Region problem with LG DVD RH265

The music association does not want users to play DVDs from other countries. Your DVD player will switch countries about three times then lock up. Contact the OEM, they have to do that by law in the US.

Here are some hacks to resolve the problem.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJKv2NQju7k

Make Your DVD or Blu ray Player Region Free
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Make Your DVD Player Region Free in Seconds
Make Your DVD Player Region Free in Seconds

enter "setup" from the remote
Scroll down to the lock symbol
Press the "0" button 7 times
You'll get a confirmation message and then your DVD player is region free :-)

You will need to contact LG online and go to customer support, if they can't help, ask for technical support.

Region 1 DVD's will NOT play on region 2 dvd players.
You need either a region 2 disk or a region 1 DVD Player.

The geographical regions are as follows:
REGION 1 -- USA, Canada
REGION 2 -- Japan, Europe, South Africa, Middle East, Greenland
REGION 3 -- S.Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Parts of South East Asia
REGION 4 -- Australia, New Zealand, Latin America (including Mexico)
REGION 5 -- Eastern Europe, Russia, India, Africa
REGION 6 -- China
REGION 7 -- Reserved for Unspecified Special Use
REGION 8 -- Reserved for Cruise Ships, Airlines, etc...
REGION 0 or REGION ALL -- Discs are uncoded and can be played Worldwide, however, PAL discs must be played in a PAL-compatible unit and NTSC discs must be played in an NTSC-compatible unit.

The end result is that DVDs encoded for regions other than Region 1 cannot be played on a region 1 DVD player, also, players marketed for other regions cannot play region 1-stamped DVDs.

Hope this information is useful to you.

Where did u bought this DVD player?US,Canada,and Mexico?The DVD disc. used NTSC region format.Asia,Europe,Africa,and the Middle East.The DVD disc. used PAL region format.They can't be mix or it will not play as u find out.If u move in and out to another region of the world.U must have a regions free DVD player to play either NTSC or PAL regions.

power on the tv and dvd without any dvd in tray
open disc tray
press pause then 0000000 on remote
region menu shows on tv screen
select ur region
press pause on remote
then power off

1 Use the remote
2 Press HOME
3 Move to SETUP
2 Scroll down to LOCK (no need to enter LOCK options)
3 Press '0' seven times
A message that confirms that the player is region free will appear on the screen!

DVD movies have region codes, and they typically only play on a player or DVD-ROM drive sold in the country where the DVD movie was sold.

The actual region code is in one byte on the DVD (digital versatile disc). The DVD player or drive has a region code in its firmware. Personal computer DVD-ROM players often have the code in the software or MPEG-2 decoder. The two codes must match for the player or drive to play the movie. The code is also printed on the back of a DVD package, superimposed on a small image of the globe.

DVD regional locking is used to control which DVD movies play in which countries or groups of countries. Movies are often released on different dates around the world. Region 1 has its own player that will only play Region 1 discs. Likewise, Region 2 players can only play Region 2 discs and not play any of Region 1's discs. The six codes are:

1. United States and Canada
2. Europe and Japan
3. Southeast Asia
4. Latin America and Australia
5. Russia, rest of Asia and Africa
6. China

please check the DVD region code again and what PLAYER u are using to play on PC / LAPTOP??

where did you buy the DVD player??

Thank you .. thank you..
I bought 4 dvd's from the states that wouldn't play in Australia changed the region and it is now playing
thank you so very much