Mitsubishi Electronics 838 SERIES Parental Menu, Lock Parental, Lock Time, Lock Channel

264. TV Menus

Lock

Parental Menu

The TV comes from the factory with the rating locks turned off and with pre-set U.S. ratings TV-PG and movie rating PG. You must turn on blocking for U.S. ratings to activate these rating restrictions. You will be prompted to enter a pass code when you select Lock on the main menu.

Important Notes on Rating Locks

•Parental menu rating locks apply only to channels and signals received on the ANT and composite VIDEO jacks.

•Other menu rating locks apply only to digital channels received on ANT.

•When viewing a cable box, satellite receiver, or other device connected to the component Y Pb Pr or HDMI inputs, check the device’s owner’s guide for parental locks.

•When accessing VUDU’s internet movie service, use the parental con- trols provided by VUDU.

Lock Parental

Lock	Disables or enables blocking based on V-Chip signals and the U.S. rating system.
TV	Highlight the rating level you wish to change
Rating	and press ENTER to block it (	) or allow it (	).
	You can apply supplemental content block-
	ing to the age-based ratings by using the TV
	content categories. (FV, D, L, S, V)
Movie	Highlight the rating level you wish to change
Rating	and press ENTER to block it (	) or allow it (	).
Start Time/	Sets the time of day for enforcement of rating restrictions set in the Parental menu.
Stop Time	Note: To make rating restrictions active 24 hours a day, make Start Time and Stop Time the same.

Lock Time

Blocks all use of the TV during the time period you specify. Once a lock time is set, it goes into effect immediately and you must enter a pass code to use the TV during the lock period. To reactivate the time lock, power the TV off and then back on. To make Lock by Time active 24 hours a day, make Start Time and Stop Time the same.

Lock Channel

The Channel Lock menu lists channels currently in memory (see page 24). Highlight a channel and press ENTER to lock () or allow ( ) the channel. Channels locks will be cleared the next time you perform a channel scan.

Lock Panel

Use this option if small children try to press TV buttons.

• To release the Panel Lock from the TV’s control panel, press and hold the INPUT button for ten seconds. If the TV is powered off, press POWER after the lock releases to power on the TV.

•To reactivate the lock, return to this menu and change the setting to On.

Lock Other

Other Menu Options (alternate rating system)

This TV can recognize new rating systems that may come into effect in the future. Such alter- nate rating systems will apply only to digital programming received on the ANT input.

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