I just brought this portable DVD player today from Big W and then came straight to this site and found an old posting for an earlier AWA model and tried the unlock code and it worked. I am now running 0 Region free.
1. Power on the unit 2. Open DVD door 3. Press setup button on remote control. 4. Press right button on remote control 3 times. 5. Press 9653 quickly, then you will see the default region code on the screen. 6. Select 0 to set region code to region free. You will need to use the down arrow key. 7. Press setup button to exit and you are now region free.
This may work with many AWA models mine is one of the newest released ones out and I used an old posting for a W992 to do the unlock.