> From: "David R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 11:13:58 -0800 > > Well I may have stumbled onto a solution to my problem but its going to > take some more investigating on my part. I just located a utility App > called DVD Toolkit, which tells you what the RPC status is for your dvd > drive. RPC is 'Region Playback Control', kind of like a firmware, and > sometimes this needs to be reset but can only be done by the vendor or > manufacturer. I guess RPC-2 relates to write capability. Here are the > results: > So if I am reading this correctly, a LF-D211A DVD/RAM drive is an RPC-2 > drive whose region is locked. (Interestingly, these regions also have > some > coorelation to regions of the world, but that's for the next novel :) > Now I > need to figure out how to go about resetting this. I've also just heard > back from Panasonic so I may get that answer soon. > > Dave
Region 2 is Europe I believe which means your DVD can play Disks sold in Europe! USA is Region 1 and so it needs to be set to region 1 to play DVD's sold/ rented here. However I don't think this should make a difference in recording or formating blank disks... Perhaps the software you are using also has a region code in it and if sold in the USA would also be region 1 so wouldn't work with region 2 drive. There is software which lets you reset the region code yourself. I will look around and send you the www page. You sure are good at coming up with odd problems to solve ;-) Will S -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
