27 July 2007 @ 8:56Region-free DVD player

Here is how to make your Coby DVD-224 a Region Free DVD Player:

1. Power Up the unit with NO Disc in the tray.
2. Press the SETUP button on your remote control
3. Press the VOL + button on your remote control
4. Press the VOL – button on your remote control
5. Press the VOL + button on your remote control
6. Press the VOL – button on your remote control
7. The current region number will appear in the upper right hand corner of the television screen.
8. Press the LEFT or RIGHT Arrow buttons until the number 255 appears.
9. Press the SETUP button on your remote control
10. Close the tray
11. NOTE – The 255 in the above sequence represents the Region Code 0 – Region Free. If you want to set to a specific region, just replace the 255 with the region number that you want.

This may work on other Coby models as well.

Update: found a couple more methods for changing region coding on Cobys.

Another method:
1. Open the DVD tray
2. Press STOP button on the remote control
3. Press 70
4. Press MENU
5. Use the numeric keypad to select your region code number (0 – 6).

Yet another method:
1. Open the DVD tray
2. Press STOP button of remote control
3. Press the digit number buttons “2008” of remote control.
4. Press MENU
Region code will appear, select your region code number.

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