Dansai 852 region-free hack

TO disable region settings and macrovision are explaind below,

This works on 1010 as 852 discontinued

Turn on the player

Make sure you have NO disc inserted!

Press "setup" on the remote control

Press "stop" on the front panel

Press "prev" on the front panel

Press "next" on the front panel

This will have opened the secret install menu

You can also open this menu using just the remote control buttons but be carefull to do everything exactly as it states

Region code Hack

Look for the "region I.D" setting

Press "play" to open the options

Choose "bypass" to remove the need for a region code

The Macrovision Hack

While in the secret setup menu move down to macrovision and choose "off" instead of "auto"

This turns off the macrovision signal and enables you to make back-up copys onto VHS video tapes

Added to the Forum by Jon