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This is probably a copyright file protection called "Cinavia". Any files protected by this will stop playing after about 10 minutes.

That is actually a poor conclusion. There are three different lasers, one for blu-ray, one DVD and one for CD games all in one holder inside. It certainly CAN be the laser. The description id the DVD/Blu-ray part is having focus problems. Contact Sony for a service center that can install a new drive (It needs to be calibrated on install)

This can be caused by Region coding. I for instance have an Australian PS3, if I try to play US encoded Blu-Ray it will not work. PS3 games are not region coded and will always work. However the movies are another story. Go to this website and find a region free movie to rent, and see if it still gives you the error. http://regionfreemovies.com/region/free

unfortunately you can, each system is hard wire for each region. They do sell region free games, they're normally located in Australia, good prices in ebay.com.

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Different coutries use different region codes Like i am in canada region code 001 and i think UK is 002. It is to control the release of video around the world... like movies in the states come out before the movies in canada. anyway you have to be careful as changing the code on some machines (in the dvd players settings) could only be done a few times before in locksin into the final code inputed thus it will play lets say your uk stuff but not your Australian stuff.

I would research your dvd player specifically and see if it locks itself before changing anything. Good luck

1. Download the update onto a USB stick using your pc. (Hopefully you have one). Create a new folder named UPDATE and drag the file into it. Then create a folder called PS3 and drag the 'UPDATE' folder into that. Note the folders must be in capitals..... 2. Underneath your console is a small panel near the front that pops open to reveal a small screw. Unscrew it and then remove a bigger panel on the actually front of the console to reveal the hard drive. It has a wire handle that will help you remove the hard drive. (Don't take it out yet) 3. Turn your console on and when the update loop begins take the hard drive out. After a minute or so it will realise this has happened and a error message will appear and a 60 second countdown will start. Let this time countdown and allow the console to restart. ( a post a read on a forum said that the console will restart on a screen that will allow you to download the update via USB but is did not happen for me and the system said it was unable to start because it could not detect a hard drive.) 4. Turn the console totally off and insert the hard drive. Turn it back on and as it is beginning to start carefully take the hard drive back out. Then a screen will hopefully appear that says to connect your controller to the USB wire and press the ps button. Do this and then it will give you the option to update via USB. Insert your USB drive and press start and select on your controller. 5. Then comes a step that I can't really explain and is the trial and error part of the process. When the system is searching for the USB update I inserted the hard drive. On the first try it didn't find the update and a error message appeared, but as I tried the whole process again it found the update and completely the process. I didn't lose any saves and more importantly, didn't pay a penny!!

Nope there isn't.

Unfortunately not, as it stands the only thing the PS3 is region free on is the games. All regional BD and DVD are locked to your region. Even if there was a hack to play region 1 dvd's on a region 2 ps3, sony would patch it up as soon as it was made puclic.

However you could use region free dvd's which will work on the PS3. There is plenty of software for PC which will copy your existing DVD's and remove the region lock. However, I am not sure on the legalities of it.

Currently, there are no means to make the PS3 region free. Best thing you can do is copy the DVD onto your PC and burn a region free DVD from it.

You don't need to do anything. You can take a DVD from any region and it will play. Region Free is set in the PS3 software base.

it depends on which region you bought the ps3 in. region 1 is north/central/south america canada japan new zealand australia and south korea

You should have got a red card with the AU and NZ customer support numbers on it. If you phone them, they will tell you how to unblock the player to make it region free. On the Soniq QV191LC TV and DVD player, you follow these steps. It may work for your model but if it doesn't, try the support line. 1. Switch on 2. Switch to DVD mode (use Source button on remote) 3. Select DVD setup menu (press DVD button on remote) 4. Select Preferences page (use > key on remote) 5. Press '0' key 4 times on remote: the Region Code menu will appear 6. Use up and down on remote to select region (0 of course) 7. Press exit button. You should now be region free. Try these numbers: AU 1300 765 663 / (61) 3 9543 5111 NZ (64) 9 2667512 If it's any help, you can download the manual here: ftp://ftp.quatius.com.au/Manuals/E32W13D-AU.pdf Good luck!

Please go through the booklet provided with your PS3. It will show you what type of DVDs it can play. Make sure that the South African DVDs you are playing are compatible with the one listed in the booklet. Best is to play Blue ray DVD which are slightly expansive but are regional code free. They can be played on PS3 without any hitch.

Hello, Please get the code here : www.dvdoverseas.com/dvd.htm
www.regionfreedvd.net/

Regards, Jay__Iuh78

Yes you can change the region code on your Ps3.
1.) Go to BD / DVD Parental Control Region Code (don't ask me why its under parental control)
2.) Change the region code from United States to "Other". If it asks for specific check online to see what region the DVD's are from.

Hi, kindly get the code here : www.regionfreedvd.net/ www.dvdripper.org/dvd-region-codes-vs-ntscpal/ www.regionfreedvd.net/players.html
www.dvdreviewer.co.uk/Forums/...region_code/page1
Best Regards, Jay__cfe3w

hi sir,
l need the code for playing dvd and games
ps3 all ways show disc err need to be code
many thanks

You'll have to update the system software for your PS3 for it to play blu-ray movies.

You can read about it here:
http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/2_60/video/aacs.html

On that page click on where it says "update the system software" and then on the next page it will explain the different ways you can upgrade the software.

well if it stops a few minutes in. then its not the ps3, its that specific disc thats damaged.

That sounds like an issue with Cinavia copyright protection and if the movies were not downloaded from a legitimate source the issue will continue and cannot be avoided. The only option you may have is to play the movies on another device such as an Xbox 360, chromecast, rocku, or other media player device.