Regional code I have just bought DVDR3590H recorder/ player on my holiday. have set it up successfully but when tried to play a DVD it showed the message: yor DVD regional code does not match DVD Players regional code. How do I change it or do I have to send it back? Please help me. Chris (UK)

Doesn't work. Press 0 four times did absolutely nothing.

Hi, if its saying wrong region. then either your player or disk is incompatable. region 1 ntsc ( USA ) Region 2 ( UK ) et,c. check your players region coding is compatable for your country, and that you are also playing a dvd with the same region coding as the player. alternatively is to try and find a region free or multi-region solution. Mike @ Compurepair.

Try one of these:

1) Press 'setup' on remote control
2) Move down to the 'lock' picture
3) Press '0000000'
4) Select region code as '0'

Or

1) Power on player with no disc in tray
2) Press PAUSE
3) Key in 314159
5) For multi-region, select 0
6) Press PAUSE again
7) Power off player
8) Wait a minute turn it on.

Found on another board, tried and it worked on my Medion
P70002 / MD84100 DVD recorder:

Turn on DVD recorder
Press HOME on remote
Go to SETUP in Easy Menu
Move down to padlock icon
Press 0 seven times
Message appears:

Congratulations!
Region Change Free!
YES (press ENTER)

It now plays US and UK as well as Australian (in my case).

Not much can be done about this other than returning to get a refund since it is Oman don't expect any joy

The problem may be you are trying to play DVDs from a specific region (Europe) and the player is set for another region. Region code errors will show up as "no Play" or 'region" Check the manual to see how to set the player to Region 0. A region machine will play any DVD. Sometimes the setting is on the menu - usually in the set-up screen under "region." I have re-set all my Phillips players to become Region Free through the menu.

DVDs are region coded. This means that they will only play on a DVD player from the region the DVD was produced to be watched in. For example, an Australian DVD is Region 4. It will only play on a Region 4 player. If you try to play it on a player that is set for a different region, it will probably not play. One way around this is to get hold of a multi region player. These are widely available. Alternatively, you should be able to watch the DVD on your computer, although you may need some region free software if your computer's dvd player has been locked. Usually computer DVD players will allow you to play DVDs from any region a few times and then they will lock to a particular Region Code. If you are in North America, you will need a PAL player. The only other thing you may be able to do is to unlock your existing player to convert it to region free. Many DVD players can be unlocked but you would need to find the unlock information for your paticular player. Hope this helps....

http://www.multiregionupgrades.com/

Assuming your dvd player supports your dvd+r format. You might need to make your dvd player multi-region or remove the region setting all together.

this website have unlock codes for dvd players
http://www.dvdexploder.com/

Those cheap made in china $35 dvd players have no region setting and will play virtually anything.

The cd tray eject after put in the DVD movies, but VCD working fine...it is means that the drive's region code haven't set yet .(please refer to user manual to setting the region code) ..or unplug the recorder drive from the dvd player,using the computer setting to change the region code by connecting to computer's IDE cable .