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Rating

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
available for selection on some discs. Ratings are differ-
ent in each country. The Parental Control feature allows
you to prevent discs from being played by your children
or to have certain discs played with alternative scenes.
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Select “Rating” on the Setup menu.
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While “Rating” is selected, press B.
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When 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 the 4-digit password using the number 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
the 4-digit security password again.
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Select a rating from 1 to 8 using the v/Vbut-
tons. One (1) has the least playback restrictions.
Eight (8) has the most playback restrictions.
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 the
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.
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Press ENTER to confirm your rating selection,
then press SETUP to exit the menu.

Password

Setting your password

If you change the rating level to “7” or lower, you must
enter a 4-digit “password” to prevent playback of discs
with higher ratings.
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Select “Password” on the Setup menu.
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While “Password” is selected, press B.
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While “New” is selected, press ENTER.
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Enter a 4-digit password using the numbered
buttons to create a personal 4-digit security
password then press ENTER.
Tip
If you make a mistake before pressing ENTER, press
CLEAR to delete the entered all-digit or press bto
delete one by one and correct it.
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Enter the 4-digit password again and press
ENTER to verify.

Changing the 4-digit password

1Follow Steps 1-2 as shown above (Setting your
password).
2Enter the old password, then press ENTER.
3Select “Change” using v/Vthen press ENTER.
4Enter the new 4-digit password, then press ENTER.
5Enter the 4-digit password again and press ENTER
to verify.

If you forget your 4-digit password

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”.
3Enter a new code as shown above (Setting your
password).

Country Code

Enter the code of a country/area which standards were
used to rate the DVD video disc, referring to the list
(See “Country Code List”, page 38.).
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Select “Country Code” on the Setup menu.
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While “Country Code” is selected, press B.
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Follow step 3 of “Rating” on left.
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Select the first character using v/V.
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Shift the cursor using Band select the second
character using v/V.
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Press ENTER to confirm your country code
selection, then press SETUP to exit the menu.
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