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CD/DVD Drive
*6
Does not support DVD-RW Ver.1.0.
*7
Specific Software is required.
*8
When playing back videos recorded over both layers of a one-sided, dual-layer disc, videos or sounds are interrupted at the point where
the recording layers change.
Recommended discs for writing
Visit the following web site: http://pc-dl.panasonic.co.jp/itn/support/disk/diskinfo.html
Using DVD Discs
To play DVD-Video or MPEG2 files, you need to use DVD playback software such as WinDVD (
Region code setting
DVD-Video are allocated to region codes according to where they are sold. To play a DVD-Video, the player’s software and
the drive must have the corresponding region code.
e.g.,
For U.S.A. and Canada: “1”
For Europe: “2”
For Southeast Asia (including Hong Kong and Taiwan): “3”
The region code of the drive is not set at purchase. The operation depends on the DVD-Video that is first played.
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DVD-Video with a specific region code:
The drive will automatically be set at the same region code as the DVD-Video.
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DVD-Video with multiple region codes:
The screen to confirm the region code appears. (It may not appear with some DVD-Video.)
CAUTION
You can change the region code setting up to five times including the initial setting. Be extremely careful because you
cannot change the region code anymore after the fifth change, even if you reinstall the operating system.
Any problem resulting from illegal changing or altering of the region code is the user’s responsibility.
NOTE
[Confirm Region] appears when the DVD-Video has only one region code and the drive is set for another region code.
([Confirm Region] may not appear with some DVD-Video discs.) To check the current region code and the number of
remaining times of changing the code, right-click on the WinDVD screen and click [Setup] - [Region].
