LG Electronics HTW316 Parental Control

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Parental Control

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

country-dependent. The Parental Control feature allows

you to prevent discs from being played by your children

or to have certain discs played with alternative scenes.

Select “Rating” on the Setup menu using the

33/44buttons.

While “Rating” is selected, press 22.

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 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.

Select a rating from 1 to 8 using the 33/44but-

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 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.

Press ENTER to confirm your rating selection,

then press SETUP to exit the menu.

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This function may not work for some DVDs.

Country Code

Enter the code of a country/area whose standards were

used to rate the DVD video disc, referring to the list

(See “Country Code List”, page 35.).

Select Country Code using the 33/44buttons on

the Setup menu.

While Country Code is selected, press 2.

Follow step 3 of “Rating” on left.

Select the first character using the 33/44buttons.

Shift the cursor using 2button and select the

second character using 33/44buttons.

Press ENTER to confirm your Country Code

selection, then press SETUP to exit the menu.

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Confirmation of the 4-digit password is necessary when

the code is changed (see “Changing the 4-digit code”

below.).

Changing the 4-digit code

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

2Enter the old code, then press ENTER.

3Select Change using 33/44buttons 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 forgot 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).

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Disc Subtitle

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