REOC region-free hacks

Turn on the player.

Press OPEN/CLOSE button to open the disc drawer.

Enter the passwords 8421 or 9999, then you will see the current region code on the screen.

Select the different region codes by pressing ENTER continuously. The region free code is "9"

Press "OPEN/ CLOSE" button again to close the disc drawer.

The process of entering region code is completed.

Turn the player On

Press the Open/Close button to open the disc drawer

Enter the password(s) 8 4 2 1 or 9 9 9 9, you will then see the current region code on the screen

Select a Region code by pressing Enter continuously. The Region free code is 9

Press the Open/Close button again to close the disc drawer

The process of selecting a Region code is now completed

VCD Hack:

Turn the player On

Press the Open/Close button to open the disc drawer

Enter 5 1 6 8

Screen will now report that VCD playback is possible

A short file needs to be created on a CD.

You will need at least the following in order to do this yourself:

A reasonable spec PC capable of burning CD-R or CD-RW

A CD burner

1 Blank CD-R or CD-RW

Software For Burning Your CD-R or CD-RW

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Procedure

Open a simple text editor and start with a new blank page. Type the exactly the following TSDVDREG-2001-8608201-R0

Save as a file called CREGIN.TXT.

Using your chosen burning software, burn this file to a CD-R or CD-RW. Insert the freshly made disc into the A5 DVD player and after a short while "R0" will appear on the front title screen.

Your A5 is now region free and will play films from any region.

Open a text editor and start with a new blank page. Type the exactly the following:

TSDVDREG-2001-8608201-R0

Select File, Save and call the file CREGIN.TXT

Using your CD Burning software, burn this file to a CD-R or CD-RW

Insert the freshly made disc into the A5 DVD player and after a short while R0 will appear on the front title screen

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Press the Open so the tray is ejected

Press the Setup to enter the setup menu

Press 1 3 6 9, Left, Left, Left, Right

The player will show a Version Setup item in the menu

Press Step, Previous, Next

The player should now be multi-region