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Operating
Features
Parental Control
The PARENTAL CTRL and CHAN
CTRL functions let you lock out any
Activating
Parental
Control
(with remote only)
The PARENTAL CTRL and the CHAN
2. To lock out channels, press the
channels
you choose so they cannot
be viewed by your children.
Channels
that have been locked out
can be viewed only when the
PARENTAL
CTRL function
is set to
OFF. This can only be done with the
remote control-it
can not be changed
with the buttons on the front of the
TV. Therefore,
after you turn on
PARENTAL
CTRL, you simply hide
the remote control so that your
children
can not watch the locked-out
channels.
The locked-out
channels
will remain
unviewable
even if the TV is
unplugged
or the channels
are
autoprogrammed
again. The only
way to view locked-out
channels
is
to use the remote control to set the
PARENTAL
CTRL function to OFF.
CTRL functions work hand-in-hand.
The instructions below will first tell
you how to turn parental control on or
off with the PARENTAL CTRL function
and then how to lock out desired
channels with the CHAN CTRL
function.
1. Repeatedly press SETUP to select
the PARENTAL CTRL function.
Pressing + or - changes this function
between ON and OFF.
• When this function is set to ON,
PARENTAL CTRL is activated and
any channels you locked out with
the CHAN CTRL function will not
be viewable.
• When this function is set to OFF,
PARENTAL CTRL is deactivated
and all channels are viewable.
SETUP button to select the
CHAN CTRL function.
Select a channel you want _o lock
out by pressing CHANNEL up or
down. Then press +. The CHAN
CTRL setting will change from
NORMAL to LOCKED when that
channel is locked-out. To return the
channel to NORMAL, press the -
button.
Repeat step 2 for each channel you
want to lock out.
If the PARENTAL CTRL function is
set to ON while you are locking out
channels, each channel will go
blank as you lock it out.
When the PARENTAL CTRL
function is set to ON and a channel
which has been locked out is tuned,
the TV will display the words
PARENTAL CONTROL to let your
kids know you have locked it out.
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