LG region-free hacks

Open tray

Press 0 three times

Change region

Press Pause

Press the Open button on your remote control to open the drive tray

Place the DVD in the drive tray

Press the Open button on your remote control to close the drive tray

The onscreen display should indicate the message "Check Region Code"

Press Display, Menu and Play buttons in turn on your remote control

Power On the player with no disc

Press Pause, 1 4 7 2

Press the Up arrow 3 times, the characters 04 05 should then appear on the display

Press Program 6, Program 5, the characters should then change to 04 FE, if they don't then continue pressing until they do

Press Enter

Power the player Off then back On again

SVCD Hack:

Power On the player with no disc

Press Pause, 1 4 7 2

Press up arrow 6 times, the characters 07 00 should appear on the display

Press Program 6, Program 5, the characters should then change to 07 FE, if they don't then continue pressing until they do

Press Enter

Power the player Off then back On again

This is most likely to work on most LG players, although more recent players may have a different chipset. If it works on your player and its not listed above then please do let us know.

Power on the player with no disk in the drive

Wait for the "No Disc" message to appear

Press Pause and Enter on the Remote

Enter 3 1 4 1 5 9 on the Remote (the word COdE or FF appears on the display)

Enter 0 on the Remote (0 = All Regions, 1 = Region 1, 2 = Region 2, etc.)

Press Pause on the Remote

Power the player Off, wait 30 seconds and then power back On

If the above code fails to work then once the player has displayed the "No disc" message press Stop before entering the above code. If you have a DV-5522, DVD-5500N, DV-7711P and DV-7721P models then you may need to omit the Enter press in step 3. For DA-3530A with software version 0.9 omit the steps 5 and 6 - also the hack doesn't stay in the player memory so you'll need to re-enter it if it is powered off.

Firmware Version Display:

Note: Checking the firmware revision may reset the video selection mode so you may need to reapply this after using this option

Press Setup on the Remote

Select TV Aspect

Place the cursor on 16:9 wide

Enter 1 3 9 7 1 3 9 on the Remote

Press Enter on the Remote

Press Setup to clear the information once read

Beware: There are reports that entering a code to enable VCD playback may result in the players firmware becoming corrupted thus making the player unusable. It is for that reason we have not listed the code.

Power On

Open the tray

Push 0 four times

Push Pause button

Ensure no disc is in the player and turn it On

Wait until "No Disc" appears on the LED display

Press Pause on the handset

Press 3 1 4 1 5 9

The LED display will now show a "Code --" prompt

Press the single digit of the region desired (1 - 6, or 0 for all)

Press Pause on the handset

Turn the player Off and wait 5 seconds

Turn the player back On and the hack is now applied

Power On

Open tray

Press 0 button 7 times