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G: General Audience - All ages admitted.
Most parents would find this program suit-
able for all ages. This type of programming
contains little or no violence, no strong lan-
guage, and little or no sexual dialogue or
situations.
PG: Parental Guidance Suggested - This
programming contains material that parents
may find unsuitable for younger children. It
may contain one or more of the following:
moderate violence, some sexual situations,
infrequent coarse language, or some sugges-
tive dialogue.
PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned - This
programming contains material that parents
may find unsuitable for children under the
age of 13. It contains one or more of the fol-
lowing: violence, sexual situations, coarse
language, or suggestive dialogue.
R: Restricted -This is programming is specif-
ically designed for adults. Anyone under the
age of 17 should only view this program-
ming with an accompanying parent or adult
guardian. It contains one or more of the fol-
lowing: intense violence, intense sexual situ-
ations, strong coarse language, or intensely
suggestive dialogue.
NC-17: No one under the age of 17 will be
admitted. - This type of programming should
be viewed by adults only. It contains graphic
violence, explicit sex, or crude indecent lan-
guage.
X: Adults Only - This type of programming
contains one or more of the following: very
graphic violence, very graphic and explicit or
indecent sexual acts, very coarse and intense-
ly suggestive language.
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TV-Y - (All children -- This program is
designed to be appropriate for all chil-
dren.) Designed for a very young audi-
ence, including children ages 2-6. This type of
programming is not expected to frighten
younger children.
TV-Y7 - (Directed to Older Children -
- This program is designed for children
age 7 and above.) It may be more
appropriate for children who have acquired the
development skills needed to distinguish
between make-believe and reality. This pro-
gramming may include mild fantasy and comic
violence (FV).
TV-G - (General Audience -- Most par-
ents would find this program suitable
for all ages.) This type of programming
contains little or no violence, no strong lan-
guage, and little or no sexual dialogue or situa-
tions.
TV-PG - (Parental Guidance
Suggested -- This program contains
material that parents may find unsuit-
able for younger children.) This type of pro-
gramming contains one or more of the follow-
ing: moderate violence (V), some sexual situa-
tions (S), infrequent coarse language (L), or
some suggestive dialogue (D).
TV-14 - (Parents Strongly Cautioned -
- This program contains some material
that many parents would find unsuitable
for children under 14 years of age.) This type
of programming contains one or more of the
following: intense violence (V), intense sexual
situations (S), strong coarse language (L), or
intensely suggestive dialogue (D).
TV-MA - (Mature Audience Only --
This program is specifically designed to
be viewed by adults and therefore may
be unsuitable for children under 17.) This type
of programming contains one or more of the
following: graphic violence (V), explicit sexual
situations (S), or crude indecent language (L).
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TV
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TV
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TV
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TV
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TV
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TV Rating
TV-Y
TV-Y7
TV-G
TV-PG
TV-14
TV-MA
T
he SmartLock feature is an
integrated circuit that receives
and processes data sent by broad-
casters, or other program
providers, that contain program
content advisories. When pro-
grammed by the viewer, a TV with
SmartLock can respond to the con-
tent advisories and block program
content that may be found objec-
tionable (such as offensive lan-
guage, violence, sexual situations,
etc.). This is a great feature to cen-
sor the type of viewing children
may watch.
Over the next few pages you’ll
learn how to block channels and
certain rated programming. Below
is a brief explanation of some terms
and ratings you will find in the
SmartLock feature.
SmartLock offers various
BLOCKING OPTION controls
from which to choose:
Access Code: An Access Code
must be set to prevent children
from unblocking questionable or
censored programming set by their
parents.
Channel Block: After an access
code has been programmed, you
can block up to 5 individual chan-
nels.
Clear Blocked: Allows you clear
all channels being blocked from
your viewing set with the Channel
Block Control.
Movie Ratings: Certain blocking
options exist which will block pro-
gramming based on ratings pat-
terned by the Motion Pictures
Association of America.
TV Ratings: Just like the Movie
Ratings, programs can be blocked
from viewing using standard TV
ratings set by TV broadcasters.
To learn more about the Motion
Picture Association of America
Ratings and the TV Broadcasters
Television Ratings, refer to the defi-
nitions listed on the columns to the
right.
Movie Rating
G
PG
PG-13
R
NC-17
X
