Emprex DVD-ROM Drive 16X - Manual (Page 10)

16X DVD-ROM Drive
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DVD Region Coding
Region Playback Control Management
All DVD Video Playback systems have “Region Playback Control”
(RPC) which is required by Hollywood movie industry and defined by
DVD Forum. You can only play DVD-Video discs with the same
region code as your DVD-Video Playback system.
As for DVD-ROM drives, one kind of the DVD-Video Playback
system, there are 2 types:
RPC Phase 1 (as RPC1): RPC1 drives do not have built-in hardware
support for region management. DVD-ROM drives of this kind don’t
play a part in controlling the playback region. It solely depends on
the decoder.
RPC Phase 2 (as RPC2): RPC2 drives maintain the region change
count information in hardware, and in general, the region of such
drives can be changed up to 5 times by the end users under some
software decoder. (e.g. PowerDVD)
Region Codes
Region 1: Canada, U.S.
Region 2: Japan, Europe, South Africa, and Middle East, Egypt
Region 3: Southeast Asia and East Asia
Region 4: Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Central America,
Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean
Region 5: Eastern Europe, Indian subcontinent, Africa, North Korea,
and Mongolia
Region 6: China