How to make it region Free? I've burned a CD with upgrade..my player has recognized Bin. file and went all the way with upgrade, however once it shuts off after upgrade i power it back on and press RETURN button on the remote and nothing...it works but Return doesn't do absolutely nothing and player is still locked. Please help as i would love to keep it. If it doesn't work i will have to return it and got OPPO which is X2 the price but works ( I have 981HD)Thanks How to make it region Free? I've burned a CD with upgrade..my player has recognized Bin. file and went all the way with upgrade, however once it shuts off after upgrade i power it back on and... » Read More How to make it region Free? I've burned a CD with upgrade..my player has recognized Bin. file and went all the way with upgrade, however once it shuts off after upgrade i power it back on and press RETURN button on the remote and nothing...it works but Return doesn't do absolutely nothing and player is still locked. Please help as i would love to keep it. If it doesn't work i will have to return it and got OPPO which is X2 the price but works ( I have 981HD)Thanks « Show Less
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After multiregion firmware upgrade you have to press and hold the "Enter" button on your remote until the player shuts itself down.
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Get a Philips DVP5990 instead, you can make it region free from the remote. Too much trouble and risky to fuss with firmware.
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Paulo!I Live in Brasil, and fortunatly the region code of the blue ray is the same of the USA, but the standard DVD's for us is coded region 4.Do you know if it is possible to unlock the Standard DVD codes? and left as region zero(all regions)Please if you have the answer by e mail eltondeoliveira@hotmail.comI'm making this question because I intend to buy this player in USA ( here in Brasil the price is US 2,300.00 do you believe that? and is the previously model !!!Best regardsElton
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Thanks for that.Questions:1 Are there any known bugs resulting from switching to "region-free"?2 Can it be flipped back to NTSC?
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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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This player only plays region 1 or all region meaning that the disc from that region example USA or Canada disc only. Hopes this answers the question. Good day!
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Mathew, To change Blu-ray regions, turn the player on and remove any discs. Press home to go to setup menu, then press 8, 5, 2, 0 to get to the factory settings. Select BD region code and press 1, 2, or 3 for regions A, B, or C, then exit with the Home button. This has to be done whenever you use Blu-Ray discs from different zones. DVD's should already have region 0 selected so you can play any of them without doing anything. I have lots of region 2 DVD's from the UK, and even a Mike Oldfield concert encoded for regions 3, 4, and 6 which I just stick them in and play them anytime. It's a great little player. I love mine, and I think you will too once you get familiar with it. It even has features many big name brand machines don't offer, like multi-speed slo-mo and A-B repeat. Enjoy, Woody
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Burketop, I'd like to know where you found that Samsung players play PAL? Because I have a BDr-D25052 which play all types of DVD & BluRay but NOT PAL and a chat with Samsung support advised ALL their players SOLD IN THE USA are REGION A and will NOT play PAL. So far not much luck trying to unlock it and make it region free. Thanks for any guidance!
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The short answer is no. Now the long answer: In the past, Oppo players have been easy to make region free for DVD playback, by simply going into the setup menu. The BDP-83, the BDP-93 predecessor, had a ribbon cable/circuit board assembly available from a 3rd party that gave it region free playability on Blu-ray discs as well. Hopefully the 93 will have a similar option.
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My unit plays all region DVDs. IT will play some Region 2 Blu-ray, but not other Region 2 Blu-ray. Anybody know why? Examples: it will play The Wicker Man region 2 Blu-ray, but not The Shout Region 2 Blu-ray. Please advise.
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No, to my knowledge the player is not region free nor can it be modified to enable it to play other region DVDSAmazon sells a Yamaha multi region capable player that I have which is excellent but it is not a portable DVDS player.
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Yes, so far, I've played discs from Regions A and B. While the player automatically determines the region of any CD being played, it doesn't do that for blu rays. For these, one must turn off the unit, press either a "1" (for A), "2" (for B), or "3" (for C), then power on. No big deal.
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I've read people complain of this, but I cannot find where on the write ups this player says its multi-regional.Both the Sony website and the users manual say explicitly this player is only for region 1.
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I have not had the need to change regions, since it appears to be region-free...so I don't really know. The only time it won't work is if the disc requires specific region verification.
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I only buy regions codes for my country, the USA. Any other regions will NOT play. That's why I always double check to see what code the DVD is in. I also do not buy many BluRay DVDs because the formats are sometimes annoyingly slow to function.
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By default your blu ray player is set for region free dvd. You may use the remote control to set the region blu ray region for A or B or C Make sure the quick mode start for the unit is set to off. Press Standby/on to turn off the unit. Press 1 for Region A Press 2 for region B Press 3 for region C The unit will power on automatically. To pay dics from other regions repeat the process
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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.