Making the LV-5045 Region Free

As mentioned previously, the LVW-5045 that we got to test was a region 2 unit. That means, that the DVD-Video discs that it could play were region 2 encoded discs or unencoded ones. So what happens if someone has, let's say, a few region 1 discs that they would like to play with the LVW-5045? Fortunately there is a workaround where the LVW-5045 can be made region free, so that it will play all DVD-Video discs, regardless their region encoding.

The procedure is rather simple and it is persistent. This means, that the setting remains active even if the unit is powered off and can be changed as often as desired. We would like to state here that this feature is unofficial and not supported by LiteOn. While it exists in the current firmware, there is no guarantee that this function will be available in future firmware upgrades.

The machine can be made region free by accessing the setup menu, moving the highlight box over exit, typing 2960 after which an extra menu pops up with all of the regions as well as region free on the list.