3. THE DVD DRIVERS.
The drivers, or software programs that allow the PS2's DVD drive to boot up,
are located on the PS2's memory card, and are very easily deletable, especially
if you have a card that gets corrupted by saving Ridge Racer V data. We were
fortunate enough to get a functional memory card, but we ended up having to
reinstall the drivers in order to play American DVDs on our system. It's a bit
hard to decipher the Japanese utility disc, so we figured it out ourselves
(with no knowledge of Japanese, mind you) to make your lives a little easier.
Follow the step-by-step instructions below to have your DVD player up and
running in no time. Delete your DVD driver from the memory card, if it hasn't
already been accidentally deleted. Put your utility disc, which came in a small
blue case in your PS2's box, into your disc drive. When the utility disc loads
up, press O (circle) to proceed to the menu screen. Choose the last option, the
one with DVD in the text. Press O to select it. Now you're in the DVD manual.
Flip to the 4th page and press O to download the drivers to the memory card.
You will be prompted to answer something in Japanese. Choose the option to the
left. You will be asked to confirm your selection, choose the option to the
left again. The download will now start, and will take a minute or so to
complete. When the download's done, you will see one line of Japanese and an
option to press X. Press X about 5 or 6 times in order to exit out of the
utility disc. When you're back into the PS2's browser mode, you should be able
to see the DVD driver on your memory card.
Insert a DVD disc and follow the directions to play region 1 DVDs
Enjoy the movie! Thanks again to
http://www.ps2web.com