In car DVD - region issues?

tsk1979 · 16th January 2007, 13:40

Most home DVD players get locked to a region after playing a 5 DVDs. Some come prelocked.
What about in car DVD players? Are these region free or they also get locked? What happens if you accidentally get locked to a particular region and then want to play DVD from different region?

Sam Kapasi · 16th January 2007, 13:48

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Originally Posted by tsk1979

Most home DVD players get locked to a region after playing a 5 DVDs. Some come prelocked.

Home DVD players are not changeable the way the PC DVD drive operates. When you run a PC DVDROM drive for the forst time, it is region-less. It asks you before pre-setting a region and you can make 4 more changes.

Home DVD players are supposed to be sold pre-coded to the region of purchase. They can be changed to another region at service centre level.

However in this day and age, buying a DVD player that is not multi region is unthinkable. Smaller brands with lesser attention to ethics ship them already multi region and brands with some ethics, include a cheat code, or a remote key sequence to make it multi region.

This does not answer your question. I have no in car DVD experience but i expect one of those will apply and the car DVD player will be multi region.

gunbir · 16th January 2007, 13:51

well Pioneer for one comes multi-region ready and will play any region DVDs. Though we've also used Sony and JVC, I didnt really note their region compatibility.

Bass&Trouble · 16th January 2007, 13:52

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Originally Posted by tsk1979

Most home DVD players get locked to a region after playing a 5 DVDs. Some come prelocked.
What about in car DVD players? Are these region free or they also get locked? What happens if you accidentally get locked to a particular region and then want to play DVD from different region?

Most car DVD players available throught the grey market are shipped to India hacked for mutli-region. Branded DVD players will be set to the region from where the company originates (not where it is manufactured).

esteem_lover · 16th January 2007, 13:58

If there is a DVD player which locks itself to a particular region, then that company has locked themselves out of the moolah. I have seen Sony, Pioneer & JVC & I can vouch for all of them being region free as are our very own home dvd players like phillips, sony, onida etc etc. the whole region thing is a big mess now. thats not at all the way to stop piracy.

rkg · 16th January 2007, 14:08

Hi!
DVD technology requires both media and player to be region coded for the region in which they are supposed to sold or marketed. it is not dependent upon the place of manufacture or use(hoem/Pc/Car).however as samkapasi wrote smaller palyer are selling models which are region free. even big guys sell but very costly
but sony is one most difficult to hack.
VideoHelp.com - DVD Player Hack List
as per the procedure listed for different models one has to change the region to '0' for playing multi region dvd's

navdeep · 16th January 2007, 14:10

Does that means the Philips DVD player I am using at home will not be able run DVDs shipped from US or UK.

I may be wrong but I guess there is key combination or something similiar to unlock it.

tsk1979 · 16th January 2007, 14:14

My philips home DVD player locked up after playing 5 DVDs. Its the unit which has mpeg4 compatibility(divx videos)

iraghava · 16th January 2007, 14:18

Search on google you'll find a cheat for it. Is it the one which got sold for 3.5k or 4k some years back? My friend found a cheat for that & unlocked it.

navdeep · 16th January 2007, 14:21

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Originally Posted by tsk1979

My philips home DVD player locked up after playing 5 DVDs. Its the unit which has mpeg4 compatibility(divx videos)

I think mine is also same one. Its with slot entry of DVD.

esteem_lover · 16th January 2007, 14:21

Yep, it is quite simple really. my brother had the same problem with the same phillips. the service chap came over & unlocked it. it is a combination of keys in the remote.

Technocrat · 16th January 2007, 14:23

@EL & others: if you are facing a region lock problem on a Philips DVD player then let me know. I have the 'cheat code'(its a key sequence on remote) to make the player region free

I have the Divx one too.

@Ishaan: Mine costed me 6k around 2 years back

I belive most of the major manufacturers provide codes to unlock the players & like Sam said this should be available at the service stations.

navin · 16th January 2007, 16:16

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Originally Posted by tsk1979

My philips home DVD player locked up after playing 5 DVDs. Its the unit which has mpeg4 compatibility(divx videos)

The local Philips dealer might be help you. I called up one and he just guided me over the phone it has to do with pressing some series of button with the CD tray open.

Technocrat · 16th January 2007, 16:32

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Originally Posted by navin

The local Philips dealer might be help you. I called up one and he just guided me over the phone it has to do with pressing some series of button with the CD tray open.

If its fine then I can post the sequence here.

Mods?

tsk1979 · 16th January 2007, 16:33

Well its better not to post it here, since its not really completely "legal".

16th January 2007, 13:40	#1
tsk1979 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 23,695 Thanked: 23,484 Times View My Garage	In car DVD - region issues? Most home DVD players get locked to a region after playing a 5 DVDs. Some come prelocked. What about in car DVD players? Are these region free or they also get locked? What happens if you accidentally get locked to a particular region and then want to play DVD from different region?
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16th January 2007, 13:51	#3
gunbir Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New Delhi Posts: 2,465 Thanked: 33 Times	well Pioneer for one comes multi-region ready and will play any region DVDs. Though we've also used Sony and JVC, I didnt really note their region compatibility.
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16th January 2007, 13:58	#5
esteem_lover Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Madras/Py Posts: 7,556 Thanked: 513 Times View My Garage	If there is a DVD player which locks itself to a particular region, then that company has locked themselves out of the moolah. I have seen Sony, Pioneer & JVC & I can vouch for all of them being region free as are our very own home dvd players like phillips, sony, onida etc etc. the whole region thing is a big mess now. thats not at all the way to stop piracy.
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16th January 2007, 14:08	#6
rkg Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: bangalore Posts: 1,044 Thanked: 599 Times	Hi! DVD technology requires both media and player to be region coded for the region in which they are supposed to sold or marketed. it is not dependent upon the place of manufacture or use(hoem/Pc/Car).however as samkapasi wrote smaller palyer are selling models which are region free. even big guys sell but very costly but sony is one most difficult to hack. VideoHelp.com - DVD Player Hack List as per the procedure listed for different models one has to change the region to '0' for playing multi region dvd's
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navdeep BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Pune Posts: 892 Thanked: 4 Times	Does that means the Philips DVD player I am using at home will not be able run DVDs shipped from US or UK. I may be wrong but I guess there is key combination or something similiar to unlock it.
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16th January 2007, 14:14	#8
tsk1979 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 23,695 Thanked: 23,484 Times View My Garage	My philips home DVD player locked up after playing 5 DVDs. Its the unit which has mpeg4 compatibility(divx videos)
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16th January 2007, 14:18	#9
iraghava Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Bhaiyyaland Posts: 7,997 Thanked: 281 Times View My Garage	Search on google you'll find a cheat for it. Is it the one which got sold for 3.5k or 4k some years back? My friend found a cheat for that & unlocked it.
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16th January 2007, 14:21	#11
esteem_lover Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Madras/Py Posts: 7,556 Thanked: 513 Times View My Garage	Yep, it is quite simple really. my brother had the same problem with the same phillips. the service chap came over & unlocked it. it is a combination of keys in the remote.
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16th January 2007, 14:23	#12
Technocrat Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: GTA Posts: 14,770 Thanked: 2,705 Times	@EL & others: if you are facing a region lock problem on a Philips DVD player then let me know. I have the 'cheat code'(its a key sequence on remote) to make the player region free I have the Divx one too. @Ishaan: Mine costed me 6k around 2 years back I belive most of the major manufacturers provide codes to unlock the players & like Sam said this should be available at the service stations. Last edited by Technocrat : 16th January 2007 at 14:32.
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16th January 2007, 16:33	#15
tsk1979 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 23,695 Thanked: 23,484 Times View My Garage	Well its better not to post it here, since its not really completely "legal".
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