Archive through November 17, 2004
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telmd | Just wondering if any has one of these and if so how is the Progressive scan. I heard there is no way to set to region-free but not concerned about that. Just would like to know how Progressive scan is as I will be hooking to my HD Ready TV. Thanks in advance, te |
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JAPA | I JUST BOUGHT ONE LIKE YOURS YESTERDAY AND YES, YOU CAN HACK IT TO MAKE IT REGION FREE!. HERE ARE THE STEPS: 1. TURN ON 2. OPEN AND CLOSE THE TRAY W/O DISK ON IT. 3. PRESS: MENU,1,9 4. YOU WILL SEE A MENU. SELECT REGION IN THE MENU, PRESS ENTER AND PUT THE REGION YOU WANT (0=MULTI). 5. PRESS OPEN/CLOSE TRAY. 6. NOW YOU CAN ENJOY ANY REGION DVD ABOUT THE PROGRESIVE SCAN, AFTER YOU CONNECT THE DVD TO AN HDTV, YOU MUST STEUP THE DVD TO ACTIVATE THIS. YOU MUST SEE A BETTER PICTURE AFTER DOING SO. |
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Raj | I just managed to change the region code in my CH-DVD 300 by following the instructions mentioned by JAPA above. Only difference: OPEN/CLOSE should not be in remote, but, directly on the player. The menu is really detailed, and it is better not to play with anything other than the region setting. Yes. There is absolutely no problem in playing PAL/NTSC etc... Actually, I purchased my player in a US RadioShack outlet and have used it both in USA and now in India without any problems, whatsoever. |
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Anonymous | Does it play Mpeg videos that are recorded on cd-r/w's? |
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Anonymous | You can burn a CD-R with a collection of jpgs, mpgs, mp3, etc. Then when you put that disc in the DVD player you will see a directory listing of all the files on the disc. Pick a file and it will automatically know how to play that specific file. |
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Anonymous | And about disable Macrovision of Cyberhome CH-DVD 300??????????? |
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Anonymous | Has anyone actually tried to use the Progressive Scan feature on this CyberHome DVD player? I just paid $37 (!) for it at BestBuy, and I think I got what I paid for. It claims 3:2 pulldown Progressive Scan, but I found it to NOT be Progressive Scan - it almost looked like they were cheating and just line-doubling. Actually, it was worse than that. Every curved line is pixelized in Progressive mode. I am comparing my images with my existing DVD playback that is achieved through a dedicated card on my desktop that goes to my projector -- I wanted to get rid of the desktop but this will not do it. Anybody else have trouble with this thing's Progressive Scan. |
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New member Username: WillemoPost Number: 1 Registered: 12-2003 | Raj, have you played a PAL DVD in the US on an NTSC television, (and maybe vice versa, an NTSC DVD on a PAL TV in India)? I'm just wondering if it just passes the PAL signal through or actually converts PAL to NTSC. |
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Anonymous | You have to set the TV mode from interlace to Progressive scan in the menu of the DVD player... I forgot to do the above too, but now tha i have it looks just as good as my Toshiba player. |
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Niunka Unregistered guest | verified the hack as above- works. plays PAL DVD on US NTSC tv without any addtional steps. thanx! |
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Unregistered guest | I have my CH-DVD 300 for a little over a month. It played all formats fine. I recently loaded a dvd I rented in and it would not play. It took several minutes for it to read then I got messege "insert disk". The disc does play in my Playstation 2 so I know it is not the disc itself. It still plays every other format that I give it with out any hitches, but not bought or rented dvd's. I've had the same problem with another under 50.00 model from AMW.On this one only after about a week of use it stopped playing standard dvd's as well but, still had no trouble reading any other format I gave it. Does anyone know how I could repair this problem. |
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Anonymous | I just bought one at SAMS Club for $39.99. It played first DVD and VCD that I placed in it without any problems. The moment I placed a MP3 disk, it started giving problems and subsequently will not play any type of disc. Keeps reading the disk and sometimes displays "Insert Disc" message as reported above. The sticker on the model states a mfg date of Nov 2003. It goes back to SAM's today. |
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a.nony-mouse Unregistered guest | Try the following addition when attempting to go multi region.When changing the region and the whole region line is highlighted you need to press enter. Then your region is the only part lit up,press 0 for multi region and enter again, should highlight the whole line again. This way saves the setting, hopefully! |
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Edgar Brin Unregistered guest | Inserted MP3 disc and closed tray. Will not play and tray will not open to remove disc. HELP HELP HELP!!! |
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drohen Unregistered guest | on comercial movies not copies.. i get skipping or i lose vide it looks like its reading disk but i dont know for sure (ch-dvd 300 cyberhome.) as well i get skips in audio but when it works it is very clear.... also when dvd is stuck i have to unplug to reset it. then works ok.. |
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Unregistered guest | On a previous posting I stated that regular rented or commercial dvd movies did not play anymore in my cyberhome DVD 300. Well the very next day I inserted the same disc and it worked. I've been playing dvd movies on it since my last posting a month ago. Everything is ok. I think the problem stems from using other formats: vcd , mp3, or a mixed data cd. It seems that sometimes the switching mechanism does not switch back after I've loaded a regular cd after all of these other formats. It seems to be working fine now, and I still think it is one of the best for under $50.00 |
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Unregistered guest | how to disable Macrovision of Cyberhome CH-DVD 300??????????? pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee help |
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abraham Unregistered guest | I have a strange problem. Just one particular DVD movie has no audio, picture's great, CC works. All other DVD's, VCD'd, CD-RW's play perfect. Just this one. The disk is not bad as it plays on my friends DVD player with great audio. I even went and got a second copy of the same movie - same problem, nice picture, no sound. Any ideas on what the problem might be. |
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BlueGuild Unregistered guest | To Abraham - I get this problem of no sound too. It can be a real pain. I've no idea why it does this. Unplug the player and then plug it in again. This seems to recycle whatever is locking it up. Don't just switch it off and on because there's always power running through these things and it needs to be well and truly OFF then ON again. |
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rje Unregistered guest | The regoin free hack also works on the CH DVD320. |
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Unregistered guest | I have the same problem.. no sound on some movie dvd,s. However, there is no problem with sound on a music dvd's.Inotice this mostly on Netflix dvd's. no problem on blockbuster dvds....yet there is sound (weak) when I play the dvd on my computer...guitry@aol.com |
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snk Unregistered guest | Bought a CH DVD 300 (region 1). Works ok with DVDs but any other disc it keeps reading and finally say 'Insert Disc'. Is there some setting to be done or is it a mfg defect. I have not yet hacked it for multi region anyway. |
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Travis Unregistered guest | I have just purchased a CH DVD 300 and it is loud... You can hear the disk spinning even when I have my surroung soud on...does any one else have this problem and how can I fix it... |
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Anonymous | it is beyond my comprehension how you could sepen 100's of 1000's on a hd tv and then buy the cheapest piecew of crap dvd player. You spent the money on the tv why? Answer: to get a good picture |
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Snk Unregistered guest | does anyone know where I can get a manual (electronic form) for ALBA DVD 45 |
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Anonymous | I have the same audio problem with my CH-300... One dvd doesnt play audio, unless it's at the root menu. it only does this after listening to mp3s, too. i've tried unplugging to reset the machine, but to no avail. what i have noticed though is when i insert a particular dvd (requiem for a dream) into the drive, and play a minute or so, it plays audio on my non working dvds fine. any ideas? |
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zmongoose, nyc Unregistered guest | If your disc is stuck, there's an emergency eject slot on the underside. You can stick a plastic knife in it and give it a jiggle and it will open. <http://www.cyberhome.com/search2.asp> If you have problems read the reviews at epinions, a few people there had problems, too. My player has been fine for about 5 months. If I don't encounter any problems with it, I plan on getting another one as a gift since it's so cheap and can be hacked to region-free. |
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gir Unregistered guest | I bought 2 CH-300 recently. One for use in India and the other for use in USA. I am not very tech savvy to understand the various regions/macrovisions. Could someone explain how to set the player for India to play PAL dvd/vcds, watch them on PAL TVs and copy those dvds to another dvd/video cassette. Also please explain how to set the player for USA to play NTSC&PAL dvds/vcds with NTSC output. Thankyou. |
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Anonymous | Please, I just bought a Cyberhome CH 300 region 1 and I would like to know if it is possible to have it multi-region? does that thing in the menu work? Please, I need an answer, because I am sending it from US to South America. Is it going to play The DVDs from that area (4)? |
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Sacho3 Unregistered guest | I have only watched about 5 dvds on my CH-300 and haven't used it in two months. Now I can't get the player to start. No power inicator or anything. It is plugged into a known working outlet and has been tried in others with no results. Anybody know whats up with this? Thanks |
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New member Username: Agent_cheese17Post Number: 1 Registered: May-04 | I have just got this CyberHome DVD Player CH-DVD 300, it work great til this monday ,now it does not wont to play DVDs, i put a CD in the to see if that workand it did , it just will not play the DVDs can some one help me **== |
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Anonymous | If you go messing with the settings (ie: trying to initiate the Progressive scan feature on a non-progressive scan TV-blacks out the screen-even the menus), turn on unit(empty of course),open it, close it and hold in the stop key on the unit itself for 5 seconds. This should reset the unit. It did for me. |
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Serge Unregistered guest | I read all comments posted here on CH DVD 300 and still could not find explicit instructions on how to set up the device to play: 1. PAL dvd on PAL TV 2. NTSC dvd on PAL TV Apparently it can be plugged into 110 or 220 V outlets without any external voltage adapter. Is this true? Thank you. Please, e-mail to: skrylov@yorku.ca |
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Unregistered guest | I want to change the area code (1) for area code (4). I both the dvd ch-300 in canada. but i live in brazil. How i change this?? |
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Unregistered guest | SI ES POSIBLE CAMBIAR LA REGION DEL CYBERHOME CH-DVD 300 ES MUY FACIL Y SI.... FUNCIONA!!! 1.Prender el equipo. 2. abrir el compartimento y cerrarlo sin ningun disco. 3. presionar menu, luego 1 y luego 9 4. Poner 0 donde dice region y listo. 5 Abrir la tapa y poner el DVD de la REGION QUE QUIERAS SAludos!!!! |
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frankenbot Unregistered guest | I can't get sound on Russian or Swedian soundtracks! Wrote the company, let's see if they reply. |
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Unregistered guest | I have a Cyberhome CH-DVD 300 Progressive Scan And it worked for a month now it says on the screen Unusable Signal can someone pease help me fixx this? |
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Unregistered guest | i have a Cyberhome CH-DVD 300 progressive scan but how can i disable macrovision in order to record from dvd to VHS sucessfully without all those fading problems. please help me! you can email me to: brizsteve@yahoo.com |
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New member Username: XolPost Number: 10 Registered: Jun-04 | Try this http://www.dimax.com.ua/English/dvd_recorder.htm |
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Anonymous | We bought two of your units. Neither one will play DVD-R. They play any other types. Do you know what the reason would be? |
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dev Unregistered guest | The CH-DVD 300 I bought, I change the region-free like this. (1) Turn on the player, open/close the tray. (2) Press Menu/PBC . Will show menu disabled.Immediately press 1 and 9 (3) Will show the region at the first line. Go ahead and hit enter until you see 0. (4) Press eject and put the DVD and close and play. |
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Unregistered guest | I just bought this model from Sam's ($40, built april 04). I've had to hook it up to the front of my tv in the input 2 slots since I'm using the back tv slots (input 1) for my vcr. Is there any way to connect the dvd without using the front of the tv to keep it in the input 1 selection or will I just have to live with using input 1 for my vcr and input 2 for my dvd? I just don't like the wires having to come out of the front of the tv. thx |
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dev Unregistered guest | Cyberhome CH-DVD 300 Inorder to play dvd/Vcd in india,Do I have to change the settings at the Setup->video to change to PAL inorder to make work 1 & 2 1. PAL dvd/VCD on PAL TV 2. NTSC dvd/VCD on PAL TV Any input is highly appreciated Thank you. Please, e-mail to: tekvoodoo@hotmail.com |
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Reduno Unregistered guest | Just a followup to some messages above about the life of this unit and problems too. I bought one this past Sunday and it played a dvd and a cd with mp3's on it. Afterwards, it wouldn't play anything. I tried resetting, everything in the book but it would just say "bad disc". I called the manufacturer and was on hold for 45 minutes then gave up. Called again and after 40 minutes, I got a live body. After explaining my problem, he told me to bring it back to Sam's for another one. No problem except I wanted to make sure that ALL their units would work for more than one day. After replacing it last night, I tried dvd's, cd-r's, disks with mp3's, jpegs, etc. It played EVERYTHING without a problem. No noise either. Now, I just have to hope that it lasts. |
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Anonymous | My DVD player will skip episodes. for example if i'm watching the show "Friends" box set, it will skip an episode.. for example.. episode 1 plays, skips 2.. and plays 3.. anyone know how to fix it??????????? please!! and thanks! |
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Russellb2 Unregistered guest | Help, while trying to get the DVD player working, I changed my the video setting to PAL and now I get a Blue screen. The sound works, so I know it is playing, but since I changed it to PAL on an NTSC TV, I can no longer see the menuing system to get it back! Can someone give me the steps on the remote so I can change it back!?!?! |
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Reduno Unregistered guest | Russellb2, I'm new at this but try either 1)holding the stop button on the unit (not the remote) for 5-20 seconds until the screen changes or 2)read the manual near the end (I don't have it with me now to give you the page #) where it shows how to reset to factory settings. If not, call Cyberhome. I had to wait 45 minutes to get a live body but at least you might get an answer. Good luck. |
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Msh3ll Unregistered guest | please help me out on the skipping!!!  .. or.. if you could give me cyberhomes phone number in canada that would be great! |
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Unregistered guest | Hello! I have the Cyberhome 300 and am trying to change the region code, I was successful in using the menu, 1, 9 tips as posted, but when changed the screen runs through the TV quickly, going from down towards the top and was in black and white. I tried several DVD's from britain, using codes 2, 4 and 0. None worked. COULD the problem be that my TV is an old school one that has no imput plugs so the dvd player is hooked through the VCR. is this possible problem? Or is it a DVD player error? any thoughts?! THANKS |
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Unregistered guest | Hello! I have the Cyberhome 300 and am trying to change the region code, I was successful in using the menu, 1, 9 tips as posted, but when changed the screen runs through the TV quickly, going from down towards the top and was in black and white. I tried several DVD's from britain, using codes 2, 4 and 0. None worked. COULD the problem be that my TV is an old school one that has no imput plugs so the dvd player is hooked through the VCR. is this possible problem? Or is it a DVD player error? any thoughts?! THANKS |
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russellb2 Unregistered guest | Reduno, thank you so much for the info, I downloaded the Manual PDF and will try that as last resort, but off to try holding the stop button now. Thanks again. |
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someguy Unregistered guest | jackiemayer: it sounds like a ntsc/pal problem. just reset the player with the instructions from a previous post (open/close, push stop for 5 seconds) |
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Bronze Member Username: Kalda01Post Number: 26 Registered: May-04 | I need to know if a US model DVD player (non-dual voltage) will work in Europe using a step down transformer ? I have an old Pioneer CD player that works this way for years now, but I am not sure about the recent new DVD player models. |
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franck Unregistered guest | from venezuelan dvd cyberhome ch-300 change to multiple area (multizona) jejeje... 1 power dvd 2 open dvd 3 press menu, immediately 1, immediately 9 4 go to wher says area (zona) press enter 5 press 0 6 press enter 7 press open 8 to turn off and congratulations.... bye |
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Randy Unregistered guest | FYI: When mine looses audio, tossing in an audio CD rectifies the problem without unplugging... |
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New member Username: MemedPost Number: 1 Registered: Jul-04 | I have a weird problem. Just one particular DVD movie has no audio, picture's great. All other DVD's play perfect. Just this one. The disk is not bad as it plays on my other DVD player with great audio. Tried to unplugg the power - did not fix the problem Any ideas on what the problem might be. |
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jayC Unregistered guest | My CH DVD 300 shows "need setup press setup key" on the screen continuously. Nothing I do helps to remove it. Can anyone give me some help? Thanks. |
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Reduno Unregistered guest | jayC, Try what I suggested above and reprint here: 1)holding the stop button on the unit (not the remote) for 5-20 seconds until the screen changes or 2)read the manual near the end (I don't have it with me now to give you the page #) where it shows how to reset to factory settings. If not, call Cyberhome. I had to wait 45 minutes to get a live body but at least you might get an answer. Good luck |
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New member Username: WitchldyPost Number: 1 Registered: Jul-04 | I have a Cyberhome CH-DVD 300, and so far like it real well. But, I do have a problem. I have burned several VCD movies to a DVD+RW, for test purposes before burning to a DVD-R and am having problems playing them. On the menu it shows only the first movie, but if I test on computer in Windows media, it shows all 3 movies and will play all three. Since the directions that came with the player are extremely limited, I wondered if perhaps what i am trying to do will not play on the Cyberhome unit. Can anyone help me. Thanks |
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New member Username: WitchldyPost Number: 2 Registered: Jul-04 | Maybe I am not asking my question correctly. Let me explain what I am trying to do and see if anyone can help me. I have several mpg movies on my computer hard drive that I originally was going to put on CD/R disks as VCD movies. But, because these were a eries of movies, decided I would like to burn them to DVD RW or R putting 3, 4 or 5 on one disk, saving lots of storage space. It appears that I am getting them on the disk, but when I pop them into the cyberhome dvd player it only finds the first one. Is there something in the setup of the player that I can change to enable it to find everything on the DVD disk? Or is there another format that I should be using to ensure they will all be found by the player. Has anyone else ever tried putting several movies on one disk. Thanks a bunch. |
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New member Username: RosangelaBrasil Post Number: 1 Registered: Jul-04 | Can anyone help me to make my magnavox 453/17 dvd region free...Please!!!! |
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Holden Unregistered guest | I followed Japa's instructions from the August 1, 2003 posting. Also noted Raj about opening the tray on the DVD player, not via the remote. Within minutes the player was region free and playing a Region 2 - PAL format DVD on my Canadian NTSC Television. I'm very impressed with this little DVD player, so far I have played Regions 1, 0, 5 (NTSC formats) and Region 2 -(PAL Format) DVD's with no problems. The remote buttons are a little small but let's face it the unit cost less than $50 Cdn. so I can't be too picky. I read some of the postings that indicated that the unit is prone to failure along the way. I purchased my unit from Walmart and they offer a full year, in store replacement warranty on the player. I understand from reading another post that Sears may sell the unit (they don't seem to in Canada however) and you can always buy extended warranties from Sears. I would endorse this product especially for those who want to play DVD's from other regions. For Classic and foreign film buffs, some really great films are still only available on Region 2 - PAL Format, and a region free player opens a whole new opportunity. |
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Unregistered guest | I bought a CH-DVD 300 about 6 months back. It worked fine until now. Now, anytime I insert a DVD, I get a message "Bad disk" or "Insert Disk" and not a single disc runs on it now (not mpg also - in fact nothing). Does it need cleaning or anything ? |
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Unregistered guest | I bought a CH-DVD 300 about 6 months back. It worked fine until now. Now, anytime I insert a DVD, I get a message "Bad disk" or "Insert Disk" and not a single disc runs on it now (not mpg also - in fact nothing). Does it need cleaning or anything ? |
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Unregistered guest | I bought a CH-DVD 300 about 6 months back. It worked fine until now. Now, anytime I insert a DVD, I get a message "Bad disk" or "Insert Disk" and not a single disc runs on it now (not mpg also - in fact nothing). Does it need cleaning or anything ? |
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Lukas Kleinheiinz Unregistered guest | Hi, I brought the DVD Player from the US (BestBuy) back to Germany. Before I left, I forgot to switch in the menu to PAL output. May anybody please look at his CH-DVD 300 and tell me the exact buttons to press to change it from NTSC to PAL. Thanks a lot! |
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Reduno Unregistered guest | Rajeev, Try resetting it per the instrution manual. Also try holding the stop button on the unit (not the remote) for 5-20 seconds until the screen changes or read the manual near the end (I don't have it with me now to give you the page #) where it shows how to reset to factory setting |
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New member Username: GaitilaPost Number: 1 Registered: Aug-04 | I purchased a CH-DVD 300 to use in Brazil (region 4). I followed the instructions to hack the player to work for all regions (menu +1+9), but it still does not work for DVDs setup for region 4. It takes too long to load it (1 minute) and then it shows only half the movie and freezes... Any suggestions that I could try? |
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Unregistered guest | I bought a CH DVD 300 about 6 weeks ago (Best Buy) and it worked fine in region free mode. Played PAL disc and DVD-Rs that I burned on my Mac G4. Suddenly, it won't play anything. Went to black when I tried for extras on Buckaroo Bonzai movie. Now it says Bad Disc or won't stop LOADING icon. Anyone have a correction? |
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R Konrad Unregistered guest | I've recently bought a CyberHome DVD Player CH-DVD 300 and am quite happy with it. It plays svcd format except one I recently created. When I load the cd, I see it recognizes the svcd by the display - but then all I get is the sound and the CyberHome screen logo. Has anyone had similar happenings? |
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JR Unregistered guest | Has anyone had a problem with dvd's skipping on the ch-dvd 300? It worked fine for the first two movies, then it skips like a mofo! Impossible to watch anything. Very frustrating grasshopper! If anyone has a clue as to the nature of this highly annoying problem, let me know via the board. Much thanks in advance and this site rocks baby! |
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New member Username: YougenPost Number: 1 Registered: Aug-04 | I bought CyberHome DVD Player CH-DVD 300S last month at Best Buy. It plays most CD, VCD and DVD. However, it doesn't display the subtitle (English, Chinese,...) when it plays one of my DVD-5(NTSC/ALL), I tried setup through the menu, it still doesn't work. I also have problem to play another DVD-5 (NTSC/ALL), it keeps loading and never play. These two DVDs and along with other my DVDs have no problem to paly on my other DVD player. Please help if you know how. |
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Rubynorth Unregistered guest | I have a CH-DVD 300 and it has worked fine for the last 4 months, but lately on certain DVDs the picture's brightness fades in and out. It goes from light to dark. Does anyone know how to remedy this issue, or is it just screwed up? Thanks~ |
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Anonymous | Yougen - The older CH-DVD 300's seem to have automatically picked up on the subtitles and displayed them - I just picked up a June/04 model and I now have to use the subtitles button to display any subtitles in the DVD - Just keep pressing as there are 5 different ones to chose from. |
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Anonymous | Rubynorth - You may find that you have started to run into the Macro-encoding of the DVD and may have to look into a video enhancer of some sort to solve that problem. |
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Unregistered guest | Hello, I need help with my CyberHome DVD 300 player. I purchased it only yesterday. Whenever I use the remote, the player acts wierdly. If I switch off the player with the remote, after a few seconds it swtiches back on automatically. And when I open the disc tray with the remote, it remains open for a few minutes and then goes back in and then comes back out again and again until I go to the player and press eject again to stop this! I need help. Do I need to take this back to Bestbuy from where I purchased and ask them wat the problem is? My DVD's & VCD's play fine and it is fine to use the player without remote. PLZ HELP!!! |
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Martin Page Unregistered guest | I have a Daewoo player but unfortunately Region 2 widescreen DVDs are shown slightly vertically squeezed on NTSC TVs - PAL is fine (I have both). Does anyone know whether this problem happens on the Cyberhome DVD 300 player? I know some players are okay and some aren't. Also I bought a Himage all-region player about a year ago but took it back to the store because the sound and image synch were slightly out. Has anyone had this problem with the Cyberhome especially with Region 2 discs? Martin. |
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Unregistered guest | Rubynorth, I'd like to expand on the macrovision tip. I'm guessing that you are running the output of your DVD into your VCR, and then the VCR into the TV. Macrovision encoded DVDs (some are, some aren't) are intended not to be recordable. They include a signal that confuses recorders, yielding the viewing effects you've described. So, you need to run the DVD player directly into the TV, or at least -NOT- thru the VCR. Good luck. |
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Gerald Unregistered guest | I put in a cd-r with an mpg file in it, put it in my CH DVD 300, but the disc does not play, it just says Loading all the time. Anyone know how I can get it to play? |
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Anonymous | Hi techy people.... My question concerns my CH-DVD 300 unit. I have been using it to play some DVD movies which are saved on DVD+R disks. The unit has always automatically recognized these DVD's as movies and it always prompted me to the appropriate DVD opening screen. However, sadly enough, recently, I accidentally inserted an old CD with a Win 95 compatible CD movie on it in the DVD player. The player prompted me to the MPG/MP3 screen (The screen that has Disc, Display: Mixed and Playmode: Normal, etc.). Ever since, I get the same screen every time I insert a DVD movie that is saved on a DVD+R disk and I cannot get anywhere from there. I think the unit is recognizing the materials on the DVD+R disks as pictures and MP3 files and not as DVD movies. Again, I can not get pass this screen, thus, I cannot access or watch my movies. I set the unit back to the factory specifications and that did not help. I tried to click on any of the files that appeared in the directories of the disk and nothing allowed me to view the movies! Is there any chance that I can get the unit to recognize my DVD+R movies as movies again and not as picture and audio files? I truly appreciate your help. Thanks a lot, TS |
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Unregistered guest | My TV has a built in VCR (which is broken). This causes me major problems with macrovision, with the fade in and out effect that it does. So far I have seen no answer to anyones question on how to disable macrovision. Could someone please tell how I can get rid of macrovision, so I can enjoy my DVD's on something other than my computer? I have the Cyberhome 300. please email me if you don't want to post the answer: epicurusv@hotmail.com |
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Unregistered guest | Hey I bought CH-DVD 300 recently. Which are all the formats this player will play in dvds and vcd Does this play a mini dvd disc.? |
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Unregistered guest | I can't reset my CH-DVD 300. I've tried all the instructions in the manual and additionally, held the STOP button for up to 20-25 seconds... NOTHING!!! Can anyone else suggest something else? |
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Bob Z Unregistered guest | Macrovision can be overcome in a couple of ways. Probably the best way is to decrypt, reformat without macrovision and burn to the DVD recordable format of your choice (the ch-dvd 300 plays both dvd-r and dvd+r). Without going through that hassle, you can buy a device that "normalizes" the overamplified signals (that are predominantly in the non-viewable portion of the video signal) that force your AGC (automatic gain control) to brighten and dim your entire picture. One that works extremely well and is relatively inexpensive is the Sima Copymaster. Sima has a newer device that also might work but I have not tried it (Sima "Copy This"). Hope this helps! |
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Bob Z Unregistered guest | There is really no way to "disable macrovision" on a dvd player. Macrovision depends on the AGC circuit of a vcr to do its dirty work. You can defeat it with an external "clipping" device (like the one mentioned in my previous post), or you can try to disable the AGC circuit in your vcr which is usually very difficult. You can also re-record the media without Macrovision which gets rid of it (which I prefer). |
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Unregistered guest | I had bought a Cyberhome CH-DVD 300 2 months ago. It worked fine initially. I played VCDs & listened to MP3 on this DVD player. Now the DVD won't turn ON. It remains in standby mode, does not show the green light. I tried operating it from the remote as well as the front panel, but no luck. Anybody has any idea on how to get over this problem ? |
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Unregistered guest | The DVD door on my Cybervision DVD won't stay closed after I insert a disk. The only way to get the DVD to load is to hold the door closed by hand and wait 5-6 cycles (open door/close door) for the DVD to finally load. After it loads everything is ok. Anybody heard of this problem? |
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Keifer Unregistered guest | So, am I to believe that there is no way to enable change "interlaced" to "progressive scan" unless you have an HDTV? Thanks in advance.. |
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Unregistered guest | I cant view dvd + r and -r on my ch-dvd 300. Can anybody help me? |
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Anonymous | I can not view dvd + r and -r on my ch-dvd 300. Can anybody help me? |
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Anonymous | Stop before you spend another second on this product READ THIS! I have the solution to all problems posted here! Toss this piece of junk in the garbage and buy a new brand name DVD player. I really can't belive that a company spent the time to develope such a horrid product. Unfortunately the only thing that can be accomplished by this product is to contribute to the desctruction of the environment, Thanks CyberHome nice work! Just Trash it!!! |
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New member Username: MarianaFort Lauderdale, FL USA Post Number: 1 Registered: Oct-04 | HI! CAN ANYONE HELP ME TO UNLOCK MY DVD TOSHIBA SD 2150. THANKS! MARIANA dmcimp@aol.com |
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Pumba Unregistered guest | I just purchased a CH-DVD 300 today from BestBuy. However, I cannot get the Menu displayed so that I can change the region. Could anyone teach me how to do that properly? Thank you in advance. |
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Unregistered guest | open /close with out disc press menu then 1 then 9 you will get a menu - you should be on the region setting , if not select it with your up/down arrows you then change the setting to what ever region you want but 0 seems to be multiregional. once done that to get out and set it open/ close and should be ready to go - worked for me. I was actually able to play some PAL dvds from australia on the player straight out of the box but then found some others did not work. The did after i changed the region code as above. good luck - I got this hack off the top of this forum |
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New member Username: PasmasHugo, MN USA Post Number: 1 Registered: Nov-04 | I tried to play both a minidvd-r and a minidvd-rw in the CH DVD-300 with both freezing and continuing the video throughout the disc,but the audio plays fine - only the video stops and starts. Any ideas on what would correct the problem. |
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Tom Wilson Unregistered guest | I also have no sound on some DVDs. Specifically, any DVD I have that has "Dolby Digital Mono" will not give sound. Dolby Digital Stereo will play on left/right channels, but Dolby Digital Mono only plays on the CENTER channel, which apparently the CyberHome DVD players cannot handle. In other words, CyberHome has not enabled their DVD players to play a center channel, thus no sound! |
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Ronald E Unregistered guest | And now WalMart is selling these things. I was in there the other day and they must have had two dozen in stock. I have one I bought from Bestbuy about six months ago. It works ok on composite video (except I have had some instances of audio not working unless I unplug power) , but I have never been successful in getting it to work with the component input option. Anyone else have this experience? Oh yes, I did change it from S-Video to Component in the setup menu so that is not the reason it is not working with component inputs. |
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KonZa Unregistered guest | I did what JAPA said AND IT WORK WONDERFULL. someother guy said that the open/close stuff with the remote wouldnt work. I did the 1st open/close manual and the second with the remote (some how accidentally)...IT WORKS!!!! thnx JAPA |
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Unregistered guest | I had bought a Cyberhome CH-DVD 300 last week. It worked fine initially. Now the DVD power does not turn ON. It remains in standby mode, does not show the green light. I tried operating it from the remote as well as the front panel, but no luck. Can someone help me???? |
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