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Old 28-03-2008, 08:30 PM
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Help with region free DVD
Hi just wanted to know how I would be able to watch dvd region free on my macbook pro?
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Old 28-03-2008, 08:34 PM
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a quick search of MTAU will help you solve the mystery!

MBP - Region Codes

is one such result.
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Old 28-03-2008, 08:39 PM
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What are the success rate on these things as they do mac your MBP become useless and how would you know which firmware is suitable for your mac?
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Old 28-03-2008, 08:50 PM
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What are the success rate on these things as they do mac your MBP become useless and how would you know which firmware is suitable for your mac?
well if you do a search as i suggested and read the threads all will be revealed!

as far as i know they are successful as long as you follow the instructions and use the correct firmware version for your MBP, i have done a few with no problem.

you check which optical drive and firmware version by clicking on the  and then "about this mac" and 'more info..." and select 'ATA'.
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Old 28-03-2008, 08:53 PM
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I've got a JU-85J burner with firmware FAV1 which doesn't seem to be listed on the forum? Help?
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Old 28-03-2008, 09:06 PM
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Please help I wanna watch DVD. I've read the forum that you sent Galumay but nowhere does my one come up.
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Old 28-03-2008, 09:25 PM
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Search Google for: UJ-85J FAV1 firmware

The second result:
The Firmware Page :: View topic - Matshita and Apple RPC1 firmware: a summary
has a working download link.

Only took a handful of seconds to find.

No offense, but doing a Google search is considerably easier than doing the firmware upgrade.
If you can't manage the former, I can only wish you luck on the latter.
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Old 28-03-2008, 09:45 PM
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Hi my DVD player is now region free. However i still can't play DVD via my remote any reason y?
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Old 28-03-2008, 09:59 PM
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Hi my DVD player is now region free. However i still can't play DVD via my remote any reason y?
maybe the DVD is upside down?
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Old 28-03-2008, 10:01 PM
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maybe the DVD is upside down?
Now that's just mean

Without more info, I can only suggest:

About the Apple Remote Control
It's actually a fairly comprehensive read.

I assume the remote works for everything else.
Are you using FrontRow/DVD Player/something else?
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