pioneer dvda04 region settings
 

Can you tell wether the a04 is region specific or if after a number of times it sets itself to a region and locks i would like to back up! region 1 and region 2 DVDs can anyone help?
Or is it possible to convert the region during recording to maybe region 0

yes it is... after 5 times of region change it locks to the last region used! you need to install a firmware hack to make it region free, visit this addy h++p://perso.club-internet.fr/farzeno/firmware/ and get the fix you need!