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/dvdrk.html
5- Play a DVD from any region with software programs such as Power DVD or Windows Media Player