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have to deal with unblocking shows that you want to watch by entering your parental
control PIN. All you need to do is clear
Enable parental controls
, and all TV shows are
unblocked. When the kids return, select
Enable parental controls
again, and all of your
parental control settings are restored in a single operation.
To enable parental control of TV shows:
1.
In 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 > Parental control of TV shows
.
3.
Make sure the check box next to
Enable parental controls
is checked. If not,
highlight it and press
OK
.
Blocking based on US TV ratings
Most broadcast US TV shows—other than movies—contain rating data that enables
parental controls to block shows that parents don’t want others to view. The ratings
are divided into two groups that function independently:
•
Youth group
– TV-Y, TV-Y7
•
Main group
– TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14, TV-MA
Within each of these groups, the ratings interact such that if you block a particular
level of content, the TV also blocks all content with a higher rating. Conversely, if you
unblock a particular level of content, the TV also unblocks all content with a lower
rating. For example, if you block TV-PG programs, the TV also blocks TV-14 and TV-
MA programs. If you subsequently unblock TV-14 programs, TV-PG programs are also
unblocked, but TV-MA programs remain blocked.
Similarly, within the main group, content types can be individually blocked. For
example, you can block just coarse language in shows with a TV-PG rating. If you do,
then the TV also blocks shows with coarse language in the higher ratings (TV-14 and
TV-MA). Subsequently unblocking coarse language in TV-14 ratings does not unblock
coarse language in TV-MA programs, but it does unblock coarse language in TV-PG
programs.
