Helpful Hints - Philips DVD712 Owner's Manual

32 Access Control (cont'd)
Locking or Unlocking Specific Discs
Not all DVDs are coded with rating information or Parental Control
levels. You may choose to specifically lock or unlock a Disc by choos-
ing Play once or Play always. This way, you can disable viewing regard-
less of the rating of the DVD.
You will need to know your 4-digit code.
The DVD Player can memorize Lock/Unlock settings for 120 Discs. A
Disc is memorized when you select Play Always. Playing an unlocked
Disc will place it at the top of the list. When the list is full and a new
Disc is added, the last Disc in the list will be removed from the list.
1
Insert a Disc. The Access Control message will appear on the
TV screen. PIN will appear on the display panel of the DVD
Player.
locked
Access Control
|
p Play once [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
Play always [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
Choose 'Play always' to insert the disk in
the child-safe list
2
Press the o or p button to select Play once or Play
always. Then, press the Number buttons to enter your
four-digit code.
If you select Play Once, the Disc can play as long as it is in the
DVD Player and the DVD Player power is On.
If you select Play Always, the Disc will play always, even if you
set Child Lock to Ç (Locked). Details are on page 31.
3
If you later decide to lock the Disc so that it will not play
always:
When you insert the Disc, playback begins automatically and { {
appears on the TV screen. Press the STOP C button while { {
is on the TV screen. The locked | | will appear. If the Disc
continues playing, press the STOP C button again to stop play-
back. You may need to turn off the DVD Player or remove the
disc before the Disc is completely Locked. The next time you turn
on the DVD Player, the Disc will not play unless you enter the
four-digit code.
1
Insert a Disc.
2
3

Helpful Hints

• The Access Control screen will
appear when you try to play a
Locked Disc. If you do not know
your code, press STOP ç C . Then,
select Access Control as described
in steps 1-3 on page 30. When
you are asked to enter the code,
press STOP C four times. Press
SYSTEM MENU, then press PLAY
B to start playback.
• Two-sided DVDs may have a dif-
ferent ID for each side. To unlock
the entire Disc, unlock each side.
• Multi-volume Video CDs may
have a different ID for each vol-
ume. To unlock the complete set,
unlock each volume.