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| Samsung BD-P1600 | 31 user region code/hacks | November 08, 2009 | Post region code/hack comment | |
 Region code hack posted by scottieuk, July 05 2009:Hi Credit for this hack goes to RABSP, although I've modified it slightly. It's basically the same method used for the Samsung BD-1500. I used it on my brand new Samsung BD-1600 today and it worked on the first try using the code below. My unit is a Region 2 (UK) machine. 1) Press the POWER button on the remote to turn on the machine (no disc in the tray). 2) Wait till the player has booted up and the Samsung logo screen is displayed. 3) Press the OPEN/CLOSE button on the remote twice, to open then close the disc tray. 4) As soon as you see "No-Disc" displayed in the top left corner, press the REPEAT button followed by the 5 digit code for your current region as listed below. (Mine was 57538 for region 2) Don't press the REPEAT button for too long, just smoothly press REPEAT 5 7 5 3 8. If it doesn't work straight away, keep trying, mine worked on the first go. 5) If you're successful, your current region code will be displayed in the top left corner of the screen. 6) Press '9' to make your player region free. 7) Turn the player off, then on again and test with a different region disc, or if you don't have one to test with, just repeat the hack and instead of your old region code appearing in the top left corner of your screen, you should see '9' if you've been successful. The hack can be repeated to turn your machine back to it's original settings or to a particular region if the disc is sensative to region free machines. Region Codes R1 - 29334 R2 - 57538 R3 - 56732 R4 - 76884 R5 - 53814 R6 - 24462 | ||||
| Region code posted by varkanoid, July 31 2009: I can not get this to work. I have tried many times. Can you clarify whether you press open/close in quick succession or do you press open and wait for it to open, then press close. Also if you press REPEAT 5 7 5 3 8 when the "no disc" message is displayed it does not display the "2". When do you type this ? Immediately when "no disc" appears ? | ||||
| Region code hack posted by Hitman05, August 20 2009: I can confirm that this hack does NOT work, at least for current region 1 BDP1600 players. When I press repeat after waiting for "No Disc" to appear, I get the crossed out icon which means that the command is not valid. Typing in the region code does nothing. This is on a brand new BDP1600 with the latest firmware. | ||||
| Region code hack posted by mecamex, August 22 2009: Nope, doesn't work with a brand new BD-P1600 that I got here in Canada (should be region 1). Tried different ways to apply it but does not work. | ||||
| Region code hack posted by doublecheese, August 24 2009: AUGUST 24 , Today I bought the Samgung BD-P1600 Bluray Dvd Player from one of the many Media Markt's in Istanbul . It was a Region 2 , I did exactly as SCOTTIEUK mentioned below and it worked on the second trial . I can confirm Samsung BD-P1600 can be "Region Free" | ||||
| Region code posted by fmcardoso, August 28 2009: I found it`s possible to install a firmware from another country. With this, it's possible to see DVDs ou BDs from another region, AND take advantges from other features published only on another country firmware, for example: in Brazil don't have Netflix and Pandora networks, so Samsung let them see AVI/DiVX files from USB or DVDs. To install a firmware from another country: - download/unzip the firmware - using a Hex Editor edit the RUF file - locate the 3 letters code that identify the country of this firmware, it's like XAA (for US) - change to the your-model's country (see at BD-P1600 system information) - Follow the rest of normal procedure Good movies!! | ||||
| Region code posted by zagazar, September 05 2009: I just bought this player from Dubai and the salesperson told me that they were selling only multi-region players, for both DVD and BD. So far tested the unit only for DVD's and it can play back R1 and R2. Don't know the other regions. I can't wait to test the BD A region. Once I test it I let you know. | ||||
| Region code hack posted by jimmybaby, September 07 2009: The hack with an another Firmware (Brasil) works perfectly, before i have a A/1 region player, buy in canada and the hack with the remote control doesnt work, but now it works and i have a A/9 region free player. But i have a Question for "fmcardoso" when i put a Region 2 PAL Dvd i have a message "problem with tv system" do you known why? thanks | ||||
| Region code posted by anantjoshi, September 07 2009: Hallo jimmybaby, Can you elaborate how did you do this? | ||||
| Region code hack posted by jimmybaby, September 08 2009: sure, i download the latest firmawre on the brasil samsung website : http://www.samsung.com/br/support/download/supportDownMain.do and i do what fmcardoso say... - download/unzip the firmware - using a Hex Editor edit the RUF file - locate the 3 letters code that identify the country of this firmware, (XAA for US)(XAC for Canada)etc... - change to the your-model's country (see at BD-P1600 system information) - Follow the rest of normal procedure after that the remote control hack works perfectly ;) | ||||
| Region code posted by AnantJoshi, September 09 2009: Actually I am trying to do same thing But my player is BDP-1400 US version locked to Region A & 1 for blu ray and DVD respectively. It is only NTSC and does not accept PAL discs even though they are region free. 1.) My current flash of player is XAA being from US - I understood it is OK. 2.) I downloaded update flash version from Brazil which is XAX from Brazil. I have also downloaded the original US version file - XAA version both latest and having file extension RUF. 3.) I used 010 Editor to hex edit this downloaded XAX Brazil RUF update file. 4.) I searched for the letters XAX in the editor and changed all to XAA. 5.) Just outof curiousity I also opened original XAA update RUF for comparison to this XAX RUF file. 6.) Other than XAX or XAA there are so many differences which we will never understand. 7.) XAX RUF file ( Brazil update) after changing to XAA in hex editior as referred above, I saved as XAA RUF file. 8.) Followed normal CD burning procedure and then putting the same to player for upgrade. 9.) The player reads it but after a lot of time says that there is error in update data. Please try again later. 10. ) I tried with the Singapore version which is XSS RUF file changing to XAA and doing the same procedure. But here also it gives the same error while putting this firmware. 11. ) Logically if BD-P1600 can be upgraded why not BD-P1400? 12. ) You can go to the Samsung BD-P1400 DVD hack section where a year also I have mentioned that by this method you can make it region free at least for DVD playback. 13. ) Jimmyboy, your PAL error is due to the NTSC version for both Brazil, Canada & US where the products are sold only for NTSC and no PAL support. I will advise you to follow the same procedure with Singapore RUF file and check if it works for you. I think it should work. After upgraqding the firmware however you should apply Region hack again with respect to Singapore DVD region and it will then be region free for DVD playback and should play PAL and NTSC discs. 14. ) Please guide me here if I am doing something wrong and also post your results with Singapore RUF file patched for your model. All the best | ||||
| Region code hack posted by radrob64, September 10 2009: Worked fine i have Samsung BD-P1590 region 1 i did what you said and wow divx works and unlocked all regions... | ||||
| Region code posted by chuckfredgoose, September 19 2009: Trying to make region free, but does NOT work for FW version 2.02! Why do some report it works and some report it doesn't? Are people lying? Has Samsung done something to prevent the hack from working? | ||||
| Region code hack posted by psturges1971, September 20 2009: A region 1 BD-P1600 bought in the US or Canada CANNOT be hacked using the remote control code, at least not without a firmware update. Here's what I did: I downloaded the USB firmware update from the Singapore Samsung web site (http://www.samsung.com/sg/support/main/supportSupportMain.do) and unzipped the file. I then downloaded a hex editor and used that to open the .RUF file. Within the first few lines of ASCII code are the letters "XSS." These need to be changed to "XAA" in order to trick the region 1 dvd player to load the firmware. I then saved the .RUF file to a USB device and loaded the USB driver into the player using the slot on the front panel. I followed the instructions and it worked perfectly. I THEN employed the remote control code - press open/close, wait for the "NO DISC" message and press REPEAT, 5, 6, 7, 3, 2 in succession. Once the region code is displayed, press "9." That's all there is to it, and I promise it works. I can play both NTSC and PAL DVDs, and my Blu-Ray discs seem to work as well. One thing that annoys me, however, is that I have lost the ability to play Netflix movies and Pandora music. The Netflix intergration was one of the reasons I bought the unit in the first place. Does anybody know how to get Netflix back, or is it completely hopeless unless I reload the U.S. firmware? | ||||
| Region code hack posted by jimmybaby, September 20 2009: thank you guys :-D | ||||
| Region code posted by suh.chou, September 22 2009: Having trouble updating the US firmware (XAA) to modified brazilian firmware (XAX) allowing divx playback on BD P1600. There are 2 ascii values - XAX and xax, which to modify? I modified XAX and followed the directions to update, but it keeps saying -- there is error in update data. Please try again later. Anyone who was successful please upload and post a link to the modified firmware. Thanks and ur effort is appreciated. | ||||
| Region code posted by varkanoid, September 22 2009: I tried with USA XAA and Singapore XSS, changed it in the firmware to XEU for my UK machine via Hex Editor and both times it says update data is corrupted ? Do you need to change the firmware filename ? I tried renaming it to XEU, XSS and XAA get same results. | ||||
| Region code hack posted by alexmiami, September 23 2009: I have a Samsung Bd-p1600 bought at Best buy this week, i updated it to newest version, this hack doesn't work for me at all,i wanted to see Region 2 Movie from France, and it display " the disc cannot be played. please cehck the tv system." any idea how it can be region free, feel free to let me know :-) thanks | ||||
| Region code hack posted by klokke, September 26 2009: Thanks psturges1971 is works 100% , but what about making the blue ray region free , can any body help ? | ||||
| Region code hack posted by extracrispy, October 02 2009: I can confirm that the remote control hack for the BD- P1600/BD-P1590 also works with the new firmware update ver.2.04. This was actually done with a BD-P1590, purchased in Canada. I'm not sure if it's necessary, but I first uploaded the firmware from the Samsung Brazil website (to enable divx compatibility, both versions for BD-P1600 & PBD- 1600A have identical filenames, but I used the latter). And following advice from dasblinkenlight, the firmware update first required me to change the XAX region code to XAC in the .RUF file on the first installation (to trick the player), but I had to change it back to XAX to get past the error message for the second firmware installation (you have to do it twice, per instructions from Samsung). At this stage, DIVX files were readable from the usb port (yay!) but my region 1 DVD's stopped working (oops). To remedy that, I attempted the remote control region code hack, which consisted of turning on the player without a disk, quickly opening and closing the tray with the remote after it boots to the Samsung screen and the instant that 'no disk' is displayed, pressing repeat,7,6,8,8,4 for a little less than 1 second per button (ignore the big red circled line in the corner). The region code '4' was displayed in the corner, pressing '9' made it region-free, and after that I powered off the system. This took about 25 attempts and it seems that timing is the critical factor. The only downside is that my particular unit now buzzes some when I stop a disk or divx file, so you may have to get in the habit of pressing mute after stop. I'm very happy that the player now has reasonable functionality, as the Canadian market has the worst player of anyone because we do not have rights to Netflix/Pandora streaming and are not offered DIVx compatibility. Happy hacking! | ||||
| Region code hack posted by cinemareplicas.com, October 04 2009: It worked fine on mine BD-4600 as well..But as one said earlier, how to get the Bluray regionfree? I dont care about DVDs anymore. | ||||
| Region code hack posted by yugonomura, October 04 2009: Hi, anantjoshi. Did you manage to get throght the message "There is error in update data. Please try again later." when updating the firmware? Anyone could solve this? Thanks | ||||
| Region code hack posted by joshianant, October 04 2009: Hi yugonomura. Sadly NO. I did not have any success with this. I am trying the best I could. So nothing works on this shit. | ||||
| Region code hack posted by klokke, October 05 2009: For anantjoshi : Download the upgrade from Samsung Brazil , Hex edit the ruf file and change XAX to you current machine system info (see at BD-P1600 system information) In your system it will give your current firmware info + the XXX extenstion . | ||||
| Region code hack posted by karmaart, October 05 2009: Ok, so I went out and bought a BDP1600 from Best Buy today in the US, then I downloaded the Brazil firmware. That seemed to go just fine. However, when I went to apply the remote hack, it simply will not work. Now when I try to upgrade with the Singapore or Brazil (again), it gives me that message everyone else seems to get... "There is error in update data. Please try again later." I have to say that one thing I found strange was in the directions for upgrading the firmware, when you get to number 7, Samsung says... "7. If this is the first time this player is upgrade by CD or USB flash drive, proceed to Step 8. Otherwise, upgrade is COMPLETE. THE STEP BELOW IS NECESSARY ONLY FOR THE FIRST FIRMWARE UPGRADE. 8. Turn on the Power. 9. Select Menu LANGUAGE. 10. Repeat from Step 1 to Step 6. The Current Version and New Version Please in Step 4 may be identical. Please select Yes to complete Firmware upgrade." I'm not sure what number 9 is referring to. Does anyone else? I do not have a button on the remote for menu LANGUAGE, and when i hit the menu button, language is not an option. Language is an option down deep in the menus, but surely they don't mean that. I did go there and look over the languages, but nothing seemed amiss. I actually couldn't complete these instructions, because when I went back and tried to repeat steps 1-6, I get the above error message. Does anyone who's been successful know what "menu LANGUAGE" means? Maybe this is what is holding us who are getting the error message back. | ||||
| Region code posted by doublecheese, October 05 2009: AND IF YOU MESS UP SOMETHING HERE IS HOW TO RESET TO FACTORY SETTINGS Just unplug the BP-D1600 and then plug it on with NO CD in. Then open the front panle and with your hand press the FF (>>) button for about 5-6 secs until you see a LANGUAGE Screen , just choose your language and the BP-D1600 is factory reset. I was REGION FREE than after this I was REGION 2 again . | ||||
| Region code posted by doublecheese, October 06 2009: If you get this UPDATE ERROR PLEASE TRY AGAIN LATER message You should do the following : Goto your BD-P1600 system screen and find out the system info . There you will see some info . Look at the 3 last letters on the firmware on your samsung . It could be : XAX, XAA, XEF, MEA, etc , note this 3 letters. These 3 letters shows you what firmware you have already installed on your device. This also shows your country code as it was mentioned above by others. So if you bought a BluRay player from USA , don't try to upload the UK web site firmware because it wont work and you will get this error message. It took me to 3-4 hours trying to figure out why it won't load. I bought my BluRay from Istanbul and I was trying to load firmware from USA and UK web sites which gave me this error, then I looked at my software and my 3 digit letters were MEA, so I searched around the web until I get the firmware in MEA format extension is RUF but the file name is MEA, then it worked like a charm | ||||
| Region code hack posted by klokke, October 06 2009: BluRay Region free ?????????????????????????????????? | ||||
| Region code hack posted by DasBrose, October 11 2009: It's worth noting here an issue to beware of when flashing with firmwares from another country - if your tv does not support PAL (if you bought it in the US it probably does not), DO NOT flash your player with a firmware from a PAL country (such as Singapore) - it will switch the output to PAL and you won't be able to see it, even the menu. I was able to get around this by putting in a bluray disk, which switched the output to 'film' mode (24hz), which modern TVs can display, and then ejecting the disk. The menu for the BD-P1600 remained in film mode, and thus viewable, and from there you can flash it back to an NTSC firmware. | ||||
| Region code hack posted by scortezia, November 07 2009: Hi! I can confirm that the remote control coding (REPEAT 57538)works (after many trials (for me, more than 20). It shows the code on the left corner. For me, the first time it already shows number 9, besides I´ve bought a BD-P1600 in Dubai (region B). I tried putting other codes, like 1 for region A, but, unfortunatly, it seems it didn´t work. I tried to play a Region A Blu-ray movie and it didn´t work. Otherwise, it seems working for DVD disc. I tried a region 4 DVD and it plays normally. So, I would like to know if someone else could unlock the player for Region A blue-ray disc, or free region. | ||||
| Region code hack posted by scortezia, November 08 2009: Hi. I want to share with you that I could change the region code for Blu-ray disc. I have a BD-P1600 bought in Dubai (region B). As I live in Brazil, I couldn´t play region A Blu-ray discs, that I find here. So, I used the sugested remote control hack and it worked for DVD, but not for Blu-ray. So, I changed the firmware, downloading the brazilian version. I had to use the hex editor and changed the XAX code for MEA code (just the first XAX I found in RUF file) and it seems working. I´m now playing a region A BR disc and it seems OK. Ah, and with a kind of bonus, the brazilian firmware adds for me an option to directly play youtube videos, that I hadn´t in my original firmware version. Thank you guys for the tips. You helped me a lot. | ||||
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