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Features and menus
MAIN MENU
1 Audio
2 Picture Quality
3 Screen
4 Channel
5 Time
6 Parental Controls
7 GUIDE Plus+ Menu
8 Setup
0 Exit
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
Parental Controls and V-Chip
The Parental Controls menu allows you to program your TV so that
children cannot see certain programs, channels, or use the front panel
controls. 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 may
believe children should not view. In other words, it lets you program your
TV so it will not display certain programs.
Once you block programs, you or other adults can “unblock” programs
by entering a password.
The software inside your TV comes turned “off,” so if you choose not to
implement it, you can just ignore it.
How V-Chip Works
When turned “on,” the software reads a code that most broadcasters
send with programs. That code tells the software the program’s age-
based rating (TV-MA, TV-14, etc.) and content themes (Violence (V),
Adult Language (L), etc.). If you have blocked the rating and/or content
themes that the program contains, you will receive the message, “This
channel is not approved for viewing,” when you turn to that particular
channel.
Broadcasters are not required to provide content themes, so programs
received with no content themes will only be blocked if you block their
age-based rating. You can also block out programs that have been given
a rating of “Not Rated,” and programs that are considered “unrated”
because no code has been sent by the broadcaster. The TV age-based
ratings and content themes you can block are listed in the following
table.
