Insignia region-free hacks
10 Insignia models. Find yours below, or send us a hack if it's missing.
1. Turn on the machine and open the disc drawer.
2. Press setup and enter the preferences menu
3. Press 2 2 5 4 2 2 on the remote
4. Press the left arrow and then the down arrow (the menu navigation keys) - A box with your current region
will be is displayed.
5. Press the 10/0 key - the box should read "Region Code 0"
6. Press Play - the box should disappear.
7. Press Setup to exit setup.
Power on (left side of unit) and press "open" to flip open the disk door before it starts playing
Using the remote (RC-1700A)
1. Press SETUP
2. Navigate to "preferences", but don't select it
3. Press 2 5 2 3 1 5, LEFT, DOWN
A window appears displaying the current region code
4. Press the "10/0" key
5. Exit the hidden menu by pressing SETUP
Press "Setup"
Go to "Lock"
Press 0 seven times.
Press "Return"
A message will tell you that your machine has it has been unlocked
1. Power on,
2. Open DVD player disc tray
3. On the remote control press the SETUP button
4. Press the right key on the remote 3 times,
5. The preference page will show up - press 9 6 5 3,
6. Use the up/down key to select the Region; 0 = all regions.
1. Power on
2. Open disc tray with no disc inside
With remote control:
3. Press Setup
4. Select Preferences
5. Enter 2 5 3 1 3 5
6. Press Left Arrow
7. Press Down Arrow
(you should be seeing "REGION CODE 1" now)
8. Press 10/0 to set REGION CODE to 0
9. Press Setup (and it's done!)
open tray
press 9 1 1 3 1 Region A Blu-Ray
press 9 1 1 3 2 Region B
press 9 1 1 3 3 Region C
press 9 1 1 3 4 DVD region 1
press 9 1 1 3 5 DVD region 2
press 9 1 1 3 6 DVD region 3
press 9 1 1 3 7 DVD region 4
press 9 1 1 3 8 DVD region 5
press 9 1 1 3 9 DVD region 6
press 9 1 1 3 0 DVD region 0 region free
1. Power on player with no disc inside
2. Press open on the player
3. Press SETUP on remote control. You'll see a General Setup Page on screen
4. Press the right key 3 times to select the Preference Page.
5. On the remote control press 9 6 5 3
6. Use the up and down keys to select the Region, Select 0 for all regions.
7. You may need to apply this hack after every session.
1. Press the "Home" button on your remote control
2. Navigate to Start and press "Enter"
3. Scroll down until the LOCK is highlighted
4. Press "0" (zero) 8 times
5. A message will display that the player is region-free!
1) Remove disk (if any) from the player
This one was cut short in our records. If you know the rest of the steps,send them in and we'll complete it.
1. Push Setup
2. Push the right arrow to highlight "Preferences". You may have to select it.
3. Press "1 3 7 9."
4. Push the down arrow to change the current setting to "0" for All Regions.
5. Push "setup" or "enter" to save.
6. You may have to do this every time you use a foreign disc.