According to the Momitsu manual, this player is not region free. An excerpt from page 6 of the BDP-899 manual:
"Both the Blu-ray Disc Player and the discs are coded by region. These regional codes must match in order to play the disc. If the codes do not match, the disc will not play." Following is the link to the page of the manual:
http://www.momitsu.com/products/bdp8...l-E-090219.pdf