BTC BCO5216IB, User Manual

 
COMBO 5216IB  

10

DVD Region Code 

Region Playback Control Management 

All DVD Video Playback systems have “Region Playback Control” 
management (RPC) which is required by Hollywood movie industry and 
defined by DVD Forum. This includes DVD-Video players and PC systems 
with DVD-Video capability. 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).  

And referring to the region codes, there are 6 regions worldwide, and 
normally, there is a region code mark on the package of DVD titles. :  

Region 

1

: Canada, US  

Region 

2

: Japan, Europe, South Africa, and Middle East (including 

Egypt)  

Region 

3

: Southeast Asia and East Asia (including Hong Kong) 

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