How to unlock DVD player

Hold down the play button, it will take a bit but it turns of the child lock

The only thing I can find in the manual for this model regarding your question about a key is 'parental control' (page 21) for the DVD. The DVD section may have a password on it, and has long since been forgotten or misplaced. You can try to unlock the player by doing the following:


If you forget your 4-digit password:

To clear the current password, follow the procedure below.

1 Press [ SETUP ] on your remote to display the setup menu.

2 Enter the 6-digit number 210499 and then press [ SELECT/ENTER ].

The 4-digit password is cleared.

3 Enter a new password as shown on page 21 of the user manual. (Rating).

If you do not have your original user manual, you can download the pdf free from:

http://www.retrevo.com/support/Zenith-XBV342-DVD-Players-manual/id/374dj497/t/2/

(copy and paste link into your browser and follow the site prompts)

My guess is that the 'key' is a parental lock icon. I assume the VCR part is usable.

I hope this helps a tad. If not, then you have some other unknown problem which is not outlined in the user manual, and therefore may require workshop attention.

if when you push LOCK button on remote red key and lock display should disappear?

There's a slide switch on the top of the unit, near the headphone jack. Slide it away from the jack to unlock the unit.

on your remote down on the left hand side at the bottom of it its the second last button called c.lock its right above easy rpt press n hold till the little red key flashes and disapears off your unit !

HI,

Try doing a hard reset.To do a hard reset unplug all the cords from the back of the unit for 4 hours,even the power cord.After 4hours. plug in all the cords again and then turn on your player.This should fix the issue.

A friend had the same problem. It´s just an lock for the remote. Press menu when you started the dvd player and the "red key" will disapear.

Try unlocking it by switching the switch on top, of the player by the earphone plug, from red/orange to white.

Thank you and please respond with any comments or more questions.

-John-

You have pressed C.LOCK (child lock) which turns off the control buttons on the front of the unit Press C.LOCK again to switch off the child lock. OFF will appear in the display window. See: http://www.p4c.philips.com/files/d/dvp721vr_05/dvp721vr_05_dfu_eng.pdf

To unlock, manually press and HOLD the open/close button & the stop button simultaneously, and HOLD them both down until the lock picture disappears.   The DVD will eject when you press the open/close button. 

 

To lock the DVD inside the machine, repeat the same step, and it will lock it inside.