Region code

Both the product and the discs are coded by region. These regional codes must match in order to play the disc. If the codes do not match, the disc will not play.

Disc Type

Region

Area

 

 

Code

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

North America, Central America,

 

 

 

A

South America, Korea, Japan,

 

 

 

Taiwan, Hong Kong and South

 

 

 

 

 

East Asia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blu-ray

 

 

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

 

 

 

4

 

America, Australia, New Zealand,

 

 

 

 

 

Pacifi c Islands, Caribbean

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Russia, Eastern Europe, India,

 

 

 

5

 

most of Africa, North Korea,

 

 

 

 

 

Mongolia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

China

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disc Types

BD-ROM

Blu-ray Disc Read Only Memory. A BD-ROM disc contains pre-recorded data. Although a BD-ROM may contain any form of data, most BD-ROM discs will contain movies in High Definition format, for playback on the product. This product can play back pre-recorded commercial BD-ROM discs.

BD-RE/BD-R

Blu-ray Disc Rewritable/Blu-ray Disc Recordable. BD-RE/BD-R is the ideal format for making backups, or recording personal video.

DVD-VIDEO

•A digital versatile disc (DVD) can contain up to 135- minutes of images, 8 audio languages and 32 subtitle languages. It is equipped with MPEG-2 picture compression and Dolby Digital surround, allowing you to enjoy vivid and clear quality images.

•When switching from the first layer to the second layer of a dual-layered DVD Video disc, there may be momentary distortion in the image and sound. This is not a malfunction of the product.

•Once a DVD-RW/-R recorded in Video Mode is finalsed, it becomes DVD-Video. Pre-recorded (pre-stamped) commercial DVDs with movies are also referred to as DVD-Videos. This product can play back pre-recorded commercial DVD discs (DVD-Video discs) with movies.

DVD-R/-RW

•Once a DVD-R/-RW recorded in Video Mode is finalsed, it becomes DVD-Video. Ability to play back may depend on recording conditions.

•This product can play back DVD-R disc recorded and finalsed with a Samsung DVD video recorder.

•Playback can be perfomed with DVD-RW discs in the Video Mode and finalsed only.

DVD+RW

•This product can play back a DVD+RW disc recorded with a DVD Video recorder. Ability to play back may depend on recording conditions.

DVD+R

•This product can play back a DVD+R disc recorded and finalsed with a DVD Video recorder. Ability to play back may depend on recording conditions.

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