Page 1 of alba 109 assistance required

does anyone know a region hack for the alba 109??? ordered a 108 as a present and got a 109 from argos instead.looked everywhere for hacks without any luck.can find codes for 113,114,104,103,106and 108,but no 109.got loads of region 1 discs but wont be able to play them.should i just take it back or can you help??????????????

also does anyone know a vcd hack for a samsung 709.if so will it effect the macrovision/region chip i had fitted .