4. TV Menus
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Parental Menu
The TV comes from the factory with the rating locks
turned off and with pre-set U.S. ratings TV-PG and
movie rating PG. You must turn on blocking for U.S.
ratings to activate these rating restrictions. You will be
prompted to enter a pass code when you select
Lock
on the main menu.
Lock
Important Notes on Rating Locks
•
Parental
menu rating locks apply only to channels and
signals received on the
ANT
and composite
VIDEO
jacks.
•
Other
menu rating locks apply only to digital channels
received on
ANT
.
• When viewing a cable box, satellite receiver, or other
device connected to the component
Y Pb Pr
or
HDMI
inputs, check the device’s owner’s guide for parental
locks.
• When accessing VUDU’s internet movie service, use the
parental controls provided by VUDU.
Lock
Parental
Lock
Disables or enables blocking based on V-Chip signals and the U.S. rating system.
TV
Rating
Highlight the rating level you wish to change
and press
ENTER
to block it ( ) or allow
it (
).
You can apply supplemental content block-
ing to the age-based ratings by using the TV
content categories. (
FV, D, L, S, V
)
Movie
Rating
Highlight the rating level you wish to change
and press
ENTER
to block it ( ) or allow it
(
).
Start Time/
Stop Time
Sets the time of day for enforcement of rating restrictions set in the
Parental
menu.
Note:
To make rating restrictions active 24 hours a day, make
Start Time
and
Stop Time
the same.
Lock
Time
Blocks all use of the TV during the time period you specify. Once a lock time is set, it
goes into effect immediately and you must enter a pass code to use the TV during the lock
period. To reactivate the time lock, power the TV off and then back on. To make
Lock by
Time
active 24 hours a day, make
Start Time
and
Stop Time
the same.
Lock
Channel
The
Channel Lock
menu lists channels currently in memory (see page 27). Highlight a
channel and press
ENTER
to lock ( ) or allow (
) the channel. Channels locks will be
cleared the next time you perform a channel scan.
Lock
Panel
Use this option if small children try to press TV buttons.
To
•
release the Panel Lock from the TV’s control panel, press and hold the
INPUT
button for
ten seconds. If the TV is powered off, press
POWER
after the lock releases to power on the
TV.
To reactivate the lock, return to this menu and change the setting to
•
On
.
Lock
Other
Other Menu Options (alternate rating system)
This TV can recognize new rating systems that may come into effect in the future. The
Other
option remains grayed out until the TV receives a signal using an alternate rating system.
Such alternate rating systems will apply only to digital programming received on the
ANT
input.
