This device is sold in Australia as a locked region 4 DVD and region B Blue-ray player. There is no current procedure for unlocking the Blue-ray and it is probably not necessary because over 80% of released disks are region free anyway. (Just don't ever buy the other 20% and they will get the message soon enough!) To change the DVD from region 4 (Pacific/Australia) to region 9 (region free) follow these steps using the remote control. (Adapted from for Australian conditions).

View and Download Samsung BD-C6500 user manual. The not play. Prior written permission of Samsung Electronics The Region Number for this player is described.

Ensure that there is no disk in the tray. Switch the player off and then back on. This is necessary to clean-boot the firmware. Wait until the main menu page appears and the player stops doing anything. Press the eject button to open the tray.

(The button is between the 'Power' and 'TV Power' buttons at the top of the controller.) 5. Press the eject button to close the tray. Wait while the player searches for a disk. As soon as the 'No Disk' message appears at the top left corner do the following. Press the REPEAT button – just above the TV channel selector at the bottom right of the controller.

Enter 7 6 8 8 4 on the number pad. The region code '4' should appear at the top left corner of the screen. Enter a '9' to make the player region free. (Enter a region code if you want to lock the player to another region for some obscure or perverse reason.) 12.

Power down and power up again. Play a foreign DVD to verify the change. Now the tricky bits. This process is timing dependent. Firstly, you must start entering the code just after the 'No Disk' message is shown and before the message disappears.

If you jump the gun or miss the boat (isn't English great!) it won't work. Secondly, the REPEAT key is part of the code. All six keys must be entered smoothly as 'REPEAT 7 6 8 8 4'. The entry gets timed out so you can't stop in the middle and restart.

Don't bash away like crazy, just do it smoothly and briskly. If you don't see the '4' the first time, don't worry. Just repeat the process. It took me about a dozen tries before I got it to work. I can't guarantee that this player does not have a region change counter so I would be a bit careful about changing regions back and forth.

I also can't guarantee that this will work with all released firmware. Samsung seems to take this crazy region bastardry very seriously for some reason.

For people from other parts of the world, all region codes are as follows 1 – 2 9 3 3 4 2 – 5 7 5 3 8 3 – 5 6 7 3 2 4 – 7 6 8 8 4 5 – 5 3 8 1 4 6 – 2 4 4 6 2. It played quite a few different region 1 and region 2 discs as well as regular region 4's.

It may have been that the 'region encoding' was just boxware. Ie – While labelled on the box, the disc itself was open to one or more regions.

I used to live in Chile, and most the DVDs sold there were labelled 'Region 4' (NTSC), but were usually the same pressings as the US and were open to Region 1 as well. Also some PAL discs are Region 2 (for UK) and region 4 (for Aus), but only labelled as one or the other. I found the procedure llama1910 described worked on my Australian BD-C5500. With no disc in the tray, type: REPEAT 7 6 8 8 4 ( or your corresponding region number ) Region 4 is displayed Type: REPEAT 9 9 will now be displayed in the top left corner as the set region. Bear in mind that most DVDs are not really locked to their region. For example, I have quite a few UK 'Region 2' DVDs and nearly all have played on my various DVD players when set to Region 4.

Same for most of my US DVDs. You will get some locked to their region. An example is the US special edition of 'From The Earth To The Moon' which will not play on Region 4. Setting the player to 'Region 0' (or 9 in the case of the BD-C5500) avoids this problem. And of course, this only applies to DVDs.

Blu-Rays are a different story. PAL vs NTSC is not really the same as region-coding and is generally a non-issue as most modern TVs and most players handle both formats Can anyone shed light on whether there is a hardware/firmware limitation on the number of times you can switch regions on the BD-5500, as with PC DVD drives? I have certainly not encountered this limitation on home entertainment DVD players before.

OK I followed the instructions with a slight variation. Worked first time. Here is what I did. Followed the instructions all the way to step 6. Step 7 – I waited for the 'No Disk' message in the top left corner of the screen to disappear before entering the code as one continuous entry, 'REPEAT 7 6 8 8 4'.

Step 8 – Region 4 displays in the top left corner of the screen, wait till just after it disappears and then press '9'. A 9 will now display in the top left corner of the screen. Step 9 – power down and power up again. Insert previously unplayable DVD. Watch it now till your heart is content. No Blu-ray to test but don't believe this code has anything to do with blu-ray as regioning is not numeric.

Anyway, hope this helps. Hi guys, I bought recently (September) the HT-C5500 here in the US, so I assume its region code 1 (29334). I do have a lot of region 2 DVD as I used to live in Germany. So I try to unlock my blu-ray player of course.

I follow the instructions, however it seems that I'm not smart enough to do this. I have tried it now numerous times without luck:o) So if I fail, I just re-open/-close the tray and try to insert the region code again. Is that the right way to do it or do I need to turn OFF/ON the player again everytime? P.S.: The players firmware version is HTB-C5500WWB-1004.2.

Hi there Bee!! Thanks a lot for the quick answer. I tried with that sequence (which is the same as psoted here, only that I used code for Region 1). It didn't work. I tried with all regions, in case I accidentally changed it without noticing it. But none of them worked, I couldn't even get MY region to show up on the screen.

I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or the firmware should be a different version. What firmware should I get? Can I go back to my original firmware and try with that one? How can I downgrade? Thanks a lot!!

Fernando, from Buenos Aires. I picked up a BD-D6500 yesterday from Dick Smith of all places.

The following worked in store (I made sure before I handed over the cash). BTW the sticker on the back says it is a Samsung BD-D6500A/XY and I adapted this from other posts. Ensure that there is no disk in the unit. Switch the player off and then back on. This is necessary to clean-boot the firmware. Wait until the main menu page appears and the player stops doing anything. Press the eject button.

(The button is between the 'Power' and 'TV Power' buttons at the top of the controller.) 5. Press the Play button 6. Wait while the player searches for a disk. As soon as the 'No Disk' message appears at the top right corner do the following.

Press the REPEAT button – just above the TV channel selector at the bottom right of the controller. Enter 76884 on the number pad. Miba Spezial 93 Pdf there. The region code '4' should appear at the top right corner of the screen.(this just flashed on then off, so keep an eye on the screen) 11. Enter a '9' to make the player region free. Power down and power up again. Play a foreign DVD to verify the change.

================================================ Firstly, you must start entering the code just after the 'No Disk' message is shown and before the message disappears. Secondly, the REPEAT key is part of the code. All six keys must be entered smoothly as 'REPEAT 76884'. The entry gets timed out so you can't stop in the middle and restart. Don't bash away like crazy, just do it smoothly and briskly. If you don't see the '4' the first time, don't worry.

Just repeat the process. Nelson Physics 12 Solutions Manual Download Free Software. It took me at least a dozen tries before I got it to work.

Just did this on a New Zealand Home Theatre Blu Ray player, Region 4 DVD. Super Simple: 0.

Power on Home Theatre Player. Ensure tv is selected to Home Theatre Source using the Home Theatre Remote (with the green buttons on it) 1. Push [Repeat] 2. Push 7 6 8 8 4 3. Wait 2 Secs – up comes [4] in top left corner of TV. Wait 1 Sec, up comes a [9] in top left corner of TV.

Power off Home Theatre Now to check. Power on Home Theatre 8. Push [Repeat] 9.

Push 7 6 8 8 4 10. Up comes a [9] as the region. Power off again then on. Ready to use! Nice and simple. Worked first time.

Thanks all!!! Yes, i tried with the latest samsung firmware 1025.1 and tried a few times and worked, is more likely to keep trying different ways and time and worked. I booted the blu ray with no disk or anything attached to it ( like pen drive or external hdd) pressed open /close twice ( open and then close and as soon as no disk appeared) i pressed repeat and the code for my zone ( in this case 4) but didn´t work so i tried 2 more times without opening or closing the disk tray and it worked! I pressed 9 and rebooted the blu ray. Finally i entered a zone 1 dvd and everything was ok!

So my suggest if after pressing REPEAT and the code didn´t work. Press repeat again and try, the number pressed carefully and not so fast.

These instructions also work for a Samsung HT-D4600 Blueray player (software version 2012/14). It was locked to Region 4 (Australia).

Now I have it set to region-free, I can play DVD's I bought from the USA. Definitely VERY important that (as explained) you do steps 7 to 11 relatively quickly. On the HT-D4600, to get it to work, I actually added the '9' for region free as part of the key sequences. So using 'REPEAT 7 6 8 8 4 9' with about a half-second pause between keystrokes got it to work for me. I recently purchased the Samsung HT-D4600 Bluray/DVD Home Theatre system. I tried this hack and it worked great. Until I tried to play a bluray disc.

I only had two discs and the one I hadn't played before wouldn't work. When I tried the one that had worked fine before the region code hack, it wouldn't work either. I did a factory reset and the original bluray worked but when I put the other one in, it wouldn't work and then the original one wouldn't work again.

I borrowed a couple of other discs and they worked no problem. The store I bought it from replaced the player but now I'm too scared to try the region change in case it does something funny to the bluray playback. But I have a heap of dvd's purchased from amazon uk and us and want to be able to play them. Has anyone had this happen before? Is changing the dvd region likely to cause bluray play back issues? Also, is region 9 or 0 the correct code for multi region?

P.S: Why do companies continue to lock down the regions when people can legally and legitimately purchase dvd's and blurays from overseas? This is just stupid in this day and age.