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Chapter 4: DVD Menu System
Setting Ratings Limits
The Rating Limits feature lets you determine what types of discs can be played in the player, and what types of discs will require a password to override the rating limit that you’ve set. In the U.S., the ratings feature is based on the ratings set up by the MPAA (Motion Pictures Association of America) such as R, PG, G, etc.
The system ranks the ratings from 1 to 8 in order to accomodate ratings systems used in other countries (1 is considered material that is least offensive and 8 is considered the most offensive).
Note: In order for the Ratings to be enforced, the DVD Player must be locked and the disc you’re playing must contain a movie (or a title) that is rated.
To set Ratings:
1.From the main menu, highlight Lock and press OK (enter your password if asked).
2.Highlight Ratings and press OK.
Rated Titles: most discs that contain movies shown in theatres have a rating assigned to them (R,
Unrated Titles: discs that contain titles that don’t have a rating assigned to them. Sometimes, movies you might find the most explicit are unrated.
3.To set the ratings for Rated Titles, press OK (since the screen appears with Rated Titles already highlighted). The
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