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Features and menus
V-Chip Unrated Program Block
Selecting this option lets you decide if programs that the V-Chip recognizes
as “unrated” can be viewed. Note that “unrated” TV programs may include
news, sports, political, religious, local and weather programs, emergency
bulletins, public announcements, and programs without ratings.
View
All unrated programs are available.
Block
All unrated programs are not available.
Don’t forget to lock parental controls after you change the status of unrated
program viewing. If you do not, the limit will not take effect.
Channel Block
Selecting this option lets you decide what channels can be viewed.
View
Makes the selected channel viewable.
Block
The front panel and remote CH (channel) buttons will tune only
to channels that you have marked as
View
. You may tune to a blocked
channel manually by using the number buttons and entering the
correct password.
Don’t forget to lock parental controls after you change the status of Channel
Block. If you do not, the channel block will not take effect.
Front Panel Block
Selecting this option lets you block (disable) or unblock (enable) the TV’s
front panel. The remote still tunes to any channel. Front Panel Block can:
•
Keep children from watching TV when the parent is not present.
•
Keep small children from playing with the buttons.
(When using this as a Parental Control method, you should remove access to
any remote capable of controlling the front panel while you have the Front
Panel blocked.)
Don’t forget to lock parental controls after you change the status. If you do
not, the front panel block will not take effect.
Lock/Unlock Parental Controls
Selecting this option lets you lock and unlock parental controls settings using
a password.
If you do not lock parental controls, none of the settings for V-Chip,
Channel Block, or Front Panel Block will take effect.
If you forget your password, press and hold TV on the remote and the MENU
button on the television simultaneously for 3 seconds. Parental controls will
then unlock and you can re-enter a password via
Lock Parental Controls
.
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
1 View
2 Block
V-CHIP UNRATED PROGRAM BLOCK
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
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
CHANNEL BLOCK
Channel #
Status
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HEADLNBlock
^
Press ^ or v, keypad, or CH ^/v
to set channel, MENU to exit.
1 Unblock
2 Block
FRONT PANEL BLOCK
