Technicolor - Thomson EFC031 manual Parental control, Locking a channel or AV programme

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Operation

Parental control

The parental control functions allow you to limit your children’s access to the television.You can do this by locking the buttons on your TV set, thereby barring access to certain channels and/or AV programmes (except CMP and VGA).These functions are protected using a PIN code.

Display the OVERVIEW by pressing the MENU button. Select the Parental Control line and confirm this by pressing the OK button.

If no access restriction function has been activated and a Personal code has been defined, the PARENTAL CONTROL

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menu comes up.

 

 

 

PIN CODE

Return

PIN code

Define PIN code.

If this is not the case, the PIN CODE menu comes up:

1.Enter a 4-figure code.

Note: choose a code you can remember easily.

2.Type your code in a second time to confirm it and the PARENTAL CONTROL menu will come up.

PARENTAL CONTROL

 

Return

 

 

Select channel

 

01 TF1

Lock channel

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Lock front panel

 

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New PIN code

 

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This programme is under parental control. Change programme or press OK to enter PIN code and temporarily deactivate the parental control.

Locking a channel or AV programme

1.In the PARENTAL CONTROL menu, select the Select channel

line, use the buttons, numeric or PR+/PR- buttons to select the

channel to be locked. Use the buttons or press the AV button to access the AV programmes.

2.On the Lock channel line, activate the tick box using the OK button.

To unlock the channel or AV programme, call up the PARENTAL CONTROL menu by entering your code, select the Lock channel line, and unselect the tick box with the ok button. Quit the menu with EXIT.

Locking the appliance's buttons

1.In the PARENTAL CONTROL menu, select the Lock front panel line and activate the tick box by pressing the OK button.

2.The buttons on the front panel are immediately locked along with the INSTALLATION and TIME menus. The remote control handset is now needed in order to use the TV set.

To cancel locking, go to the PARENTAL CONTROL menu by entering your code, select the Lock front panel line, and unselect the tick box by pressing the OK button. Quit the menu with EXIT.

Modifying your personal code

1.In the PARENTAL CONTROL menu, select the New PIN code line and enter a new 4-figure code using the number buttons on the remote control handset.

2.Type the code a second time to confirm it.

To go back to the OVERVIEW, select Return and confirm with OK.To quit the menu, press EXIT.

Operation (TV mode)

As soon as an access restriction function is activated, you will need to enter your personal code:

-to access the PARENTAL CONTROL menu,

-to access the TIME menu,

-to access the INSTALLATION menu.

To unlock the TIME and INSTALLATION menus, you will need to deactivate the two access restriction functions.

To watch a locked channel or AV programme, try to access it normally then follow the procedure that comes up on the screen. Locking will be reactivated when you place the TV set in standby mode.

Note: if you have forgotten your PIN code you can cancel it.You do this by putting the TV set into standby mode, then pressing the EXIT button on the remote control and the VOL- button on the front of the set at the same time for five seconds. The TV set will then come on. If just one of the functions limiting access is active you will be requested to set a new password.

This procedure is possible, even if you have locked the buttons on the front of the TV set.

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