Getting Started

Region Code

Both players and discs are coded by region. These regional codes must match for a disc to play. If the codes do not match, the disc will not play.

The Region Number for this player is displayed on the rear panel of the player.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disc Type

Region

Area

 

 

Code

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a

North America, Central America,

 

 

 

South America, Korea, Japan,

 

 

 

Taiwan, Hong Kong and South

 

 

 

 

 

East Asia.

Blu-ray Disc

 

 

b

Europe, Greenland, French

 

 

territories, Middle East, Africa,

 

 

 

Australia and New Zealand.

 

 

 

c

India, China, Russia, Central and

 

 

 

South Asia.

 

 

 

 

 

The U.S., U.S. territories and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

Canada

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Europe, Japan, the Middle East,

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

Egypt, South Africa, Greenland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taiwan, Korea, the Philippines,

 

 

 

3

 

DVD-VIDEO

 

 

 

Indonesia, Hong Kong

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mexico, South America,

 

 

 

 

 

Central America, Australia,

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

New Zealand, Pacific Islands,

 

 

 

 

 

Caribbean

 

 

 

 

 

Russia, Eastern Europe, India,

 

 

 

5

 

most of Africa, North Korea,

 

 

 

 

 

Mongolia

 

 

 

 

China

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Logos of Discs the player can play

Blu-ray Disc

3D Blu-ray Disc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BD-LIVE

NTSC broadcast system in

U.S.A, Canada, Korea, Japan

 

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Samsung BDF5900 user manual Region Code, Logos of Discs the player can play