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Appendix
A
Region Definitions
Region 1
Canada, US, US Territories
Region 2
Czech, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Gulf States, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Iraq,
Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Scotland,
South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, UK, Greece, Former Yugoslav
Republics, Slovakia
Region 3
Burma, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand,
Vietnam
Region 4
Australia, Caribbean (Except US Territories), Central America, New Zealand, Pacific
Islands, South America
Region 5
CIS, India, Pakistan, Rest of Africa, Russia, North Korea
Region 6
China
NOTE: The region setting may be changed up to five times using the viewer software,
then it can only play DVD movies for the last region setting. Changing the region code
after that will require factory resetting which is not covered by warranty. If resetting
is desired, shipping and resetting costs will be at the expense of the user.
DVD-ROM Drive Information
The Notebook PC comes with an optional DVD-ROM drive or a CD-ROM drive� In
order to view DVD titles, you must install your own DVD viewer software� Optional
DVD viewer software may be purchased with this Notebook PC� The DVD-ROM drive
allows the use of both CD and DVD discs�
Regional Playback Information
Playback of DVD movie titles involves decoding MPEG2 video, digital AC3 audio
and decryption of CSS protected content� CSS (sometimes called copy guard) is the
name given to the content protection scheme adopted by the motion picture industry
to satisfy a need to protect against unlawful content duplication�
Although the design rules imposed on CSS licensors are many, one rule that is most
relevant is playback restrictions on regionalized content� In order to facilitate geographically
staggered movie releases, DVD video titles are released for specific geographic regions
as defined in “Region Definitions” below. Copyright laws require that all DVD movies be
limited to a particular region (usually coded to the region at which it is sold)� While DVD
movie content may be released for multiple regions, CSS design rules require that any
system capable of playing CSS encrypted content must only be capable of playing one
region�
Summary of Contents for SP15R-UMA
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