Operation, Parental control – Technicolor - Thomson EFC031 User Manual

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Operation

Parental control

The parental control functions allow you to limit your children’s access to the television.You can do this by locking the buttons on your
TV set, thereby barring access to certain channels and/or AV programmes (except CMP and VGA).These functions are protected using a
PIN code.

Display the

OVERVIEW

by pressing the

MENU

button. Select the

Parental Control

line and confirm this by pressing

the

button.

If no access restriction function has been activated and a Personal code has been defined, the

PARENTAL CONTROL

menu comes up.

If this is not the case, the

PIN CODE

menu comes up:

Enter a 4-figure code.

Note: choose a code you can remember easily.

Type your code in a second time to confirm it and the

PARENTAL

CONTROL

menu will come up.

Locking a channel or AV programme
1.

In the PARENTAL CONTROL menu, select the

Select channel

line, use the

buttons, numeric or

PR+/PR-

buttons to select the

channel to be locked. Use the

buttons or press the

button to

access the AV programmes.

On the Lock channel line, activate the tick box using the

button.

To unlock the channel or AV programme, call up the PARENTAL
CONTROL menu by entering your code, select the Lock channel line,
and unselect the tick box with the ok button. Quit the menu with

EXIT

Locking the appliance's buttons
1.

In the PARENTAL CONTROL menu, select the Lock front panel line and activate the tick box by pressing the

button.

The buttons on the front panel are immediately locked along with the

INSTALLATION

and

TIME

menus.

The remote control handset is now needed in order to use the TV set.

To cancel locking, go to the PARENTAL CONTROL menu by entering your code, select the Lock front panel line, and

unselect the tick box by pressing the

button. Quit the menu with

EXIT

Modifying your personal code
1.

In the

PARENTAL CONTROL

menu, select the

New PIN code

line and enter a new 4-figure code using the

number buttons on the remote control handset.

Type the code a second time to confirm it.

To go back to the

OVERVIEW

, select

Return

and confirm with

.To quit the menu, press

EXIT

Operation (TV mode)

As soon as an access restriction function is activated, you will need to enter your personal code:
- to access the

PARENTAL CONTROL

menu,

- to access the

TIME

menu,

- to access the

INSTALLATION

menu.

To unlock the

TIME

and

INSTALLATION

menus, you will need to deactivate the two access restriction functions.

To watch a locked channel or AV programme, try to access it normally then follow the procedure that comes up on the
screen. Locking will be reactivated when you place the TV set in standby mode.

Note: if you have forgotten your PIN code you can cancel it.You do this by putting the TV set into standby mode, then pressing the

EXIT

button on

the remote control and the

VOL

- button on the front of the set at the same time for five seconds. The TV set will then come on. If just one of the

functions limiting access is active you will be requested to set a new password.
This procedure is possible, even if you have locked the buttons on the front of the TV set.

PARENTAL CONTROL

Return
Select channel

01 TF1

Lock channel

Lock front panel

New PIN code

- - - -

This programme is under parental control.
Change programme or press OK to
enter PIN code and temporarily deactivate
the parental control.

PIN CODE

Return
PIN code

Define PIN code.

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