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* The Region Code
Q: REGION ERROR displayed after inserting disc into disc compartment. Why ?
A: Because the DVD player and disc has respective region codes. If the region codes
do not match, the DVD player can not play the disc.
Appendix: The region code of DVD:
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) divided the world into 6
regions, and named every region a code . The region codes and the countries
or areas represented by the region codes as follows:
Region 1: America, Canada, East-Pacific Inlands;
Region 2: Japan, West Europe, North Europe, Egypt, South Africa, Middle East;
Region 3: South-east Asian countries include 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.
Only the discs produced by the 8 biggest filmmaking companies of America assign
region codes. The DVD movie discs not produced by the 8 biggest filmmaking
companies of America were not restricted by the rule of region code. Generally,
they are called FreeRegionCode discs or Full Region discs. 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
