Pommier Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 An American friend has sent me quite a lot of DVDs (the postage cost alone was horrendous!) and they won't play on our DVD player. We could watch them on the computer, but I saw on Google various people saying that you can make the DVD player work with DVDs from all regions. I tried to follow the instructions, but got nowhere. Is it possible, or am I wasting my time? The player is by LG model DP520H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinBretagne Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Do a search on YouTube. It’s usually straightforward but can involve a sequence of keystrokes on the remote control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 [quote user="BritinBretagne"]Do a search on YouTube. It’s usually straightforward but can involve a sequence of keystrokes on the remote control.[/quote]Yep, that's probably the best, been about 15 years since I played around with that. I remember when people hacked the Philips machines to multi region. What they did was enter a tech test area and after 5 plays the machines stopped working [:D] My Pioneer had a jumper lead soldered on a couple of pins but LG usually just needed a series of steps, something to do with leaving the dvd tray open and a code/switch on and off. Good luck I still have my pioneer (multi region) if you get stuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pommier Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 Yes, the tips I tried said to leave the tray open, then press a sequence of numbers, but I couldn't get any writing to appear on the TV screen unless the tray was closed (then I got a message saying 'no DVD') - I'm not very good at tech stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suein56 Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Pommier wrote : We could watch them on the computer ..Have you a pc or a laptop ? I can watch non-european dvds using my laptop, an HDMI cable and my TV being-used-as a monitor.Would that work for you ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pommier Posted February 8, 2018 Author Share Posted February 8, 2018 I think that will be the best solution, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinBretagne Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 https://youtu.be/yw-Zk6QSQ90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard51 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 If BnB youtube hack doesnt work then perhaps try this.Download owner manual from LG website. This gives you area codes in an appendix. Go to settings section of manual and follow instructions for changing region code to that where the DVDs were made. NB It looks as if you need to set a "lock" password before changing area code - Just a back-up suggestion with the caveat that I haven't done it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 http://www.dvddemystifiziert.de/codefree_en/lg.html has many LG models, I suspect you will have to experiment a bit.S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pommier Posted February 10, 2018 Author Share Posted February 10, 2018 Thank you. I've tried the previous two suggestions and although the last one got me to some screens I've never seen before, it still didn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard51 Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 https://www.amazon.co.uk/LG-MULTIREGION-Upscaling-Support-Playback/dp/B00LCVLLJA/ref=sr_1_3?s=home-theater&ie=UTF8&qid=1518291252&sr=1-3&refinements=p_n_feature_keywords_browse-bin%3A1059548031A more expensive solution - though DVDs aren't that expensive nowadays .Some anyways. I'm afraid its becoming a disposable world.Nb if that doesn't work then don't blame the messenger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pommier Posted February 11, 2018 Author Share Posted February 11, 2018 They aren't even films I especially want to see! Very American TV series etc. I just feel guilty because she's bought them and paid all that money to post them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard51 Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Take your point. Just smile and say thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pommier Posted February 11, 2018 Author Share Posted February 11, 2018 I think that's probably the answer - just so long as she stops sending them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard51 Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Could do a bomb in a vide grenier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Rogers Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 A lot of the cheap DVD players on sale at UK supermarkets a few years ago were region-free. I've kept an old Asda player for the odd occasion when I want to see a North American- format film. Presumably French supermarkets sell or used to sell the same units. The internet hacks can also work, depending the player. Worth a try. The last time I looked into this, Blu-ray players were considered unhackable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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