Setting The Parental Control; Selecting Parental Control; Temporarily Cancelling Parental Control - Sharp DV-RW270S Operation Manual

Setting the parental control

Some discs are specified as not suitable for chil-
dren. This unit can prevent playback of such discs.
Preparation:
• Turn ON the TV and switch the TV to it's 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 18.
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
from the below.
Level OFF: Parental control is turned off.
Level 1: Adult discs and general discs (R-rated
discs included) cannot be played back.
Level 2 to 3: Adult discs and R-rated discs cannot
be played back.
Level 4 to 7: Adult discs cannot be played back.
(Level 4 to 7 discs contain content chil-
dren age 15 and younger may not see.)
Level 8: Virtually all discs can be played back
without restriction.
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.
• Write down and securely store the 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 pass-
word.
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.
20
GB
LANGUAGE
PARENTAL PARENTAL
PARENTAL
- - - -
PASSWORD
CLOCK
PARENTAL OFF
DISC SETUP
OTHER
0 9 INPUT NO. DELETE
CANCEL
RETURN BACK SETUP END
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NOTES:
• The selected level will apply to operations executed
after this procedure.
• 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.
Please contact the disc publisher to confirm the
specific rating level information.
• If you forget your password, open the disc tray; re-
move the disc and close the tray. To reset the code at
the same time press and hold the number 7 button
on the remote control, then press and hold the STOP
button on the front panel. The on screen display will
show "PARENTAL UNLOCK". You can now set a new
password.

Temporarily cancelling parental control

You can temporarily cancel parental control on some
discs.
1
Playback a DVD. (See page 29.)
2
When a DVD disc that is designed to temporarily
cancel the rating level is played back, the screen
that follows the "READING" screen will change. If
you select "YES" with the ENTER, the message
"YOUR DISC EXCEEDS THE PARENTAL CON-
TROL 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 a password has
been set, the password input screen will appear.
If the password has not been set, playback will start.
If you don't know (or have forgotten) the password,
select "CANCEL PICTURE".
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 start if the password entered was
correct.
NOTE:
This temporary cancellation of the rating level will re-
main active until the disc is ejected.
When the disc is ejected, the original rating level will be
set again automatically.