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Enabling or Disabling Program Ratings
To manage program content according to its rating, you must
enable the Program Rating feature.
To enable or disable the Program Rating feature:
1. From the Parental Controls menu, highlight
Rating Enable
and press
OK
. The Rating Enable menu is displayed.
2. Select
On
or
Off
and press
OK
.
Locking and Unlocking Channels
When a channel is locked, it will be inaccessible. Locking a channel
is a good way to prevent children from viewing inappropriate
material.
To lock or unlock a channel:
1. From the Parental Controls menu, highlight
Channel Locks
and press
OK
. The Channel Locks menu is displayed.
2. Highlight the channel you want to lock or unlock and press
OK
.
3. When a channel is
locked
, the
Lock
icon appears
locked
.
The channel is not accessible unless the parental passcode is
entered.
4. When a channel is
unlocked
, the
Lock
icon appears
unlocked
. The channel is accessible.
Blocking and Unblocking Content by Rating
A channel may sometimes broadcast programs that are meant
for children, and at other times broadcast programs that are
meant for mature audiences. You may not want to block the
channel completely using a channel lock, but you may wish to
block certain programs from being viewed.
When this is the case, you can use the TV’s Rating Block feature
to block content based on its rating.
For a list of content ratings and their definitions, visit
www.tvguidelines.org.
To block or unblock content by its rating:
1. From the Parental Controls menu, highlight the content type
you want to adjust and press
OK
:
USA - TV
- USA television program broadcasts.
USA - Movie
- USA movie broadcasts.
CAN - English
- Canadian English television program
broadcasts.
CAN - French
- Canadian French television program
broadcasts.
2. For each rating type you want to block or unblock, use the
Up/Down
and
Left/Right Arrow
buttons on the remote to
highlight the rating type and press
OK
.
3. When the rating type is
blocked
, the
Lock
icon appears
locked
. Content with this rating cannot be viewed.
4. When the rating type is
unblocked
, the
Lock
icon appears
unlocked
. Content with this rating can be viewed.
If you want to block all unrated content, highlight
Block
Unrated Shows
and use the
Arrow
buttons on the remote to
select
On
.
5. When you are finished adjusting the rating level blocks, press
the
EXIT
button on the remote.
