HP Compaq Presario,Presario 1700 Supplementary Manual page 66

Did you know...
You can only change the region
code for the DVD drive five
times. The fifth setting change
you make becomes the
permanent region on the
player. Each time you make a
change to the drive's region
setting, the remaining number
of changes allowed on the DVD
drive is displayed.
To change the DVD drive region setting, complete these steps:
1. With a DVD disc in the drive, open the Compaq DVD Player.
2. Click the DVD Options
of the player to open the DVD Options dialog box.
3. Click the DVD Region tab.
4. Select the desired region from the displayed map or from the
options buttons.
5. Click OK to close the dialog box.
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