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Using the V-Chip, continued
How to Set up
Restrictions Using the
“TV guidelines”
First, set up a personal
identification number (PIN), and
enable the V-Chip. (See last
sections.) Parental restrictions
can be set up using either of
two methods: The TV guidelines
or the MPAA rating.
1 Press MENU to display the
menu.
2 Press CH▼ until “V-chip” is
selected. Press VOL+.
3 Press VOL+. The “Enter PIN”
screen will appear. Enter
your 4-digit PIN number.
4 The “V-chip mode” screen
will appear. Press CH ▼ to
select the “TV guide lines.”
5 Press VOL+. The “TV
guidelines” screen will
appear. Press the CH ▲,
CH ▼ buttons to select one
of the six age-based
categories:
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
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 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.)
6 At this point, one of the TV-
Ratings is selected (red
color).
Press VOL+: Depending on
your existing setup, either
“U” or “B” will will be
selected.
(U= Unblocked, B= Blocked)
While the “U” or ”B” is red
color, press CH ▲ or CH ▼ to
block or unblock the
category.
Press MENU once to save
the TV guidelines.
A TV-Rating will be selected,
and no letters will be
selected. 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: Adult language
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
categories 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).
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V-chip
V-chip Lock :Yes
TV Guide lines
MPAA Rating
Change Pin
▲▼Move œ√Sel. Menu
TV Guide lines
All FV V S L D
TV-Y U
TV-Y7 U U
TV-G U UUUU
TV-PGU UUUU
TV-14 U UUUU
TV-MAU UUU
U: Unblocked B: Blocked
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