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V-Chip Movie Rating Limit
With the
Movie Rating Limit
you can set movie-viewing limits.
Blocking Movie Ratings
You can automatically block all movie ratings above a specified rating using
Movie Ratings Limit
in the Parental Controls menu.
• To block all movies above a certain rating:
In the Rating field,
use CH^/v to highlight the
lowest unacceptable
rating. Then highlight
the Rating Status field and press the CH ^/v buttons to change the
status from
View
to
Block
. All higher ratings will automatically change
to
Block
.
• To lock your selection(s):
Select
Parental Controls
from the
Parental Controls menu. Press the Vol + to select LOCKED. Enter your
password (if you have not already set your password, you will be
prompted to enter it again to confirm). The word UNLOCKED will flash
to remind you that the Parental Controls are not LOCKED.
Viewing Movie Ratings
After you block movie ratings, you have the option of changing some of the
ratings back to
View
.
• To view movie ratings:
Highlight the Rating field and use the
CH^/v buttons to find the rating you want to view. Then use VOL+ to
highlight the Rating Status field, and use CH^/v to change the status to
View
.
V-Chip TV Rating Limit
The V-Chip TV Rating Limit lets you decide which TV programs can be
viewed. To set TV programming limits:
1. Choose
V-Chip Parental Controls
from the Main menu. If Parental
Controls have previously been locked, you must enter your
password. If they are not locked, you will get a message reminding
you that your limits will not be effective until you lock Parental
Controls.
2. Press MENU to continue.
3. Highlight and select
TV Rating Limit
.
4. Once you get to the TV Rating Limit screen, use the CHAN ^/v and
VOL +/- on your remote to change the status of a TV program rating
or content theme from
View
to
Block
.
The following sections give you more details about how to change the status
of TV program limits.
THE MENU SYSTEM
TIP
When you change the status of an
age-based rating to Block, the
system will automatically block that
rating and all of its content themes
and all higher ratings and their
content themes. When you change
the status of a Content Theme to B,
the system will automatically block
that content theme in the current
rating and in all higher ratings.
Only the content theme status
corresponding to the current age-
based rating changes to View (V).
Higher rated content themes do not
change.
Selecting Movie Rating Limit
V-Chip Parental Controls
1 Movie Rating Limit
2 TV Rating Limit
3 Unrated Programs:
VIEW
4 Parental Controls:
UNLOCKED
0 Exit
Selecting TV Rating Limit
V-Chip Parental Controls
1 Movie Rating Limit
2 TV Rating Limit
3 Unrated Programs:
VIEW
4 Parental Controls:
UNLOCKED
0 Exit
Movie Rating limit
Rating
Status
NC-17
View
^
Press MENU to exit.
Viewing movie ratings
Rating
field
Rating Status field
v
