Region Code for DVD
* Region Code
Appendix: Region code of D
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) divided the world into 6 regions, and
gave every region a region code for locking and unlocking D
playback.
Please
Region codes and the countries or areas represented by region codes are as follows:
Region 1: America, Canada, East-Pacific Inlands;
Region 2: Japan, West Europe, North Europe, Egypt, South Africa, Middle East;
Region 3:
Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea,
Thailand, indonesia, etc.;
Region 4: Australia, New Zealand, Central South America, South Pacific Inlands;
Region 5: Russia, Mongolia, Indian Peninsula, Middle Asia, East Europe, North
Korea, North Africa, North-west Asia etc.;
Region 6: China mainland.
If you insert a disc into the disc slot and REGION ERROR is displayed, the car
multi-media system can not play the disc. The reason is that the region codes
of the car multi-media system and the used disc do not match each other.
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impose this restriction.
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Basically, a coded D
player can play only the discs if its region code is the
same
D
player. Otherwise, it cannot play the disc.
note that only the D
discs and D
players produced by
the 8 biggest film-making companies of America
The D
discs and D
players not produced by the 8 biggest film making
companies of America are not restricted by the rule of region code. Generally, they
are called Free Region Code or Full Region Code.
The problems caused by area code inconsistency
production of
unlocked version D
players and recodable D
players .
South-east Asian countries include
The 8 biggest film making companies of America are as follows:
1. WarnerBros;
2. Columbia;
3. 20thCenturyFOX;
4. Paramount;
5. Universal;
6. UA(UnitedArtist);
7. MGM(MetroDogwynMayer);
8. WaltDisney
