Parental Lock Levels on Playstation 2

narcted · Post by **narcted** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 12:10 am

Does anyone have any idea what determines the parental lock levels on a PS2? All the anime DVDs I put in all seem to be level 8. Rated R movies only lock 6 or 7. Actually some of them don't even trigger a parental lock. What really gets me is this: actual live action pornography DVDs are also level 8. So is Samurai Champloo, which is being broadcast on Adult Swim, as bad as a XXX rated adult film? Has anyone put anything in that only triggered the lower level locks? Is there anything that gets level 9 or higher?

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 10:12 pm

My solution: Don't watch dvds on a ps2.

I remember this bandai trailer dvd I got once and it only played 2 of the trailers and locked everything else.

badmartialarts · Post by **badmartialarts** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 11:01 am

Or just go into the options menu and turn off the locks.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 3:38 pm

If I remember correctly, the default code to disable the locks is something stupidly simple like 0-1-2-3 or 1-2-3-4 (tried to watch Fushigi Yuugi on a PS2 once before).

badmartialarts · Post by **badmartialarts** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 5:46 pm

You set the code the first time you start up a PS2 without a disc in it. Mine is....0-0-0-0

godix · Post by **godix** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 8:01 pm

When the PS2 askes for your passcode hit the select button and it should change to 'delete passcode'. Enter in 7444 and it'll remove the passcode. IIRC this is actually mentioned in the PS2 manual so hopefully me telling you isn't a DMCA violation for circumventing a protection scheme or corrupting a minor or something like that.

narcted · Post by **narcted** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 1:02 am

I tried that. It still wanted me to re-register a code. I just set it to 1234. It's just bothersome to enter it and it also bugs me that every anime I put in gets level 8, the highest code I've seen so far.