multi region hack for Toshiba SD-330e

Hi I have an old DVD player and am keen to convert it so it will play US dvds. The link I found for the hack is no longer active. Can anyone help?
Thanks!

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  • NiftyDigits
    NiftyDigits Posts: 10,459 Forumite
  • agrinnall
    agrinnall Posts: 23,344 Forumite
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    edited 3 June 2013 at 3:40PM
    From the forum posts I've found it would appear that it needs a firmware hack. At the time the player came out there seem to be a few places where that could be downloaded and burned to a CD, but those sites appear to have gone and I couldn't see anything current. Maybe you'll be able to find someone else who did it a few years ago and still has the CD, if not then you might be out of luck.

    Edited to add: I did see what Nifty has posted, and although the site unhelpfully says See SD-200E for the 330E but doesn't actually list the 200E, other places do suggest that the 200E hack may work.
  • NiftyDigits
    NiftyDigits Posts: 10,459 Forumite
    agrinnall wrote: »
    From the forum posts I've found it would appear that it needs a firmware hack. At the time the player came out there seem to be a few places where that could be downloaded and burned to a CD, but those sites appear to have gone and I couldn't see anything current. Maybe you'll be able to find someone else who did it a few years ago and still has the CD, if not then you might be out of luck.

    Edited to add: I did see what Nifty has posted, and although the site unhelpfully says See SD-200E for the 330E but doesn't actually list the 200E, other places do suggest that the 200E hack may work.

    Huh? What? Why so complicated? Click on the link and follow the instructions. The only variation is that one can use ImgBurn(Don't install the Google Toolbar) instead of Nero. That's it.
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