Setting The Parental Control; Selecting Parental Control; Temporarily Cancelling Parental Control - Pioneer DVR-RT501-S Operating Instructions Manual

Various settings
Setting the parental
control
Some discs are specified as not suitable for
children. This unit can prevent playback of such
discs.
Preparation:
• Turn ON the TV and select its AV channel (this may
be labelled EXT / AUX etc.).
• Select "PARENTAL" from "SYSTEM SETUP". For
the procedure, see steps 1 to 3 in "Using the
SETUP MENU" on page 19.
SETUP MENU
TIMER REC SET
SYSTEM SETUP
AV SETUP
REC SETUP
CHANNEL SETUP
OTHER
SELECT
ENTER ENTER

Selecting parental control

Select "PARENTAL" and select the parental control
level.
If the recorder is set to a lower level than the disc, it
will require you to enter a password before the disc
will play.
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
1
To 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!
3
Press ENTER.
change to
1234
To cancel the locked parental control level
1
Select "PASSWORD" shown in step 1 of the above
section and use the numeric keys to input the
password.
2
Press ENTER.
The locked mark " " will change to an unlocked
mark " ".
Then, you can change the parental control level,
or enter a new password.
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PARENTAL PARENTAL
PARENTAL
- - - -
PASSWORD
CLOCK OFF
PARENTAL
DISC SETUP
OTHER
0 9
INPUT NO. CANCEL DELETE
RETURN BACK SETUP END
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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 the password, you can reset the recorder
to its factory settings (see Resetting the recorder on
page 87), then set a new password.

Temporarily cancelling parental control

Parental control can temporarily be cancelled with
some DVDs.
1
Playback a DVD. (See page 30.)
2
If 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 EXCEEDS THE PARENTAL CONTROL
LEVEL 1." will then appear.
YOUR DISC EXCEEDS THE PARENTAL
CONTROL LEVEL 1.
PARENTAL CONTROL LEVEL
CANCEL PICTURE
3
If you wish to cancel the set rating level tempo-
rarily, 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,
playback will commence. If you don't know (or have
forgotten) the password, select "CANCEL PIC-
TURE".
The setting screen will disappear. Press OPEN/
CLOSE to remove the disc.
4
Use the numeric keys to input the password.
• To interrupt the input process, press RETURN.
5
Press ENTER.
6
Playback will commence if the entered password
was correct.
NOTE:
This temporary cancellation of the rating level will
remain active until the disc is ejected.
When the disc is ejected, the original rating level
will be set again automatically.
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