Using the TV’s Features
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Chapter 3
Viewing Movie Ratings
After you block movie ratings, you have the option of changing some of the
rating status buttons back to
View
:
1.
Highlight the
Rating
field and press the up and down arrow buttons to find
the rating you want to view.
2.
Press the right arrow button to highlight the rating
Status
field. Press the up
and down arrows to change the button from
Block
to
View
.
For example, if movies with a rating of PG-13 and higher are blocked, you can
change the rating status corresponding with NC-17. Your child would then be
able to watch all movies with a G, PG, and NC-17 Rating.
3.
Press OK to exit the screen, and be sure parental controls are locked.
V-Chip Unrated Program Block
Selecting this option lets you decide if programs that the V-Chip recognizes as
“unrated” can be viewed. Note that “unrated” TV programs may include news,
sports, political, religious, local and weather programs, emergency bulletins,
public announcements, and programs without ratings.
View
All unrated programs are available.
Block
All unrated programs are not available.
Note:
You must remember to lock Parental Controls for rating limits to take effect.
Channel Block
Selecting this option lets you decide what channels can be viewed.
View
Makes the selected channel viewable.
Block
The front panel and remote control CH (channel) buttons will tune
only to channels that you have marked as
View
. The remote will still tune to
the blocked channel if you use the digits to access the channel, but the
channel will be blocked.
Don’t forget to lock parental controls after you change the status of
Channel
Block
. If you do not, the channel block will not take effect.
Note:
If you have a digital cable box channels 126-999 can be blocked but will not
be removable from your scan list.
PARENTAL CONTROLS
1 V-Chip TV Rating Limit
2 V-Chip Movie Rating Limit
3 V-Chip Unrated Program Block
4 Channel Block
5 Front Panel Block
6 Lock Parental Controls
0
Exit
1 View
2 Block
V-CHIP UNRATED PROGRAM BLOCK
V-CHIP MOVIE RATING LIMIT
Rating
Status
NC-17
View
^
RATING
STATUS
NR
Block
X
Block
NC-17
View
R
Block
PG-13
Block
PG
View
G
View
Press ^/v to block programs with
this rating. Press MENU to exit.
Rating field
Rating
status field
PARENTAL CONTROLS
1 V-Chip TV Rating Limit
2 V-Chip Movie Rating Limit
3 V-Chip Unrated Program Block
4 Channel Block
5 Front Panel Block
6 Lock Parental Controls
0
Exit
CHANNEL BLOCK
Channel #
Status
59
HEADLN
Block
^
Press ^ or v, keypad, or CH ^/v
to set channel, MENU to exit.
