Useful adjustment settings

Secret number setting for parental control

Allows you to use a secret number to protect certain settings from being accidentally changed.

IMPORTANT:

Three conditions must be met to enable the V-Chip (see pages 47 to 50):

1 Secret No. is registered.

2 V-Chip/V-Chip (DTV Only) settings have been made.

3 “Status” is set to “On”.

Setting a secret number

1

Press MENU to display the MENU screen,

and then press c/d to select “Setup”.

 

2

Press a/b to select “Parental CTRL”, and

then press ENTER.

3

Press a/b to select “Secret No.”, and then

press ENTER.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Select “New Secret No.”, and then press

ENTER.

 

 

Input the new 4-digit secret number by using 0

 

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5

Input the same 4-digit number on the

“Reconfirm” screen as in step 4 to confirm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Press RETURN to start configuring the V-Chip

settings. (See pages 47 and 50 for details.)

 

7

Press MENU to exit.

 

Setting parental control status

Used to enable or disable the parental control function.

1

Repeat steps 1 and 2 in Setting a secret

number.

 

 

 

• The secret number setting menu displays.

2

 

Input the 4-digit secret number by using 09.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Press a/b to select “Status”, and then press

ENTER.

 

4

 

Press c/d to select “On” or “Off”, and then

press ENTER.

 

 

 

• Select “On” to enable and “Off” to disable Parental

 

 

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5

Press MENU to exit.

 

You can skip steps 1 and 2 above while in the Parental CTRL screen.

The “V-Chip (DTV Only)” will only be selectable when a new rating system can be downloaded via digital broadcasting in the U.S.

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