Philips region-free hacks

To use the following codes you will need a ONE4ALL 4 universal remote control. Purchasable from most electrical stores for around £20

To make the DVD 751 (firmware 7.03) multiregion using a ONE4ALL

URC7560 universal remote, follow the instructions

below...........................

1. Set up your remote to control the DVD as per the instructions that

came with the remote (the setup code is 0539)

2. Press the DVD button

3. Press the MAGIC button

4. Enter 0 8 5 (the dashes on your dvd will now appear)

5. Using your DVD's original remote enter the code 222 222 005 255

6. Press PLAY

unlike the PLAY 159 or PLAY 274 hacks, the DVD will not switch it self

off and restart. Just put in a region 1 or 2 disc and hey

presto.......no region coding....…

To use the following codes you will need a ONE4ALL 4 universal remote control. Purchasable from most electrical stores for around £20

To make the DVD 751 (firmware 7.03) multiregion using a ONE4ALL

URC7560 universal remote, follow the instructions

below...........................

1. Set up your remote to control the DVD as per the instructions that

came with the remote (the setup code is 0539)

2. Press the DVD button

3. Press the MAGIC button

4. Enter 0 8 5 (the dashes on your dvd will now appear)

5. Using your DVD's original remote enter the code 222 222 005 255

6. Press PLAY

unlike the PLAY 159 or PLAY 274 hacks, the DVD will not switch it self

off and restart. Just put in a region 1 or 2 disc and hey

presto.......no region coding....…

To use the following codes you will need a ONE4ALL 4 universal remote control. Purchasable from most electrical stores for around £20

To make the DVD 751 (firmware 7.03) multiregion using a ONE4ALL

URC7560 universal remote, follow the instructions

below...........................

1. Set up your remote to control the DVD as per the instructions that

came with the remote (the setup code is 0539)

2. Press the DVD button

3. Press the MAGIC button

4. Enter 0 8 5 (the dashes on your dvd will now appear)

5. Using your DVD's original remote enter the code 222 222 005 255

6. Press PLAY

unlike the PLAY 159 or PLAY 274 hacks, the DVD will not switch it self

off and restart. Just put in a region 1 or 2 disc and hey

presto.......no region coding....…

To use the following codes you will need a ONE4ALL 4 universal remote control. Purchasable from most electrical stores for around £20

To make the DVD 751 (firmware 7.03) multiregion using a ONE4ALL

URC7560 universal remote, follow the instructions

below...........................

1. Set up your remote to control the DVD as per the instructions that

came with the remote (the setup code is 0539)

2. Press the DVD button

3. Press the MAGIC button

4. Enter 0 8 5 (the dashes on your dvd will now appear)

5. Using your DVD's original remote enter the code 222 222 005 255

6. Press PLAY

unlike the PLAY 159 or PLAY 274 hacks, the DVD will not switch it self

off and restart. Just put in a region 1 or 2 disc and hey

presto.......no region coding....…

Only makes the DVD player Multi-Region

1. Make sure there is no disc in the tray when you switch on.

2. Press "home" key on remote control.

3. Enter number "1389310".

4. Switch off. Wait a few seconds and then switch on...now region free.

To convert this player to Multi-Region

1. Press the System button on your remote control

2. Using your remote control, press the buttons 1 6 7, in order and one at a time

3. A box will appear requestion a new region

4. Enter the code 1 for region 1, or 2 for region 2, and so on, or press the Mute button for multi-region playback

NOTE - After a certain number of changes in the region coding the hack will stop working and will be locked into the last region inserted. The Screensaver may also be defaulted back to the original manufactures'.

Remove any inserted discs and press STOP. Press the following on your remote: PLAY, 2 7 4. The Display should come up '------- --- --'. Enter the required code below:

Region 1: 0050001 281 56

Region 2: 0020001 281 56

Region 3: 0100001 281 56

Region 4: 0120001 281 56

Press PLAY. The TV should blink to confirm the selection.

Taken From: DVD Player Handset Hacks List (Region 2)

NOTE - After a certain number of changes in the region coding the hack will stop working and will be locked into the last region inserted. The Screensaver may also be defaulted back to the original manufactures'.

Remove any inserted discs and press STOP. Press the following on your remote: PLAY, 2 7 4. The Display should come up '------- --- --'. Enter the required code below:

Region 1: 0050001 281 56

Region 2: 0020001 281 56

Region 3: 0100001 281 56

Region 4: 0120001 281 56

Press PLAY. The TV should blink to confirm the selection.

Taken From: DVD Player Handset Hacks List (Region 2)

NOTE - After a certain number of changes in the region coding the hack will stop working and will be locked into the last region inserted. The Screensaver may also be defaulted back to the original manufactures'.

Remove any inserted discs and press STOP. Press the following on your remote: PLAY, 2 7 4. The Display should come up '------- --- --'. Enter the required code below:

Region 1: 0050001 281 56

Region 2: 0020001 281 56

Region 3: 0100001 281 56

Region 4: 0120001 281 56

Press PLAY. The TV should blink to confirm the selection.

Taken From: DVD Player Handset Hacks List (Region 2)

Here are the steps. I added some detail:

1. Connect DVD player to your TV, turn both on, remove any disc that might be in the player and close door.

2. Press and hold Stop button on the remote (not the one on the player) until door reopens

3. With just the default background displayed on TV (blueish image of disc center with PHILIPS on disc - do NOT press the System Menu button), press 2 8 1 2 on remote. In a moment, the Region menu will be displayed.

4. Press OK on remote to cycle through region codes until region changes to 9

5. Power off DVD player (with Region menu still displayed showing 9)

6. Wait 2 minutes (according to some others' directions; I'm not sure the 2 minutes is necessary) then turn player back on.

Thanks to Jeff Cadow for supplying this hack.

1) Turn on the player

2) Open the tray.

3) Press 9 9 9 9 on the remote, you can do it rather slowly.

4) Press what region you want, 0 is regionfree.

Press the System Menu button on your remote control and highlight the Preferences menu

Press 1 3 5 5 6 6

You should now be in the hidden region selection menu were you can change the region to 1 for region 1, 2 for region 2, and so on, or 0 for multi-region playback

Press the Ok button on your remote control

Power On the unit and Open the tray

Slowly press 9 9 9 and then 9

Press 0 for region free

Close tray

Note: If the above code doesn't work then attempt the same operation with the tray Closed instead

Turn On the player

Open the tray

Press the following sequence on the remote: 7 8 9, OK and 0

The number 0 will appear on the lower left side of your screen

Your player is now region free

Note: The 0 in the sequence above represents the region code. 0 = region free. If you want to change your player to just a specific region code, replace the 0 with the region number you want

NOTE: Please note that this conversion may only work a maximum of 25 times! After this time the machine may end up locked to the last region changed

Open the tray

Press 0 0 0 0 on your remote control

Press 0 for region free or 1 for region 1, 2 for region 2 etc.

To check region Open the tray and press Display on the remote

NOTE: Please note that this conversion may only work a maximum of 25 times! After this time the machine may end up locked to the last region changed

Region One:

Press Play, 2 7 4 on the Remote Control. The on-screen display should then look like this: '____ ____'.

Enter the following code using the Remote Controls number pad 005000 128 256.

Press the Play button on the Remote Control.

The onscreen display should turn red, indicating that your region settings have been changed.

Region Two:

Press Play, 2 7 4 on the Remote Control. The on-screen display should then look like this: '____ ____'.

Enter the following code using the Remote Controls number pad 001000 128 156.

Press the Play button on the Remote Control.

The onscreen display should turn red, indicating that your region settings have been changed.

NOTE: Please note that this conversion may only work a maximum of 25 times! After this time the machine may end up locked to the last region changed

Press Play on the Remote, followed by 1 5 9

When the display reads '________' enter 005 000 128 156 using the Remote. (Note: the 12 digit code, when there are only 11 spaces. This is normal, just enter the whole code, and press Play)

Press Play on the Remote

Your player is now a Region 1 only player

Restore to Region Two:

Press Play on the Remote, followed by 1 5 9

When the display reads '________' enter 002 000 128 156 using the Remote (Note: the 12 digit code, when there are only 11 spaces.. This is normal, just enter the whole code, and press Play)

Press Play on the Remote

Your player is now a region 2 & 4 only player

Power On the player with no disc in the drive

Press Pause on the Remote

Enter 3 1 4 1 5 9 on the Remote (the word COdE 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 and then back On

Firmware Display:

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

Power On the unit

Using the remote press Setup

Open the tray

On the remote press 8 4 2 1

The current zone of the player will be displayed on the screen.

Press Select on the remote and zone 9 will be displayed on the screen

Close the tray

The player should now be region free

Power On the unit and Open the tray

Slowly press 1 1 1 1

Press 0

The display should now indicate "Region 0"

Power On the player and press Play

Enter the code 274 159

The player's display should now indicate "______ ______"

Enter the code 222 222 005 255 and press Play

The screen should now go Red

Leave this display alone for at least 20 seconds

Turn the player Off at the Mains switch (not Standby)

Wait 10 seconds and then power On

Turn your DVD player On

The display will show you no disc

Press PLAY and then press 1 5 9 on the DVD Remote

On DVD display will appear ------ -----

Key in 101 040 000 140 on the Remote when you press the last digit you will see a little point

Press PLAY

The player will be turned Off

Region One:

Press Play on the Remote Control

Key in 1 5 9

Now key in 005 000 128 156

Region Two:

Press Play on the Remote Control

Key in 1 5 9

Now key in 013 000 128 156

Press Play on the machines fascia

Key in 1 5 9

The player should now be region free

Power On the player and remove any discs

When the player indicates No Disc press Play, 1 5 9

The display will change to show 11 dashes

For Region 1 press 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 2 8 1 5 6 (12 digits)

For Region 2 press 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 8 1 5 6 (12 digits)

Press Play

The screen will now go Red and the reset

Power On the player and press the System Menu button

Select TV Aspect and place the cursor over 16:9

Press 1 3 9 7 1 3 9 and then OK

Press the System Menu button to exit

Power On the unit ensuring its connected to a TV (OSD on TV is required)

Press Open/Close to open the tray

From the Remote enter 1 1 1 1

Press 0 (Country Code)

Press Open/Close to close the tray and the process is complete

HACK 1

1) Put your R1 disc in the tray then Power the player off

2) Power it on, and wait for the "check regional code" to appear

3) Press 'display' - right cursor key - 'ok' - then 'play' button

4) The DVD should start playing - if you want the Main Menu, press the 'DISC Menu' button

This works perfectly on most R1, R3 and R4 discs. The hack doesn't work on R1 copies of Fight Club and Titus, though. (These are both Fox discs.) The rejection screen is Fox's own, rather than the player's. However, all is not lost...

HACK 2

1) Go into player's set-up menu and select AUTO PLAY - ON

(If you're not too bothered about seeing logos, adverts and copyright warnings before your films, you might as well keep this setting.)

2) Put your R1 disc in the tray and wait for the "check regional code" message to appear

3) Press DISPLAY

4) Press DISC MENU

5) The disc should now completely bypass the menu stage and start playing

Navigate the OS menus to the Preferences page (Right x 3)

Navigate down to the Default setting (Down x 5)

Press the right button to highlight the Reset option

Press 1 3 5 5 6 6

Region setting dialog should now appear showing the current region

Press Up/Down to select desired region (region 0 = region free)

Press Ok, and the changes should now be permanent.

With the draw shut press the system Menu button

Select the Preferred Settings screen

Enter 1 3 5 5 6, and 6

Use the arrow keys (Up/Down) to select the region you want (0 for multi regional)

Exit by pressing System menu

Turn On the player

Open the tray

Press the following sequence on the remote: 7 8 9, OK and 0

The number 0 will appear on the lower left side of your screen

You have now a region free DVD player

Power On DVD player.

With "NO DISC" on display, press the following sequence on the remote:

Play 159 013 008 08 Play - Auto system

Play 159 031 008 08 Play - NTSC system

This hack should work on all Philips DVD players as of 06/01/2001 with any firmware version, and other similar models by manufacturers such as Grundig, Marantz and Yamaha. If the hack fails to work then check the sections below to see if your player is listed.

Send the infra-red code RC6 (aka Codeset 4, Key 235) to your player. You can do this with a OneForAll

Press stop until disk tray ejects then pressing 99990 and thats it all done

Switch on the TV and the DVD player.

Open the top tray.

Press 1 2 3 4 5 0

The display on TV will say REGION ALL

To convert this player to Multi-Region

1. Press the System button on your remote control

2. Using your remote control, press the buttons 1 6 7, in order and one at a time

3. A box will appear requestion a new region

4. Enter the code 1 for region 1, or 2 for region 2, and so on, or press the Mute button for multi-region playback

Press the System button on the Remote Control

On the Remote Control key in 1 6 7

A box will appear requesting a new Region be entered

Key in 1 for Region 1, 2 for Region 2 and so on, for Region free operation press Mute

Switch player On and Open tray door

Press Setup on the remote control

Move menu selector down to Preferences and press Right arrow

Press 2 1 2 2 2 5

Press Left Arrow

Press Down Arrow

Press 0 when the screen displays region code

Press Setup to exit