RCA RC5215 User Manual - Page 53

Using the DVD's Menu System Rated Titles The Rated Titles option lets you determine how your player will react to discs that contain movies that are rated (in the U.S.A., the Motion Pictures Association of America rates movies as G, PG, PG13, etc.). You decide which ratings require a password and which ones don't. This system ranks the ratings 1 through 8 in order to accommodate different countries' ratings systems (1 is considered a movie title with the least offensive material). In order for the Rating level feature to work, the disc must be encoded with rating information. If the author of the disc did not encode rating information, then this feature will not work for that disc. The DVD Player must be locked in order for it to enforce the settings in the Ratings Limits part of the Lock menu. 1. Highlight Ratings Limits within the Lock menu, and press OK. 2. Highlight Rated Titles and press OK (the 8-level rating limits list appears). 3. To change the rating limit, press the up or down arrow button. • The ratings that don't require a password (free access) appear under the bar, in the green part of the block. • The ratings that require a password appear above the bar, in the red part of the block. The Rated Titles screen 4. When you have moved the bar to the desired setting, press OK. You are returned to the Rated Titles screen and the setting appears to the right of the Rated Titles option. For example, if you set 3 as the highest rating for Free Access (green), then the Rated Titles selection appears as 3 (that's the player's number for PG in the 8-level system) for the movie studio's rating. This means when the player is locked, it will require you to enter the password to play any discs that are rated higher than 3 (i.e., PG-13 or NC-17). 5. Press the left arrow button to return to the main screen. Unrated Titles Some titles (movies) aren't rated, but may contain material that is unsuitable for children. You decide how you want the Ratings Limits feature of your player to handle these discs: free access or password required. To set the Unrated Titles option: 1. Highlight Ratings Limits within the Lock menu, and press OK. 2. Highlight Unrated Titles and press OK. The Unrated Titles options appear. 3. Use the up or down arrow button to highlight your choice: Free Access or Password Required. Press OK. You are returned to the previous screen, and the option you chose is displayed next to the Unrated Titles option. 4. Press the left arrow key to return to the main menu. Choose Unrated Titles to set free access or require a password for unrated titles. Chapter 5 51