Insignia Blu-Ray Players CAN Be Made Region-Free!

[AndyDursin]

Definitely try this out if you don't want to spend $500 for an Oppo...is said to work for both BD and DVD!

Make sure you DON'T have a disc in the tray and it's open (apparently)...

1. Turn on the player.

2. Press the home/setup button and release. Enter 9-1-1-3 on the number
pad.

3. "Configure player" appears in the wheel menu to the left of the screen.
Using the up or down arrow button on your remote, navigate to it and press
enter.

4. Three menus appear on a blue background in the centre of the screen:
DVD Region, BD Region, and BD Profile. Select the one you want and press
enter.

5. A grey menu appears in the centre showing the various regions. Navigate
to the one you want and press enter.

6. Exit the grey menu by pressing the left arrow key, then press it again to
exit the blue menu. The screen will appear as it did in step 3 before you
pressed enter.

7. Open the drawer and put in your foreign disc. Wait a little bit. When it's
ready, the disc's main menu appears. Play the disc like you would any disc.

8. Consider yourself fortunate: You're now able to play foreign DVDs
AND foreign Blu-rays on your basic North American player.

Note: You have to do this every time you want to play a foreign DVD, because
when it's shut off the player automatically defaults to Region 1 for DVDs and
Region A for Blu-rays (i.e. North America for DVD and the Americas for Blu-
ray). The "configure player" menu disappears sometimes, too; to see it again,
simply perform the "home/setup, 9-1-1-3" hack again.

[AndyDursin]

Note that newer versions of the firmware won't allow the region changes...so be on the lookout there.

[Paul MacLean]

Thanks for the tip!

I'll have to check mine. I actually have TWO of these players!

[AndyDursin]

There's apparently another set of codes, but I am fairly certain that applies to all the newer Netflix-capable Insignia players from what I read.