--- Forwarded Message from "Margo Burns" <[log in to unmask]> ---
>Subject: RE: #7100.5 Sampo Player (!)
>Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 14:58:16 -0500
>Thread-Topic: #7100.5 Sampo Player (!)
>Thread-Index: AcL6AyVPRs0cXjRhSxiaaZLiBO0c5QAF4Z6h
>From: "Margo Burns" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum" <[log in to unmask]>
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--- Forwarded Message from "Zachary E. Chandler" <[log in to unmask]> ---
I came up against RCE for the first time today, and the Sampo 660 previously mentioned couldn't play the disk. As I understand it, RCE restricts use of code-free players in favor of players that specifically match the disk region. Has there been a recommendation thus far for a player that can actively switch between regions?
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The Sampo 612 allows you to skip region codes, or set your player to a specific one. The directions below are from the Area 450 website (http://www.area450.com). The writer seemed to think that RCE disk were not a problem for this model. I don't know about the 660, but I'd check the Area 450 site if I were you. They have various firmware hacks for lots of models.
--Margo
Power up your player
Press OPEN/CLOSE
Key in 3, 3, 0, 8, 8, 0
Press OPEN/CLOSE
Power down your player
"R0 " will appear on the screen in the bottom left hand corner on the DVE612. The DVE612(N) is slightly more informative, advising you that " REGION NO : 0 ".
The player is now hacked for all-region playback. RCE discs appear to playback without any problem.
It is also possible to render single-region playback on the player by changing the number at the end of the sequence :
e.g.
for just Region 1 playback the sequence is 3, 3 ,0, 8, 8, 1(" R1 " appears on the screen)
for just Region 2 playback, the sequence is 3, 3, 0, 8, 8, 2(" R2 " appears on the screen)
and so on. Note that you need to run the entire sequence (i.e. including the power on/off and open/close routine) each time you want to change the region
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