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A quick no frills guide to updating your MacBook's DVD player for region-free use. The Google search term used to locate the rpc1.org forum thread is "Matshita and Apple RPC1 firmware: a summary".
WARNING: Be aware that these changes ARE NOT covered under warranty, so use the software at your own risk. Also, if your DVD player is not listed on the firmware page, then unfortunately you're out of luck.
Leopard (10.5.xx) users: The firmware upgrade will not work under Leopard. I personally found that the firmware upgrade will work under Tiger and will remain when you upgrade to Leopard, but your mileage may vary.
*If any of this seems too risky, save yourself the time and money and just go out and buy a region free DVD player - they're cheap. :)
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since76 (0:54)
7 months ago 0 + -The search term is "Matshita and Apple RPC1 firmware: a summary" just in case you missed it. :-)
since76 (0:54)
6 months ago 0 + -Hey appleSteph, did you get the email I sent you? Hope you were able to figure out the issues you encountered.
appleSteph (0:54)
6 months ago 0 + -hi. i followed your instructions but could not find my firmware revision. my macbook is a matshita dvd-r UJ-857D with the firmware revision of KBV9. the closest i could find was KBVB and KCVB. can u tell me if ither of those are equivalent or just no match to mine. plus i still have one more region change on my dvd player but eachtime i try the disc with a different region it gives me an "error 70001" do you know what this means and how i can fix it. thanks.
chris
7 months ago 0 + -Dude, excellent find!
since76
6 months ago 0 + -I feared this would be an issue. I have my copy of Leopard and am just waiting for some time before I upgrade, but I think I might run into this same issue. BTW, which DVD drive do you have in your ibook?
since76 (0:01)
3 months ago 0 + -PLEASE READ all the warnings given in the description before you try this!
since76 (0:40)
3 months ago 0 + -Be aware that your specific DVD model may not have a hacked firmware for Region Free use.
since76 (1:13)
3 months ago 0 + -If your DVD player isn't listed, then there's a good chance that you're out of luck.
since76 (4:37)
3 months ago 0 + -This hack will not work if you already have Leopard installed. Your firmware must be upgraded in Tiger before you upgrade to Leopard - please see details in description on video page.