I am trying to play DVD-RW discs on my Coby DVD 514 and it just says wrong disc. I have the region code set to 255 and it's on NTSC (the kind of movie i burned) and it still says wrong disc no matter what i try. What should i do?

If you know how to access the region code, then I suggest you give it the code for "0" then you will not need to change it again. It should play back all.

probably you are trying to play a disc that is not zone free or you need a code for your player to make it zone free. you may be playing a zone 2 disc ( PAL) on a machine that only takes zone 1 (NTSC) or vica-versa.

The DVD portable player and the DVD disc came from the same countries?Ur DVD portable player and DVD disc u are using might have the wrong region DVD disc format frequencies.Like PAL frequencies only play Euroupean,Asia,Middle East,Austriala and Africa products.NTSC frequencise play only USA,Canada and Mexico DVD Disc products.

Try this:
With no disc in player:
On remote control:
Press Setup
Press >>
Press Press >>I
Press I(Current region shown on screen)
Push right arrow to increment 2.. 7.. 255
(When number = 255, Press Enter)
Press Setup to finish


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only if makers have a firmware update for it.
some manufacturers dvd players will only play genuine dvd`s they will not play copies or they will only play +DVD`s not -DVD`s or DVD-+rw

Is it the Panasonic Portable DVD player

1. Press SETUP
2. Press FFW, F REW, NEXT, PREVIOUS
3. Change the code to 255 using the RIGHT arrow key

This will unlock the DVD player for all regions.

COBY DVD-514
power on, open disk tray (leave open, closed with no disk in might work too, didn't try), with remote press SETUP, them VOL+ VOL- VOL+ VOL-. On the top right side of the screen your region code will appear, use the left and right nav keys on the remote to switch between regions, and 255 (there is no 0) for all regions

coby 514.

power up. put disc in tray
press set up
then vol+ vol- vol+ vol-
code appears in top right 1
change altering left and right buttons
leave on 255 multi region (all discs)
press set up.

Coby DVD-514M

Turn unit on with remote
NO DVD in the tray (mine was closed, but opened might work)
Press TITLE then 1 then 9
Gray box will appear in the center of the screen with number 1 in the middle
Using up/down arrows change to desired region (0 for REGION FREE)

Before performing any operations, make sure of the following: ? Check the connection with the TV. ? Turn on the TV and select the correct input on the TV to view the pictures or on-screen indications on the TV screen. ? For DVD playback, you can change the Setup menu setting to your preference menu... Alos, make sure thay the system and disc region code numbers are incompatible: The following discs cannot be played back: ? DVD-Audio, DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD-ROM, CD-I, (CD-I Ready), Photo CD, etc. Playing back these discs will generate noise and damage the speakers. * Note on Region Code DVD players and DVD Video discs have their own Region Code numbers. This system can play back DVD discs recorded with the color system of NTSC and PAL whose Region Code numbers include ?3.?