HD-A1 disc tray lock

[hareeb]

Bear with me on this, long story!

Just back from NYC where I bought the last remaining HD-A1 in Best Buy - which was the display model. They had no remote, so I got a nice discount. I have 2 other Tosh DVD player remotes, both of which seem to be able to communicate with the A1 [more on that in a minute] and have bought a replacement A1 remote on eBay, delivery by the weekend hopefully.

The player works perfectly, but I can't eject the damn demo disc! Apparently the A1 has a tray lock feature that allows retailers to prevent theft of demo discs. I got nowhere fast talking to Best Buy staff on the phone, but I did get help from Tosh USA who told me the button sequence that should unlock the tray. I tried it with both of my Tosh DVD remotes, but nothing doing. When I use the remotes though the display on the A1 changes from timecode to 'HD DVD' so there is obviously some communication...

So, I'm hoping that when I get the proper remote it will be straightforward, but in the meantime, can anyone help me with a workaround or reboot info - after all, the A1 is essentially a PC right?

The manual eject on the drive doesn't seem to be working, rather than a mechanical eject like on DVD drives, maybe it's electrical, as in, it is also locked by the tray lock feature?

Any help/ideas would be great!! Thanks in advance...

[bsuttie]

display 902 display

regards

Brian

[hareeb]

Thanks for the quick response Brian... I tried it with both of my current remotes but it didn't work - I take it the code is based on me using the original A1 remote?

[bsuttie]

I'm afraid I don't know the answer to that, the "display" code could well be different. Was that the same sequence Tosh USA gave you?


Brian

[hareeb]

No, theirs was - Setup, Subtitle, 3, Audio, 0

How did you come by your code, have you had the same problem as me?

[bsuttie]

No, I found it here when trying to work out how to lock the tray for a client. It did work on their machine.

regards

Brian

[hareeb]

Finally got my remote today, code worked a treat, thanks very much for the help!