Various settings
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Setting the parental control

Some discs are specified as not suitable for chil-
dren. This unit can prevent playback of such discs.
Preparation:
• Turn ON the TV and set it to the video input mode.
• Select “PARENTAL” from “SYSTEM SETUP”. For the
procedure, see steps 1 to 3 in “Using the SETUP
MENU” on page 24.
NOTES:
• The selected level will apply to operations executed
after this.
•The unit cannot restrict playback of some discs.
• Some discs may not be encoded with specific rating
level information though its disc jacket says “adult”.
Parental control will not work with those discs.
•If you forget your password, open the disc tray; if there
is a disc inside then remove it and close the tray. To
reset the code, press and hold number 7 on the re-
mote control, then press and hold STOP on the front
panel at the same time. The On-Screen Display will
show “PARENTAL UNLOCK”. You can now set a new
password.

Temporarily cancelling parental con-

trol

Parental control can temporarily be canceled with some
DVDs.
1Playback a DVD. (See page 34.)
2If the DVD disc has been designed to temporarily
cancel the rating level, the screen that follows the
“READING” screen will change. If you select “YES”
with the ENTER, the message “YOUR DISC EX-
CEEDS THE PARENTAL CONTROL LEVEL
1.”(e.g.) will then appear.
3If you wish to cancel the set rating level temporarily,
select “PARENTAL CONTROL LEVEL” with or
, then press ENTER. If the password has been
selected, the password input screen will appear.
Alternatively, if the password has not been set, play-
back will commence. If you don’t know (or have for-
gotten) the password, select “CANCEL PICTURE”.
The setting screen will disappear. Press OPEN/
CLOSE to remove the disc.
4Use the numeric keys to input the password.
•To interrupt the input process, press RETURN.
5Press ENTER.
6Playback will commence if the entered password
was correct.
NOTE:
This temporary cancellation of the rating level will re-
main active until the disc is ejected.
When the disc is ejected, the original rating level will be
set again automatically.

Selecting parental control

Select “PARENTAL” and select the parental control level
from the below.
Level Off:Parental control is turned off.
Level 1:
Adult discs and general discs (R-rated
discs included) cannot be played back.
Level 2 to 3:Adult discs and R-rated discs cannot
be played back.
Level 4 to 7:Adult discs cannot be played back.
(Level 4 to 7 discs contain content chil-
dren age 15 and younger may not see.)
Level 8:Virtually all discs can be played back
without restriction.
Select from level 1 to level 8.
On a scale of 1- 8, “1” is the most restrictive.
To lock the selected parental control level
1To lock the selected parental control level, press
or to select “PASSWORD”.
2
Use the numeric keys to input a 4-digit password.
• If you input a wrong number, press CANCEL.
• Be sure to remember this number!
3Press ENTER.
To cancel the locked parental control level
1
Select “PASSWORD” shown in step 1 of the above sec-
tion and use the numeric keys to input the password.
2Press ENTER.
The locked mark “” will change to an unlocked
mark “ ”.
Then, you can change the parental control level, or
enter a new password.
TIMER REC SET
SYSTEM SETUP
AV SETUP
REC SETUP
CH SETUP
OTHER
LANGUAGE
PARENTAL
CLOCK
DISC SETUP
OTHER
PARENTAL
PASSWORD
PARENTAL
SETUP MENU
RETURN SETUPENTER BACK END
DELETECANCEL
- - - -
INPUT NO.
09
SELECT
PARENTAL
OFF
ENTER
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change to
1234
YOUR DISC EXCEEDS THE PARENTAL
CONTROL LEVEL 1.
PARENTAL CONTROL LEVEL
CANCEL PICTURE
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