Lenco CS-460 User Manual

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4.26 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 Free Region Code discs or Full Region discs. The 8 biggest film-
making companies of America are as follows:

1. Warner Bros;

2. Columbia;

3. 20thCenturyFOX;

4. Paramount;

5. Universal;

6. UA(United Artist);

7. MGM(Metro Dogwyn Mayer);

8. Walt Disney