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+====== Hacking Region Free DVD on the LG LHB655NW Home Theatre ======
+{{:lhb655nw:lhb655-region-menu.jpg?nolink&400 |}}Unlike the rest of the streaming world, I like to own my things. Unless the boo-hoo-cancel-culture-woke-folk start making house calls I can continue to enjoy Season 2, Episode 4 of the IT Crowd on DVD. Streamers can't.
+I recently picked up the complete DVD collection of The Fast Show from the BBC for a very good price but it was Region 2. I'm Region 4. So began the journey of looking for codes and remote sequences to try and hack the region.
+Thankfully I did find the method that centres around requiring a special CD to switch into Region Select Mode. This method is well known for many LG players, but this is the first proof that it works with the LHB655 / LHB655NW and I'll fill in the blanks so that you don't go off the path.
+{{ :lhb655nw:lhb655.jpg?direct |}}
+===== What you need =====
+  * A CD-RW or CD-R disc.
+  * A burner drive
+  * Burner software. I use K3b on Kubuntu, but it doesn't matter so long as you pick the right modes etc.
+===== The disc =====
+You can just [[https://blog.waynejohnson.net/lib/exe/fetch.php/lhb655nw:lhb655-region-hack.zip|download the zipped ISO for the disc that I prepared here]]. You need to unzip it. There is next to nothing on it so the zip file is tiny. Please don't buy these on ebay.
+===== Making the disc yourself =====
+If you don't want to download the ISO, you can follow the basic steps in this post to make your own:
+https://www.avforums.com/threads/make-lg-bp125-dvd-player-region-free.1717812/#post-25116412
+But in short:
+  - Create a new CD project
+  - Create the following empty folders: ''\violet0000\rubicon\''
+  - Download this file and copy it into the ''rubicon'' folder: https://www.avforums.com/attachments/montblanc-txt.873684/
+  - Rename MontBlanc.txt to MontBlanc.dvd
+===== Burning the disc =====
+Insert either the CD-RW or CD-R and use the following settings to burn it properly. And yes, these settings do matter. If you get it wrong, the player will treat the disc as a Data Disc and think that you might be supplying a disc of video files, which it is happy to try and play for you.
+If you made your own project with previous step you can move on. If you downloaded the ISO, select it with with your burner software.
+{{ :lhb655nw:k3b-burn-project.png?direct |}}
+You need these settings:
+  - ISO 9660 format
+  - ISO 9660 Level 1
+  - Joliet extensions: YES
+  - Rock Ridge extensions: NO
+Start the burn.
+===== How to use the disc =====
+  - Turn on the LG LHB655NW Home Theatre System
+  - Eject the tray and place the hack disc onto the tray.
+  - Close it
+  - In a few seconds a plain black screen with a cyan border will appear, with the Region menu.
+The Region Select Screen will look like this:
+{{ :lhb655nw:lhb655-region-menu.jpg?direct |}}
+If you get the Data Disc Screen, it means you made a mistake creating the disc, or with one of the burn settings. It will look like this:
+{{ :lhb655nw:lhb655-data-menu.jpg?direct |}}
+On the Region Select Screen:
+  - Press 0 (for Region 0 - which is Region-free).
+  - Press Pause to close the menu.
+  - You can eject the disc.
+  - Put in your foreign DVD and enjoy.
+You are done and your LHB655NW will be region free. You have beaten the man. The LG man.
+===== Credit and source =====
+https://www.avforums.com/threads/make-lg-bp125-dvd-player-region-free.1717812/#post-25116412

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