Parental Level DVD-Video only | Philips DVDR990 specs

Philips DVDR990 manual Parental Level DVD-Video only, Activating/Deactivating Parental Control

Parental Level (DVD-Video only)

Movies on pre-recorded DVD discs may contain scenes not suitable for children. Therefore discs may contain ‘Parental Control’ information which applies to the complete disc or to certain scenes on the disc.

These scenes are rated from 1 to 8 and alternative, more suitable scenes are available on the disc. Ratings are country dependent. The ‘Parental Control’ feature allows you to prevent discs from being played by your children or to have certain discs played with alternative scenes.

Activating/Deactivating Parental Control

•Select ‘Access control’ in the features menu using wv (down up cursor) and press u (right cursor).

•Enter your 4-digit PIN code using the digit keys 0-9. If necessary enter the code a second time.

•Move to ‘Parental level’ using wv (down up cursor).

•Move to the Value Adjustment bar using u (right cursor).

	off	on	off
	Child lock		Features
Access control	Parental level
Status box	Change country
Autoresume	Change code
Low power standby
PBC

•Use the w v (down up cursor) keys or the numerical keys 0-9on the remote control to select

a rating from 1 to 8 for the disc inserted. Rating 0 (displayed as ‘– –’):

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

Ratings 1 to 8 (1 = childsafe - 8 = adults only):

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

•Press OK or t (left cursor) to confirm and press SYSTEM MENU again to exit the menu.

Country	English

•Select ‘Access control’ in the features menu using wv (down up cursor) and press u (right cursor).

•Enter the four digit PIN code.

•Move to ‘Change country’ using w (down cursor).

•Press u (right cursor).

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	Austria
Access control	Belgium
Status box	Denmark.
Auto resume	Finland
Low power standby
PBC

•Select a country using wv (down up cursor).

•Press OK or t (left cursor) to confirm and press SYSTEM MENU again to exit the menu.

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DVDR990 specifications

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