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Blocking based on other ratings
Your TV can block programs having ratings that had not been defined when the TV was manufactured. It does this by detecting
a new Rating Region Table in a program and then downloading the new table and displaying its rating in the Parental controls.
When the TV downloads a new Rating Region Table, it adds a new option to the list of rating types:
Other ratings
. If you see
this option in the
Parental controls
screen, you have tuned to a station that has implemented a new rating table. Once the
new rating table has been downloaded to the TV, it remains in the TV until it is factory reset, and you can configure blocking
based on the new ratings.
New Region Rating Tables can have independent rating levels, or rating levels that interact in the same ways as the built-in US
TV and MPAA Movie ratings.
Tip:
If your TV downloads a new Region Rating Table, you’ll have to experiment with its settings to understand how to use it.
Blocking unrated programs
Some broadcast TV shows and movies are assigned a rating of “Unrated”. Whether or not such programs contain content that
is objectionable to you cannot be determined. However, you can choose to block such programs.
To block all unrated broadcasts:
1. From the
Home
screen menu, navigate to
Settings
>
Parental controls
, and then enter your PIN.
2. In the
Parental controls
screen, navigate to
TV tuner
>
Block all unrated programs
.
3. Highlight
Unrated programs
and press
[OK]
. When blocking is enabled, the adjacent padlock icon changed from unlocked
to locked.
Tip:
Blocking programs that have been assigned a rating of “Unrated” does not block programs that have no rating assigned
to them (for example a broadcast of a local town council meeting). Programs that do not have an assigned rating display
Rating NA
(for “not applicable”, meaning a rating is not needed). Programs that have no assigned rating are considered “safe”;
therefore, there is no need to block them.
What happens when a TV show is blocked?
After you’ve set up parental controls, TV shows and movies can be blocked:
When you change channels and the new channel is playing a program whose rating exceeds your settings.
When a new show comes on the channel you are watching and its rating exceeds your settings.
When a program is blocked by parental control settings, the TV displays a blocked message:
Whenever this blocked message appears, both the video and audio of the show are blocked, as well as program data that
would normally appear in the area at the bottom of the screen.
To watch the blocked program, you need to know the PIN code defined when you enabled parental controls, as explained in
Creating a Parental Control PIN on page 32
.
Customizing your TV
