Philips DVDR985 owner manual Locking or Unlocking Specific Discs

Access Control (cont’d) 51

Locking or Unlocking Specific Discs

Not all DVDs are rated or coded by Parental levels. You may choose to				1		Insert a Disc.
specifically lock or unlock a Disc by choosing Play once or Play always. This
way, you can disable viewing regardless of the rating of the DVD. You will
need to know your 4-digit code in order to view the Disc.
Insert a Disc. The Access Control message will appear on the TV				MONITOR			ON/OFF
1 screen. (Child Lock should be Locked. Details are on page 50.)			3	PREVIOUS		REC/OTR	NEXT
locked		Access Control
				REVERSE	PAUSE SLOW		FORWARD
p Play once	[ ]	[ ] [ ] [ ]
Play always	[ ]	[ ] [ ] [ ]		STOP		FSS	PLAY
Choose 'Play always' to insert the disc in							2
the child-safe list
Press 89 to select Play once or Play always. Then, press
the Number buttons to enter your four-digit code.
2 If you select Play Once, the Disc will play one time. If you stop play-
back, open the Disc tray, or turn off the Recorder’s power, the
Access Control screen will reappear when you try to play the Disc				CLEAR		TIMER	SELECT
again.
If you select Play Always, the Disc will play even if you turn off the				VOL			CH
DVD Recorder, open the disc tray, or set Child Lock to Ç						MUTE	2
(Locked). Details are on page 50.
If you later decide to lock the Disc so that it will not play
always:
3 When you insert the Disc, playback begins automatically and safe {
appears on the TV screen. Press STOP C while safe { is on
the TV screen. Locked will appear. If the Disc continues play-
ing, press STOP C again to stop playback. You may need to turn off
the DVD Recorder or remove the Disc before the Disc is com-				T/C			A/CH

pletely Locked. The next time you turn on the DVD Recorder or try to play the Disc, the Access Control screen will appear. The Disc will not play unless you enter the four-digit code.

Helpful Hints

• The Access Control screen will appear when you try to play a Locked Disc. If you do not know your code, press STOP çC. Then, select Access Control as described in steps 1-3 on page 49. When you are asked to enter the code, press STOP C four times. Press SYSTEM MENU, then press PLAY : to start playback. This restores all the Access Control settings to their original factory settings.

• Two-sided DVDs may have a dif- ferent ID for each side. To unlock the entire Disc, unlock each side.

• Multi-volume Disc sets may have a different ID for each volume. Unlock each volume.