Make your DVD Player multi-regional!

the_syco

Hi,

The story is that my sister buys alot of Region 1 DVD's (some soap she likes), and was only able to play it on my DVD player on the PC (which f3cked up the codes ), so I looked for a way around it.
I found dvd365.net, and by entering the correct code, I was able to make my sisters DVD player go from R2, to multi-region (R0). As I see that alot of the sites sell different region codes, this may be handy, as no soldering/modding/etc is needed. You only need the remote :cool:

For me, I only had to enter 0,0,0,0 and then 9 on the remote, whilst the tray was open (as my sister has a Philips DVD625), and it went multi region! She now plays both the DVD's bought here, and the R1 DVDs she buys online.
The great thing is that its free, and you don't have to know sh*t about DVD players (like me :rolleyes: ).

The site is http://www.dvd365.net/. When you enter it, click on the "hacks" section

Below is a quote copied from the FAQ on the site;

DVD365.net wrote:

When a DVD player is manufactured for a particular country or geographical region it is assigned a region code. This means that the player will only allow playback of DVD discs that are released by the distribution companies in that region. For example, a disc purchased in America will not play on a machine purchased in Europe. Certain manufacturers have put backdoor routes into their players to allow the region locking to be defeated. Whether this is deliberate or a simple method of configuring a player after manufacturing is open to opinion.

Chillin'
the_syco

robbie1876

www.videohelp.com is another great place to find software hacks for your DVD player. It should be pointed out that not ever DVD player can be hacked from the remote control, although these days most can.

Good stuff indeed.

Robbie

KdjaCL

google "the firmware page" (website changes a lot but they keep that for googlist reasons) PC and home dvd players , think they have them all covered.

kdjac

hcvti

dvd reviewer is another site for codes etc,

Ricardfred

Also dvdchips.co.uk is excellent for solderless diy multiregion upgrades. They send you a tiny remote which you only need to use once. Aim at your player and within seconds it is region free. Worked a treat with my Sony dvd recorder. Discs just play automatically and nothing further to do. Costs about £23.

Chalk

Ricardfred wrote:

Also dvdchips.co.uk is excellent for solderless diy multiregion upgrades. They send you a tiny remote which you only need to use once. Aim at your player and within seconds it is region free. Worked a treat with my Sony dvd recorder. Discs just play automatically and nothing further to do. Costs about £23.

mostly you can get the codes fro free from the sites listed above

mobile04

philips pioneer and sony got to be done on a palm pilot.
i have most of the codes . well a mate does...

if any one wants them done .........
www.vcdhelp.com has all the info in the forums

scribs

I also have teh Philips 625 - great lttle player
Got my free hack of http://www.videohelp.com

Great Site - Has hundreds of hacks for differnt DVD Players

mobile04

theres mabye 25%of philips hackable.
youre lucky.
on some of them the hack can get to the main menu and even change the video output of ntsc dvds to full pal 50 htz.
a lot of the bush and yamada etc cheaper models actualy have more features on them

jones

Typical my Panasonic SCHT-900 isnt anywhere to be found it must be the hardest to 'unlock' cause i've never been able to find ny codes for it.

the_syco

More links:

http://www.buffy.com.au/media/misc/multiregioncodes.pdf

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks

Niall123

Well, I used it on my Venturer STS21AAS-10, and it only worked for 1 disc (of Lost), and still at that it was quite "jumpy", the others just wouldn't work. Can anyone help? Really need to watch it!

robo

Does anyone know if you can make a portable DVD region free? I did have a look on the sites to see if any of them had codes for portble players, but no joy! Can it be done? Am thinking of purchasing one as a Christmas gift but would like to make it region free.

Niall123

It can be done. I don't know the sites, i think alot of them are the same as the ones mentioned above.

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spudington16

Can anyone suggest a worked-example for making the above model region-free using its remote? Couldn't be arsed buying something else. Would appreciate comments...

Also for making Xbox 360 region-free, if you know of any...

faigs

I bought a JVC TH-S11 home cinema system last week and would like to make it region free if possible. I cant find any codes on the above links so I thought maybe it can't be done.

Has anyone any sources or suggerstions?

The Doktor

Howyis,
For the Sony DVDs you dont really need a chip... Here is instructions on exactly how to do it with out a service remote. Use the software called Winsamp. I did it on my ns705 and it was fine, also on a few mates sonys of various models...
http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks.php?select=Sony+DVP-NS575P

mburke

Hi Guys,

recently purchased a toshiba rd-xs24 dvd recorder from currys and for the life of me I can't find a hack to make it region free. I have searched web page after web page.

Anyone got any ideas ?

rogue-entity

I have a Samsung DVD player and a Sanyo DVD Recorder. It took me ages to track down the codes for my Samsung player and I got the codes for my Sanyo player from Amazon (yes amazon).

Here are the codes:
For the Samsung DVD-P140:
Switch on the player, with no disc in the drive.
Press Repeat
Type: 5,7,5,3,8
The current region should be displayed in the top left.
Enter 9 to make multiregion.

For the Sanyo DVR-V100E:
Press Setup on the remote
Select System Info
Press 1,1,0,1
Region Code should be displayed along with the current region.
Select this and then press 0. It will then say Free.

Also, try searching for your DVD player on Amazon.co.uk. If it says multiregion capable, there will be a link to the instructions needed to change the region code.

Blisterman

Anyone know if it's possible to unlock a Sharp SD PX15H DVD player?
I've searched all over the internet with no luck.

Brian017

Anyone have a hack for Magnavox MRV810H?

I can't find one anywhere?:(

dam099

Brian017 wrote:

Anyone have a hack for Magnavox MRV810H?

I can't find one anywhere?:(

Did you have any luck getting a hack for the Magnavox?

esquier

Is the Magnavox any good, it`s very cheap.

I.J.

Anybody know how to make a Philips HD3450 region free?

spurious

I.J. wrote:

Anybody know how to make a Philips HD3450 region free?

Is it the same as this model?
http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks.php?select=Philips+HTS3450

Seanie M

Chalk wrote:

mostly you can get the codes fro free from the sites listed above

None of them (apart from http://www.dvdchips.co.uk/, via a remote control purchase) seem to have a crack for a Panasonic SC-HT 540 unit. Has anyone successfully cracked one of these yet?

Seanie.

sheepshagger

Has anyone got a code for this one. . . have looked on the various sites with no luck

NANOJO

hi sheepshagger have a look at this link hope it helps.



http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=330821&highlight=rdr-gx120