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DVP 3007 Region Unlocking Procedure

Imagine this, you have just bought a DVD Player (mine happens to be a Philips DVP 3007/69) and are excited about it. No more changing discs. No more “Please insert Disc 2″ screens!!! I did the same and was happily watching movies away to glory, all this only till the last weekend.

I rented a couple of DVDs of some old classic movies that I have wanted to watch for quite sometime now. In a mood to relax on a saturday afternoon watching “Sea Wolves”, I power on my DVD Player and chuck the disc in and wait for it to load. After sometime it shows me a “Wrong Region Error” on the screen!!! I am baffled, as the sales rep at Viveks had told me that this player can play all region DVDs without any problem. I still wanted to watch a movie and not wanting to be dissapointed, I tried the other two movies which I had rented. Both of them show the same error. Dissapointed, I called the DVD rental shop and told him that the DVDs were being sent back and to send some other movies and make sure that those played in my DVD player. It was then that he asked me to contact Philips support guys and ask for the Region unlock code and enter that on my DVD player’s system console and these DVDs would play without any problem.

There was a ray of hope, I could finally watch the movies after all!!! Not wasting a single moment, I got hold of the Philips support center phone number and called them up. To my dissappointment, they told me that its a very complex procedure and if anything is done wrong, my DVD player could end up useless and even the warranty would not cover it. So I asked about their location so that I could take down my player to their shop and get it unlocked. I was in for a surprise again this time, the only Philips support center is in Malleswaram (almost 45 minutes ride on my RX135 from my house). That is not all, they told me that they do not provide doorstep support for my DVD player model!!! Just the thought of going all that way and coming back in the hot sun put my grey cells into action. I knew for sure that I’m not the first guy to face this problem and somebody would have been kind enough to log his exprience and unlock code on the Internet. Well, I found some threads discussing the same issue, but not the same DVD player model!!! Just to be sure, I tried out the codes given for other Philips DVD player models on mine but none worked.

I was almost losing hope and thought that the only option would be to go spend 2-3 hours traveling to the Philips support center and getting my player unlocked. Just as I was about to log off and get ready to go, my eye caught a glimpse of a Region unlock hack for a Philips DVP 3005 model. After so many trials and dissappointments, I was not ready to try this out as I was almost sure of it to fail!!! Nonetheless, just to avoid the journey that lay ahead of me, I tried it and WHOA!!!! IT WORKED!!!!

It took me at most 20 minutes to unlock my player, this is from the time I found that it was region locked till I unlocked it. Here comes the most frustrating part – Philips wanted me to come down to their shop, just to tap 10 (TEN) keys on my remote to unlock the player. It would just take seconds to accomplish the task, for which I was asked to travel to the other end of the town. Is that what we call customer service!!!

Atlast, I finally got to watch “Sea Wolves” and what a wonderful movie it was. Gregory Peck and Roger Moore were amazing in that movie. Will write about the movie some other time.

For those who have faced a similar problem, here is the hack to make your DVP 3007 to read all region DVDs.

1. Power on the DVP 3007.
2. Bring up the System Menu.
3. Navigate to the Preferences page.
4. Press the following combination of keys on your remote in this order to bring up the secret menu showing the Region Code.
135566.
5. Use the arrow keys on the remote control to change the Region. To make it region free, set the Region code to “0″ (zero).
6. Exit the System Menu.

Source of this hack: http://www.videohelp.com



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66 Responses to “DVP 3007 Region Unlocking Procedure”

  • 1
    Rohith V
    October 19th, 2005 13:58

    Hey I guess you can put this in http://www.hackaday.com/ ..super cool man…

  • 2
    DeeJay
    October 20th, 2005 12:22

    Hey Rohith, thanks for that tip. I posted it on http://www.hackaday.com and it has been posted there today.

  • 3
    Parag
    October 22nd, 2005 23:26

    I just bought a philips 3007 and this little tip helped a great deal! Thanks.

  • 4
    Avinash
    October 25th, 2005 05:27

    Hey, just wanted to know (1) which Viveks did you purchase the DVP 3007/69 from (I assume it is some Vivek’s in Bangalore only) and (2) What is the price? (3) I believe it has a 12-bit 108 Mhz video DAC, 24-bit 192 kHx audio DAC and also has 5-channel output. Can you please confirm this?

    Thanks,
    Avinash

  • 5
    DeeJay
    October 25th, 2005 16:15

    Anivash,

    I bought mine in Vivek’s on Indiranagar (Bangalore) and that time it was for 3900/-. But I believe now there is some Diwali offer going on where the price is 2990/-. Check out the local retail store.

    About the 3rd question, I’ll check and get back to you by today evening.

    Regards,
    DeeJay

  • 6
    DeeJay
    October 25th, 2005 16:16

    Glad I could help you Parag!!!

  • 7
    Avinash
    October 27th, 2005 06:26

    Thanks a lot DeeJay. That was indeed helpful. I’ll stand by for your response on my 3rd question. Thanks again.

    Avinash

  • 8
    Samir
    October 30th, 2005 22:00

    I Just Bought A Phillips Dvp 3005 and tried to unlock it but the player wont goto the prefrences tab…:(

  • 9
    Raamji
    November 6th, 2005 13:10

    Thanks a ton DeeJay. U know what? I purchased a Philips DVD model DVP 3007/69 couple of days back and was shocked to note that I couldn’t play one of my favorite movies, “Speed 1″ & “Finding NEMO” which I bought in US recently.

    But then your solution which I am going to try out soon should make my life happier. Advance thanks once again DeeJay.

  • 10
    Ashok
    November 12th, 2005 17:26

    Thanks a lot. Will try on the DVP 2007. I’m in Bangalore also.

    Way to go!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cheers !!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 11
    Ashok
    November 12th, 2005 17:29

    OOps. I meant DVP 3007.

    By the way this the first link in the google search engine

  • 12
    Girish
    November 12th, 2005 21:40

    Samir… I have the same problem with Preferences menu locked. Anyone has any idea how to enable it?

    Raamji…What a coincidence… I am also trying “Finding Nemo” bought in US. If you are successful, please let me know

  • 13
    Girish
    November 12th, 2005 23:03

    Never mind my previous question. I just had to to pop-out the DVD to enable the preferences menu.
    I am enjoying the movie now. Thanks for your help everyone.

  • 14
    DeeJay
    November 14th, 2005 10:26

    Hey Ashok, thanks for the Google info. I didn’t expect it to jump up to the first link so fast!!! I didn’t expect it in the first place at all!!!!

  • 15
    shiva prasad
    November 14th, 2005 16:57

    Thanks a lot. I came across this region error for the first time just now (new set). I was worried that there was something wrong with my DVD player. I was able to unlock the region within a matter of seconds thanks to your posting. Good work.

  • 16
    uffe larsson
    November 23rd, 2005 16:14

    Marvelous. Thanks a lot. It worked just as easy as described. Why do they do this nonsens in the first place. Did unlocking of the Philips DVP 3005 I bought yesterday. Anyone also able to describe the same for Philips 630 and 670 or the brand name Eltax?

    Best regards
    Ulf, Sweden

  • 17
    Carla
    November 29th, 2005 06:52

    Thanks Dee Jay. I live in Brazil and I have many DVDs from USA. I just bought a Philips 3005 and I’l try .

  • 18
    Ricardo
    December 4th, 2005 04:37

    Many thanks for that useful tip – my Philips DVP 3005 now plays my US DVDs in the UK. Much appreciated.

  • 19
    Gabriel
    December 8th, 2005 23:04

    Thank you so much! My Philips 3005 it´s unlocked, plays all DVD regions – Brazil > Da-lhe Grêmio – World Championship

  • 20
    Aparna
    December 11th, 2005 14:29

    DeeJay, You are a genius…this worked so well for us. Thanks a lot for posting it !!

  • 21
    Ren
    December 14th, 2005 03:31

    Hey Thanks a lot Deejay, You are amazing and if it was me I would have just kept quite even if I knew. Its was a great help, I am in Chennai and I know how tough is to get somebody to help you.Just for the new comers, If you cannot get to the preferences page just take out your DVD and then try … Happy viewing

  • 22
    abhi
    January 4th, 2006 19:11

    can any body tell how to fastforward vcd/dvd using the remote for dvp3007 dvd.

  • 23
    DeeJay
    January 4th, 2006 21:39

    Abhi,

    You can use the left & right arrow buttons on the side of the OK button on the remote.

    DeeJay

  • 24
    Mark
    January 6th, 2006 03:33

    Thanks a mil!

    My Philips DVP 3005 has just been unlocked.

    Mark
    Dublin, Ireland.

  • 25
    vivek
    January 7th, 2006 15:33

    Hey deejay

    Thanks a ton!!!
    Great ,, It worked for my Philips DVP 3005.

    Good going …

    vivek
    -Hassan
    -Karnataka (India)

  • 26
    Happy Multi Region Watcher
    January 9th, 2006 04:06

    Awesome, I looked everywhere for this hack and it worked first time from this site. Thanks a lot. *

  • 27
    Venkat
    January 21st, 2006 22:49

    Hey. Thanks a lot for the information…. I was sooo upset first..now i am able to watch all the movies… :)

  • 28
    Neil
    January 23rd, 2006 09:23

    thanks a ton man! u were a party saver! a group of guys had got together at my place for a marathon movie session only to discover that none of the movies were running on my player..as a desperate last effort turned towards google for help which came out with this page!!! thanks a lot..

  • 29
    Neil
    January 23rd, 2006 11:44

    this one’s dedicated to you..thanks again..

    http://absolutelynothingisavailable.blogspot.com/2006/01/amazing-internet-i-think-internet.html

  • 30
    Rajeev
    January 25th, 2006 15:39

    tHANKS A Lot Ur information was of great help and it solved my Philips issue..
    Thanks once again..

  • 31
    Rahul
    January 27th, 2006 14:28

    Dee Jay,
    I agree with all the people here. I had just convinced my in-laws to buy a DVD player, so that they could watch my star-trek collection. Imagine my horror when I see “wrong region”. Google search got me to this page, and things are back to normal again. Thanks a mill…

  • 32
    Atul
    January 27th, 2006 21:24

    hey guys,

    i’ll also unlock my dvp 3007 as soon as i reach home today, thanks for the procedure.

    can someone pls tell me some good dvd rental shops in bangalore, preferably around Koramangala area ?

    The Cinema Paradiso shop near Sony world in 6th blk is a good shop but they need you to pay 3000 bucks as membership fee,
    any other option ?

    thx

  • 33
    Shankar
    February 1st, 2006 18:07

    Hi there!
    I’ll try this with the DVP 3007 today and let you know tomorrow. I just have one question, from one of the reply, I could read that it worked for DVP 3005 too! Does this mean that all philips DVD players are likely to respond to this hack?

    By the way thanx DeeJay.

    Regards,
    Shankar.

  • 34
    Veni
    February 2nd, 2006 10:04

    Hi deejay,

    Thanks for the tip man …. I was upset when i found my player doesnt play region1 DVD’s … Now it fine and yesterday i watched my favourite movies …

  • 35
    DeeJay
    February 3rd, 2006 11:21

    Shankar,

    This hack has been known to work only on DVP 3005/3007 players. If you come across any more players that support this hack, pls do leave a comment here.

    Every DVD player will have its own hack per say. You can visit http://www.videohelp.com to have a look at other hacks for other players.

  • 36
    Vic
    February 4th, 2006 23:24

    Had the same problem about the preferences page being locked on my new DVP3007 . Popped out the DVD and tried again. And it worked fine!
    Tc people

  • 37
    Shekhar
    February 9th, 2006 17:14

    Hi, many thanks for that tip. It works like a dream.

  • 38
    Sundeep
    February 10th, 2006 11:24

    Hi everybody, I am going to purchase a new DVD Player. I just wanted to know about the philips 3007/69. I am in bangalore. This is my first dvd player so want to chose one wisely. could you guys help me out here.

    Thanking you in advance
    Sundeep

  • 39
    Sudhanshu
    February 10th, 2006 17:14

    Dear DJ, what others are saying is right. You were the first link when I googled for the hack. Thanks for the same. I did it for my uncle and aunt who live in a small town called Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh. Though I have made it region free, didnt get time to try it out as I was rushing back to Mumbai.What really is surprising is that the hack and the model is not listed in the videohelp website – which otherwise is a very comprehensive site. Anyways, thanks.

  • 40
    DeeJay
    February 11th, 2006 21:05

    Sundeep,

    This DVP 3007 doesn’t play DivX/Xvid coded files… you might want to have that feature!!!

  • 41
    Hawkeye
    February 11th, 2006 22:45

    DJ, you are a life saver! Came back from Crossword with a DVD which says “wrong region”. After blowing my top I was left wondering whether the shop would take the DVD back if I screamed at them long enough. Anyway, googled for the model number, and got straight to your blog. THANKS!

  • 42
    Dwayne
    February 22nd, 2006 16:48

    Alloha, children the world over will sings songs about you for centuries to come. Thanks a ton… Cheers!

  • 43
    Debarati
    April 18th, 2006 23:14

    hey thanks a ton…now i can see my german dvd

  • 44
    Laxman
    April 25th, 2006 10:34

    DJ,
    thanx a ton for the info, u made my day.
    DVP 3007 doesn’t play DivX/Xvid coded files… anyway by which these features can be obtained!!!

    e-gards,
    LAx

  • 45
    king khan
    April 25th, 2006 15:26

    hey dude, i own a philps dvd player (dvp3007). im planning to order some dvds from the us,and obvsly they r not gonna work bcoz of the region code.1) do u think region 1 dvds r gonna work on my player
    2)if so how to unlock,is it safe to do so.
    do email me dude.im from chennai

  • 46
    rohan sylvester
    May 1st, 2006 14:02

    dude
    you are the MAN
    at my friends placetrying to figure out how to fix this trying to watch movies at her place for like ages can finally watch the movies

    thanks a lot
    rohan
    Chennai, India

  • 47
    elle
    May 27th, 2006 17:09

    Thanks, thanks, thanks…works abso grt!!! its super!

  • 48
    elle
    May 27th, 2006 17:09

    Thanks for postg this deejay!

  • 49
    Venkata
    June 3rd, 2006 22:44

    Thanks Dude, I was able to unlock the DVD player to play all the fav movies which my son wants.

  • 50
    swapna
    July 15th, 2006 17:51

    Boy, was i happy to find this help! thanks for that! :O)

  • 51
    P Muthu Kumar
    July 16th, 2006 22:09

    Hi Deejay,
    Im from Bangalore and I bought a DVD 3007 and I had the REGION ERR issue. My dad got a membership from the British Library and all the DVD’s borrowed from there had REGION ERR and we were so upset. We saw the Philips manual to see how to change the Region code and there was no help but it said to visit http://www.philips.com/support, even there no help. Finally we tried in google to see what that error was all about and luckily we saw your website and tried your simple steps to unlock the region code and was able to play the British library DVD’s which was of other region. The british library has a good collection of novel based and classic DVD’s. Thanks a million for your help.

  • 52
    Karthik Ashok
    August 28th, 2006 22:40

    Hey buddy ur super cool for sharing this Thanks a bunch

  • 53
    Aaptha
    September 4th, 2006 14:02

    It worked for me in a blink! Thanks a lot!

  • 54
    ben
    September 13th, 2006 19:13

    cheers mate! Ordered copy of La Haine from France but wrong region. now all is good

    Ben Sydney Australia

  • 55
    Shrirang Mane
    September 17th, 2006 16:41

    dude u have become quite famous here. your link is at the top of google search. you deserve it. u have helped many a people to unlock their dvdplayers and enjoy them to their fullest. you are a lifesaver man. kudos to you.

  • 56
    rohit
    October 9th, 2006 12:35

    Thanks a ton Mate..

    You are a life saver.

  • 57
    Ashok
    October 22nd, 2006 12:55

    Good hack.

    I had a query. Is there a limit to the no of times you can change the region code on the player (DVP 3007)

    Thanks

  • 58
    Sivaraj
    November 1st, 2006 12:03

    I was very upset for the past few days for not able to play and watch my brand new “solaris” movie dvd which i was bought it from sify online shopping mall 15 days back.

    initially i was trying to search the hack code without specifying the dvd model no (dvp3007). in that i found some hack codes but it was not working. even yesterday night i tried.

    today i specified the dvd model no and found your blog. and become happy by seeing the other guys replies ie., its working.

    tonight i will try to unlock it.

    and 1more doubt, will the system menu appear when the tray is open

    please clarify.

  • 59
    Sivaraj
    November 2nd, 2006 11:17

    thanks, thanks it was working fine. its amazing. i unlocked the region error successfully for my player and set my player as region.

  • 60
    govindareddy bn
    November 9th, 2006 18:49

    i have philips 3.1 channel dvp 3002 or5 model DVD player,
    after i moved from bangalore to my native DVD player is not working. it is continiously shown “HELLO” on display not going to “LOAD” mode in bangalore it is working fine two days back.
    i kept not on two days in my native village. what is the solution for this?is any CD jam in that? can anybody give suggastion.?

  • 61
    Vignesh
    May 5th, 2007 18:15

    Thanks for the info buddy

  • 62
    dude
    June 4th, 2007 19:03

    AWESOME MAN..!! Thanks so much for your effort in putting this up, I dedicate my next beer to you..!! cheers

  • 63
    ashish
    January 26th, 2009 10:59

    heythanks lot am a movie buff like u…….

    great dude ……..

  • 64
    Harish
    February 1st, 2009 13:46

    Hi,

    Does this player plays all format video files. Recently i burned a movie using nero software in dvd (.avi file) and tried to play it but player showed error – unreadable or unknown disc. Please help me in this. Does this player plays all kind of video formats and if not then is any way where in i can make my player to play all format of videos

    THank you

  • 65
    Srinivas
    April 15th, 2009 19:03

    Thanks a lot and lot. It worked for my Philips DVD player model dvp3007/IK. As mentioned in 13th comment ensure to remove the DVD and keep the tray open to get preferences menu. Really great invention

  • 66
    ishita
    June 19th, 2009 11:41

    hey, i cannot go to the preference page,what should i do to reach that setting?



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