PRE-OPERATION
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Pre-operation (Continued)
Parental Control

Rating

Movies on DVDs may contain scenes not suitable for
children.Therefore, discs may contain Parental Control
information that applies to the complete disc or to
certain scenes on the disc.These scenes are rated from
1 to 8, and alternatively, more suitable scenes are avail-
able for selection on some discs.Ratings are
country-dependent.The Parental Control feature allows
you to prevent discs from being played by your children
or to have certain discs played with alternative scenes.
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Select “Rating”on the Setup menu using the
33/44buttons.
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While “Rating”is selected,press 22.
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When you have not entered a password yet.
Enter a 4-digit password using the numbered but-
tons and create a personal 4-digit security pass-
word, then press SELECT/ENTER.Enter the 4-digit
password again and press SELECT/ENTER to veri-
fy.
When you have already entered a password;
Enter a 4-digit password using the numbered but-
tons to confirm the personal 4-digit security pass-
word, then press SELECT/ENTER.
If you make a mistake before pressing SELECT/ENTER,
press CLEAR and enter 4-digit security password again.
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Select a rating from 1 to 8 using the 33/44but-
tons.One (1) has the least playback restrictions.
Eight (8) has the most playback restrictions.
Unlock:If you select Unlock, Parental Control is not
active.The entire disc will play in full.
Ratings 1 to 8: Some discs contain scenes not
suitable for children.If you set a rating for the play-
er, all disc scenes with the same rating or lower will
be played.Higher rated scenes will not be played
unless an alternative scene is available on the disc.
The alternative must have the same rating or a
lower one.If no suitable alternative is found, play-
back will stop.You must enter the 4-digit password
or change the rating level in order to play the disc.
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Press SELECT/ENTER to confirm your rating
selection,then press SETUP to exit the menu.

Country Code

Enter the code of a country/area whose standards were
used to rate the DVD video disc, referring to the list
(See “Country Code List”, page 26.).
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Select Country Code on the Setup menu using
the 33/44buttons.
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While Country Code is selected,press 2.
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Follow step 3 of “Rating”on left.
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Select the first character using the 33/44buttons.
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Shift the cursor using 2button and select the
second character using 33/44buttons.
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Press SELECT/ENTER to confirm your country
code selection,then press SETUP to exit the
menu.
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Confirmation of the 4-digit password is necessary when
the code is changed (see “Changing the 4-digit code”
below.).

Changing the 4-digit code

1Follow Steps 1-2 as shown above to the left (Rating).
2Enter the old code, then press SELECT/ENTER.
3Select Change using 33/44buttons then press
SELECT/ENTER.
4Enter the new 4-digit code, then press
SELECT/ENTER.
5Enter exactly the same code a second time and veri-
fy by pressing SELECT/ENTER.
6Press SETUP to exit the menu.

If you forget your 4-digit password

If you forgot your password, to clear the current pass-
word, follow the procedure below.
1Press SETUP to display the Setup menu.
2Use the Number buttons to enter the 6-digit number
“210499”.
The 4-digit password is cleared.“P CLr”appears on the
display for a moment.
3Enter a new password as shown above to the left
(Rating).
DVD
DVD
Disc Subtitle
Disc Menu
Rating
Country Code
TV Aspect
Menu Language
Progressive Scan
Digital Audio Output
5.1 Speaker Setup
Others
Disc Audio Code Set
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Disc Subtitle
Disc Menu
Rating
Country Code
TV Aspect
Menu Language
Progressive Scan
Digital Audio Output
5.1 Speaker Setup
Others
Disc Audio 8
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Change