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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 41 to 47):

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.
	V-Chip
	V-Chip (DTV Only)
	Secret No.
	Status

4	Select “New Secret No.”, and then press
	ENTER.
	Input the new 4-digit secret number by using 0
	–9.
	New Secret No.
	Secret No. Clear
		Input Secret No.	a a a a
		New Secret No.		a a a
			a
		Reconfirm
			a a a a

5	Input the same 4-digit number on the
	“Reconfi rm” screen as in step 4 to confi rm.
	New Secret No.
	Secret No. Clear
		Input Secret No.		a a a a
		New Secret No.
			* * * *
		Reconfirm			a a a
				a

6	Press RETURN to start confi guring the V-Chip
	settings. (See pages 44 and 47 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 0–9.
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
	CTRL.
	V-Chip
	V-Chip (DTV Only)
	Secret No.
	Status
		On	Off

5 Press MENU to exit.

NOTE

•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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