How to make a blu-ray player region-free or mod a Blu-Ray player - Illustration of Modding Panasonic DMP BD-60, 55, 80

How to make a blu-ray player region-free or  mod a Blu-Ray player

 - Illustration of Modding Panasonic DMP BD-60, 55, 80

Hi,

I wanted to share it the first time I did this, but did not have a good camera or did not know how to put it. So, after a hectic schedule and overdose of music, here is the modding:

You need the following items before you start: Soldering gun with a sharp tip, flux, lead, wires (front USB cables are used), Panasonic DMP-BD 60, 80 55 and the mod chip.

The player used here is a Region A player and I have used a Region B title “Narnia – The Prince Caspian” for testing. What you see below in the picture is the player that is to be modded using the mod chip, which is also shown in the picture.

You need to solder the terminals A, B, C, E, F, Gnd, +3ve on the chip and on the Panasonic player as indicated in your mod chip diagram. This is a different chip from the one I used before, but the soldering points are all the same. You can solder Gnd, +3ve, E, F easily without any assistance, but you need to have someone to assist you to solder A, B, C, as it is on the legs of 5-legged IC that is as small as a chicklet.

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Step 1: Open the cabinet of the player by removing screws on the side and back portions of the player


Step 2: Choose wires that are seen inside the panasonic player, I have used the front USB wires which are available in any nearby computer shop.

Step 3: Trim the edges of the wires and dip the edges of the wire in the soldering flux and dip it in lead on the tip of the soldering iron.



Step 4: Solder the A B C on the board and then E, F and then the gnd and +3ve


Step 5: Use a cello tape or insulation tape to secure the wires so as to prevent from detaching

Step 6: Solder the points A, B, C, E, F, gnd, +3ve on the soldering chip




Step 7: Secure the cables as to not touch the PCB or the mechanism as well as the circuit board.





Step 8: Plug in the cable and test the player using a Region B or C BD and once you confirm its working, go ahead and cover the cabinet.




Step 9: Now you have a Region-free modded Panasonic DMP BD-55, 60 or 80.




I hope this has been useful to everyone who wants to mod any blu-ray player. The process remains the same for most of the players.