User's Manual

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Selecting and cancelling of parental control
Some discs are specified as not suitable for chil-
dren. This unit can prevent playback of such discs.
Preparation:
• Turn ON the TV and set it to the video input mode.
• Select “PARENTAL” from “SYSTEM SETUP”. For the
procedure, see steps 1 to 3 in “Using the SETUP
MENU”.
NOTE:
• The selected level will apply to operations executed
after this.
• The unit cannot restrict playback of some discs.
• Some discs may not be encoded with specific rating
level information though its disc jacket says “adult”.
Parental control will not work with those discs.
• Do not forget the password. If you forget the pass-
word, contact customer service.
Temporarily canceling parental control
Parental control can temporarily be cancelled with some
DVDs.
1
Playback a DVD. (See page 23.)
2
If the DVD disc has been designed to temporarily
cancel the rating level, the screen that follows the
“READING” screen will change. If you select “YES”
with the ENTER, the message “Your disc exceeds
parental control level 1.”(e.g.) will then appear.
3
If you wish to cancel the set rating level tempo-
rarily, select “Parental Control Level” with
or ,
then press ENTER. If the password has been se-
lected, the password input screen will appear.
Alternatively, if the password has not been set, play-
back will commence. If you don’t know (or have for-
gotten) the password, select “Cancel Picture”.
The setting screen will disappear. Press OPEN/
CLOSE to remove the disc.
4
Use the numeric keys to input the password.
• To interrupt the input process, press RETURN.
5
Press ENTER.
6
Playback will commence if the entered password
was correct.
NOTE:
This temporary cancellation of the rating level will re-
main active until the disc is ejected.
When the disc is ejected, the original rating level will be
set again automatically.
Selecting parental control
Select PARENTAL and select the parental control level
from the list below.
Level Off: Parental control is turned off.
Level 1: DVD expressly for children can be
played back.
Level 2 to 7: DVD for general/children can be
played back.(DVDs with mature con-
tent are prohibited.)
Level 8: All DVD software can be played back.
Select from level 1 to level 8.
On a scale of 1- 8, “1” is the most restrictive.
To lock the selected parental control level
1
To lock the selected parental control level, press
and choose “PASSWORD”.
2
Use the numeric keys to input the 4-digit pass-
word.
• If you input a wrong number, press CANCEL.
• Be sure to remember this number!
3
Press ENTER.
To cancel the locked parental control level
1
Select “PASSWORD” shown in step 1 of the above
section and use the numeric keys to input the
password.
2
Press ENTER.
The locked mark
“ ”
will change to an unlocked
mark “
”.
Then, you can change the parental control level.
TIMER REC SET
SYSTEM SETUP
AV SETUP
REC SETUP
CH SETUP
OTHER
PARENTAL
PASSWORD
PARENTAL
SETUP MENU
ENTER/
SELECT
RETURN SETUPENTER BACK END
DELETE
8
- - - -
INPUT A NUMBBER
09
CLLAR/
CANCEL
----
change to
1234
Your disc exceeds
the parental control level 1.
Parental Control Level
Cancel Picture
/Enter/Return
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