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To block TV shows based on US television ratings:
1.
From the Home screen menu, navigate to
Settings > Parental controls
, and then enter your
parental control PIN.
2.
In the
Parental controls
screen, navigate to
TV tuner > TV ratings
. Choose among the
following settings:
•
Entire ratings
– Highlight the rating you want to block, and then navigate to the right and
select the first option that blocks the entire rating level (and all higher rating levels).
•
Individual content types
– Highlight the rating that contains the content type you want to
block, and then select the content types you want to block from among those listed.
Remember that blocking a content type in one rating blocks the equivalent content type in
all higher rating levels.
Blocking based on US movie ratings
Most movies in the US are rated by the Motion Picture Association of America, or MPAA, so the ratings
are known as MPAA ratings. TV broadcast signals carry movie rating data that enables parental controls
to block shows that parents don’t want others to see. The ratings are:
•
G – General audiences
•
PG – Parental guidance suggested
•
PG-13 – Parents strongly cautioned for children age 13 or younger
•
R – Restricted
•
NC-17 – Not for age 17 or younger
Unlike US TV ratings, there are no individual content types within the ratings. But like TV ratings,
blocking movies with a particular rating also blocks movies with a higher rating, and unblocking movies
with a particular rating also unblocks movies with a lower rating.
Tip
:
Blocking movies with an NC-17 rating also blocks programs with the now-obsolete X rating, which
can still occur in the program data of older movies.
