need help with dvd recorder

last year i had purchased one rogers dv 850 R recorder equipped, with ricoh drive, from hongkong.now i have shifted back to india permanently and the said recorder/player does not play indian dvds.
the manual says that it can play only region ‘0’ and ‘2’ dvds.is there any way to by-pass this restriction.
i shall be highly grateful should anybody help me.
thanks

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