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* Region C ode
Append ix: Reg ion cod e of D
Motion P ictur e Associ ation o f Americ a (MPAA) d ivide d the wor ld into 6 r egion s, and
gave eve ry regi on a regi on code f or lock ing and u nlock ing D playba ck.
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Region c odes an d the cou ntrie s or area s repre sente d by regi on code s are as fo llows :
Region 1 : Americ a, Cana da, Eas t-Pac ific In lands ;
Region 2 : Japan , West Eu rope, N orth Eu rope, E gypt, S outh Afr ica, Mi ddle Ea st;
Region 3 : Taiwan, Ho ng Kong , South K orea,
Thaila nd, ind onesi a, etc. ;
Region 4 : Austra lia, Ne w Zeala nd, Cen tral So uth Amer ica, So uth Pac ific In lands ;
Region 5 : Russi a, Mong olia, I ndian P enins ula, Mi ddle Asi a, East E urope , North
Korea, N orth Afr ica, No rth-w est Asia e tc.;
Region 6 : China m ainla nd.
If you ins ert a dis c into th e disc sl ot and RE GION ER ROR is di splay ed, the c ar
multi- media s ystem c an not pl ay the di sc. The re ason is t hat the r egion c odes
of the car m ulti- media s ystem a nd the us ed disc d o not mat ch each o ther.
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Basica lly, a cod ed D player ca n play on ly the di scs if it s regio n code is t he
same D player. Othe rwise , it cann ot play t he disc .
note tha t only th e D discs and D playe rs prod uced by
the 8 bigg est fil m-mak ing com panie s of Ameri ca The D
discs an d D players no t produ ced by th e 8 bigge st film making
compan ies of Ame rica ar e not res trict ed by the r ule of re gion co de. Gen erall y, they
are call ed Free R egion C ode or Fu ll Regi on Code .
The prob lems ca used by a rea cod e incon siste ncy produc tion of
unlock ed vers ion D player s and rec odabl e D players .
South- east Asi an coun tries i nclud e
The 8 bigg est fil m ma king co mpani es of Amer ica are a s follo ws:
1. Warne rBros ;
2. Colum bia;
3. 20thC entur yFOX;
4. Param ount;
5. Unive rsal;
6. UA(Un itedA rtist );
7. MGM(M etroD ogwyn Mayer );
8. WaltD isney