Toshiba SD-44HKSE owner manual Parental Control, Rating DVD, Area Code DVD, Changing a password

Before Operation (Continued)

Parental Control

Rating DVD

Movies on DVDs may contain scenes not suitable for children. Therefore, discs may contain Parental Control information that applies to the complete disc or to certain scenes on the disc. These scenes are rated from 1 to 8, and alternatively, more suitable scenes are avail- able for selection on some discs. Ratings are country-dependent. DVD video discs may or may not respond to the parental control setting if the Area Code of the disc is set wrongly. The Parental Control feature allows you to prevent discs from being played by your children or to have certain discs played with alternative scenes.

1Select “Rating” on the Setup menu using the 3/4 buttons.

2While “Rating” is selected, press 2.

3When you have not entered a password.

Enter a 4-digit password using the number buttons to create a personal 4-digit security password. then press ENTER. Enter the 4-digit password again and press ENTER to verify.

When you have already registered a password; Enter a 4-digit password using the numbered but- tons to confirm the personal 4-digit security pass- word, then press ENTER.

If you make a mistake before pressing ENTER, press CLEAR and enter 4-digit security password again.

4Select a rating from 1 to 8 using the 3/4 but- tons. One (1) has the most playback restric- tions. Eight (8) has the least playback restric- tions.

Unlock: If you select Unlock, Parental Control is not active. The disc will play in full.

Ratings 1 to 8: Some discs contain scenes not suitable for children. If you set a rating for the play- er, all disc scenes with the same rating or lower will be played. Higher rated scenes will not be played unless an alternative scene is available on the disc. The alternative must have the same rating or a lower one. If no suitable alternative is found, play- back will stop. You must enter the 4-digit password or change the rating level in order to play the disc.

5Press ENTER to confirm your rating selection, then press SETUP to exit the menu.

6Press OPEN/CLOSE to activate parental control.

Notes

This function may not work for some DVDs.

To watch the disc whose rating is higher than the setting, press ENTER to input the password. Press PLAY to start playback.

Area Code DVD

Enter the code of a country/area whose standards were used to rate the DVD video disc, referring to the list (See “Area Code List”, page 31).

2While Area Code is selected, press 2.

3Follow step 3 of “Rating” on left.

4Select the first character using the 3/4 buttons.

5 Shift the cursor using 2 button and select the second character using 3/4 buttons.

6selection, then press SETUP to exit the menu.Press ENTER to confirm your Area Code

Note

Confirmation of the 4-digit password is necessary when the code is changed (see “Changing a password” below.).

Changing a password

1Follow Steps 1-2 as shown above to the left (Rating).

2Enter the old code, then press ENTER.

3Select Change using 3/4 buttons then press

ENTER.

4Enter the new 4-digit code, then press ENTER.

5Enter exactly the same code a second time and veri- fy by pressing ENTER.

6Press SETUP to exit the menu.

If you forget your 4-digit code

If you forget your password, to clear the current pass- word, follow the procedure below.

1Press SETUP to display the setup menu.

2Use the Number buttons to enter the 6-digit number “210499”.

The 4-digit password is cleared.

3Enter a new code as shown above to the left (Rating).

PREPARATION