Sony RDR-HXD770, 870, 970, 1070 MultiRegion Hack
Laptop Hack
http://www.avforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=5234636&postcount=15
Remote Hack
I went to Argos and bought the One for all 6 (URC 7562)
Catalogue code 535/6209 £19.99
The user manual was wrong because it tells you to enter a 3 digit code when it only accepts 5 digits.
If you have another one for all remote, it may need the 3 digit codes, simply use the 5 digit codes below but remove the first two 0. So 00189 would be 189
If I say the DVD button blinks twice, it must do this, if it does not you must try the sequence again and again until it does blink twice.
prepare:
1. select dvd device on remote
2. hold magic button until the DVD button blinks twice
3. enter device code 0533 (DVD button blinks twice)
program buttons 1..5 with the following codes:
1 - 00189
2 - 00255
3 - 00095
4 - 00221
5 - 00079
1. hold magic button until the DVD button blinks twice
2. press 994 (DVD button blinks twice)
3. press magic
4. enter 5 digit code from above
5. press button (1..5) where to program it (DVD button blinks twice)
6. repeat steps 1 to 5 for all keys.
This hack only works if you change the command mode to "1" on the dvd player FIRST (see user manual = page 149). Once hack has been completed, you can change back to command mode "3", if necessary. Of course you need to set both the DVD player and the orginal DVD player remote to command mode "1". After making it region free you can change them to command mode "2", "3" or leave it on "1"
have a go:
1. remove disk, put player on standby
2. press 1,2,3,4,5 - player starts up.
3. press 1,2,3,4,5 - player shuts down and it says timer ok.
Hi Spoon,
Hope you'll bear with a novice for a moment: Just in the process of buying an HXD970 and saw your info. Can you explain a little to a layman what your doing with the steps quoted above. e.g step 4 enter 5 digit code from above: does this mean for region1 enter 00189?
Items 5 and 6 don't make sense either, I haven't bought the remote yet, so will it become clearer to a novice after buying it? I guess if I see a set of instructions that make sense before doing them, there's a better chance of me being successful in making them work!
Sony RDR-HXD770, 870, 970, 1070 MultiRegion Hack
Laptop Hack
http://www.avforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=5234636&postcount=15
Remote Hack
I went to Argos and bought the One for all 6 (URC 7562)
Catalogue code 535/6209 £19.99
The user manual was wrong because it tells you to enter a 3 digit code when it only accepts 5 digits.
If you have another one for all remote, it may need the 3 digit codes, simply use the 5 digit codes below but remove the first two 0. So 00189 would be 189
If I say the DVD button blinks twice, it must do this, if it does not you must try the sequence again and again until it does blink twice.
prepare:
1. select dvd device on remote
2. hold magic button until the DVD button blinks twice
3. enter device code 0533 (DVD button blinks twice)
program buttons 1..5 with the following codes:
1 - 00189
2 - 00255
3 - 00095
4 - 00221
5 - 00079
1. hold magic button until the DVD button blinks twice
2. press 994 (DVD button blinks twice)
3. press magic
4. enter 5 digit code from above
5. press button (1..5) where to program it (DVD button blinks twice)
6. repeat steps 1 to 5 for all keys.
This hack only works if you change the command mode to "1" on the dvd player FIRST (see user manual = page 149). Once hack has been completed, you can change back to command mode "3", if necessary. Of course you need to set both the DVD player and the orginal DVD player remote to command mode "1". After making it region free you can change them to command mode "2", "3" or leave it on "1"
have a go:
1. remove disk, put player on standby
2. press 1,2,3,4,5 - player starts up.
3. press 1,2,3,4,5 - player shuts down and it says timer ok.
check if its now region 14 and not region 2
in the menu
in your earlier post you said you had followed the procedure and it seemed to have worked
therefore I wrongly assumed you had checked that your recorder was set to region 2 , as they usually are for the uk
so to check if it had worked you would have to check the menu and see if its now region 14 having changed from region 2 , otherwise what was the point in following the procedure if you hadnt checked it first ?
surely you checked what it was set to , before messing with it ?
if you havent , you should check what region it is currently set to , and there is plenty of info on this forum in checking the details in your menu
Can any "one for all" remote be used or does it have to be that particular one for the codes to work?
program buttons 1..5 with the following codes:
1 - 00189
2 - 00255
3 - 00095
4 - 00221
5 - 00079