Optiarc BC-5500A .... HELPPPPPPP - Blu-ray Forum

C.S.J · 05-16-2008, 02:43 PM

hi,

i bought a laptop from a UK-based company, meshcomputers.

im located in UK too,

yet...

this laptop does not play my Region B (uk) blu-rays.

"This movie is coded to Region B region, and will not play on this drive"

something like that pops up.

how can i fix it?

pointless me having a blu-ray drive if it doesnt play any of my movies...

C.S.J · 05-17-2008, 01:08 PM

i found an option in my software 'acer arcade' that allowed me to change it to region B.

gave me only 5 attempts and now ive used one.

but so far, everything.... (the ones ive tried) all work.

pseudomaniac · 05-19-2008, 10:53 PM

Yeah - you need to set the region code initially - and on some drives / software that even means doing this in device mangler. Probably a matter of time before the region-free firmware hacks start appearing - but in the meantime, stick with your region...

McBain · 05-19-2008, 10:59 PM

Yes, Blu-ray regions are set in the player software.

05-16-2008, 02:43 PM	#1
C.S.J Member Member since:Sep 2007	Optiarc BC-5500A .... HELPPPPPPP hi, i bought a laptop from a UK-based company, meshcomputers. im located in UK too, yet... this laptop does not play my Region B (uk) blu-rays. "This movie is coded to Region B region, and will not play on this drive" something like that pops up. how can i fix it? pointless me having a blu-ray drive if it doesnt play any of my movies...

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05-17-2008, 01:08 PM	#2
C.S.J Member Member since:Sep 2007	i found an option in my software 'acer arcade' that allowed me to change it to region B. gave me only 5 attempts and now ive used one. but so far, everything.... (the ones ive tried) all work.

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05-19-2008, 10:59 PM	#4
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