DVD regions

I have a G4 with a PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-116D.
Is there any way to override the region settings so I can play my region 1 & region 2 dvds? I get 5 times to change the setting then I'm stuck.
Thanks.
dineau

Hi-
I need you to search Google and read up. Search DVRFlash and go to the RPC-1 forums for all the information that you need.
See this:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9221616&#9221616
Steve Boultbee gives help in this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8050896&#8050896
Firmware down lower on this page:
http://pioneerdvd.rpc1.org/

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