The Panasonic DVD/HDD recorder EH69 was advertised as Multizone, however on the box of Recorder we received was indicated as Region 2 for Europe Why?
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Recorder was made for Australia, Thailand but converts to US format. I love mine. Hope this helps.
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First and foremost the Panasonic EH69 was specifically built as an export device for Europe. When I purchased mine (reviewed here on amazon) I made certain that the unit would work here the USA. This is most likely why the outside of the carton is displaying region code 2. If you have unpacked your unit, does it have the ability to select multiple voltages, specifically 110-117 for North America? Secondly, you should have an accessory included, one North American plug adapter, which converts the European style plug to our standard receptacle plug. If you do not have these two features, I would contact the place of purchase and attempt a refund/return. I purchased my unit w/o any warranty whatsoever knowing the risk involved but I had also conversed with the seller ensuring the unit was manufactured with multiple voltages. If your missing only the plug adapter then those are available online for purchase and it wouldn't be a deal breaker.
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The unit I received was PAL/NTSC but released in Europe. Region 2 is defined as: Europe, Japan, the Middle East, Egypt, South Africa, Greenland. You should have an AC power cable prong adapter but there are other power cables that will fit the unit and it does have a power converter that is 110 volt compatible. The unit should also have NTSC capability so it will accept video and be able to record NTSC either Standard Def or High Definition with up conversion. Look through the manual for these two options if it does not indicate you can use the unit in 110v AC power and NTSC compatible you are in trouble provided you are living in North America. The unit I received was PAL/NTSC but released in Europe. Region 2 is defined as: Europe, Japan, the Middle East, Egypt, South Africa, Greenland. You should have an AC power cable prong adapter but there are other power cables that will fit the unit and it does have a power converter that is 110 volt compatible. The unit should also have NTSC capability so it will accept video and be able to record NTSC either Standard Def or High Definition with up conversion. Look through the manual for these two options if it does not indicate you can use the unit in 110v AC power and NTSC compatible you... » Read More The unit I received was PAL/NTSC but released in Europe. Region 2 is defined as: Europe, Japan, the Middle East, Egypt, South Africa, Greenland. You should have an AC power cable prong adapter but there are other power cables that will fit the unit and it does have a power converter that is 110 volt compatible. The unit should also have NTSC capability so it will accept video and be able to record NTSC either Standard Def or High Definition with up conversion. Look through the manual for these two options if it does not indicate you can use the unit in 110v AC power and NTSC compatible you are in trouble provided you are living in North America. « Show Less
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sorry unable to help as I dont understand the question. I do know that the JVC Multi Region player is very simple to use as the machine recognises the dvd's and plays accordingly.
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I bought mine from amazon and so far so good on multi region use. Must say that long term use has not happened for me yet. Will get back to you on that.
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Dear Valued Customer-Thank you for the inquiry. The item that you have asked about is the US version, region 1 - NTSC. Hopefully this answers your question, but feel free to let us know if you need any additional information.Thank you,Dimple RecordsCustomer Service
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I boought the 570 too, but please bear in mind, there is no region unlock for this machine yet. I bought this when it first came out, exxpecting a quick patch, but so far no-one seems to have one yet. That means Blu-rays and DVDs will be region locked. It's an excellent machine, but if you don't need the web functionalities, there are other players out there that have excellent upscaling and patches for multi-region.
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I think the question is whether or not is is multi-region not multi zone. The answer is no it is not intended to be but as someone answered it may be possible via a backdoor. I have some DVD players that have hidden functions to turn off copyright protections as well...not advertised of course but there never the less.
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Does anyone know if there is a patch for multi-region viewing on the BD570 yet? It's been a great machine, but we watch international DVDs and it's a pain to have two machines for this purpose only!Thanks for any help I can get on this.Tim
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I think it shouldn´t matter since you are downloading into a PC. Then if you burn a DVD, a lot of DVD players in Europe play both NTSC and PAL
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Please correct me if I am wrong, but as I found out this was NOT a compatible model for North America. I called Panasonic directly and they concurred that this is a European model, UK to be exact. Obviously, major differences will be in voltage and region recordings. US similar product is SD60K which is not 3MOS unfortunately. Amazon didn't specify these important details when advertized.
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I've read people complain of this, but I cannot find where on the write ups this player says its multi-regional.Both the Sony website and the users manual say explicitly this player is only for region 1.
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My review was written for the Pioneer DVD player that was NTSC only. I don't know why it was posted under this region-free device.
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You can double check but I'm pretty sure that you set the region in whatever software you're using.
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This device is multi-region for DVD out of the box. But it is not completely for BD as there is a Region Code Instructions set on a piece of paper. I tried it successfully on mine. - No disc inserted - Press "Setup" - Enter code "1369" - DVD code is set to 0 which means multi-region - Blu Ray code is 1 for region A, 2 for region B and 4 for region C - press "Setup" again to save If you set Blu Ray code to 2 it should now read your region B disk.
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Hi Rebecca -- I'm an owner, but not an expert. A quick Google search on "region 1 DVDs" took me to the following page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_codeIt looks like this Panasonic player will play Region 1 DVDs, assuming you purchased it in the USA, Canada, Bermuda, the Caribbean, or US Territories.I do not know if Panasonic (or anyone else) offers codes for playing other regions. Hope this helps!
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Thank you for your interest in our products.It can play Region A BluRay Disc and Region2 DVD on this recorder.We hope this information is helpful for you.We are looking forward to hearing form you soon.Reboot Japan
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xavier, I was looking for the same feature set: an upscaling DVD player, converting PAL to NTSC, region-unlocked. I opted for a Pioneer DV-49AV hardware modified by 220-electronics to be region free to take advantage of the high quality conversion engine; I don't think the Pioneers accept a software region unlock code. Another suggestion might be the Philips DVP5982 which appears to have an unlock code but not quite as high a quality upscaling chipset as the Pioneer; I've not tried the 5982, but I've had good experiences with the older non-upscaling DVP5140 reading region 2 PAL DVDs.
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us and Europ use different tv formats ( lines of resolution) his DVD player plasy both and can be viewed by both US and european TVs