Specifications
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1. Press Open on player to open the drive tray.
2. Press Display on your remote.
3. The second line of the onscreen display should display the word REG followed by the currently set region.
Philips DVD-Q40
1. Power up the unit ensuring its connected to a TV (OSD on TV is required).
2. Press Open/Close to open the tray.
3. From the Remote enter 1, 1, 1, 1.
4. Press 0 (Country Code) for region free.
5. Press Open/Close to close the tray and the process is complete.
Converting the player to Multi-Region if the above does not work:
1. Open the player's tray.
2. Using the remote control, key in the following: 0, 0, 0, 0.
3. Press or 0 for region free (or desired region number).
4. Close the tray.
Converting to Multi-Region and disabling Macrovision, if the above fails:
1. Make sure there is no disc in the tray.
2. Press Setup and then 3, 1, 1, 4, 7 and 5.
3. A hidden menu should appear saying YOU SHOULD NOT BE HERE, where you can turn Macrovision off and
set region number.
How to Check currently set region:
1. Press Open on player to open the drive tray.
2. Press Display on your remote.
3. The second line of the onscreen display should display the word REG followed by the currently set region.
Philips DVD-Q50
Converting the player to Multi-Region:
You will need a One-4-All universal remote for this (Send the infra-red code RC6 (aka Codeset 4, Key 235)):
1. Set up the remote with the code 0, 5, 3, 9.
2. Press the MAGIC button.
3. Press 085. The display should read '----'
4. Enter the following with the normal Marantz remote: 222 222 005 255.
5. Press Enter.
6. The player should now be region-free.
To change to a specific region:
1. Set up the remote with the code 0, 5, 3, 9.
2. Press the MAGIC button.
3. Press 085. The display should read '----'
4. Enter the following with the normal Marantz remote: 222 222 005 00, followed by the region number required.
If you do not have a One-4-All universal remote:
If you own a Palm Pilot, you may also use Pacific Neo-Tek's OmniRemote software to generate the RC6 code using a
downloadable .pdb file.
1. Download the .pdb file into your Palm Pilot: Palm (V) pdb
(Zip file).
2. Press the OmniRemote key marked as 955 Multizone.
3. The onscreen display should show 11 spaces like this: '-----------'.
4. Using the number keys on your DVD player's Remote Control, enter the code 222 222 005 255. Note that this is 12
digits and the last digit will not show on the on-screen display.