Akai DVP-1000 region-free hack

NOTE: Be VERY VERY careful when changing the settings below, you can do a lot of harm if codes are set wrongly. There are no known codes/combinations to rectify problems or reset the player.

Converting the player to a different region:

Press the On/Off button on the player to turn it off.

Press and hold the buttons Eject and A-B together, and then press the On/Off button on the player to turn it back on.

When the text A:00 D:12 appears on the units display, release the Eject and A-B buttons.

By pressing the Play button to increase, and the Stop button to decrease, change the value of A until it reads A:05.

By pressing the Skip-Forward button to increase, and the Skip-Backward button to decrease, change the value of D until it reads D:00 for region free, D:01 for Region 1 or D:02 for Region 2, depending on your requirement.

Press the On/Off button on the player to turn it off.

Press the On/Off button on the player to turn it on.

1. Press and hold Eject and A-B while the player is off

2. Turn it on, display says A:00 D:12

3. Change digit after A to 05 with Play and Stop

Change digit after D with Skip keys

This is the RC (01 for Region 01 and 02 for Region 02)Save with

4. Turn the player off and on