DVD Player Handset Hacks

Handset Hacks for Apex Players

Select a player from the list below:-

AD-600A AD-1100
AD-1200 		AD-3201

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AD-600A

Multi-Region:

  • Press the Setup button on your remote control
  • Using the onscreen menu, select the Preferences option
  • Press the Still/Step button on your remote control
  • Press the Prev button on your remote control
  • Press the Next button on your remote control
  • You will now enter the hidden setup page, and can change the player to any region or set it to region free. You can also disable Macrovision from this menu

If the above fails to work then you may want to try the following:

  • Using the remote press Stop
  • Press 3, 8, 8, 8 and then 3
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  • If the above fails to display a service menu then you may want to try 3, 7, 7, 7 and then 4 or 8 4, 2, 1 and then 3
  • This will display a system menu where you can select the required region or set the player to region free by selecting 9

To change the video output format between PAL and NTSC:

  • Press the Set-up button on your remote control
  • Press the buttons 7, 2, 5, 5 and 5 on your remote control

To see what version of the firmware your player is using:

  • Press the Set-up button on your remote control
  • Press the buttons 1, 2, 3 and 4 on your remote control

To convert this player to Multi-Region on older firmware:

  • Press the Set-up button on your remote control
  • Using the on screen menu, select the Preferences option
  • Press the Still/Step button on your remote control
  • Press the Prev button on your remote control
  • Press the Next button on your remote control
You will now enter the hidden set-up page, and can change the player to any Region or set it to Region Free. You can also disable Macrovision from this menu

Thanks to JCoppock for the information and Chris for the update

AD-1100

Multi-Region:

  • Open the tray
  • Press 3, 4, 9, 7, 3, 4 and 0 for region free, 1 for region 1 and so on
  • If you’ve selected region free then the message "region free" appear

Thanks to John for the information

AD-1200

Multi-Region:

  • Open the players tray
  • Key in from the Remote 8, 4, 2, 1
  • Choose a Region then press OK, 9 is region free
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AD-3201

Multi-Region:

  • Open the players tray
  • Enter 8, 4, 2, 1 on the remote control
  • This takes you to the region and Macrovison setup screen
  • Select region code with the Enter key of the remote (9 for region free)
  • Close the tray to save the setting
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This hacks page was last updated on Sunday, March 02, 2008

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