Bose 321 Home Entertainment System
Bose 321 GS Home Entertainment System
(US/Canada, European, UK, Australia, Japan and Dual Voltage Versions)
Bose 321 GS Home Entertainment System
(US/Canada, European, UK, Australia, Japan and Dual Voltage Versions)
Changing the 321 Console Region Code
You can only change the region code for a console a total of 4 times. After that the console will set the region code to the last one changed to permanently.
1. Connect the B+B RS-232 to TTL converter to one of the serial data ports on the back of your IBM compatible PC. Connect the TAP interface cable, part number 266603, to the B+B converter. Plug the other end of the cable into J1 of the 3-2-1 console display board. This connector can be accessed from outside the cabinet, under the right side of the front of the console.
2. Set up your computer as shown in the computer setup procedure in the appendix of this manual.
3. Power up the 321 system console. On the PC, open the terminal window that you have set up using the computer setup procedure. Open the connection between the PC and the console.
4. On the console, place a DVD disc of the region that you want to change to into the console tray. For example, if you wanted to change a region code 1 console to region 2, you would place a region code 2 DVD disc into the console. Let the disc spin up. The display will read "loading".
On the PC, type in the applicable TAP command from the table below and press ENTER on the keyboard. The region code will have changed to the new region.
Regions Covered Region
Code Command MRGN Command
Response
U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico 1 LXTP09 MRGN04xx01FE01
Europe, Middle East, Japan 2 LXTP0a MRGN04xx01FD01
Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan 3 LXTP0b MRGN04xx01FB01
Central America, Mexico, South America,
Australia, New Zealand 4 LXTP0c MRGN04xx01F701
Russia, Africa (except Egypt and South Africa),
India, Pakistan 5 LXTP0d MRGN04xx01EF01
China 6 LXTP0e MRGN04xx01DF0
You can check to see what region code your console is set to by typing in the MRGN command in the terminal window. The console will respond with a message.
At right you will see that the console has responded MRGN040201FE01. The first two characters after the MRGN are 04, and they indicate the number of times that the drive manufacturer can reset the drive. It will almost always be 04.
The
next two characters are the number of times remaining that a service center can
reset the region code. In this example there are two more changes (02)
remaining. The next two characters (01) are the type code, which indicates the status of the drive: 00 = no drive region set; 01 = drive region set; 02 = drive region set /w additional restrictions (last chance), 03 = drive region has been set permanently. This number increments when the drive approaches the last time it can be changed before it is set permanently to the selected region. The next two characters are an eight bit hexadecimal representation of the region that the drive is currently set to. In the example, the FE corresponds to region 1. The other regions are listed in the table above. The last two characters are for the CSS encryption. For all units in the field, these two characters will always be 01.
remaining. The next two characters (01) are the type code, which indicates the status of the drive: 00 = no drive region set; 01 = drive region set; 02 = drive region set /w additional restrictions (last chance), 03 = drive region has been set permanently. This number increments when the drive approaches the last time it can be changed before it is set permanently to the selected region. The next two characters are an eight bit hexadecimal representation of the region that the drive is currently set to. In the example, the FE corresponds to region 1. The other regions are listed in the table above. The last two characters are for the CSS encryption. For all units in the field, these two characters will always be 01.
Parental Control Information
The parental control circuitry prevents unauthorized viewing of DVDs above a user specified setting. The user is required to set a four number password for DVDs with ratings above the rating set by the user. If a user forgets what his four number password is, he/she will not be able to view movies above the set rating. If a customer has forgotten his password, there is a generic password that can be used to bypass the lock-out. The password is BOSE (2673), as spelled on a telephone. Once the original password has been bypassed, the customer can set a new one.
The parental control settings used in the 3-2-1 Home Entertainment System are from 1 to 8, with 8 being the lowest security and 1 the highest. See the table below for an listing of the settings and how they correspond to the various Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) ratings.
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DVD
Rating
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General
Description of Rating
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MPAA
Rating
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8
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Unrated
(generally most restricted)
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|
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7
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Adult
audiences
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NC-17
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6
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Mature
audiences
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R
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5
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Mature
teenage audiences
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|
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4
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Teenage
audiences
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PG-13
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3
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Mature
young audiences
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PG
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2
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Most
audiences
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|
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1
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General
(unrestricted audiences)
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G
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