Change the Region of a Blu-ray Disc With Menu

Modified on Sat, 7 Oct, 2023 at 8:28 AM

WARNING ! This process can work only for Blu-ray discs with Blu-ray menu.  

Your Blu-ray could come from another region than yours.

In this case, when starting playback, an error message should appear so you will see this type of screen :



The error message can be different depending on the studio, such as "WARNING this bluray is only compatible with a Region B player" (this example is for a Blu-ray disc from region B, and a player set on region A).

To change the region, you need to press A, B or C button of your remote control, in order to select the region A, B or C, when this error message is displayed.
Player will restart the video file including its menu in the correct region.

Region codes of a Blu-ray Disc :
  • Region A (button A) : North America, South America, US territories, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and other Southeast Asian regions.
  • Region B (button B) : Europe, Africa, Middle East, Australia and New Zealand
  • Region C (button C) : Asia (excluding Japan, Korea, Taiwan and other parts of Southeast Asia)
  • No Region : This is unofficial. Discs without geographical restriction have no symbol and no region indicated.

NOTE : Region codes for commercial movies are located on the back side of the Blu-ray cover but some mistakes can occur on some covers.

UHD Blu-ray discs are not limited to regions. They can be played on all compatible players with this technology. DVD with menus from any regions are played without any user operation.

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