Sony KDL-40S20L1 User Manual

Parental Lock

The Parental Lock settings allows you to set up the TV to block programs according to their 
content and rating levels. Use 0-9 on the remote control to enter a four-digit password. The first 
time you create a password, confirm the password by entering it again. 

Lock

Off

Turn Parental Lock off. No programs are 
blocked from viewing.

Child

Maximum ratings permitted are:
U.S.: TV-Y, TV-G, G
Canada: C, G, TV-Y

Youth

Maximum ratings permitted are:
U.S.: TV-PG, PG
Canada: C8+, PG, 8 ans+, TV-PG

Young Adult Maximum ratings permitted are:

U.S.: TV-14, PG-13
Canada: 14+, 13 ans+, TV-14

Custom

Select to set ratings manually.
U.S.: See page 34 for details.
Canada: See page 35 for details.

If you are not familiar with the Parental Guideline rating system, you should select 

Child, Youth, or Young Adult to help simplify the rating selection. To set more 
specific ratings, select Custom.

Change Password Select to change your password.

You need your password for any future access into the Parental Lock settings. If 
you lose your password, see “Lost password.” on page 42.

Select Country

U.S.A. 

Select to use U.S.A. ratings (see page 34).

Canada 

Select to use Canadian ratings (see page 35).

Label Video Inputs

Allows you to identify A/V equipment you connected to the TV, such as a VCR, DVD, etc. For 
example, if you have a DVD player connected to the VIDEO 4 jack, you can select the label 
DVD for the Video 4 input. Then when you press TV/VIDEO to change inputs, the Video Label 
you assigned to that input appears on screen.

Press 

V/v

 

to highlight the video input (Video 1-7) to which you want to assign a label. 

Then press 

 to select the input.

Press 

V/v

 

to highlight one of the displayed labels. Then press 

 to select the label.

You can select from the following labels for each input:

Video 1-6

–

, RECEIVER, SATELLITE, CABLE BOX, VCR, DVD, DVR, HD, 

GAME, CAMCORDER, Edit:, Skip

Video 7

–

, PC, Edit:, Skip

Edit: allows you to create a custom five character label.

If you select Skip, your TV skips this input when you press the TV/VIDEO button.

The Skip label is useful for inputs to which no equipment is connected.