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Parental Lock
This function restricts playback of DVD VIDEO
discs which contain violent (and other) scenes
according to the level set by the user. For ex-
ample, if a movie which includes violent scenes
supports the parental lock feature, such scenes
which you do not want to let children view
can be cut or replaced with other scenes.

Initial Parental Lock Setting

While a DVD VIDEO disc is stopped or no
disc is inserted press ENTER
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while hold-
ing down SHIFT
7
. The Parental Lock on-
screen display appears on the TV screen. The
points to the [Country Code] selector.
While points to the [Country Code] se-
lector, use CURSOR t/u
12
to select “US”
for country code.
Press ENTER. The moves to [Set Level].
While points to [Set Level], use CURSOR
t/u
12
to select the parental lock level.
Each time you press CURSOR t/u, the pa-
rental level changes as follows:
“–” means no restriction.
“1” is the highest level of
restriction. “8” is the low-
est level of restriction. Discs
rated higher than the se-
lected level are restricted.
Press ENTER. The moves to [PASSWORD].
Country Code
US
—
----
EXIT
Set Level
PASS WORD
PRESS KEY ENTER
PARENTAL LOCK

1

.
.
.

8

–

Country Code
US
—
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EXIT
Set Level
PASS WORD
PRESS KEY ENTER
PARENTAL LOCK
Enter your 4-digit password using the Numeric
Buttons
5
(0 to 9).
Press ENTER. The parental level and password
are set. moves to [EXIT].
Pressing ENTER again returns to the opening
display. If you enter an undesired password
in the preceding step, reenter the password
before pressing ENTER.

Changing Parental Lock Setting

While a DVD Video disc is stopped or no disc
is inserted press ENTER
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while holding
down SHIFT
7
. The Parental Lock on-screen
display appears on the TV screen. points
[PASSWORD].
Enter your current 4-digit password using the
Numeric Buttons (0 to 9)
5
and press EN-
TER. moves to [Country Code] if you enter the
correct password. If you enter the wrong pass-
word, “WRONG! RETRY……” appears on the
TV screen, and you cannot go to next step.
To change the country code, use CURSOR
t/u
12
to select the desired country code
and press ENTER
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. moves to [Set
Level]. When you change the country code,
you must select the parental level.
To change the set level, use CURSOR t/u
to select the desired level while points to
[Set Level], and then press ENTER. moves
to [PASSWORD].
Enter the password using the numeric buttons
(0 to 9) and press ENTER. moves to [EXIT].
The password entered in the above step be-
comes the new password. If you do not change
the password, re-enter the same password you
had previously.
Country Code
US
—
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EXIT
Set Level
PASS WORD
PRESS KEY ENTER
PARENTAL LOCK
Even if you want to change only the country
code and/or parental level, do not forget to
enter the password after changing the coun-
try code and/or parental level. Otherwise,
the new country code and/or parental level
will not become effective.
Pressing ENTER again returns to the opening
display.
NOTES:
• When you enter the wrong password
more than 3 times, moves to [EXIT] au-
tomatically and CURSOR
p
/
q
does not
work.
• If you forget your password in step 2 en-
ter “8888.”

Temporary Parental

Lock Release

When you set the parental level strictly, some
discs may not be played back at all. When
you insert such a disc and try to play it, the
following Parental Lock on-screen display
appears on the TV screen, asking you whether
you want the parental lock to be temporarily
released or not.
Use the CURSOR t/u
12
to move to [YES],
then press ENTER
24
. moves to the
PASSWORD field. When selecting [NO], press
OPEN/CLOSE
2
to remove the disc.
Enter your 4-digit password using the Numeric
Buttons (0 to 9)
5
. If you enter the wrong
password, “WRONG! RETRY…” appears on
the TV screen, and you cannot go to next step.
When the correct password is entered, the
Parental lock is released, and the unit starts
playback.
NOTE: When you enter the wrong pass-
word more than 3 times, moves to
[NO] automatically and the
t
/
u
CURSOR
buttons
12
will not work.
Country Code
US
—
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EXIT
Set Level
PASS WORD
PRESS KEY ENTER
PARENTAL LOCK
PARENTAL LOCK
Temporary
Level Change ?
This DISC can’t play now!
PASSWORD
YES
NO
– – – –
PRESS ENTER EXECUTE
RDV-995 DVD Player