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.

RegionDisc TypeArea

Code

North America, Central America,

ASouth 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

This Blu-ray disc can only be played back. This product can play back pre-recorded commercial BD-ROM discs.

 

 

 

01

BD-RE/-R

 

Getting

 

This Blu-ray disc can be recorded and played back.

Started

This product can play back a BD-RE/-R disc

 

recorded by other compatible Blu-ray disc

 

recorders.

 

DVD-VIDEO

 

 

•This product can play back pre-recorded commercial DVD discs (DVD-VIDEO discs) with movies.

•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.

DVD-RW/-R/+R

This product can play back a DVD-RW/-R/+R disc recorded and finalized with a DVD video recorder. Ability to play back may depend on recording conditions.

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.

Audio CD (CD-DA)•This product can play back CD-DA format audio CD-RW/-R discs.

•The product may not be able to play some CD- RW/-R discs due to the condition of the recording.

CD-RW/-R•Use a 700MB(80 minutes) CD-RW/-R disc.

If possible, do not use a 800MB(90 minutes) or above disc, as the disc may not play back.

•If the CD-RW/-R disc was not recorded as a closed session, you may experience delays when playing back the beginning of the disc or all recorded files may not play.

•Some CD-RW/-R discs may not be playable with this product, depending on the device which was used to burn them. For contents recorded on CD- RW/-R media from CDs for your personal use, playability may vary depending on contents and discs.

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