I accidentally set my mac 5.2 dvd drive region to 6 and its suppose to be 1. i know you can change it at least 5x but what is the step by step of changing the region?

Hi,
Please follow the steps : To change the player region code
1. Be sure players drive is empty (nodISC)
2. Enter following key sequence using remote control:

Enter, 6, >=10, <<, 00F2, Audio, 8, * requested region code here (1-8) *, Subtitle, 1

3. Player will reset and requested region code will be set.
- For example to set region code to 3 press: "Enter, 6, >=10, <<, 00F2, Audio, 8, 3, Subtitle, 1"

To set the player to RCE proof region free
1. Be sure players drive is empty (nodISC)
2. Enter following key sequence using remote control:

Enter, 6, >=10, <<, 00F2, Audio, 8, 1, Subtitle, 4

3. Player will reset and set to "region-free" and "RCE-free" mode

To restore players factory region code
1. Be sure players drive is empty (nodISC)
2. Enter following key sequence using remote control:

Enter, 6, >=10, <<, 00F2, Audio, 8, 9, Subtitle, 1

3. Player will reset and set to factory region code
Regards, Jay__hy5

Hi,
Please follow the steps : To change the player region code
1. Be sure players drive is empty (nodISC)
2. Enter following key sequence using remote control:

Enter, 6, >=10, <<, 00F2, Audio, 8, * requested region code here (1-8) *, Subtitle, 1

3. Player will reset and requested region code will be set.
- For example to set region code to 3 press: "Enter, 6, >=10, <<, 00F2, Audio, 8, 3, Subtitle, 1"

To set the player to RCE proof region free
1. Be sure players drive is empty (nodISC)
2. Enter following key sequence using remote control:

Enter, 6, >=10, <<, 00F2, Audio, 8, 1, Subtitle, 4

3. Player will reset and set to "region-free" and "RCE-free" mode

To restore players factory region code
1. Be sure players drive is empty (nodISC)
2. Enter following key sequence using remote control:

Enter, 6, >=10, <<, 00F2, Audio, 8, 9, Subtitle, 1

3. Player will reset and set to factory region code
Regards, Jay__mlkp

Hi,
Please follow the steps : To change the player region code
1. Be sure players drive is empty (nodISC)
2. Enter following key sequence using remote control:

Enter, 6, >=10, <<, 00F2, Audio, 8, * requested region code here (1-8) *, Subtitle, 1

3. Player will reset and requested region code will be set.
- For example to set region code to 3 press: "Enter, 6, >=10, <<, 00F2, Audio, 8, 3, Subtitle, 1"

To set the player to RCE proof region free
1. Be sure players drive is empty (nodISC)
2. Enter following key sequence using remote control:

Enter, 6, >=10, <<, 00F2, Audio, 8, 1, Subtitle, 4

3. Player will reset and set to "region-free" and "RCE-free" mode

To restore players factory region code
1. Be sure players drive is empty (nodISC)
2. Enter following key sequence using remote control:

Enter, 6, >=10, <<, 00F2, Audio, 8, 9, Subtitle, 1

3. Player will reset and set to factory region code
Regards, Jay__uji8

Hi,
Please follow the steps : To change the player region code
1. Be sure players drive is empty (nodISC)
2. Enter following key sequence using remote control:

Enter, 6, >=10, <<, 00F2, Audio, 8, * requested region code here (1-8) *, Subtitle, 1

3. Player will reset and requested region code will be set.
- For example to set region code to 3 press: "Enter, 6, >=10, <<, 00F2, Audio, 8, 3, Subtitle, 1"

To set the player to RCE proof region free
1. Be sure players drive is empty (nodISC)
2. Enter following key sequence using remote control:

Enter, 6, >=10, <<, 00F2, Audio, 8, 1, Subtitle, 4

3. Player will reset and set to "region-free" and "RCE-free" mode

To restore players factory region code
1. Be sure players drive is empty (nodISC)
2. Enter following key sequence using remote control:

Enter, 6, >=10, <<, 00F2, Audio, 8, 9, Subtitle, 1

3. Player will reset and set to factory region code
Regards, Jay__okj4

HELLO!
Give these a try!
Power ON
Press MENU Enter code 57538
The current region code appears
For codefree/multi-region press 9
Press Open DVD door button
Power OFF and power ON

You could also try this!
Turn player on without disc inside Press MENU button
Enter your region code (See list below)
Highlighted 'region area number' will appear in the upper-left corner (on some players)
Press 9 to multi-region the machine
Turn machine off
Region 1 - 29334
Region 2 - 38767 (or 5 7 5 3 8)
Region 3 - 56732
Region 4 - 76884
Region 5 - 53814
Region 6 - 24462

Have a go and good luck! (:-)

need a bit more info - are you playing a movie or running software installation?

If you need to change the drive region then do the following


1. Power on your DVD Player without a disc in the drawer.
- Wait for the "Loading" screen to finish and then the display reads "no disc".
Check which region your reader was bought in. (Large Number label is located on the rear of the Player. Region 1 to 6)
-on the remote control
2. Press the "Repeat"button. The "no disc" label on the screen will disapear.
3. According to the region your player was bought in, choose from the following button sequences.
- region 1, press buttons 2, 9, 3, 3, 4
- region 2, press buttons 5, 7, 5, 3, 8
- region 3, press buttons 5, 6, 7, 3, 2
- region 4, press buttons 7, 6, 8, 8, 4
- region 5, press buttons 5, 3, 8, 1, 4
- region 6, press buttons 2, 4, 4, 6, 2
4. The number in the top left corner of the screen shows you the current region. EG "1" for the US/Canada, "4" for Australia/NZ.....etc.
5. Now enter the new number for the region you require (1 to 6)...or simply enter 9 for "Multi-region". The number in the left hand corner of the screen will change to the number you enetered. Wait for the number to dispear. It will take around 15 seconds.
6. Now power off the DVD player with the button on the front of the unit. Now each time the unit is turned on it will be in the new region...or muti-region if region 9 was chosen.
7. If you wish to change the region again...or back to its original, go through the exact same sequence until step 5. Then you enter the different region number.
If you are unsuccesfull with the above code then it may be worth trying one of the resources below.

try to make it region free by using the steps below

1 Press power on
2 Press set-up
3 Select preferences menu
4 Press play
5 Input 251131
6 Press "Left" then "Down" button
Should show region code
7 Select region
8 Press set-up to confirm and exit.


or

Now on the remote control
3 Press set-up
4 Select preferences menu
5 Press play
6 Input 251131
7 Press "Left" then "Down" button
Should show region code menu
8 Select region free by hitting the 10/0 button, this will change the region to region free (ie 0)
9 Press set-up to confirm and exit.

or

1 Before powering on, open the lids, remove any media and leave it open so you can actually see the compartment where you place a disc.(this is how you get access to the preferences menu)
2 switch on unit from the side of the drive

Now on the remote control
3 Press set-up
4 Select preferences menu
5 Press play
6 Input 251131
7 Press "Left" then "Down" button
Should show region code menu
8 Select region free by hitting the 10/0 button, this will change the region to region free (ie 0)
9 Press set-up to confirm and exit.

Use DVD decrypter to remove Region Code.

For windows user, DVD decrypter is the best choice.
TOTALLY FREE!
Powerful function on remove DVD protection and burn dvd.
If you have an access to Macintosh, this Mac DVD Copy software would be better.

To set your Region back to 1:

• Right click my computer, then properties.
• click on hardware, then "Device Manager".

Here, click the plus sign next to "DVD/CD-ROM Drives"

Double Click your Disk Drive (you can also Right click and then click properties)
Click on the "DVD Region" Tab.

on the list, click "United States"
click "OK"
If it asks you to restart, accept.

After restart, check that its still Region one by following the previous steps.

This is not a feature of the Mac - this is a feature of DVD-ROM drives and is part of the DVD standard.

DVD-ROM drives, once changed 5 times, can NOT be changed.

The only solution would be to purchase an external DVD drive, and set IT to region 2, and leave your internal one set to region 1.

The region settings are legal issues with the DVD standard - the 5-time limit is permanent, hardcoded, and unchangeable.