Operation Manual

Working with the notebook
Regional codes for DVD films and DVD players
DVD filmDVDRegional cod es
DVD films and DVD players (e.g. the DVD drive of your notebook) are always
provided with a regional code. The regional codes of DVD films and DVD players
must match so that the DVD film can be played back.
There are six different regional codes:
• Regional code 1: USA and Canada
• Regional code 2: Eg ypt, Europe, Japan, South Africa and the Middle East
• Regional code 3: South-east Asia (incl. Hong Kong, Indonesia, the
Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan)
• Regional code 4: Australia, Ne w Z ealand, South-East Pacific, Central and
South Ame rica, and the Caribbean
• Regional code 5: Africa (except South Africa), India and the former Soviet states
• Regional code 6 : China
The DVD drive of your notebook supports the function RPC-II (Phase II Syst e m of Regional
Playback Control). This function pe rmits the final user to change the regional code of
the drive up to five times to play back corresponding DVD films. Then the last r egional
code selected is retained and cannot be changed again.
If a DVD film can be watched in all regions, it has the regional code 0.
Before buying a DVD film you should check that the regional code of the DVD film
matches the region code set for the DVD drive of your notebook.
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