Method and apparatus for changing region code of digital versatile disc drive
AssigneeVIA Technologies, Inc.
InventorsYi-Chih Huang, Kun-Long Lin
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Abstract
A digital versatile disc (DVD) drive has a first memory for storing a region code and a source code, and a second memory for storing data temporarily. The method for changing the region code of the digital versatile disc drive comprises storing the source code in the second memory, and changing the region code in the first memory according to the source code stored in the second memory. The method and apparatus is capable of changing the region code of the digital versatile disc drive.
Claims10
A method for changing a region code of an optical disc drive, the optical drive having:
- a first memory for storing the region code and a source code;
- and
- a second memory for storing data temporarily;
- the method comprising steps of:
- storing the source code in the second memory;
- and
- changing the region code in the first memory according to the source code stored in the second memory.
An optical disc drive for reading data in a digital versatile disc, the digital versatile disc drive comprising:
- a first memory for storing data temporarily;
- a second memory for storing a source code and a region code;
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- a controller for controlling the optical disc drive according to the source code;
- wherein for changing the region code, the controller stores the source code into the first memory, and then changes the region code according to the source code stored in the first memory.
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