Hello. Yes, after you change the region code on you DVD Burner 5 times it will lock to the last region code you specified. The way around this is to use a program to break the region and CSS code. AnyDVD is good for this and you can find it here: another good program is DVD Region+CSS Free and you can find that here: One more that I have never used but is inexpensive is DVD Region Unlock Codes, you can find that here: you do a google search I'm sure that you can find more. I have AnyDVD because it is worth every penny. The program is updated regularly.The only other option that you are left with is to get another burner and set it to one region code and the second burner to another region code. Personally for the money I would rather get a program that takes care of it for me. The first two I mentioned above are good programs that I know are updated regularly. The last one I mentioned I have no idea.Good luck!