Free Region 0 Hack - Philips Dvp 642 Dvd Player

Perhaps you are a foreign language student or teacher. Maybe you're in touch with your roots and you want to watch DVD titles in the language of your grandparents. Or maybe you just want to watch movies from other countries. You buy a movie, put it in your DVD player, and receive a 'Wrong Region' error.What do you do? The popular Philips DVP642 DVD player can easily be made region-free (or "region less') with just a few clicks of the remote. This stylish silver-gray unit is available at your local Wal-Mart and many other electronics outlets. In Canada can be found for under $ 60. Sometimes it is sold region-free right out of the box (although the packaging will state that for a specific region only). This Phillips product fits easily into a small space. It is approximately 10 inches deep by 17 cm wide and less than 2 inches in height. It is packaged with a manual, quick start guide, audio and video cables and remote, complete with batteries.The unit plays a wide variety of formats: MPEG4, DivX 3.11/4.x, 5.x and 6. x, DVD + R / + RW, VCD, SVCD, photo CDs, MP3 CDs, and CD-R/-RW.Some of its features include: Progressive scan, 4 x video upsampling (54 MHz), and 192 KHz / 24-bit audio DAC.The mechanical spin mechanism is whisper-quiet, picture quality is excellent, and so is the audio. An additional plus: after the region hack, the DVD player will automatically adjust for NTSC / PAL TV signals .* Region Hack * Set up the DVD unit using the quick-starting a guide.Play DVD Title for your default region just to make sure your machine works properly.Remove the DVD and the force for a few seconds.Turn the power back on and open the DVD tray.Wait for the NO DISC message to the DVD tray . appear.Open Enter the following codes carefully via remote control: 7 8 9 OK 0 (ZERO Seven Eight Nine OK) The screen provides information showing the default region and the new one.The '0 'in the numerical sequence above refers to the region. Zero region is less, and should work with almost any DVD. If for some reason you want to limit your DVDs to another region, another number instead of the enter '0 '. For example to play only region 2 DVDs, you would enter: 7 8 9 OK U.S. 2.Philips provides good support for their products, and offers software upgrades for future DVD enhancements at their website: philips.com / usasupport. Other users have written reviews and comments at videohelp.com - which region hacks for thousands of DVD players - an excellent site.Note: entering codes via remote control has not void the warranty. A hardware hack will. While this hack is used by thousands of users worldwide, try it on your own risk.Now that your DVD player is region-less, the wonderful world of foreign DVD titles available for you to explore and enjoy!