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    Mat****a Drive?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by eDoc, Sep 6, 2008.

  1. eDoc

    eDoc Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello there,

    I have a Sony Vaio VGC-LS1 machine, with a Mat****a UJ 846S optical DVD- RAM drive.

    This is set at default Region 1.

    It only reads Data CDs & DVDs, won't burn, erase using Nero 7.11.

    How can I make it region free?

    At the moment am in Region 5, how can I change it to 5 & how will I know that the media is of 5 too?

    Please help i'm in a desperate situation,

    Hoping to hear from you,

    Regards!
     
    eDoc, Sep 6, 2008
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  2. Tony

    Tony Nissan ftw!

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    It's illegal to set a DVD player/drive to region free as far as i know
    but yeah you can go to device manager then right click on the dvd drive then click on properties and then go to the dvd region tab and change the region

    hope it helps
    cheers
     
    Tony, Sep 6, 2008
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  3. JM

    JM Mr. Misanthrope NBR Reviewer

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    Be warned that internal firmware on the DVD-drive will only change 5 times, and then it's locked forever in the fifth, and therefore last, region it was changed to.

    Just a heads up.
     
    JM, Sep 6, 2008
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  4. royk50

    royk50 times being what they are

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    have a look at slysoft offering

    they do it all :D
     
    royk50, Sep 6, 2008
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  5. eDoc

    eDoc Notebook Enthusiast

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    I agree with ya only 4 times, but how do I do it........I tried it displayed a message about Are you sure that media is region 5 & you have administrative rights......

    I know am in Region 5, but don't know if the media is of region 5?

    The drive as said can only read Data Cds & DVDs.

    Thanks again,

    Hoping to hear from you guys,

    Regards!!
     
    eDoc, Sep 6, 2008
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  6. royk50

    royk50 times being what they are

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    when u insert a media of the "wrong" region usually the pop appears
    and tell you if you want to change it to the media region

    so if the pop up say region 5 that means the media is region 5
     
    royk50, Sep 6, 2008
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  7. eDoc

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    pop doesn't say region 5..........that's what I know.......from my present location?
     
    eDoc, Sep 6, 2008
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    good region free software: http://www.dvdidle.com/. I use it to watch Region 1 DVD's I got from Amazon.com to watch on Region 2 dvd pc player. Truely silly limitation by MS so they can't blame people working around it. I would only change the MS setting once you've made up your mind which region movies you're mainly gonna watch, that way you enable (start up / or manually) the above mentioned Software only when needed....by considering the obvious: the less processes loaded, the longer you battery will run.

    P.S.: Clarification: this software bypasses both Windows player and dvd drive hardware region limitation.
     
    travelspace, Sep 6, 2008
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  9. FenderP

    FenderP Notebook Deity

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    As far as I know, none of these work on the Mat drives. Whatever Mat has done, you can't get around what they do.
     
    FenderP, Sep 6, 2008
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