Turn the player off; samsung dvd-m101. insert a foreign dvd; press play and ffw; enter region (0 = multi-region) samsung dw-15g10 / uw17j11vd / uw21j10vd. power on and go to dvd mode; make sure there is no disc; press 7, 7, play; press enter to enter region code change mode; press 0 (for multi-region) press return. Samsung dvd players comply with international standards and come to new zealand market preset to region 4. samsung electronic is aware that this could cause inconvenience to some customers who have purchased legitimate dvd discs overseas.. Every dvd player and commercial dvd has a built-in "region" code that limits whether the two can work with the other. a samsung dvd player can only play a commercial dvd that has the same region code unless it is first unlocked..
Try to unlock your dvd player to play all free region. what you need is the code to unlock and a remote control to enter the into menu/programming mode. please specify model # of your dvd player when you look for the unlock key.. I was not able to find a direct sequence for converting samsung dvd-e360 region 1 directly to region "0" so i did it in two steps: 1) converted player from region 1 to region 2 2) converted player from region 2 to "0" part 1: converting your samsung dvd-e360 region 1 to region 2 1.. Samsung players are often hackable, but then they’ll issue a firmware update that resets the region code and disables the hack – lame! my personal preference is philips, because almost all of their players are hackable..
