Hey, a long while ago I bought a Sony DVD player , DVP50S or so, that of course came region coded. Dont want to rant on about how pished off I am with the fact that you're actually ending up at the short end of the stick if you support the industry by buying originals but does anybody know how to unlock a player like that ?
I've been googleing over the past couple of months, and while I found codes for other players that worked, just can't find any for my Sony one...

Anyone got an idea how to solve this issue ?

^Fiddler try this see if it works

I have a Sony DVP-NS51P and I used this hack, it works!!!

It was meant for the following models but the first method worked for me.

DVP-NS300, DVP-NS305, DVP-NS400D, DVP-NS700, DVP-S330, DVP-S335, DVP-S360, DVP-S336, DVP-S525D, DVP-S530D, DVP-S535D, DVP-S536D, DVP-S725D, DVP-S735D,
Multi-Region:
• Turn On the unit with the remote controller
• Wait until "no disc" appears in the unit's display
• Press Pause, 3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9
• The word "CODE" should appear in the display
• Within five seconds, press the key that corresponds to the zone you want i.e. 0 for region free, 1 for region 1, 2 for region 2 and so on
• Again, within 5 seconds, press Pause and Power

If the above fails to work then you may wish to try the following:
• Put the player into Standby mode
• Press 1 and Return on remote for region 1, or 2 and Return for region 2, and so on. Use 0 and Return to return player to default region settings
• Press P-Mode and Return to play DVD's with the selected region, auto-switching is Off
• Press Audio and Return for auto-switching On
• Press Angle and Return for MacroVision On
• Press Subtitle and Return for MacroVision Off

taken from this site
http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks/sony-dvp-ns51p/7420

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks/sony-dvp-ns50p/5927

Or you could try this

Region code hack posted by Eye of the tiger, January 01 2007:
Sony DVP-NS50P

It works for NS50P, NS575 and the most models of the families NS50 e NS500.

With the DVD player turned off(stand by), press:
TOP MENU
CLEAR
POWER

Choose option 2 and after option 4. Type:
12450 [press enter]
00000

The tray will open and close repetedly. Unplug the power cable and afterwards turn it on again.
Done! Your DVD is now multi-zone.

Good luck

Fiddler

further reading shows that this model is supposedly hack free ( no codes), unless you have a multi region sticker, and then only sony can unlock it.

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks/sony-dvp-ns501p/5170

But you can only try it and see!

But you may be trying in vain
http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/2/158026.html

Just buy a cheap one from china

YorkshireKing wrote:Fiddler

further reading shows that this model is supposedly hack free ( no codes), unless you have a multi region sticker, and then only sony can unlock it.

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks/sony-dvp-ns501p/5170

But you can only try it and see!

But you may be trying in vain
http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/2/158026.html

Just buy a cheap one from china

i have a sony dvd player but can't remember the model as it's in the wifes parents in the north of china. i spent ages trying to find the unlock codes and it was only by accident, ie trying different dvd's, that i found it was not actually locked in the first place.

^ yes some sony dvd players are region free, some have codes but more and more dvd players from major brands are now hack free, all to rip us ( i.e the consumer)off on disc costs and new hardware if we move from one region to another. And ii will get worse with DRM and bluray/HD technology.

cheers mate , had googled all these previously and none work
can't imagine that there is not away around the coding though...what a bummer

oh well

^ welll thats Sony for you, using different chargers, mem cards for phones etc just to annoy you,

Region codes are hard coded into the players today because of international law, even if you buy them here in China.

that's still soooo not clever because you punch the ones in the nuts that actually do buy originals. They sell a DVD player that only plays originals from one region BUT lets you play copy ones you can buy all over the place. Just dont seem to make sense to me
They should come up with one then , that plays ALL dvds from all regions with region coding but not the copy ones...

The only place in the world where you can buy all region DVD's (so far) is China. The law prevents you from buying DVD's in one region selling them in another one. There are still All Region DVD's on the market overseas (instructional videos etc.)

Buy a 300 RMB DVD in Carrefour or Hymall. Problem solved