I'm looking to unlock (or change) the regional code on DVD player

I don't think you can make it region free but I discovered you can unlock the country code.. Go to setup, lock, area code (enter) 88888888 Now you can change the country code to wherever the disc is from, you do have to change it for each different region disc unforunately.

Hi,

I was made to understand that there are several versions of this model. Pls try:

• Turn on your DVD player - with no disc inside;
  
• Press pause followed by 3 1 4 1 5 9;
• screen will display current region
  
• Press 0
• enter

or

• Press On
• "No disc" will appear
• Eject Tray
• Press '0' more than five times.
• Press Pause
• Press Off

or

• Press "pause"
• Press "1 4 7 2"
• edit the 5th number group in the code
• the first number is the region code
• example; if the number is "12" then the region is set to 1
• another example, if the number is "42" then the region is set to 4
• so if you want all regions set it to "02"
• when finished press "pause" again to exit from the menu
• power off the unit and turn back on again.

Hope this be of initial help/idea. Pls post back how things turned up or should you need additional information.

Good luck and kind regards. Thank you for using FixYa.

Ok so here is how it was done.

Press the Pause button on your remote control. Using your remote control enter the code 3, 1, 4, 1, 5 and 9, Press the 0 button on your remote control for Region free, 1 for Region 1 or 2 for Region 2. Press the Pause button on your remote control. Power off your player and wait a few seconds. Power on your player
Or
Press the Setup button on your remote control then, Step, Next, Up and Down, select the region of your choice or Bypass for region free, save and then Exit the menu.

LG 3200E, LG 3520, LG 4351, LG 4721P, LG 4730, LG 4821P, LG 4950S, LG 5083, LG 5822N, LG 593W

Probably moved by accident.

YES, it can be changed to view all regions. I've just done my new RC388 (bought it 4 hours ago) and it works.

To start the hack:
Click the home button on the remote, go to the Setup page, highlight the 16X9 TV aspect ratio and enter in this coded sequence: 1 3 9 7 1 3 9

A new factory menu now comes up on the screen.

To change the values of these options hit the enter button and scroll with arrow keys until you get to the option you want to change. For the region code hack replace the value of "option 5" with the value of: ff

Press enter.

(Changing this value will set unit to region code 0 which should allow any region to be played on the player.)

Now, hit the "return" button to save and exit.

Switch off the machine - switch on - all is well now.

Good Luck,
Will

If you have the LG DV 480 then try these steps
1 Turn the DVD player and open the disc draw, leave it empty
2 Press Pause
3 Type 0000
4 When the blue screen appears type "0" in the new region code
5 Press Pause
6 Power off the DVD player then turn it back on
It worked for me

Hi, have you tried this? It worked on my LG player. 
1. Open DVD tray 
2. Press "0000" on the remote. 
3. A screen will appear saying NEW REGION CODE displaying the current one. 
4. Press "0" for all zones. 
5. Press the "select" button on the remote. 
6. Close the CD tray. 
7. Power off

Howdy,

I just tried this on LGV774W and it worked :))

To make this player region free (or change the region), do the following:

* Ensure that there is no disc in the player (ie: "no disc" is displayed).
* Press PAUSE
* Enter 314159
* Enter the region code (0 for region free, or 1-6).
* Press PAUSE
* Turn the player off for a few seconds.
* Turn the player back on
* Voila! You beauty!!

Alright, just follow these steps and let me know if you have any problems or questions

1. Power and switch on the Durabrand DVD player.
2. Open the DVD disc tray tray or lid.
3. Press Stop.
4. Press 3 - 5 - 9 - 7 (3597 in sequence). Can be done on remote control.
5. Hidden DVD Region menu appears. Select region 0 or 9 using up or down button on remote control
6. Press OK.
7. Close the disc tray and press Standby on the DVD player front

It uses the same unlock code as the LG 4721P and a number of other LG DVD players.

1. Power on (with no disc inserted)
   
2. Press PAUSE
   
3. Press 3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9
4. Enter the desired RC
5. Press PAUSE
6. Turn the player off and wait a few seconds

It took me a couple of times to get it right because if you take too long to press the correct buttons it does not work. I chose region code 0 so it now plays all regions.