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V-Chip
Secret No.
Status
MENU
[
Setup
...
Parental CTRL
...
Secret No.
]
V-Chip (DTV Only)
New Secret No.
Secret No. Clear
New Secret No.
aaaa
Input Secret No.
aaaa
Reconfirm
aaaa
V-Chip
V-Chip (DTV Only)
Secret No.
Status
On Off
New Secret No.
Secret No. Clear
New Secret No.
****
Input Secret No.
aaaa
Reconfirm
aaaa
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 38 to 43):
1
Secret No. is registered.
2
V-Chip settings have been made.
3
“Status” is set to “On”.
Setting a secret number
Press
c
/
d
to select “Setup”.
Press
a
/
b
to select “Parental CTRL”, and
then press ENTER.
Press MENU and the MENU screen displays.
Press
a
/
b
to select “Secret No.”, and then
press ENTER.
Select “New Secret No.”, and then press
ENTER.
Input the new 4-digit secret number by using
0-9.
Press RETURN to start configuring the
V-Chip settings. (See pages 41 and 43 for
details.)
Press
a
/
b
to select “Status”, and then
press ENTER.
Repeat steps 1 to 3 in Setting a secret
number.
• The secret number setting menu displays.
Input the 4-digit secret number by using 0–9.
Setting parental control status
Used to enable or disable the parental control function.
Press
c
/
d
to select “On” or “Off”, and then
press ENTER.
• Select “On” to enable and “Off” to disable
Parental CTRL.
NOTE
• You can skip step 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.
Useful adjustment settings
1
2
4
5
3
7
Input the same 4-digit number on the
“Reconfirm” screen as in step 5 to confirm.
6
1
2
4
3
Press MENU to exit.
8
Press MENU to exit.
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