There are dozens of web sites telling you exactly how to do this. It depends
a little on your model,  so I cannot give you exact information. But I would
suggest a google search using the model name and some other keyword such as
"region" or "international"

Sometimes it involves opening up the machine and changing a switch.
Sometimes it can be reprogrammed using a remote control. I saw one instance
in which the remote that came with the model would not do this, but a guy
picked up a different remote at HardOff for about 200 yen and used that to
reprogram his DVD.




"Sachi Noma" <snoma01@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
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> I live in Japan (region 2). I want to purchase DVD in US (region 1).  Can
> someone suggest a way to view region 1 DVDs purchased in US on a region 1
> DVD machine in Japan? Thank you.
>