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Adjusting Your SET UP (menus) (continued)
U.S. movie ratings
U.S. movie ratings are for movies (including
those shown on TV) rated according to the
Motion Picture Association of America
(MPAA) Guidelines.
G (General Audiences—All Ages
Admitted):
In G-rated films no strong words
are used, the violence is at a minimum,
nudity and sex scenes are not present, nor is
there any drug use.
PG (Parental Guidance Suggested. Some
Material May Not Be Suitable For
Children):
This is a film which may need to
be monitored first by parents.
PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned. Some
Material May Be Inappropriate For
Children Under 13):
Parents are alerted to be
very careful about the attendance of their
under-teenage children when viewing.
R (Restricted, Under 17 Require
Accompanying Parent Or Adult Guardian):
This film includes hard language, tough
violence, nudity, drug abuse or other
elements of concern.
NC-17 or X (No One 17 Or Under
Admitted.):
This is a film that most parents
would consider not suitable for children
aged 17 and under. There may be violence,
sex, abberrational behavior, drug abuse or
other elements of concern.
NR (Not Rated):
This is a film that a
producer has not rated, intending to have his
film widely released.
N/A (Not Applicable):
This is a film that a
producer considers outside the scope of the
MPAA ratings.
Note:
• NR and N/A ratings are shown together
as “Unrated” in the menu.
U.S. TV ratings
U.S. TV ratings are for TV programs rated
according to the U.S. Television Parental
Guidelines.
TV-Y (All Children):
This program is
designed for young children aged 2–6 and is
appropriate for all children.
TV-Y7 (Directed to Older
Children):
This program is designed for
children aged 7 and above. Themes and
elements in this program may include mild
fantasy violence or slapstick violence, or may
frighten children under the age of 7.
TV-G (General Audience):
Most parents
would find this program suitable for all ages.
It contains little or no violence, no strong
language and little or no sexual dialog or
situations.
TV-PG (Parental Guidance Suggested):
This program contains some material that
parents may find unsuitable for younger
children.
TV-14 (Parents Strongly Cautioned):
This
program contains some material that many
parents would find unsuitable for children
under the age of 14.
TV-MA (Mature Audience Only):
This
program is specifically designed to be
viewed by adults and therefore may be
unsuitable for children under the age of 17.
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Ratings in Canada
Sony’s predetermined ratings
These are original ratings that Sony
predetermined according to the viewer’s age.
Each rating allows you to view the certain
programs, as follows.
See the right column to page 54 for a
description of each rating.
Child:
Suitable for children under the age of
7.
Viewable Canadian English Language
ratings: C and G
Viewable Canadian French Language
ratings: G
Viewable U.S. TV ratings: TV-Y, TV-G, and
TV-NR
Youth:
Suitable for children aged 8 and
older.
Viewable Canadian English Language
ratings: C, G, C8+ and PG
Viewable Canadian French Language
ratings: G and 8 ans+
Viewable U.S. TV ratings: TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-
G, TV-PG, and TV-NR
TV-NR (Not Rated/Unrated):
This is a
program broadcast without any rating, such
as news, news flashes or sports.
Note:
The TV-NR rating is shown as “Unrated” in
the menu.
About the extenders of U.S. TV ratings
TV-Y7, TV-PG, TV-14 and TV-MA ratings
have additional content ratings called
“extenders” to define additional viewing
limits. The extenders are defined as follows:
D (sexually suggestive Dialog):
Programs
containing suggestive dialog, or sexual
innuendo
FV (Fantasy Violence):
Programs containing
cartoon violence occurring in TV-Y7
programs only
L (coarse Language):
Programs containing
coarse language
S (Sexual situations)
: Programs containing
sexual content
V (Violence):
Programs containing violence
There may be some profanity, violence or
brief nudity in these programs.
Young Adult:
Suitable for children aged
14 and older.
Viewable Canadian English Language
ratings: C, G, C8+, PG and 14+
Viewable Canadian French Language
ratings: G, 8 ans+, 13 ans+
Viewable U.S. TV ratings: TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-
G, TV-PG, TV-14, and TV-NR
Canadian English Language ratings
The Canadian English Language Ratings are
for TV programs in English broadcast in
Canada.
C (Programming intended for children
under age 8):
There will be no realistic
scenes of violence or no offensive language,
nudity or sexual content. Careful attention is
paid to themes, which could threaten
children’s sense of security and well-being.
G (General Audience):
Will contain very
little violence, either physical or verbal or
emotional. There may by some inoffensive
slang, no profanity and no nudity.
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