Legal 'Hack' Required

Supernova · 28-12-2001, 16:08

I've been assured that this isn't an illegal activity. If the mods think otherwise, and i'm in breach of the T & C feel free to close the thread.

Right. My mate got JVC DVD for christmas. The model number is YV-S42 SL. He wants to know if there's an hack that lets you play American DVD's on it?

Can anyone tell me if it's possible and/or provide a link to a site that will provide such information on how to do it?

Cheers

FluffyBunny · 28-12-2001, 16:24

The websites I've just looked on seem to give the impression that there is no hack available for this particular model at the moment. I did find this hack for JVC that may work. Worth a try. There may be a specific hack out there but I couldn't find it.

1. Press the Power button on the player to turn it off
2. Wait 5 seconds
3. Press and hold the buttons DVD Menu and On Screen on the player together, and then press the Power button on the player to turn it back on
4. Release the DVD Menu and On Screen buttons
5. Press the Standby button on your player, the display should now show either "TEST 2", "TEST 4" or "TEST 6" depending on the player region
6. Press the DVD Menu button on your player twice in a row, the display should now show "000 5858"
7. By pressing the Up and Down cursors buttons, change the first three digits until they read "02E"
8. By pressing the Right and Left cursors buttons, change the last four digits until they read "0000" for Region Free, "0101" for Region 1, "0202" for Region 2, "0404" for Region 4, "0808" for Region 8, and finally "2020" for Region 20.
9. If you experience difficulties with Region 4 discs, change the above setting to "0458" and make sure that PAL or NTSC is correctly set on your player
10. Press the Enter button on your player to confirm the region change
11. Press the Standby button on the player to turn it off
12. Wait 5 seconds
13. Press the Standby button on the player to turn it on

Bit lengthy but you never know.

Supernova · 28-12-2001, 16:30

I'll print a copy of that. It's strange because i entered the model number into google and didn't get one result. You would of thought i would of got at least one, even it wasn't an hack.

FluffyBunny · 28-12-2001, 16:32

There is no guarantee this will work because I get the impression that the model your friend has bought has to be chipped or reprogrammed using the JVC tool.

It can't hurt to try though.

Mark Hughes · 29-12-2001, 15:38

You are correct about it being perfectly legal to hack a DVD player to play multi-region discs. The only place it becomes illegal would be where that hack also circumvents any copy protection scheme like Macrovision - there are legitimate reasons for doing that, but European law forbids devices that circumvent copy protection schema.

Check out upgradeheaven.co.uk or techtronics.com for hardware hacks.

Mark

28-12-2001, 16:08	#1
Supernova Banned User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Nottingham Posts: 2,549	Legal 'Hack' Required I've been assured that this isn't an illegal activity. If the mods think otherwise, and i'm in breach of the T & C feel free to close the thread. Right. My mate got JVC DVD for christmas. The model number is YV-S42 SL. He wants to know if there's an hack that lets you play American DVD's on it? Can anyone tell me if it's possible and/or provide a link to a site that will provide such information on how to do it? Cheers

28-12-2001, 16:30	#3
Supernova Banned User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Nottingham Posts: 2,549	Thanks! ;) I'll print a copy of that. It's strange because i entered the model number into google and didn't get one result. You would of thought i would of got at least one, even it wasn't an hack.

28-12-2001, 16:24	#2
FluffyBunny Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Somewhere Posts: 2,208	The websites I've just looked on seem to give the impression that there is no hack available for this particular model at the moment. I did find this hack for JVC that may work. Worth a try. There may be a specific hack out there but I couldn't find it. 1. Press the Power button on the player to turn it off 2. Wait 5 seconds 3. Press and hold the buttons DVD Menu and On Screen on the player together, and then press the Power button on the player to turn it back on 4. Release the DVD Menu and On Screen buttons 5. Press the Standby button on your player, the display should now show either "TEST 2", "TEST 4" or "TEST 6" depending on the player region 6. Press the DVD Menu button on your player twice in a row, the display should now show "000 5858" 7. By pressing the Up and Down cursors buttons, change the first three digits until they read "02E" 8. By pressing the Right and Left cursors buttons, change the last four digits until they read "0000" for Region Free, "0101" for Region 1, "0202" for Region 2, "0404" for Region 4, "0808" for Region 8, and finally "2020" for Region 20. 9. If you experience difficulties with Region 4 discs, change the above setting to "0458" and make sure that PAL or NTSC is correctly set on your player 10. Press the Enter button on your player to confirm the region change 11. Press the Standby button on the player to turn it off 12. Wait 5 seconds 13. Press the Standby button on the player to turn it on Bit lengthy but you never know.

28-12-2001, 16:32	#4
FluffyBunny Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Somewhere Posts: 2,208	There is no guarantee this will work because I get the impression that the model your friend has bought has to be chipped or reprogrammed using the JVC tool. It can't hurt to try though.

29-12-2001, 15:38	#5
Mark Hughes Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Somewhere near London Posts: 2,936	You are correct about it being perfectly legal to hack a DVD player to play multi-region discs. The only place it becomes illegal would be where that hack also circumvents any copy protection scheme like Macrovision - there are legitimate reasons for doing that, but European law forbids devices that circumvent copy protection schema. Check out upgradeheaven.co.uk or techtronics.com for hardware hacks. Mark

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