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Part III: Setup
V-Chip Lock
V-Chip Lock Menu: V-Chip
V-Chip Signal Information
When provided by the broadcaster, V-Chip ratings can be used to control which programs can be viewed or will
be blocked. When V-Chip ratings are sent, you will see the ratings when you change the channel or when you
press the INFO button on the remote control.
The V-Chip ratings information can be divided into two classi cat ions, TV Ra t ings t hat incl ude Cont ent Ca t egor ies
and Movie Ratings. These are explained below.
TV Ratings:
Used with TV programs and made for TV movies.
TV-Y Youth, designed for children under the age of 7.
TV-Y7 Youth, 7 years old and older. Designed for children 7 years old and older.
TV-G General Audience. Designed for the entire family to view.
TV-PG Parental Guidence. Parental Guidence is recommended, may not be suitable for some children.
TV-14 Adolescent 14 years old and older. Not recommended for children under the age of 14.
TV-MA Mature Audience. Recommend for adults only.
Content Categories:
Used in association with the TV ratings above.
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 different degrees to TV-PG, TV-14, and TV-MA.
S Sexual Situations- applies in different degrees to TV-PG, TV-14, and TV-MA.
V Violence (graphic or realistic)- applies in different degrees to TV-PG, TV-14, and TV-MA
Movie Ratings:
Used with theater released movies and direct-to-video movies.
G General Audience- Designed for the entire family to view.
PG Parental Guidence- Parental Guidence is recommended, may not be suitable for some children.
PG-13 Parental Guidence 13 years old and older- Not recommended for children under the age of 13.
R Restricted- Restricted in the theater to 17 years old and older unless accompanied by an adult.
NC-17 No Children- Restricted in a theater to 18 years old and older.
X Adult- Designed for and restricted in the theater to adult audiences only.
Programs Not Rated: Used for programs that are not rated like news, sports, weather, emergency bulletins, or
movies such as those prior to or without MPAA Ratings. This does not include programs without V-Chip signals.
IMPORTANT: If you select to block programs that carry the V-Chip rating “Programs Not Rated, you may block news
or emergency bulletins. Care should be used when blocking not rated programming.
When you select a TV or Movie rating, you are selecting the highest level of program that will be allowed to be
viewed. As an example, if you select TV-PG, you are allowing programs rated TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-G and TV-PG to
be seen and blocking programs rated TV-14 and TV-MA. If you select a movie rating of PG-13, you are allowing
movies rated G, PG and PG-13 to be seen and blocking movies rated R, NC-17, and X. When you select a TV
Content category, you will block all TV programs that have the same content category listing. As an example, if
you select to block V (Violence) at the TV-14 level, you will also block any program that has the V category listing
at the TV-PG rating level.
IMPORTANT: V-Chip is effective only for programs viewed on Ant-A and Ant-B or from devices connected to Inputs
1-5. It is not effective for programs viewed on Ant-DTV or devices connected to Component 1 and 2, INP-DTV
or from IEEE 1394 devices.
IMPORTANT: Videotapes, laser discs, and DVD’s may not contain V-Chip rating signals, in this case V-Chip cannot
block the program or movie.
IMPORTANT: Broadcasters are not currently required to include V-Chip rating signals at this time. If the broadcaster
does not include the V-Chip rating signal, V-Chip cannot block the program.