Activating/Deactivating Parental Control

Access Control

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Activating/Deactivating Parental Control

1When disc playback is stopped, select ACCESS CONTROL in the Personal Preferences menu using the 3/4 keys.

2Enter your 4-digit code. If necessary, enter the code a second time.

3Move to Parental Control using the 3/4 keys.

4Move to value adjustment (1-8) using the 2 key.

5Then use the 3/4 keys or the numerical keys on the remote control to select a rating from 1 to 8 for the disc inserted.

Changing the 4-digit code

1When disc playback is stopped, select ACCESS CONTROL in the Personal Preferences menu using the 3/4 keys.

2Enter the current 4 digit code.

3Move to CHANGE CODE using the 4 and press the 2 key.

4Enter the new 4-digit code.

5Enter the code a second time and reconfirm by pressing OK.

6Press 1 to exit the menu.

➜ The new 4 digit code will be take effect.

Rating 0 (displayed as ‘– –’):

Parental Control is not activated.The Disc will be played in full.

Ratings 1 to 8:

The disc contains scenes not suitable for children. If you set a rating for the player, all scenes with the same rating or lower will be played. Higher rated scenes will not be played unless an alternative which has the same rating or lower is available on the disc. If no suitable alternative is found, playback will stop and the 4-digit code has to be entered.

6Press OK or 1 to confirm, then press 1 again to exit the Personal Preferences menu.

Country

1When disc playback is stopped, select ACCESS CONTROL in the Personal Preferences menu using the 3/4 keys.

2Enter the 4-digit code.

3Move to CHANGE COUNTRY using the 4 key.

4Press the 2 key.

5Select a country using 3/4.

6Press OK or 1 to confirm, then press 1 again to exit the menu.

If you forget your 4 digit code

1Press 9 to exit the ‘Child Safe’ screen.

2Select ACCESS CONTROL in the Personal Preferences menu using the 3/4 keys.

3The 4-digit code can be cancelled by pressing 9 four times in the ‘Access Control’ dialog.

4You can then enter a new code (twice!) as described above in ‘Changing the 4 digit code’.

Parental Control Disclaimer

This DVD player features the PARENTAL CONTROL system which is to activate when playing DVD discs furnished with certain software coding only.

Also note that at the time of release of this DVD player, certain aspects of the technical standards had not been settled between set makers and the disc industries.

On this basis, Philips cannot guarantee the functioning of the PARENTAL CONTROL system and denies any liability associated with unintended watching of disc content.

If in doubt, please make sure the disc plays according to your PARENTAL CONTROL settings before you allow children access to the player.

DVD743, DVD743HC/021 specifications

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