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• Samsung Bd-c6500 Support

It's our limited understanding as non Australian citizens (hech54 stated this above) that your law says that you MUST be able to unlock DVD players. We've had reports of Aussies who went to the manufacturer and asked for help and got the info for free to get their players unlocked.

I think that pursuing this course of action would be the best one for you. Look online for some Aussie Samsung tech center and get in touch with them about this.As I say all the time - if you want region free, do NOT buy Sony or Samsung. It's just that simple. Just to clear this up, Australian law does not enforce manufacturers to allow Region changes on their DVD players, but the law allows modification of DVD players to enable them to play DVDs from different countries.I did contact Samsung in regards to changing the Region, and they basically came back and said, that it is not possible and if I try by following instructions on the internet then I will void my warranty.All I want is to know if there is a depository somewhere on the internet with old firmwares, or if someone has access to an older firmware.

DVD PlayerHacksUpdatedAdd3 user region code commentsNovember 11, 2016This 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). 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.

Samsung Bd-c6500 Support

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 2I tried the above hack for more than 30 times and it does not work on my player. I have the latest firmware ver. 1015.2 July 16 2010.

ThanksFollowed the instructions took about 8 tries and it worked.Thank you1 DVD Hack hits,Showing1 to1 DVD Hacks.