29ENWATCHING TVINTRODUCTION PREPARATION INITIAL SETTING OPTIONAL SETTING TROUBLESHOOTING INFORMATIONParental ControlParental control reads the ratings for programs, then denies access to theprograms which exceed the rating level you set. With this function, you canblock certain programming inappropriate for children.1 Press [MENU] to display the main menu.2 Use [Cursor K / L] to select “FEATURES”, then press[OK].PICTURESOUNDSETUPFEATURESLANGUAGEEXITParental ControlPC SettingsHDMI1 Audio Source Auto DetectClosed Caption3 Use [Cursor K / L] to select “Parental Control”, thenpress [OK].PICTURESOUNDSETUPFEATURESLANGUAGEEXITPC SettingsHDMI1 Audio Source Auto DetectClosed CaptionParental Control4 Use [the Number buttons] to enter the 4-digitnumbers for your Pin number.Enter PinPIN Code BackBACK_PICTURESOUNDSETUPFEATURESLANGUAGEEXITWhen you have not set up your Pin number, enter0000.When the Pin number is correct, the “ParentalControl” menu is displayed.5••See the following description for setting each item.PICTURESOUNDSETUPFEATURESLANGUAGEEXITUS TV ratings lockCanadian English RatingCanadian French RatingRegion ratings lockChange PinUS Movie ratings lock ACBA... “US Movie ratings lock”B... “US TV ratings lock”.C... “Change Pin”D page 30D page 30D page 31Note:• When you select a rating and set it to “Block”, the higherratings will be blocked automatically. The lower ratingswill be available for viewing.• When you set the highest rating to “View”, all ratings turnto “View” automatically.• To block any inappropriate programming, set your limits in“US Movie ratings lock”, “US TV ratings lock” and“Region ratings lock”.• The Parental control setting will be retained after a powerfailure (except the access code reverts to 0000).• If the rating is blocked, will appear.• “Region ratings lock” will be available when the TV receivesa digital broadcast using the new rating system.• If the broadcasting signal does not have the region ratingslock information, “Region ratings lock is currently notavailable.” will appear.This message will also appear when you try to access“Region ratings lock” after you have cleared the regionratings lock information, and the new information has notbeen downloaded since.• The Canadian rating systems on this TV are based onCEA-766-A and the Canadian Radio-Television andTelecommunications Commission (CRTC) policy.