How do you 'unlock' for Region 0 ? What is the way to access a special menu in order to change it from Region 1 to any other Region?
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I found this on another website: Power Up the unit with NO Disc in the tray. Open the tray Press the SETUP Button on the remote control Navigate to the PREFERENCES page using the Right Arrow Key Press the DOWN ARROW one time to select Press the 1 button on your remote control Press the 3 button on your remote control Press the 8 button on your remote control Press the 9 button on your remote control Press the 3 button on your remote control Press the 1 button on your remote control The current Region Code Setting will display Use the UP/DOWN Arrow Keys to select the region required or '0' for All Regions Press the PLAY Button on the remote control
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Did you ever get the region unlock to work? The posted instructions are the only ones I can find anywhere, and no, they do not work.If anyone knows another way, please share. Thanks much!!
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My Oppo is brough from Amazon, I just goes to site download free region hack that work at any region dvd and blu-ray, i try region b lock disk and work.
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Hi Justin, I did not get to play my region 2 dvd's from the UK on it. I played region 4 , Australia, and USA regions and it was fine for those. If yours isn't playing region 2, or any region for that matter, I would call Samsung and find out why due to it being a multi region player. There # is 1800-726-7864. Hope your able to get better help that I did. Cheers Lesley.
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Apparently this unit can't be made region-free.I bought the Philips DCP951/37 (saving some bucks), which, like with any Philips DVD player, can be made region-free by punching a few codes (a once in its lifetime operation). The code is easily searchable.Life's too short to deal with the region-lock BS.
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Some "evil scientist", divided the world in regions to watch DVD's, I believe there are 7 regions, each one not compatible with the others,... Nice uh?... USA, Canada and Japan are # 1, Europe is # 2, and so on, check google and it will tell you. However there are players such earlier Philips models ( Divx capable ) that by entering a code with your remote, will convert your player to region 0, which is general, and plays everything. Why do it this way, it baffles me, evil, pure evil... Every movie you rent in the USA is supposed to be region # 1. Unless you are part of elite renters that ask for titles not available in the USA, or buy outside our country over the internet, in that case make sure your player can handle all regions... One word of caution, if you use your computer, in my case, Windows XP, home version, you can change your region to another and be able to play two regions but... the big but,,, it can be done only once, lets say you change the original #1 to #2, and then change to #3, you will be able to play 2 & 3, but 1 will not play and is not reversible ! Hope I helped you. Peter
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Jason:Mine plays NTSC and PAL region free discs fine but anything that is region locked (2, 3, etc) wont play. I played some discs that were marked region 2 pal and they would not play but others also marked region 2 pal played fine as well as region 3. I suspect that, at least in my case, that some of my dvd's might be labeled region 2 or 3 but are in fact all region or region 0. Have you checked anything that you know for sure is region locked? Its very interesting that you are having no issues at all. At least I know that it is NTSC PAL friendly. Otherwise, this player rocks
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Your player came with a paper with a code sequence to set it to region 2. If you can't find it message me again and I will help you.
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For standard DVD's there is no need to change the region setting. In this unit it is automatically detected from the media. For Blu-Ray disks, it must be set. The unit ships with a piece of paper included in the packaging (at least mine did) that states the sequence to enter into the remote at start-up to access the factory settings menu and make the assignment.
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I haven't heard anything else regarding unlocking the player anywhere. It's too bad, because it's supposed to have one of the better screens, and the price is low. Meanwhile, I'm living in Korea and watching movies on a crappy old tube television. If I heard of a decent all-region player (10-1/2" +) anywhere that was as good as the LG, I'd snap it up. I guess downloading these files from the internet is always a little risky (and costly!). I ended up having to throw my player out, since it wouldn't play discs anymore, and I was never able to remove the software once I installed it.
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I can tell that I play without any problem the US market Bluray media as well as some I have imported from Italy. Pay attention to a paper that is inside the box, with the instruction on how to activate the areas - click 1 for zone 1, 2 for zone 2 etc.
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Hi Kate, I'm in NZ too, and I found a way to unlock the dvd players via a quick online search so they can play all regions dvds. "PD9016 region hack. Switch on the unit and wait for the main blue screen to appear (do not have a dvd inserted it will only work without a dvd in the machine. On the blue screen push the up/down buttons on the front of the unit below the screen in the following sequence: up, down, up, down, up, up, down. A preferences menu will appear which then allows you to change the region code 0-6 again using the up/down buttons. Works fine. "
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nop, you cant the game and the seasson pas has tobe of the same region. Game EU seasson Eu... Or Game USA Seasson USA
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Thanks for your reply. I had equated NTSC or PAL with the region. So, if I want to play both PAL and NTSC DVDs, regardless of what region these discs are, I would need a player that can be set to region 0 = region free?
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Has anyone found a region 1 code method that works for the Samsung DVD-VR375?
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Hi there Torey W! Unfortuneately, the 3DS series is completely regionlocked (3DS/i/XL/[2DS]). There are, I believe, three regions - Europe-Australia / Canada-America / Asia. If you buy a 3DS in America, it can only play games from America. If you are interested in buying a Japanese version of the 3DSXL, you'll need to look into buying a 3DSLL, which is the name of the system in Japan. It'll be expensive, but there are so, SO many more colors and combinations that you can buy. That said, it is still possible to interact with people who have different region-locks. Even though my 3DS is American, I can still interact with Japanese and European 3DS' in all ways.I hope this helps!! Hi there Torey W! Unfortuneately, the 3DS series is completely regionlocked (3DS/i/XL/[2DS]). There are, I believe, three regions - Europe-Australia / Canada-America / Asia. If you buy a 3DS in America, it can only play games from America. If you are interested in buying a Japanese version of the 3DSXL, you'll need to look into buying a 3DSLL, which is the name of the system in Japan. It'll be expensive, but there are so, SO many more colors and combinations that you can buy. That said, it is still possible to interact with people who have different region-locks. Even though my... » Read More Hi there Torey W! Unfortuneately, the 3DS series is completely regionlocked (3DS/i/XL/[2DS]). There are, I believe, three regions - Europe-Australia / Canada-America / Asia. If you buy a 3DS in America, it can only play games from America. If you are interested in buying a Japanese version of the 3DSXL, you'll need to look into buying a 3DSLL, which is the name of the system in Japan. It'll be expensive, but there are so, SO many more colors and combinations that you can buy. That said, it is still possible to interact with people who have different region-locks. Even though my 3DS is American, I can still interact with Japanese and European 3DS' in all ways.I hope this helps!! « Show Less
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xavier, I bought this DVD player because I saw it described on another site as being able to play all regions' DVDs. I was disappointed when I tried to watch a DVD from Japan, only to get the "incompatible disc region message". I called Pioneer for clarification and they said it is illegal for U.S. manufacturers to build DVD players that can play any region other than Region 1 (USA). So unfortunately, you will not find one built in this country (legally) that will be compatible with anything else. Additionally, I had the idea to just buy a Japanese DVD player, but after checking Amazon Japan, I think they said it's illegal for them to export DVD players to foreign countries. As far as "unlocking" regions, that would require installing a pirate chip, again illegally, and I don't even know if such a thing exists for this model of DVD player. So I guess I have to become a criminal if I want to watch DVDs unavailable in this country. Good to know our government is protecting us so thoroughly.