Yamaha region-free hacks

2 Yamaha models. Find yours below, or send us a hack if it's missing.

Yamaha DVD-S510, DVD-S520

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 Philips.

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

Yamaha DVD-S540, DVD-S550

Multi-Region Hack:

Press the Open button on your DVD-player to Open the drive tray

Using the remote press 9 9 9 9 on your remote control

Press the 1 button on your remote control for region 1, 2 for region 2, and so on, or 0 for multi-region

Press OK and the tray will close

Reset the unit by powering Off and then back On again