Anydvd says my drive cannot read from another region

[marcandre215]

I don't understand why when I put a DVD from another region in my DVD drive, anydvd displays an error message saying that my drive is set to another region, does not have an rcp1 firmware.

It used to work, any idea???

 

[Webslinger]

I don't understand why when I put a DVD from another region in my DVD drive, anydvd displays an error message saying that my drive is set to another region, does not have an rcp1 firmware.

It used to work, any idea???

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14. Anydvd pops up with a message everytime I place this one dvd in the drive. The error message says unable to find CSS key due to region mismatch and that I need to set my dvd drive region to the same as the dvd to avoid this error in the future. Does anyone know how to do this?

a) You can usually ignore that error message, and Anydvd will still work properly with your burning program.

b) If you're still having problems, this is what you do

i. Right click the fox on your toolbar. Exit Anydvd
ii. Click start. Right click on "My computer"--->select "properties".
iii.Click on the 'Hardware' tab--->click the 'device manager' button.
iv. Open the dvd/cdrom branch---> right click on your optical drive
v. Click "properties".
vi. You should have a region tab. From there you can select a region.
vii. Select the region that matches the region on the disc
viii. Start Anydvd
ix. click the fox icon on your toolbar. Go to Video dvd--->settings
x. Change the default to match the region on the disc
xi. Click Ok

 

[marcandre215]

Thanks for the tip. But doesn't this work only 3 times before the DVD drive becomes permanently locked? What is the purpose of buying Anydvd then?

 

[DetroitBaseball]

Thanks for the tip. But doesn't this work only 3 times before the DVD drive becomes permanently locked? What is the purpose of buying Anydvd then?

Are you serious? Set the drive to the region you are in and leave it alone.

 

[marcandre215]

this is what I thought. but anydvd keeps showing this error message...

 

[Webslinger]

this is what I thought. but anydvd keeps showing this error message...

from Frequently Asked Questions (READ BEFORE YOU POST)

14. Anydvd pops up with a message everytime I place this one dvd in the drive. The error message says unable to find CSS key due to region mismatch and that I need to set my dvd drive region to the same as the dvd to avoid this error in the future. Does anyone know how to do this?

a) You can usually ignore that error message, and Anydvd will still work properly with your burning program.

b) If you're still having problems, this is what you do

i. Right click the fox on your toolbar. Exit Anydvd
ii. Click start. Right click on "My computer"--->select "properties".
iii.Click on the 'Hardware' tab--->click the 'device manager' button.
iv. Open the dvd/cdrom branch---> right click on your optical drive
v. Click "properties".
vi. You should have a region tab. From there you can select a region.
vii. Select the region that matches the region on the disc
viii. Start Anydvd
ix. click the fox icon on your toolbar. Go to Video dvd--->settings
x. Change the default to match the region on the disc
xi. Click Ok