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Access control; Parental control (DVD- Video only)

Movies on DVD discs may contain scenes not suitable for children. Therefore discs may contain ‘Parental Control’ information which applies to the complete disc or to certain scenes on the disc.These scenes are rated from 1 to 8 and alternative, more suitable scenes are available on the disc. 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.

Activating/Deactivating Parental Control

1In Stop mode, select ACCESS CONTROL in the Features menu using the w/v keys.

2Enter your 4-digit PIN code. If necessary enter the code a second time.

3Move to Parental Control using the w/v keys.

4Move to VALUE ADJUSTMENT (1-8) using the u key.

5Then use the w/v keys or the numerical keys on the remote control to select a rating from 1 to 8 for the disc inserted.

Rating 0 (displayed as ‘– –’):

Parental Control is not activated.The Disc will be played in full.

Ratings 1 to 8:

The disc contains scenes not suitable for children. If you set a rating for the player, all scenes with the same rating or lower will be played. Higher rated scenes will not be played unless an alternative is available on the disc.The alternative must have the same rating or a lower one. If no suit- able alternative is found, play will stop and the 4-digit code has to be entered.

6Press OK or t to confirm and press t again to exit the menu.

Country

1In Stop mode, select ACCESS CONTROL in the Features menu using the w/v keys.

2Enter the old code.

3Move to CHANGE COUNTRY using the w key.

4Press the u key.

5Select a country using w/v.

6Press OK or t to confirm and press t again to exit the menu.

Changing the 4-digit code

1In Stop mode, select ACCESS CONTROL in the Features menu using the w/v keys.

2Enter the old code.

3Move to CHANGE CODE using the w key.

4Press the u key.

5Enter the new 4-digit PIN code.

6Enter the code a second time and reconfirm with OK.

7Press t to exit the menu.

Note: If you forgot your code, it can be cancelled by pressing 9 four times in the ‘child protect’ dialog.You can then enter a new code (twice!) as described above.

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Philips DVD956, DVD955 manual Access control Parental control DVD- Video only, Country, Changing the 4-digit code