Mitsubishi Electronics WD-Y57aa Projection Television User Manual


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Chapter 5. TV Menu Settings 71
TV Ratings
TV
ratingsapplytoTVprogramsandmade-for-TVmovies.
YoucanapplysupplementalblockingtoTVratingsbasedon
theTVcontentcategoriesdescribedbelow.TVratingsare:
TV-Y Youth.Forchildrenundertheageof7.
TV-Y7 Youth7andolder.
TV-G GeneralAudience.Fortheentirefamilytoview.
TV-PG ParentalGuidance.ParentalGuidanceis
recommended;maynotbesuitableforsome
children.
TV-14 Adolescent14andolder.Notrecommendedfor
childrenundertheageof14.
TV-MA MatureAudience.Foradultsonly.
TV Content Categories
UsedinassociationwiththeTVratingsabove,TVcontent
categoriesallowyoutoapplysupplementalblocking.
ApplysupplementalblockingusingtheU.S.Ratingsmenu.
FV Fantasy Violence.AppliestoTV-Y7only.
D Sexual Dialog.AppliesindifferentdegreestoTV-PG
andTV-14.
L Adult Language.Appliesindifferingdegreesto
TV-PG,TV-14,andTV-MA.
S Sexual Situations.Appliesindifferingdegreesto
TV-PG,TV-14,andTV-MA
V Violence(graphicorrealistic).Appliesindiffering
degreestoTV-PG,TV-14,andTV-MA.
TV Rating FV D L S V
TV-Y
Not Applicable
TV-Y7 X
TV-PG
Not
Appli-
cable
X X X X
TV-14 X X X X
TV-MA X X X
TV content categories. Boxes marked with an “X” indicate
supplemental blocking you can apply to each rating level.
TheTVratingyouselectisfortheleast-restrictiveprogram
levelallowed.Forexample,ifyouselectTV-PG,programs
ratedTV-Y,TV-Y7,andTV-PGcanbeviewed,butpro-
gramsratedTV-14andTV-MAareblocked.
WhenyouselectaTVcontentcategorytoblock,allTV
programswiththesamecontentcategorylistingare
blocked.Forexample,ifyouselecttoblockV(Violence)
attheTV-14level,anyprogramswiththeVcategorylisting
ratedTV-PGarealsoblocked.
V-Chip Signal Information
Whenprovidedbythebroadcasterorprogramsource,
V-Chipratingsletyoucontrolthetypesofprogramming
thatcanbeviewedontheTV.WhenV-Chipratingsare
supplied,theyaredisplayedwhenyouchangethechannel
orpress
INFO
ontheremotecontrol.
V-CHIP EXCEPTIONS
• V-Chipblockingisineffectiveforprogramsviewed
ondevicesconnectedtocomponentorHDMI
inputs.Manyofthesedevices,however,havetheir
ownparental-controlsystems.
• Videotapes,laserdiscs,andDVDsmaynot
containV-Chipratingsignals.V-Chipcannot
blockplaybackofrecordingswithoutV-Chiprating
signals.
• Broadcastersarenotcurrentlyrequiredtoinclude
V-Chipratingsignals.V-Chipcannotblockpro-
grammingbroadcastwithouttheV-Chiprating
signal.
Movie Ratings
MovieratingsaretheMPAAratingsusedfortheater-
releasedanddirect-to-videomovies.Movieratingsare:
G General Audience.Designedfortheentirefamily
toview.
PG Parental Guidance.ParentalGuidanceis
recommended,maynotbesuitableforsome
children.
PG-13 Parental Guidance, 13 and Older.Not
recommendedforchildrenundertheageof13.
R Restricted.Restrictedintheatersto17yearsold
andolderunlessaccompaniedbyanadult.
NC-17 No Children 17 or Under.Restrictedintheaters
to18yearsoldandolder.
X Adult.Designedforandrestrictedintheatersto
adultaudiencesonly.
Themovieratingyouselectisfortheleast-restrictive
programlevelthatcanbeviewed.Forexample,ifyou
selectthePG-13rating,moviesratedG,PGandPG-13
canbewatched,butmoviesratedR,NC-17,andXare
blocked.
Programs Not Rated:Thisreferstoprogramsthatcarry
norating,suchasnews,sports,weather,emergencybul-
letins,ormoviespriortoorwithoutMPAAratings.This
doesnotincludeprogramswithoutV-Chipsignals.
IMPORTANT
If you enable blocking with the Programs
Not Rated option, you may block news or
emergency bulletins carrying the “None” or
“NR” Not Rated V-Chip rating. Use care when
blocking programming that is not rated.
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