Chapter 9: Using the Locks menu

Using the game timer

You can use the game timer to set a time limit for playing a video game (30–120 minutes). When the game timer is activated, the TV enters VIDEO LOCK mode and locks out the input source for the video

game device.

To set the game timer:

1.Press MENU and highlight the LOCKS menu icon.

2.Press z to display the PIN code entering screen.

3.Enter your four-digit PIN code and press ENTER.

4.Press z to highlight GAME TIMER and press ENTER.

5.Press z to select the length of time until the VIDEO LOCK is activated (30, 60, 90 or 120 minutes) and press

ENTER.

Locks

 

 

Enable Rating Blocking • • Off

 

Off

Edit Rating Limits

 

 

 

30 Min

Channels Block

 

60 Min

Input Lock • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Off

 

90 Min

Front Panel Lock • • • • • • • • Off

 

120 Min

 

 

 

Game Timer • • • • • • • • • 30 Min

 

 

New PIN Code

 

 

To cancel the game timer:

Select OFF in step 2 above.

To deactivate the video lock once the game timer has activated it:

Set the VIDEO LOCK to OFF (see “Locking video inputs” on page 86).

Note: When one minute is left on the game timer, the message “1 minute remaining” will appear on-screen.

NOTICE OF POSSIBLE ADVERSE

EFFECTS ON TV PICTURE TUBE

Avoid displaying stationary images on your TV screen for extended periods of time. Fixed (non-moving) images (such as still PIP/POP windows, black/gray bars in wide-screen picture or PIP/POP formats, or some video games) can become permanently engrained in the picture tube. This type of damage is

NOT COVERED BY YOUR WARRANTY because it is the result of misuse. See item 33 on page 4.

Using the front panel lock feature

You can lock the front panel buttons to prevent your settings from being changed accidentally (by children, for example). When the front panel lock is ON, no control buttons on the TV front panel will operate except POWER and TouchFocus.

To lock the front panel:

1.Press MENU and highlight the LOCKS menu icon.

2.Press z to display the PIN code entering screen.

3.Enter your four-digit PIN code and press ENTER.

4.Press z to highlight FRONT PANEL LOCK.

5.Press z to highlight ON and press ENTER.

Locks

 

 

Enable Rating Blocking • • Off

 

Off

Edit Rating Limits

 

 

 

On

Channels Block

 

 

Input Lock • • • • • • • • • • • • • •Off

 

 

Front Panel Lock • • • • • • • • On

 

 

Game Timer • • • • • • • • • • • • Off

 

 

New PIN Code

 

 

If a button on the front panel is pressed, the message “Not Available” appears.

To unlock the front panel:

Highlight OFF in step 2 above, or press and hold the VOLUME x button on the TV for about 10 seconds until the volume icon appears on-screen.

VOLUME x

MENU

VOLUME

CHANNEL

EXIT TV/VIDEO TouchFocus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV front panel

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Toshiba 57H93, 65H93 owner manual Using the game timer, Using the front panel lock feature