Using the TV’s Features
Chapter 3
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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.
Content
status fields
- - Content - -
V-CHIP TV RATING LIMIT
Rating
Status
TV-14
View
^
D L S V FV
V V V V
RATING
STATUS
TV-MA
Block
TV-14
View
TV-PG
Block
TV-G
View
TV-Y7
View
TV-Y
View
D L S V FV
B B B
V V V V
B B B B
V
Press ^/v to block programs with
this rating. Press MENU to exit.
Rating
status field
Rating
field
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
Content Themes
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.
Notes:
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 w
hen you complete this process.
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 and FV 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.
(
Steps explained on next page)
