https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/play-us-and-eu-dvd-s/m-p/100370#M24095 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi mikearther,<BR /><BR />All DVD drives have a limit to the number of times you can change the DVD Region Code. This is nothing to do with Sony as it is by international convention.<BR /><BR />I think this is going to be bad news for you - check which DVD drive you have in your W1G. I susoect it is going to be a Matshita drive which does not work with any of the Region Free software hacks available. Your drive is now locked into Region 2 forever.<BR /><BR />The only answer is an external USB DVD drive which you can leave set to Region 1. Luckily they are coming down in price - about £45 for a DVD-RW/DL <A href="http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=48QX&amp;CategorySelectedId=11155&amp;PageMode=1&amp;NavigationKey=11155,4294959458,43050000" target="_blank">like this</A> which will do any format including DL but I'm sure you will find a CD-ROM player much cheaper.<BR /><BR /> <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.ba/html/@8A5BDCECEE2E5AB683F2BDAA500F2036/images/smilies/035.png" alt=":slight_frown:" title=":slight_frown:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 06 Jan 2007 23:26:25 GMT Blencogo 2007-01-06T23:26:25Z https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/play-us-and-eu-dvd-s/m-p/100369#M24094 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Help please, my Vaio PCV-W1G desk top has stopped playing US DVDs and has told me it is now set at EU only as had changed setting 10 times .... is there a download or change I can make to the software to let my kids play US and EU DVD's ?<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 06 Jan 2007 22:47:10 GMT https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/play-us-and-eu-dvd-s/m-p/100369#M24094 mikearther 2007-01-06T22:47:10Z https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/play-us-and-eu-dvd-s/m-p/100370#M24095 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi mikearther,<BR /><BR />All DVD drives have a limit to the number of times you can change the DVD Region Code. This is nothing to do with Sony as it is by international convention.<BR /><BR />I think this is going to be bad news for you - check which DVD drive you have in your W1G. I susoect it is going to be a Matshita drive which does not work with any of the Region Free software hacks available. Your drive is now locked into Region 2 forever.<BR /><BR />The only answer is an external USB DVD drive which you can leave set to Region 1. Luckily they are coming down in price - about £45 for a DVD-RW/DL <A href="http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=48QX&amp;CategorySelectedId=11155&amp;PageMode=1&amp;NavigationKey=11155,4294959458,43050000" target="_blank">like this</A> which will do any format including DL but I'm sure you will find a CD-ROM player much cheaper.<BR /><BR /> <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.ba/html/@8A5BDCECEE2E5AB683F2BDAA500F2036/images/smilies/035.png" alt=":slight_frown:" title=":slight_frown:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 06 Jan 2007 23:26:25 GMT https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/play-us-and-eu-dvd-s/m-p/100370#M24095 Blencogo 2007-01-06T23:26:25Z https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/play-us-and-eu-dvd-s/m-p/100371#M24096 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you very helpfull.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 07 Jan 2007 09:19:24 GMT https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/play-us-and-eu-dvd-s/m-p/100371#M24096 mikearther 2007-01-07T09:19:24Z