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Replace short region code explanation by more detailed section.

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</para>
</formalpara>
<sect2 id="region_code">
<title>region code</title>
<para>
RPC-1 DVD drives only protect region settings through software. RPC-2 drives
have a hardware protection that allows 5 changes only. It might be
needed/recommended to upgrade the firmware to RPC-1 if you have a RPC-2 DVD
drive. You can try finding firmware upgrades for your drive on the internet,
<ulink url="http://forum.rpc-1.com/dl_all.php">this firmware forum</ulink>
may be a good starting point for your search.
If there is no firmware upgrade available for your device, use the
<ulink url="http://linvdr.org/projects/regionset/">regionset tool</ulink>
to set the region code of your DVD drive (under Linux).
<emphasis role="bold">Warning</emphasis>: You can only set the region 5 times.
DVD drives nowadays come with a nonsensical restriction labeled
<ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code">region code</ulink>.
This is a scheme to force DVD drives to only accept DVDs produced for one of
the six different regions into which the world was partitioned. How a group
of people can sit around a table, come up with such an idea and expect the
world of the 21st century to bow to their will is beyond anyone's guess.
</para>
<para>
Drives that enforce region settings through software only are also known as
RPC-1 drives, those that do it in hardware as RPC-2. RPC-2 drives allow
changing the region code five times before it remains fixed.
Under Linux you can use the
<ulink url="http://linvdr.org/projects/regionset/">regionset</ulink> tool
to set the region code of your DVD drive.
</para>
<para>
Thankfully, it is possible to convert RPC-2 drives into RPC-1 drives through
a firmware upgrade. Feed the model number of your DVD drive into your favorite
search engine or have a look at the forum and download sections of
<ulink url="http://www.rpc1.org/">"The firmware page"</ulink>.
While the usual caveats for firmware upgrades apply, experience with
getting rid of region code enforcement is generally positive.
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>