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| DVD Player | Hacks | Updated | Add |
| Samsung BD-P3600 | 19 user region code comments |
June 08, 2010 | Post region code/hack comment |
 Region code hack posted by greedoe, June 11 2009: | |||
To convert this player to Multi-Region playback 1. Press the Repeat button on your remote control NB: Do not confuse this with the Repeat A-B button. 2. Press the buttons 5, 7, 5, 3 and 8 on your remote control, in order one at a time. 3. The numbers 02 will be displayed on the top left of your onscreen display. 4. Press the 1 button on your remote control for region 1, 2 for region 2, and so on, or 9 for multi-region playback NB: The above step may be time sensitive and need to be performed quickly. 5. Press the Open button on your remote control NB: The above step may be time sensitive and need to be performed quickly. 6. After 15 seconds have elapsed, power off your player and then power on your player. To convert this player to Multi-Region playback if the above does not work. 1. Press the Repeat button on your remote control NB: Do not confuse this with the Repeat A-B button. 2. Press the buttons 3, 8, 7, 6 and 7 on your remote control, in order one at a time. 3. The numbers 02 will be displayed on the top left of your onscreen display. 4. Press the 1 button on your remote control for region 1, 2 for region 2, and so on, or 9 for multi-region playback NB: The above step may be time sensitive and need to be performed quickly. 5. Press the Open button on your remote control NB: The above step may be time sensitive and need to be performed quickly. 6. After 15 seconds have elapsed, power off your player and then power on your player. | |||
| Region code hack posted by Walka, August 07 2009: | |||
My BD-P3600 is US model and the listed hack doesn't work. The REPEAT button seems to be deactivated when there is no disk in the machine (the red "do not enter" symbol appears on the screen when Repeat is pressed this way). We've just moved back from the UK and have lots of Region 2 DVDs we want to watch here. If anyone knows how to hack the US machines, please let me know! | |||
| Region code hack posted by gigshaft, August 08 2009: | |||
Word on the street is the current hack posted is NO LONGER VALID, as it was made obsolete by the latest firmware update. There currently appears to be NO REGION HACK available for the Samsung BD-P3600. (Though please, somebody prove me wrong.) | |||
| Region code hack posted by Rossbills, September 26 2009: | |||
From Gifford72, BD1500 hack. This worked on my BD-P3600, after a couple of tries. Ignore the illegal command symbol with the repeat key. Timing rather than speed is important My BD-P3600 has had all the latest firmware upgrades. 1. Turn onm player, no disc in tray. 2. Wait btill at Samsung logo screen 3. Open, then close the tray, wait nor no disc message top left of screen 4. Press repeat key on remote (ignore illegal command symbol) then enter region code (see below) 5. If it works your current region code will appear top left of screen 6. Press '9' for region free 7. Open and then close the DVD tray again 8. Power down unit 9. When powered on should be region free. I needed a second attempt before it worked, so don;t panic. (I'm just settling down to watch some Region 1 discs on my formerly Region 4 Bluray.) Region Codes: R1: 29334 R2: 57538 R3: 56732 R4: 76884 R5: 53814 R6: 24462 Thanks to Gifford72, not me for this one. | |||
| Region code hack posted by jackbalance, September 27 2009: | |||
Doesn't work on my BD-P3600. It has firmware 2.02 (latest in Europe). Have tried this at least thirty times. No success. Worked fine with firmware 1.02 but that's nowhere to be found. | |||
| Region code hack posted by Rossbills, September 29 2009: | |||
Checked Firmware: Mine is running BEv2.02_090827A_XSA Loader: Ldv1.05_090720 Region B/4 (BD/DVD) Pretty sure thats the same as the latest European firmware update you mentioned. Make sure you use the right region code for your region. The ones I got from Gifford72's posts could be incorrect, except for the R4 code. That's the only one I used, obviously. (It was the same as my Samsung 1080P model's codes by the way, so probably all the later models are the same.) Check some of the other later Samsung model posts for the code numbers provided there? Also, don't be afraid to repeat the process. It's about timing. It took me two tries. | |||
| Region code posted by jackbalance, September 29 2009: | |||
Yes but it's region 4. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has warned that DVD players that enforce region coding may violate their Trade Practices Act.[7][8][9] Under New Zealand copyright law DVD region codes and the mechanisms in DVD players to enforce them have no legal protection.[10] And that's region 4. So a backdoor has been purposedly left open in the firmware for that region. Not for region 2. Trust me, I tried this thirty times or more. And when I bought the unit, the same hack worked. My mistake was updating the firmware. | |||
| Region code hack posted by Rossbills, October 04 2009: | |||
Bovver. Well, all I can offer is sympathy then. I should note I don't know if the hack makes R4 players Blu-ray Region Free, as I haven't tried that. There is a new firmware upgrade out now I noted today. | |||
| Region code hack posted by Rossbills, October 05 2009: | |||
Warning: BDP3600 Hack doesn't work with Firmware upgrade to BEv2.04 The upgrade cancelled access to R1 discs previously obtained. Oh, well, off to the ACCC. If running R4 BEv2.02 firmware don't upgrade firmware. Also ruined access to youtube, laboriously set up. | |||
| Region code hack posted by Rossbills, October 06 2009: | |||
Alright, it made a liar of me. After I posted I had one more go and it worked. I think I hit the repeat key after the disc tray closed and just as the No Disc message came up, then entered code. It could be that time critical. Wish I had a datalogger that would record the events. But still no youtube | |||
| Region code hack posted by brummer, February 02 2010: | |||
I have this player too. I am in dvd-region 2. The remote hack does not work, I get the stop sign pressing repeat. One should read the p1600 thread: http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks/samsung-bd-p1600/10179 The method is that the singapore (region 3 and pal) and the brazil (ntsc) firmware allow the remote hack. Choose the right one from what you have, PAL or NTSC. That is very important (or black screen). One have to edit the firmware from one of these with a hex editor to match ones region. Edit only the first occurring XXX in the file, - save it (with the original name) and apply. Then flash once more with the unmodified firmware from singapore/brazil. Then apply the remote hack with the right code (singapore is region 3) and select 9 for region free. Read carefully the thread. | |||
| Region code hack posted by bondolad, February 02 2010: | |||
i am currently on version 2.05 (just updated) and how the Region code hack posted by Rossbills is explained worked for me. As mentioned later in the post by Rossbills, the timing of this hack is everything. After the 5th go i got it, a | |||
| Region code hack posted by winman42, February 07 2010: | |||
Having no luck getting this to work on my Region 1 unit. My unit has version 2.05 firmware. When the codes dont work, must you turn the unit off, and start the process over from the beginning? thanks, Win | |||
| Region code hack posted by bondolad, February 08 2010: | |||
@ winman42 - Yes you must turn player off and start over again if this does not work each time. I have done this on my region 4 player. The timing I had to get accurate was at the stage when the tray closes to when you have to press the repeat key. After the tray closes a bar comes up on the screen and moves to the right (similar to knight rider light!!) then no disc shows in top left corner. I found i had to press the repeat key 1 second after no disc comes up and not before. I think people might be pressing the repeat key to soon at this point. If you wait to long after no disc shows on screen it will not work. The next step is to enter your current region setting, for you this is region 1 code 29334. After you have pressed the repeat key as mentioned above, immediately enter your region code and follow the rest of the instructions as mentioned by Rossbills. I just tried a second attempt at this hack, it worked for me on the 3rd go. So it definitely works on default players that are set to region 4 | |||
| Region code hack posted by JGreen, February 13 2010: | |||
I have S/W version 2.06_100201A_XAC and the previous hacks do not work | |||
| Region code hack posted by mtmateus, March 15 2010: | |||
The previous hack does not work with region 1. (_XAA) Probably, only works for region 4 ... | |||
| Region code hack posted by winman42, March 21 2010: | |||
Can anyone confirm they have gotten a REGION 1 unit to convert to ALL REGION with this hack. I'm still not having any luck with my Region 1 machine. thanks, WIn | |||
| Region code hack posted by gbnaboa, April 20 2010: | |||
It works in my BD-P3600 Brazil (region 4) with latest firmware. Just a variant of the hack already posted. 1. Turn on player, no disc in tray. (must be withOUT disc) 2. Wait untill at Samsung logo screen (and the music) 3. Wait for no disc message top left of screen (no need to open/close the tray - as must have turned the player on without disc and it will show no disc) 4. Press repeat key on remote (ignore illegal command symbol) then enter region code (see below) 5. If it works your current region code will appear top left of screen 6. Press '9' for region free 7. Open and then close the DVD tray again 8. Power down unit 9. When powered on should be region free. Worked at the first time I tried... I am already watching region 1 discs on my Brazilian Reg 4... Region Codes: R1: 29334 R2: 57538 R3: 56732 R4: 76884 R5: 53814 R6: 24462 | |||
| Region code posted by jassfan, June 08 2010: | |||
I just got BD-P3600 in the US with firmware ver. 2.9 I cannot make region free with above instruction. Anyone can help? | |||
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