10
THE MENU SYSTEM
The Channel Menu
The
Channel
menu contains all the commands used to control your channels,
including custom-building your channel list.
Signal Type
Displays a toggle that lets you select the current antenna type:
Antenna
Choose this if you are currently using an off-air antenna
for UHF/VHF TV signals.
Cable TV
Choose this if you are currently using cable or a cable
box for TV signals.
Auto Channel Search
Selecting this option tells the TV to search
automatically for all the channels available through the antenna input.
When the TV finds an active channel, it places it in the channel list. Inactive
channels (weak stations or channels with no signal at all) will be removed
from the channel list. (You may interrupt this process by pressing the MENU
button.)
List
Displays a control panel that lets you customize your channel scan list
by adding or removing channels. Use the VOL +/- buttons to move left and
right between fields; use the CHAN ^/v buttons to enter settings. Press MENU
to exit.
Channel Number
Use the CHAN ^/v buttons to scroll through the
channel scan list. You can also enter the channel number directly
using the number buttons.
Scan List
Indicates whether the channel number is included (YES) or
is not included (NO) in the channel scan list.
V-Chip Parental Controls
The
V-Chip Parental Controls
menu allows you to program your TV so that
children cannot see certain programs. When you select
V-Chip Parental
Controls
, you will be prompted to enter your password if controls are locked,
or to remember to lock controls if unlocked.
The first three choices in the Parental Controls menu involve software inside
your TV (dubbed V-Chip) which allows you to block TV programs and movies
based on violence, sex, or other content you believe children should not
view. Once you block programs, you or other adults can unblock programs
with a password.
When turned “on,” the software reads a code that most broadcasters send
with programs. That code tells the V-Chip the program’s age-based rating
and content themes. If you have blocked the rating or content themes that
the program contains when you tune to that program, you will receive the
message, “This program is blocked. Change channel or press DISPLAY to
enter password.”
Broadcasters are not required to provide content themes or age-based
ratings. Rated programs received with no content themes will only be
blocked if you block their age-based rating. You can also block movies with a
rating of “Not Rated” and “unrated” TV programs.
The V-Chip software inside your TV
comes turned “off,” so if you choose to
implement it, you must turn it on.
The Channel menu
Channel
1 Signal Type:
CABLE TV
2 Auto Channel Search
3 List
0 Exit
List
Chan
Scan
#
List
059
YES
^
v
Press MENU to exit.
List menu
TV Main Menu
1 Picture Quality
2 Screen
3 Channel
4 V-Chip Parental Controls
5 Time
0 Exit
Setting V-Chip Parental Controls
