Activating/Deactivating Parental Control, Country

Access Control

Activating/Deactivating Parental Control

1When disc playback is stopped, select Access control in the User Preference Settings menu using 3/4.

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

3Move to Parental level using 3/4.

4Move to value adjustment (‘– –’ -8) using 2.

5Then use 3/4 or the numeric buttons on the remote control to select a rating from 0 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:

The disc contains scenes not suitable for children. If you set a rating, 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 ENTER/OK or 1 to confirm, then press 1 again to exit the User Preference Settings menu.

Country

1When disc playback is stopped, select Access control in the User Preference Settings menu using 3/4.

2Enter the 4-digit code.

3Move to Change country using 3/4.

4Press 2.

5Select a country using 3/4.

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

Changing the 4-digit code

1When disc playback is stopped, select Access control in the User Preference Settings menu using 3/4.

2Enter the current 4 digit code.

3Move to Change code using 4 and press 2.

4Enter the new 4-digit code.

5Enter the code a second time.

6Press 1 to exit the menu.

➜ The new 4 digit code will take effect.

If you forget your 4 digit code

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

2Select Access control in the User Preference Settings menu using 3/4.

3The 4-digit code can be canceled 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 unit 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 unit certain aspects of the technical standards had not been settled between set makers and the disc industries.

On this basis,YAMAHA 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 this unit.

DV-S5550 specifications

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