Re: Will Xbox Extender work on UK/PAL Xboxes?

From: Neil D (neil_duff_at_schneider.co.uk)
Date: 11/11/04 

Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 20:05:34 -0000

I'll wait a week for the launch and for lower prices. not paying $125 when
it's only going to retail at $80ish.

"CJSnet" <usenet@TEETHthe-simpson.tv> wrote in message
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> Are you going to try it first or shall I? :)
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> There's a guy on eBay selling the software for export to the UK for $125.
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> "Neil D" <neil_duff@schneider.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> great no dongle. thus you you now have three options
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>> 1. Buy from states and great it works (hoopefully)
>> 2. Buy from states and find you have to chip
>> 3. Wait until it is released in the UK.
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>> Most DVD drives (well on laptops, at least) have firmware in the drive
>> that record the regions you are using. Generaly you have 5 attempts and
>> on the 5th it is locked on the last region you were using.
>>
>> In some repects though I would also expect an aspect of disc locking.
>> This being that somewhere on disc is a block that it stating what region
>> the disc is in.
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>> Hence I suspect that you will find that you need option 2 from above.
>>
>> Neil
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>> "CJSnet" <usenet@TEETHthe-simpson.tv> wrote in message
>> news:uWTmoxByEHA.3096@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi Neil, it would seem it's not really a 'dongle' and therefore probably
>>> not region locked -- would you agree?
>>>
>>> What do you mean by locking at 'drive level'?
>>>
>>> Really wish someone at MS knew the answer to this simple question!
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>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> CJSnet
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>>> "Neil D" <neil_duff@schneider.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:uAvGvn9xEHA.3808@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>>I would agree that they are not locked at a 'disc' level. I would
>>>>expect it to put locked at a 'drive' level.
>>>>
>>>> I have only done this once, but my brother lent me a Region 1 DVD (USA)
>>>> to watch, it would NOT run in my xbox which I use for all my DVD
>>>> watching.
>>>>
>>>> Hence, I have not tried US region games as 1) I believe they have the
>>>> same problem 2) I do not have the spare cash to test this to find that
>>>> I have to buy the UK version.
>>>>
>>>> More worrying is Jeff's comment from your US question about a dongle.
>>>> I have never seen any kind of dongle's for anything on the xbox. But if
>>>> true this would hamper our ability to use the kit.
>>>>
>>>> Hopefully the dongle is the receiver you plug in the front for DVD
>>>> playing as I already have one.
>>>>
>>>> But that's just hopeful thinking.
>>>>
>>>> "CJSnet" <usenet@TEETHthe-simpson.tv> wrote in message
>>>> news:eYoIaO9xEHA.2804@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Hi Neil, not sure if you're following my other thread 'Shock! Extender
>>>>> can't play DVDs :O' but Todd Bowra states:
>>>>> "Minor correction to my earlier post - games aren't region locked at
>>>>> the disk
>>>>> level, so the DVD drive wouldn't refuse to load a title based upon
>>>>> it's
>>>>> intended region of usage."
>>>>>
>>>>> Before I shell out on a chipped Xbox when a normal one might work, how
>>>>> sure are you that "the US extender will only work on US Xbox"?
>>>>> --
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> CJSnet
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>>>>> "Neil D" <neil_duff@schneider.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>>> news:ugir%23ZxxEHA.3908@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> CJSnet
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Xbox's are regionalised, that includes DVD's and Games, so either way
>>>>>> the US extender will only work on US Xbox, unless your UK one is
>>>>>> chipped.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> By chipping I mean a hardware mod. There are loads, although I
>>>>>> personally have not chipped mine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Be aware that if you chip then you must disable the chip (normally
>>>>>> by pressing power button for 3 secs) in order to use xbox live.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There was a post that mentioned that that the xbox extender used xbox
>>>>>> live, hence rendering it useless to us, as we need a chip to run the
>>>>>> US version, however a chip must be disabled for xbox live to run.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In a post I created yesterday Jeff Griffin stated that Xbox Live was
>>>>>> NOT required for xbox extenders.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So the decision is yours......... Alternatively maybe someone knows
>>>>>> when the UK version might be launched?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "CJSnet" <usenet@TEETHthe-simpson.tv> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:uvv1fCxxEHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>> Thanks Neil. Actually I'm new to the whole Xbox thing. I'm aware
>>>>>>> US games won't work in UK boxes, but would that also extend (pardon
>>>>>>> pun) to Extender software?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can you outline what you mean by getting a chipped box? One with
>>>>>>> damage to it? ;) Seriously though, is this a software hack, or a
>>>>>>> hardware mod?
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> CJSnet
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>>>>>>> "Neil D" <neil_duff@schneider.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:e0AxhAxxEHA.3376@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>>>I too have the same problem. I would think that the TV connections
>>>>>>>>and streaming would work fine, our issue will be getting a US disc
>>>>>>>>to work in our UK xbox's.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Unless you have a chipped xbox........
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Neil
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "CJSnet" <usenet@TEETHthe-simpson.tv> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:OVsLzYrxEHA.3792@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>>>> As I move along my continuing endeavours to see what Extender
>>>>>>>>> setups will work in the UK, does anyone here have any info as to
>>>>>>>>> whether the Xbox Extender software will run fine on UK (PAL)
>>>>>>>>> Xboxes, rather than USA (NTSC) ones?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I had no problems getting an NTSC MCX itself working on my PAL TV.
>>>>>>>>> I assume the UK Xboxes output in PAL so all I need to know is that
>>>>>>>>> the software will allow me to stream from my UK/PAL MCE PC to my
>>>>>>>>> UK/PAL Xbox with UK/PAL TV recordings! :)
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> CJSnet
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