Philips 20PT9007D, User Manual

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UNDERSTANDING PARENTAL CONTROLS
arental control is a feature that lets the TV receive and process data sent by broadcasters or other program
providers with program content advisory.
When programmed by the viewer
,
a TV with Parental Control can
respond to the content advisory and block program content that may be found objectionable (such as offensive
language, violence, sexual situations, etc.).
This feature is useful for adults to prevent certain types of programs
from being viewed by children.
Parental control offers the following features to choose from:
V-chip Setting - allows you to block programs by ratings. Within its submenu, you can use a ce
r
tain rating like
Movie Ratings , USA TV Content R
a
tings , Unrated or No Rating .
Master Enable - Is a master switch for parental lock. When set to , all block
ing
/censoring you have se
t
is enabled.
Otherwise, if set to , all blocki
ng
is disabled.
,, ,,
Child Lock - When set to , the front p
an
el of the TV is locked and the TV can be operated by the remote control
only.
Create Password - A password must be set to prevent children from unblocking questionable or censored
programming set by their paren
ts
.
Movie Ratings - Certain blocking options exist which will block programming based on ratings patterned by
the Motion Pictures Association of America (
MPAA
).
USA TV Content R
a
tings - Like the Movie Ratings, programs can be blocked from viewing using standard TV
ratings set by USA TV broadcasters.
Unrated / No Rating - All programs with no content advisory data can be blocked if Unrated / No Rating
is set to .
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NOTE: All the above features are available in both Digital mode and Analog mode
.
Whether they are activated in either
Digital mode or Analog mo
d
e, they work in bo
th
modes.
Downloadable V-chip - Lets you lock or unlock the programs with a new, different rating region code of 0x05 defined
by extension or replacement o
f
the content advisory system in the U.S. . This feature is only avai
la
ble in Digital mode
and when there is a regional rating table available
.
MOVIE RATINGS
G: General Audience - All ages admitted. Suitable for all
ages.
PG: Parental Guidan
c
e Suggested - Contains material
unsuitable for younger children.
PG-13: Parents Stron
gl
y Cautioned - Contains material
unsuitable for children under the age of 13.
R: Restricted - Suitable for adults a
b
ove 17 years of age
only.
NC-17: - No one under the age of 17 will be admitted.
X: Adults Only - Contains one or more of the following:
very graphic violence, very gra
p
hic and explicit or indecent
sexual acts, very coarse an
d
intensely suggestive language.
TV RATINGS
TV-Y: Designed for a very young audience, including
children ages 2-6
TV-Y7: Contains Fantasy Violence (FV). Appropriate for
children age 7 and above who have acquired the
developmen
t
skills needed to distinguish between
make-believe and reality.
TV-G: Suitable for most audiences. Contains little or
no violence, no strong langu
a
ge, and little or no sexual
dialogue or situations.
TV-PG: Contains material unsuitable for younger
children. Could cont
a
in moderate violence (V), some
sexual situations (S), infrequent coarse language (L), or
some suggestive dialogue (D).
TV-14: Contains some material unsuitable for children
under 14 years of age. Contains one or more of the
following: intense vio
l
ence (V), intense sexual si
tu
ations
(S), strong coarse lan
g
uage (L), or intensely sugges
t
ive
dialogue (D).
TV-MA: Viewed by adults and there
f
ore may be
unsuitable for children under 17. Contains one o
r
more
of the following: graphic violen
c
e (V), explicit se
xu
al
situations (S), or crude indecent language(L).
H
ELPFUL
H
INTS
Neither the V-chip settings nor the password you set will
be reset by running AUTO CHANNEL SEARCH.