Parental Lock and Other Options
Exploring the CHILD and OTHERS Setup Pages
The CHILD and OTHERS Setup Pages contains many important options for your player. The CHILD menu is where you can set a password to control the Parental Lock and Reset functions, which let you limit the play of discs beyond a rating you specify, and reset the settings and password to factory defaults, respectively. The OTHERS menu contains the FACTORY SETTING option, as well as the MNCOLOR setting, which allows you to change the color of the
CHILD - LEVELS 1-8
The Parental Lock allows you to limit the use of your Player to only those DVD discs that do not exceed the rating you specify. When the Parental Control is set, DVD discs that support this feature will play only after the password has been entered. However, typically only discs produced by major entertainment companies support Parental Control. Discs not supporting this feature will be “immune” to
When you attempt to change the Parental Control setting, you are prompted for a password. This of course makes sense, as this option would be useless if your kids could enter the Setup Menu and disable it! If there is no user password set, you’ll be prompted to enter a new password. Choose a
For Help on Using the Setup Menu, see pg 38.
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VIDEO | CHILD LEVEL 8 | |
AUDIO | ||
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CHILD | CHANGE PASSWORD | |
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OTHERS | CANCEL PASSWORD | |
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EXIT |
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| ENTER RETURN SETUP |
After the password is set, press ENTER on the CHILD option. You can choose from 8 levels of Parental Control, corresponding to the standard rating system in the USA. The available levels and their equivalent ratings are listed to the right:
LEVEL 1 . . . KIDS LEVEL 2 . . . G LEVEL 3 . . . PG LEVEL 4 . . . PG 13
LEVEL 5 . . . PG R LEVEL 6 . . . R LEVEL 7 . . . NC 17 LEVEL 8 . . . ADULT
CHANGE & CANCEL PASSWORD
Here is where you can change or Cancel your existing password. If you have not already entered the existing password in the Setup Menu, you are prompted for the old password. Enter the existing password for access. *If you have forgotten your password, you cannot use these options - you must reset the player to factory defaults (see below), clearing the previously entered password. After this, you can create a new password as discussed above.
MNCOLOR - BLUE / VIOLET / GREEN / YLW / ORG
Changes the Menu Color to the hue you specify.
VERSION
Displays the version of the DVD Player’s FIRMWARE. This may be needed for technical support.
LANG.
VIDEO
AUDIO | MNCOLOR BLUE |
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CHILD
FACTORY SETTING
OTHERS
VERSION
If you would like to return all settings of your DVD Player’s Setup to the factory defaults, choose this option. All values for Audio, Video,
EXIT
FACTORY SETTING
Language, Parental Control and Password settings will be reset. When prompted for a password, enter the Default Factory Password - 3782.
ENTER RETURN SETUP
Quick Tips
Since the factory password is listed here, the Parental Control feature may not be secure if this manual is accessible by your children.
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