Toshiba 50H12 Locking channels

Using the TV’s Features

Unlocking programs temporarily

1.If you try to watch a TV program that exceeds the set rating limits, the TV enters program lock mode. After 4 seconds, the TV starts the favorite channel search function (see page 30). You can either unlock the program temporarily (see steps 2–4) or select an unlocked program to watch.

After 4 seconds

THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN BLOCKED!
		THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN BLOCKED!
TV–PG L V		TV–PG L V
EXCEEDS SET L I M I TS		EXCEEDS SET L I M I TS
		PUSH MUTE TO ENTER PI N
PUSH MUTE TO ENTER PI N
		CABLE 9
CABLE	9

2.To temporarily unlock the program, press MUTE.

3.Press the Number buttons (0–9) to enter your 4-digit PIN code.

BLOCK I NG ACT I VE

ENTER P I N CODE

TO TEMPORARI LY UN–BLOCK

– – – –

0 – 9 : TO SELECT ENTER: TO SET

4.Press ENTER.

If the correct code is entered, the program lock mode is released and the normal picture appears.

All locking is disabled until the TV is turned off, and will be enabled when the TV is turned on again.

Locking channels

With the CH LOCK feature, you can lock specific channels. The TV will not be able to tune locked channels with the Channel y z buttons or Channel Number buttons unless you clear the setting.

You can lock a maximum of nine channels. To lock channels:

1.From the LOCKS menu, select CH LOCK. CH INPUT will be highlighted.

2.Press x or • to display the CH LOCK menu.

3.Press the Channel Number buttons to enter the channel you want to lock. (The channel you are currently watching cannot be locked.)

	LIGHT	RECALL POWER
TV
CABLE	MUTE	TV/VIDEO TIMER
VCR
			MUTE
1	2	3
			CH
4	5	6	Channel
7	8	9
			Number
		CH RTN	VOL
100	0	ENT
	ADV/
FAVORITE	POP CH		PIC
			SIZE
			ENTER
FAV	MENU/		FAV
	ENTER
			yzx •
C
.			EXIT
CAPT	ADV/
	POP CH
STOP SOURCE		PLAY PIP
REC	TV/VCR	REW	FF
	STILL	LOCATE SWAP

LOCKS menu

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18														3
1
2
3
4
5
6					LOCKS
7
8
	V –CH I P
		ENABLE							BLOCK I NG										ON
		TV			RAT I NG
		MPAA RAT I NG
		BLOCK I NG OPT I ON
	CH LOCK
	V I DEO LOCK																		OFF
	FRONT PANEL LOCK																		OFF
	NEW P I N								CODE
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	3

4. Press ENTER.

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1																																			1
2																																			2
3																																			3
4																																			4
5																																			5
6																																			6
7					LOCKS																														7
8	V–CH I P																																		8
9																																			9
0		ENABLEBLOCK I NG																		OFF															10
1		TV				RATI NG																													11
2		MPAA RATI NG																																	12
3		BLOCK I NG OPTI ON																												12					13
4	CH LOCK																	CH INPUT																	14
5	VI DEO LOCK																									0				0				0	15
6	FRONT PANEL LOCK																									0				0				0	16
7	NEW PI N CODE																									0				0				0	17
8																											TV CABLE
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15 16		17	18	19 CLEAR20 21 22 23 24 25							26 ALL27 28 29 30					31	32	33	34	35	18

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35

				1
				2
				3
				4
				5
				6
LOCKS				7
V–CHI P				8
				9
ENABLEBLOCKI NG	OFF			1
TV RAT I NG				1
MPAA RAT I NG				1
BLOCK I NG OPTI ON				1
CH LOCK	CH INPUT			1
VI DEO LOCK	12	0	0 1
FRONT PANEL LOCK	0	0	0
NEW PI N CODE	0	0	0	1
	TV CABLE 1
	CLEAR ALL

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35

To select each item: Press z or y .

5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for other channels.

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