Enable region free mode on your DVD player

DVD region codes, how I hate them. I never quite understood why every player and dvd created had to have a region code implemented to prevent playback of DVDs from other regions. If I was to move from the United States to Germany or Britain I would have to import all DVDs for my US DVD player because I would not be able to play DVDs sold in Germany or Britain on that player. The other possibility would be to buy a European DVD player which would not play my US DVDs that I purchased back in the States.

This is not really an alternative if you ask me and a better easier way is to hack the DVD player and enable region free mode which plays DVDs from all regions of this world. You probably think that this is a complicated process which requires knowledge and time – it is not. Region free mode can be enabled on most DVD players by simply using the remote to enter a certain code that enabled the region free mode.

Sounds probably to good to be true, what do you think ? All you need to do is go to the videohelp website and search their database that contains hacks for almost 5000 DVD players. I can’t guarantee that your DVD player is among the 5000 listed but the chance is pretty good. Want an example to see how easy it is ?

I just picked one random DVD player from Samsung with the modell number DVD-HD870.

• turn on dvd player
• make sure there’s no dvd in closed tray
• press ‘repeat’ button
• ‘no disc’ disappears in left corner
• press 29334 if you have a R1 player
• 57538 if you have a R2 player
• 56732 if you have a R3 player
• 76884 if you have a R4 player
• 53814 if you have a R5 player
• 24462 if you have a R6 player
• current region code is visible in left corner
• press 9 for code free
• press ‘Standby’
• enjoy!!

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7 Responses to “Enable region free mode on your DVD player”

1. Alastair says:

   April 16, 2007 at 8:11 am

   I argee region codes are a pain, when I bought my first DVD player (years ago) I paid a little bit extra to get it chipped to make it region free.

   Now you can actually find region free players being sold on Amazon, I bought one of my bedroom 3 years ago for around £30!
2. Sheep says:

   April 16, 2007 at 5:07 pm

   just what I expected:
   Sony DAV-DZ300 No hacks

   but helpful post though for others
3. PAVAN says:

   May 30, 2007 at 6:22 am

   how to make samsung dvd v565 region free.the above code does not work for it.
4. Henry says:

   May 12, 2008 at 2:16 am

   I have the DVD SAMSUNG HD870/XAA, I have already tried all the codes available on internet and none have worked, please if anyone knows haw to help solving this problem ??
5. Asif says:

   December 22, 2008 at 11:31 am

   How to make LG DVD RECORDER + HARD DISC region free. Model No is RH387H
6. Hari Kishore says:

   May 20, 2009 at 3:46 pm

   I had a region 5 setup on my Samsung P480. The Code just worked fine… Amazing and Thank you so much.

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   April 16, 2007 at 8:36 pm

   [...] then check out videohelp that contains instructions on how to make 5000 DVD players Region Free. Martin from gHacks followed the instructions for a Samsung DVD player and the instructions were very simple and just [...]