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Hardware and Software Guide
Multimedia
Changing DVD Region Settings
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CAUTION:
The region setting on your optical drive can be changed only
5 times.
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The region setting you select the fifth time becomes the permanent
region setting on the drive.
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The number of allowable region changes remaining on the drive is
displayed in the
Remaining times until permanent
field in
the WinDVD window. The number in the field includes the fifth and
permanent change.
Most DVDs that contain copyrighted files also contain region
codes. The region codes help protect copyrights internationally.
You can play a DVD containing a region code only if the region
code on the DVD matches the region setting on your optical
drive.
If the region code on a DVD does not match the region setting
on your drive, a “Playback of content from this region is not
permitted” message is displayed when you insert the DVD. To
play the DVD, you must change the region setting on your
optical drive.
To change the region setting on drive media:
1. Open WinDVD Player by doing one of the following:
❏
Select the
WinDVD
icon on the taskbar.
❏
Select
Start > All Programs > InterVideo WinDVD >
InterVideo WinDVD.
2. Right-click in the WinDVD Player window.
3. Select
Setup.
4. Select the
Region
tab.
5. Select the button for the region.
6. Select
OK.