REGION FREE DVD
REGION FREE METHODS FOR : Alba

 

MODEL(S) : METHOD : CONFIRMED?
DVD103 1.  You can gain entry to the preferences menu BEFORE you insert a disc.
2.  Turn the system on, to get the ALBA logo.
3.  Do not insert a disc, but instead press SYSTEM on the remote control.
4.  When you are in the menu, you can choose the region.

Another method:

1. Power on player.
2. Press Pause on the Remote.
3. Enter code 3, 1, 4, 1, 5 and 9.
4. The player display should read "COdE - -".
5. Enter the desired Region (0 = all, 1 = Region 1, 2 = Region 2 etc.).
6. Press Pause again.
7. Power off player.
8. Wait 10 seconds and then power on again.

   

 

MODEL(S) : METHOD : CONFIRMED?
DVD104
DVD114		 This player is region-free out of the box.   See below for more detail if it is not.

1. Press Open/Close to open the players tray.
2. From the Remote key in 3, 3, 0, 8 and 8.
3. Now press 1 for Region 1, 2 for Region 2 and so on. To select Multi-Region press 0.
4. Press Open/Close.

 Yes

 

MODEL(S) : METHOD : CONFIRMED?
DVD106 1. Power on player.
2. Using the remote control, key in the following: Pause, 3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9.
3. The player display should read "COdE - -".
4. Enter desired region, or 0 for region free.
5. Press Pause on the remote control and then power off player.
6. Wait 10 seconds and then power on again.

Some players may not respond to this method

 Yes

 

MODEL(S) : METHOD : CONFIRMED?
DVD108 1. This player should be region free straight from the box.
2. If you are still unable to play no home region discs then try the following:
3. Press PAL/NTSC.
4. Press Menu.
5. Press 0.

VCD Hack:

1. Open the tray.
2. Press 2, 8, 1, 2 and Enter (a secret menu appears).
3. Push in the tray with VCD on board.
4. Wait a second and the stop icon appears on top left of screen.
5. Press 1 and VCD will play.
6. Beware: UK retailer Argos are selling the Alba 108xi which looks similar, but alas, is not multi-region out of the box.  See below for the method to beat that one.

There is now a DVD108/D model, which can be hacked using the VCD hack above, then use Enter to toggle between options.

Alba DVD 108/B and Alba DVD 108/D cannot be region hacked though....

 Yes for both methods, BUT SEE NOTE AT END.

 

MODEL(S) : METHOD : CONFIRMED?
DVD108XI Region select

1. Power on the DVD and open the draw, press SETUP on the remote.
2. Now scroll along using the right area key until you highlight CUSTOM SETUP.
3. DO NOT press enter!
4. Instead key in 3333, you are now taken to secret menu 1.
5. highlight the region codes and select 0 for all regions.
6. It took a bit of fiddling about to actually change the region, you have to highlight the region menu so it goes yellow, and then faff about with the arrow keys.

VCD Playing

1. Insert the disc and close the draw, wait for it to load and the LCD to display STOP.
2. Now, press PROGRAM, 1, ENTER and the press PLAY.
3. VCD will now load and play, tried and tested a number of times, perfect each time...
4. Few bugs, Multi-program VCDs may not always work without a menu. After the first episode ended the second did not follow, however, easy to get round, say you want to play episode 3 on the disc, you would key in the same commands, but replace the number 1, with the corresponding episode number, eg want to play episode 3, key PROGRAM, 3, ENTER , PLAY.

You might get round that if you burn a VCD menu...

   

 

MODEL(S) : METHOD : CONFIRMED?
DVD109 1. Insert the region 1 disc and press play ('Wrong region' will display on screen).
2. Press the 'display' button on remote.
3. Goto the TC entry and enter 05.
4. Press Play.
5. The disc should start playing!!!
6. The hack is not permanent, so has to be performed every time a region 1 disc is used.		 May not work and even if it does, it stops working after 10 minutes...

 

MODEL(S) : METHOD : CONFIRMED?
DVD113 1. This player is region-free out of the box.
2. You may need to change the settings to force PAL output if your TV is not PAL & NTSC compatible.
3. Without a disc in the tray, press Display, select display and set video standard to PAL.		 Yes for step 1

 

MODEL(S) : METHOD : CONFIRMED?
DVD114 1. Press the Open/Close button on your remote control.
2. Using your remote control, press the buttons 3, 3, 0, 8 and 8, in order one at a time.
3. Press the 1 button on your remote control for region 1, 2 for region 2, and so on, or 0 for multi-region playback.
4. Press the Open/Close button on your remote control.		   

 

MODEL(S) : METHOD : CONFIRMED?
DVD119, 519 1. Remove any Disc.
2. Close Drawer.
3. Press Setup on Remote .
4. Press Next, Prev, Next, Prev.
5. Ver should appear at the top right.
6. Change to 255 using left and right keys to enable multi-region
7. Turn machine off and on.

There may be the opportunity to change the VER numbers from 3001, 4001 and 5001 to 3000, 4000 and 5000, the combinations of which can alter VCD enable/disable, macrovision off/on, user prohibitions off/on. Let me know if these can be changed.

   

 

MODEL(S) : METHOD : CONFIRMED?
DVD45 This player is multi-regional out of the box.  If for some reason it isn't, try this:

1. Turn on your DVD.
2. Open disc tray.
3. Using the remote control, key in the following: 2, 8, 1, 2.
4. You should get a menu, press ENTER until 9 appears for multi-region.

It may be that some DVD45 models need another method to hack them so for step 3, use the following:

3. Using the remote control, key in the following: 3, 3, 0, 8, 8, 1 (For Region 1).   Even though this is for region 1, it will still be multi-regional after the hack, so you can play RCE discs as well as other regions eaily now!

 Yes

 

MODEL(S) : METHOD : CONFIRMED?
DVD114 This German site has a firmware update for the STi5508/5519-based DVD players, which include the Alba 114 and Bush 2024 models:

http://www.powerglitch.com/update.html

To flash the update, you need to download the ZIP file (vestel308b10_cf.exe), extract all of the files and folders from it, and burn them to CD-R. Put the CD-R into the player, and the update will load.

This firmware version has Macrovision disabled by default, as well as having some other interesting features (e.g. Component output). It's been tested on a 114 and it works perfectly apparently.

It will also feature on the next version of the CD - but you can obtain from me if you can't find it at the above site.