Using the TV’s Features
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Tip
To reset the ratings to View and V, press the RESET button on
the remote.
Hierarchy of Age-Based Ratings
TV-14 Parents Strongly Cautioned
TV-G General Audience
TV-Y All Children
TV-PG Parental Guidance Suggested
TV-Y7 Directed to Children 7 years
and older
TV-MA Mature Audience Only
D Sexually explicit dialogue
L Adult language
S Sexual situations
V Violence
FV Fantasy Violence
TV-Y All Children
Content Themes
- - Content - -
V-CHIP TV RATING LIMIT
Rating Status
TV-14 View
^
DLSVFV
VVVV
RATING STATUS
TV-MA Block
TV-14 View
TV-PG Block
TV-G View
TV-Y7 View
TV-Y View
DLSVFV
BBB
VVVV
BBBB
V
Press ^/v to view programs with
this rating. Press MENU to exit.
Content
status fields
Rating
status field
Rating
field
4. Press the right arrow button to move the yellow
highlight to the Status field.
5. Press the up or down arrow button to toggle
between View and Block. The status for the rating
listed to the left and all higher ratings automatically
changes to Block (and B).
6. Press OK on the remote to return to the menu or exit
the screen when you are finished.
7. Select Lock Parental Controls from the Parental
Controls menu. Enter a password, and if you have
not already set your password, you will be prompted
to enter it again to confirm.
Viewing Age-Based Ratings
After you block age-based ratings, you have the option
of changing some of the ratings back to View.
1. Determine which blocked rating you want to view.
2. Use the up and down arrow buttons to select the
rating with a status of Block.
3. Press the right arrow button to move the yellow
highlight to the rating status field.
4. Press the up button to select View.
Note: The content status fields corresponding
to the unblocked rating become View as well.
They and the age-based rating status are the
only fields that automatically change back to
View when you complete this process.
Note: You must remember to lock Parental
Controls for rating limits to take effect.
Blocking Specific Content Themes
You can block programs based on their content. (Content
is represented by the D, L, S, V, FV and TV-Y on your
screen. See the beginning of this section for details.)
When you block a content theme for a particular rating,
you automatically block that content theme for higher
rated programs as well.
For example, if you do not want your child to watch
programs that have adult language (L) rated TV-PG or
higher, then you could block out all programming TV-PG
and above containing adult language.
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