How to make your Samsung DVD Player Region Free or Multizone

A Random Blog Post I Know... I have a Samsung DVD player (model p181 to be precise). I have been frustrated at not being able to watch zone DVD's when I accidentally buy them at Real Groovy or of Amazon. I have since hunted high and low for a 'decoding' process to make it region free (multizone.) All players are multizone by default however they are loaded with software that limits viewing capability. Sure, you can take it to a shop but here is a trick that is FREE! 

To make your Samsung DVD Player Region Free...

1. Make sure the Player is connected to a screen as you will need to see the onscreen display.
2. Make sure that there is no disc in the tray and switch on the player. (TV also on)
3. Cold start the player, by holding down the PLAY and STOP buttons on the player. (Note. The 'stop' button doubles as the 'open/close' button on many Samsung players.)
4. You should see a set of language options on screen. Release the PLAY and STOP buttons.
5. Select your language with your remote.
6. Press REPEAT then enter the following codes for the required region the player is already set to. This is usually the region you bought the player in. (Note. Do not confuse this with the A-B button) The codes are as follows: Region 1 - 2, 9, 3, 3, 4  //  Region 2 - 3, 8, 7, 6, 7  ("E series M105", M205 and M305 users try: 57538)  //  Region 3 - 5, 6, 7, 3, 2  //  Region 4 - 7, 6, 8, 8, 4  //  Region 5 - 5, 3, 8, 1, 4  //  Region 6 - 2, 4, 4, 6, 2
7. A code will appear, indicating the region setting of your player.
8. Now Press 9 for region-free, or 1 for region 1, 2 for region 2, etc.
9. Press OPEN/CLOSE on the Player to open the disc tray. (Note. You may need to push the tray shut rather than use the player button, in order for the region not to be changed to 4 on model M203)
10. Press STANDBY (POWER) on the remote control to close the tray. Next time the player is turned on it will set to the region specified. If the player halts on the FBI Warnings, press Forward Search x2 or faster.

On some models, you will have the ability to disable Macrovision, but you will have to turn off the Quasi-PAL option and set the SCART output type to Video rather than RGB.

The 611 may not have Dolby 5.1 output after applying the hack, so you may need to change the PCM format to Dolby5.1 again. The sound mode for digital (PCM or bitstream) can be set in the Setup mode, under Sound Setup.

You can reset the region setting from 9 to a specific region by setting PCM to bitstream again and DTS to ON.

I think all consumers agree manufacturers should just sell them multizone. I know they have to protect the DVD industry and be anti piracy. At least Samsung make it easy to do yourself! Happy viewing Samsung consumers.