Bose Lifestyle 28 II - multiregion DVD ???

[mohagen]

I have a Bose LS series 28 II bought in the US. Does anyone know a region hack that allows me to watch my region 2 DVDs?

Press right arrow, up, shuffle, stop, then mute

I've just purchased a new LS28 from an auction of bankrupt stock. It came without the head unit. I've found a US version but it still only plays region 1 DVDs.

Has anyone used this hack and had success?

I'd be grateful if someone could advise me as my purchase hangs in the balance.

Thanks alot

[bigrugbyballs]

Just a bit off topic BUT how do you use the system in UK??Voltage differences yes????

Apparently a 240v/110v converter does the trick quite nicely, as long is it's not rated less than 45va. I've spoken to Bose UK and they're quite adament that a US system will not work in the UK at all. They say that our voltage when stepped down is still 'slightly different' from the US voltage and due to this the powerpack overheats and the thermal cut out circuitry kicks in and shuts it down. I've just bought, but haven't received it yet, a US LS35 mediacentre and the seller has used it for the past two years with a converter in the UK and has had no trouble at all. I'll post another message in a couple of weeks confirming this for myself.

Getting back to the original theme, this one I've just bought is a series one (not two as I originally thought) and so the above multiregion hack should work too. I've had this confirmed from two different sources now. Again I'll confirm this in a couple of weeks (that's if it isn't already multiregion)

Even though I'm still blown away by the sound quality and style of Bose, I think the way they try to stop us buying anything other than their overpriced UK registered products is totally unfair, especially considering on average their US products are two thirds the price. If the damn things weren't so heavy I'd order all my stuff from Ebay US!! Makes me cry when I see how cheap things are over there!!!!

[ianh64]

Bose have a number of factory retail outlet shops. When I have wandered through one, most items were heavily discounted. I bought some environmental/outside speakers from their Portsmouth shop at Gunwharf Quay (I think that was the name of the precinct). I think they were about 2/3 retail.

-Ian

[davdee]

does anyone knowof any news ona working hack for the bose lifestyle 28 series 2. ive tried all the current hacks with no sucess. ie right up shurffle stop mute. disk playing not playing and all that. i heard of a new firmware upgrade to allow this hack to work. any help would be greatly appreciated

[blisky2]

Try with this:
Bose lifestyle 28/35

To initialise media centre (also makes it region "0"). You only need do (using the remote control) this once.
Seek Forward Button (right arrow)
Tune Up Button (up arrow)
Shuffle Button
Stop Button
Mute Button
Then use this sequence to enter specific regions disks to overcome RCE:
Open the disk tray first to ensure it works
Stop Button
Shuffle Button .
Region number of the DVD discs sold in that region (i.e. for region 4, press the number 4 button) .
Enter