Sharp lc-19d45u User Guide

V - Chip

V - Chip ( DTV  Only )

Secret No.

O n

O f f

Status

Allows you to use a secret number to protect certain 
settings from being accidentally changed.

Press a/b to select “Parental CTRL”, and 
then press ENTER.

Press MENU to display the MENU screen, 
and then press c/d to select “Setup”.

Press a/b to select “Secret No.”, and then 
press  ENTER.

Select “New Secret No.”, and then press  
ENTER.

Input the new 4-digit secret number by using 0
–9. 

Press RETURN to start confi guring the V-Chip 
settings. (See pages 46 and 49 for details.)

Press a/b to select “Status”, and then press 
ENTER.

Repeat steps 1 and 2 in Setting a secret 
number.

•  The secret number setting menu displays.

Input the 4-digit secret number by using 0–9.

Used to enable or disable the parental control function.

Press a/b to select “On” or “Off”, and then 
press ENTER.

•  Select “On” to enable and “Off” to disable Parental 

CTRL.

•  You can skip steps 1 and 2 above while in the Parental 

CTRL screen.

•  The “V-Chip (DTV Only)” will only be selectable when a new 

rating system can be downloaded via digital broadcasting 
in the U.S.

Input the same 4-digit number on the 
“Reconfi rm” screen as in step 4 to confi rm.

Press MENU to exit.

Press MENU to exit.

Three conditions must be met to enable the V-Chip (see 
pages 46 to 49):
1 Secret No. is registered.
2 V-Chip/V-Chip (DTV Only) settings have been 

made.

3 “Status” is set to “On”.