4
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C
HAPTER
F
OUR
: S
PECIAL
F
EATURES
2
Press
CH
▼
six times to highlight the “V-
chip” menu.
Press
VOL+
.
The “Enter pin” screen will appear. Enter
your 4-digit PIN number.
Menu
SET UP
V-chip
Enter pin :
3
The “V-chip mode” screen will appear. Press the
CH
▼
button, and highlight the field for “TV
Guidelines.” (Note: When a particular field is
highlighted, its color turns BLUE.)
SET UP
V-chip mode
V-chip lock
TV guidelines
MPAA rating
Change pin
Yes
Move
Ent.
Exit
±
4
Press
VOL +
. The “TV guidelines”
screen will appear. Press the
CH
▲
,
CH
▼
buttons to highlight one of the
six age-based categories:
TV GUIDELINES
TV-Y
TV-Y7
TV-G
TV-PG
TV-14
TV-MA
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
B: Blocked U: Unblocked
Young children
All FV V S L D
TV-Y
Young children
TV-Y7
Children 7 and over
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TV-G
General audience
TV-PG
Parental guidance
TV-14
Viewers 14 and over
TV-MA
Mature audience
5
At this point, one of the TV-Ratings is highlighted (blue color).
Press the
VOL +
button: Depending on your existing setup, a letter “U” or “B” will start blinking.
(U= Unblocked, B= Blocked)
While the “U” or ”B” is blinking, press the
CH
▲
or
CH
▼
button to block or unblock the category.
Press MENU once to save the TV guidelines. A TV-Rating will be highlighted (BLUE), and no letters will blink. To exit
this screen, press MENU again. To select a different TV-Rating, press
CH
▲
or
CH
▼
and then repeat the process.
Note 1: The TV-Y7, TV-PG, TV-14 and TV-MA have additional options. See the next step to change
any of the following sub-ratings:
FV: Fantasy violence
D: Dialog
L: L
S: Sexual situation
V: Violence
Note 2: The V-Chip will automatically block certain categories that are “more restrictive.” For example, if you block
“TV-Y” category, then TV-Y7 will automatically be blocked. Similarly, if you block the TV-G category, then all the cate-
gories in the “young adult” group will be blocked (TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14 and TV-MA). The sub-ratings (D, L, S, V) work
together similarly. (See next section.)
Note: These categories consist of
two separate groups: TV-Y and TV-Y7
(young children through age 7), and
TV-G through TV-MA (everybody
else). The TV-Y and TV-Y7 categories
are colored green.
The restrictions for these two groups
work independently: If a household
includes very young children as well
as young adults, the TV guidelines
must be set up separately for each age
group. (See next step.)
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