Dynex DX-32E250A12 Setting parental controls, Checking the digital signal strength, Setting or changing the password, CHANNELS, To set or change the password:

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4Press ￿ or ￿ to select the channel you want to label, then press ￿ to move to the channel label field.

5Press ￿ or ￿ to select a character, then press ￿ or ￿ to move to the next position. Repeat this step to enter additional characters. You can enter as many as 11 characters. If you need to delete a character, press ￿.

6Press EXIT to close the menu.

Checking the digital signal strength

You can check the digital signal strength to determine if you need to adjust your antenna or digital cable input. The higher the signal strength, the less likely you are to experience picture degradation.

To check the digital signal strength:

1Press MENU. The on-screen menu opens.

		PICTURE	AUDIO	SETTINGS		CHANNELS
Picture Mode		Energy Savings
Contrast							50
Brightness							50
Color							58
Tint							0
Sharpness							+10
Backlight							43
Move	Select		Menu Back		Exit	Exit

Adjust settings to affect picture quality

2Press ￿ or ￿ to highlight CHANNELS, then press ￿. The CHANNELS menu opens.

	PICTURE	AUDIO	SETTINGS	CHANNELS
Auto Channel Search
Add/Skip Channels
Favorites
Channel Labels
Channel Strength
Audio Only		Off
Auto Zoom		On
Move	Select	Menu Back	Exit	Exit

Display signal strength of selected digital channels

3Press ￿ or ￿ to highlight Channel Strength, then press ENTER. The DTV signal strength is indicated by the color bar.

4Press EXIT to close the menu.

Setting parental controls

Setting or changing the password

Parental controls let you prevent your children from watching inappropriate material on TV. When set, parental controls read the rating of the program (with some exceptions, such as news and sports) and deny access to programs that exceed the ratings level you select. To watch programs that exceed the selected rating, you must enter a password.

To set or change the password:

1Press MENU. The on-screen menu opens.

		PICTURE	AUDIO	SETTINGS		CHANNELS
Picture Mode		Energy Savings
Contrast							50
Brightness							50
Color							58
Tint							0
Sharpness							+10
Backlight							43
Move	Select		Menu Back		Exit	Exit

Adjust settings to affect picture quality

2Press ￿or ￿to highlight SETTINGS, then press ￿. The SETTINGS menu opens with Parental Controls highlighted.

	PICTURE	AUDIO	SETTINGS	CHANNELS
Parental Controls
Closed Caption
Time
Menu Settings
Input Labels
Computer Settings
Component Settings
Move	Select	Menu Back	Exit	Exit

Set TV parental controls

3Press ENTER. The Enter Password screen opens.

PICTURE AUDIO SETTINGS CHANNELS

Enter Password

Move Select Menu Back Exit Exit

Enter your 4-digit password. Default is 0000.

4Press the number buttons to enter the four-digit password. The default password is 0000. You should change the password to a number you can remember. The Parental Controls menu opens.

	PICTURE	AUDIO	SETTINGS	CHANNELS
Button Lock		Off
Block Unrated TV		Off
USA Parental Locks
Canadian Parental Locks
Change Password
RRT5
Reset RRT5
Move	Select	Menu Back	Exit	Exit

Enter a new 4-digit password then re-enter it to confirm