Hitachi region-free hacks

Region Free

1) Power On

2) Open Tray

3) Press Setup

4) Highlight the "padlock" symbol (Don't Enter Right hand Menu)

5) Press "0" seven times (or until a menu appears)

Turn Off HDCP protection

Make sure you are in "tuner mode"

Press following combination: PAUSE, 2 4 8 6 5

HDMI menu will appear. Change to HDCP OFF. To exit menu press any button.

Always perform a Cold Start before applying the hack

Power On whilst pressing hold both the Play and Stop buttons on the front player

After a short while you should be presented with a set of language options.

Release the Play and Stop buttons on the player

You will now need to select a language option between 1 and 6

Multi-Region Hack 2:

Press the Repeat button on the Remote Control

Using the Remote enter the code below, note that you must know what Region your player is currently set to in order to know which code is appropriate

for Region 1 use 2 9 3 3 4

for Region 2 use 3 8 7 6 7

for Region 3 use 5 6 7 3 2

for Region 4 use 7 6 8 8 4

for Region 5 use 5 3 8 1 4

for Region 6 use 2 4 4 6 2

A code should be displayed on the screen indicating the current Region setting of your unit

Press the 9 button on the Remote Control for Region free, or 1 for Region 1, 2 for Region 2 and so on

Press the Open button on your player

Press the Standby button on the Remote Control

If the player sticks on FBI Warning screens:

Press Forward Search x2 or faster, the disc should skip straight to the main feature

1. Open the players drawer.

2. Press and hold the Enter button on the Remote control.

3. Whilst holding Enter down, press 1 for Region 1, 2 for Region 2 and so on.

4. Release and play a DVD.

Open the players drawer

Press and hold the Enter button on the Remote control

Whilst holding Enter down, press 1 for Region 1, 2 for Region 2 and so on

Release and play a DVD

Always perform a Cold Start before applying the hack below

1. Power on your player

2. Press and hold both the Play and Stop buttons on the player

3. After a short while you should be presented with a set of language options. Release the Play and Stop buttons on the player

4. You will now need to select a language option between 1 and 6

5. Power off your player and then power it back on

To convert this player to Multi-Region playback

1. Press the Menu button on your remote control

2. Press the Repeat button on your remote control

3. Using your remote control enter the code below, note that you must know what Region your player is currently set to in order to know which code is appropriate

for Region 1 use 2 9 3 3 4

for Region 2 use 3 8 7 6 7

for Region 3 use 5 6 7 3 2

for Region 4 use 7 6 8 8 4

for Region 5 use 5 3 8 1 4

for Region 6 use 2 4 4 6 2

4. A code should be displayed on the screen indicating the current Region setting of your unit. Wait until this code is no longer shown before continuing.

5. Press the 9 button on your remote control for Region free, or 1 for Region 1, 2 for Region 2 and so on.

6. Press the Open button on your player

7. Press the Standby button on your remote control

8. Power off your player and then power it back on

If the player sticks on FBI Warning screens

1. Press Forward Search x2 or faster, the disc should skip straight to the main featuer

1. Make sure that there is no disc in the tray and switch on the player.

2. Cold start the player, by holding down the PLAY and STOP buttons on the player.

3. You should see a set of language options. Release the PLAY and STOP buttons.

4. Select your language.

5. Press REPEAT then the following codes for the required region the player is already set to (region you bought the player in):

Region 1 2 9 3 3 4

Region 2 3 8 7 6 7

Region 3 5 6 7 3 2

Region 4 7 6 8 8 4

Region 5 5 3 8 1 4

Region 6 2 4 4 6 2

6. A code will appear, indicating the region setting of your player.

7. Press 9 for region-free, or 1 for region 1, 2 for region 2, etc.

8. Press OPEN/CLOSE on the Player to open the disc tray.

9. Press STANDBY (POWER) on the remote control to close the tray. Next time the player is turned on it will set to the region specified. If the player halts on the FBI Warnings, press Forward Search x2 or faster.

Note: DVP-515E models need to have a serial number that starts with 1040 to 1049. Any players starting with 1100 onwards need to be chipped.

Try pressing Setup before any other keystroke in point 6, if the hack doesn't work on 305E models - let me know if this works!

If this method doesn't work, try these methods:

Always perform a Cold Start :

1. Power on your player.

2. Press and hold both the Play and Stop buttons on the player.

3. After a short while you should be presented with a set of language options. Release the Play and Stop buttons on the player.

4. In some cases you may now need to turn your player off and then back on.

5. You will now need to select a language option between 1 and 6.

To convert this player to Multi-Region playback:

1. Press the Repeat button on your remote control.

2. Using your remote control enter the code below, note that you must know what Region your player is currently set to in order to know which code is appropriate

for Region 1 use 2 9 3 3 4

for Region 2 use 3 8 7 6 7

for Region 3 use 5 6 7 3 2

for Region 4 use 7 6 8 8 4

for Region 5 use 5 3 8 1 4

for Region 6 use 2 4 4 6 2

3. A code should be displayed on the screen indicating the current Region setting of your unit.

4. Press the 9 button on your remote control for Region free, or 1 for Region 1, 2 for Region 2 and so on.

5. Press the Open button on your player.

6. Press the Standby button on your remote control.

If the player sticks on FBI Warning screens:

1. Press Forward Search x2 or faster, the disc should skip straight to the main feature.

Turn off you DVD player and hold down "play". While you are pressing "Play", turn on the DVD player. Next,

open the tray and place a region free DVD inside. When the movie is playing, open the tray; take out the

DVD and use your remote control to press the following number "1445 5569 0000". Then turn off the power.

When you turn it back on, the player itself will be region free!! Sometimes you need to try this process

several times and quick speed of input is very important.

Turn player on

Open the lid

Press 9 (4 times on remote)

Press 1 for region 1

Press 2 for region 2

Press 0 for multi region.

On screen should display new region.

1. Open the drive tray

2. Press the Volume Up button on your remote control

3. Press the Fast Forward button on your remote control

4. The on screen display will show 321 followed by the current region code

5. Press the Volume Up button on your remote control

6. Press the Fast Forward button on your remote control

7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 until your desired region code is shown on the display

8. Press and hold the Angle button on your remote control for approximately five seconds to select the region

1. Open the player tray.

2. Press Volume Up, Fast Forward on the remote control.

3. The display on the TV should read 321"0".

4. Press Volume Up, Fast Forward on the remote control.

5. The display should now read 321"1", meaning the player is in region 1.

6. You can continue to press Volume Up and Fast Forward to shuffle through the regions 2 3 4 5 6.

7. The above method seems to be a temporary hack.

8. To make the change more permanent, press the Angle key on the remote control for 5 seconds.

9. This player also has Macrovision disabled out-of-the-box.

Open the players drawer

Press Volume Up on your Remote

Press Fast Forward on your Remote

The on screen display will show 321 followed by the current Region code

Press Volume Up on your Remote

Press Fast Forward on your Remote

Repeat steps 5 and 6 until the desired Region code is shown on the display

Press and hold the Angle button on the Remote for approximately five seconds to select the Region

. Open Tray

. Press Volume Up and hold it

. Press Language

You will then see the region and can press the down arrow to change it. Choose 0 for Region free, then enter

to save the selection

This also works on RCE Titles

Default setting first - eg. Setup/Preferences/Default. Then set to Reset

On remote press Open, Setup, 1 1 1 1 1 0

It will now display OK

Start player

Press setup and load defaults

Exit setup

Press setup again then press 1 3 5 7 (leaving a 4 second wait between each number)

A new menu will appear that will allow you to scroll and change the region to 0 - region free!

Press Setup Button

Press Preference Button

Press 2 5 3 2 3 4 or Press 2 8 3 1 3 5

Then Press Left arrow

Press Down arrow

Press 10/0 button to change to 0 multi region code

Then Press Ok.

Power On and Open DVD lid

Press Set Up on remote

Go to Preference Page

Press Display on remote. When this occurs there will not be any on-screen display so just enter the code

Enter 0 2 8 3

Press Display again

Select region code 0

Press Set Up on remote

Power Off and then On

1. Power on unit and flip up DVD drive cover

2. Press Setup on remote then left arrow to Preferences page

3. Press Display on remote, then 0283, then Display on remote again 4. Press 0 (for all regions)

5. Press Setup on remote and power off

6. When powered on next time the DVD will be multiregion