Setup Menu Options (continued)

Playback settings (underlined options are the factory default settings)

TV Aspect Ratio Set the aspect ratio of the recorder according to the TV type you have connected.

English

Parental Rating Level

Enter Password

* * * *

OK

CANCELOK

Set Rating Level

 

4.

PG 13

OK

5.

PG R

 

4.

PG 13

New OK

{ 16:9 }

– Select this for wide screen TV

 

(frame ratio 16:9).

{4:3 Letterbox } – Select this for a ‘wide screen’ display with black bands on the upper and lower portions of the TV screen.

{4:3 Panscan } – Select this for a full-height

picture with both side trimmed.

Some DVDs may have a parental level assigned to the entire disc or to certain scenes on the disc. This feature allows you to

set a playback limitation level.

1)Use ST keys to select { Parental Rating Level } and press OK.

2)Use the numeric keypad 0-9to enter your four-digit pin code.

Note: When doing this for the first time or if you forget your four-digit pin code, enter the default password '3308'.

3)

Move to

 

 

OK

in the menu and press OK on the remote

 

control. The set rating level menu appears.

4)

Use ST keys to select the desired parental level, then move

 

to

 

 

in the menu and press OK on the remote control

 

OK

 

 

to confirm.

 

 

Notes:

The rating levels range from 1 to 8 and are country dependent. DVDs that are rated higher than the level you have selected will not play unless you enter your four-digit pin code.

To disable parental controls and allow all discs to play, select { Off }.

VCD, SVCD, CDs have no level indication, so parental control has no effect on these type of discs. This also applies to most illegal DVDs.

Some DVDs are not coded with a rating though the movie rating may be printed on the disc cover. The rating level feature does not prohibit playback of such discs.

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Philips DVDR3512V, DVDR3510V quick start Parental Rating Level, Frame ratio, Control. The set rating level menu appears

DVDR3510V, DVDR3512V specifications

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