DVD Player Handset Hacks

Handset Hacks for Goodmans Players

Select a player from the list below:-

GDVD-100
GDVD-121
GDVD-122
GDVD-124
GDVD-125
GDVD-131
GDVD-132
GDVD-134
GDVD-135
GDVD-138
GDVD-141
GDVD-147
GDVD-150

GDVD-107R
GDVD-168W
GDVD-302R
GDV-500R

GDVD-1000
GDVD-3000
GDVD-3500K
GDVD-3600PKT
GDVD-4000PKT
GDVD-5000

GDVD-83WLCD

GTV-14DVD
GTV-34RDVD

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GDVD-100

Multi-Region:

  • Power On the unit and with no DVD in the tray
  • Press Set-Up, Menu, Step, Previous and Next
  • A service menu should now be displayed allowing region Bypass to be selected

Thanks to Bryan for the information

GDVD-107R

Multi-Region:

  • Open the the player drawer
  • Press 9, 8, 1 and 7 on the Remote
  • You will now be in the hidden menu where you can change the Region from 1 to 6 by pressing Enter on the Remote. Selecting 9 sets it to Region free
  • You can also disable Macrovision from this screen
  • If your TV does not support NTSC, you can also set the output to PAL from this screen
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GDVD-121, GDVD-122, GDVD-141

Multi-Region:

  • Press Set-up on remote
  • Onscreen menu will appear, press Next, Previous, Next, Previous
  • Ver2 should appear in the top right hand corner of the screen
  • Use Right and Left buttons to change this to Ver255 which is multi regional
  • Press Set-up again and your done

Thanks to Mike and Phil for the information and Luke for the update

GDVD-124

Multi-Region:

  • Open the drive tray
  • Press buttons 7 and 4 on the Remote Control. If this doesn't work, you may have to enter the digits 7 and 7 instead
  • Press Enter
  • A hidden menu will appear where you can scroll down to Country Code and using the Select button, choose any Region between 1 and 6, or select 13 for Region free
  • Press Return to exit the menu

Thanks to Luke for the information

GDVD-125, GDVD-132, GDVD-138

Multi-Region:

  • Turn on the player and Open draw
  • Press Setup
  • Select Custom
  • Press 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
  • This opens the secret settings menu offering Regions 0-6 (choose 0 for Region free)

VCD Hack:

  • Turn On the player
  • Put a music CD on the tray and Close the door with the Close button on the player
  • The music CD should start playing, when it does, press the Open button on the player
  • Now put the VCD on the tray
  • Close the tray with the Close button on player
  • Press Menu then 5 on the remote
  • Wait for Stop to appear on the display
  • Press 0, 0, 0, 1, Play then 0
  • The VCD should now start playing

Thanks to Brett for the update and Declan for the VCD hack

GDVD-131

Multi-Region:

  • Press the Setup button on the Remote Control
  • Press Vol+, Vol-, Vol+, Vol-
  • The onscreen display should show "VER #" indicating the currently Region setting
  • Using the Left and Right cursor keys, change the Region code to 1 for Region 1, 2 for Region 2, and so on, or set it to 255 for multi-Region playback
  • Press Setup
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GDVD-134, GDVD-135, GDVD-150

Multi-Region:

  • Turn On the player and Eject the disc tray
  • On the remote press 2, 8, 1, 2 followed by Enter
  • This gets you to the engineers menu
  • Press Down until you reach COUNTRY CODE and press Enter
  • The current region code will change to four dashes (----)
  • Input one number (0=Region Free, 1=USA 2=Europe, etc) and press Enter again
  • The new region code will now be displayed. You can exit by just pressing the Eject button once more

VCD Hack 1:

  • Turn On the player and place a VCD on the open tray
  • Using the front panel press Close quickly followed by Menu and 5 on the remote
  • This should load and play the disc. If the disc fails to play then press 0, 0, 0, 1 and the disc should then play

VCD Hack 2:

  • Turn On unit and open draw
  • Press 2, 8, 1, 2 and Enter on the remote to get the engineers page
  • Insert your VCD and close the draw
  • When the VCD has loaded you will have a blue screen with a yellow square in the corner
  • Press 0, 0, 0 and 1 on your remote and the VCD will play
  • Timing is NOT important on this hack

Thanks to Andy for the information and EviLGod for the VCD hack

GDVD-1000

Multi-Region:

  • Ensure there is no disc in the player
  • Press Setup, Menu, Step, Previous and Next on the remote control
  • A service menu should appear
  • Select the required region or use Bypass for region free
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GDVD-147,GDV-500R

Multi-Region:

  • Switch On the DVD player - you don't need to open the drawer
  • Press 1, 6, 7, 1 and 9 one by one on the remote
  • A hidden configuration menu comes up
  • Press OK on the remote, then 0 to change the configuration number to 0
  • You should now see that the region is set to ALL
  • Press Exit on the remote

Thanks to Mark for the information

GDVD-3000

Multi-Region:

  • Press Menu
  • Key in 1, 6, 7 on your remote control
  • The key region box will pop up
  • Key in the region you want
  • Press Mute

VCD Hack:

  • Insert a music CD
  • Press Menu, 5 and Eject on the remote control
  • The tray should stay closed
  • Press 1, Index, Menu and Eject on the remote
  • A menu should now appear
  • Press 1 to enable VCD playback
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GDVD-3500K

Multi-Region:

  • Open the the player drawer
  • Press 9, 8, 1 and 7 on the Remote
  • You will now be in the hidden menu where you can change the Region from 1 to 6 by pressing Enter on the Remote. Selecting 9 sets it to Region free
  • You can also disable Macrovision from this screen
  • If your TV does not support NTSC, you can also set the output to PAL from this screen

Thanks to Paul for the information and Chris for the verification

GDVD-3600PKT, GDVD-4000PKT

Multi-Region:

  • Power on the player and Open the tray
  • Key in 8, 1, 3, 2, 8
  • Press Enter until you highlight 9 (Multi-Region)
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VCD Hack:

  • Turn On the player and place a VCD on the open tray
  • Using the front panel press Close quickly followed by Menu and 5 on the remote
  • This should load and play the disc. If the disc fails to play then press 0, 0, 0, 1 and the disc should then play

Thanks to Hans, Hasse and Terry for the information

GDVD-5000

Multi-Region:

  • Put the player into Standby
  • Press 0, 0 on the remote control
  • Press 1 for region 1, 2 for region 2 etc.
  • To verify the current region press 0, 0 and +10 to indicate the region on the front panel
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GTV-14DVD

Multi-Region:

  • Put into DVD screen mode
  • Press the DVD Setup key and have this set on-screen
  • Use remote to key in 1, 3, 6, 9 then immediately press the Left navigate arrow 3 times, followed by the Right key once. (this takes some practice, so don't stand too close to the TV)
  • Now you will see a new option on-screen named VERSION
  • Enter into Version and select region code as required (which means the code free option)
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GTV-34RDVD

Multi-Region:

  • Press the DVD function on your TV set
  • Press Set-up on your remote control
  • Press 1, 3, 7 and 9, in order, one at a time
  • Select option and using your remote control, change it to 1 for region 1, 2 for region 2, and so on, or 0 for multi-region playback

Thanks to Jenni for the information

GDVD-302R

Multi-Region:

  • Open the tray
  • Close the tray, making sure that there is no DVD on it
  • Press DVD/TV to take the screen to TV mode
  • Press Return
  • Press Display and then enter 8, 8, 8 and 0

Thanks to Stuart for the information

GDVD-147,GDV-500R

Multi-Region:

  • Switch On the DVD player - you don't need to open the drawer
  • Press 1, 6, 7, 1 and 9 one by one on the remote
  • A hidden configuration menu comes up
  • Press OK on the remote, then 0 to change the configuration number to 0
  • You should now see that the region is set to ALL
  • Press Exit on the remote

Thanks to Mark for the information

GDVD-168W

Multi-Region:

  • No disc in the machine and the lid Closed
  • Press Menu then 1, 6, 7, 1 and 9
  • Caption appears showing your current region (normally, Region 2)
  • Use Left arrow key to change to Region 0
  • Press OK

Thanks to Thomas for the information

This hacks page was last updated on Thursday, March 13, 2008

DVD365.net takes no responsibility for the accuracy of the above information nor for any effects this may have on the DVD player. Where the purchase of an additional remote is required please double check before parting with any money. These codes are entered entirely at the owners risk. Beware, by making your player region free some RCE encoded discs may refuse to play on your machine.