54 Chapter 4. TV Menu Settings
gramsratedTV-PG/PGorloweruntilyouchangethe
ratinglevel.
Afterchangingthechannelordevice,theremaybeadelay
ofuptofivesecondsbeforetheratingrestrictionstake
effect.
U.S. Ratings Menu
UsethismenutoturnU.S.ratingrestrictionsonoroffand
tochangethepermittedratinglevels.
U.S. Restric-
tions On/Off
TV Rating and
Supplemental
Restrictions
Restriction
Hours
Movie Rating
TV Content
Categories
Figure 11. U.S. Ratings menu
1. HighlighttheU.S. Ratingsicon
ontheParental
Lockmenu(figure10)andpress
ENTER
toopentheU.S.
Ratingsmenu(figure11).
2. Press toselectOnorOff.
3. IfyouselectedOn,press tomovetotheTV Rating
box.
4. Press
toselecttheTVratinglevelyouwantto
allow.
5.
Press tomovetotheTVcontentcategories.This
sectionallowsyoutospecifycontentblockinginaddi-
tiontothatblockedbytheTVrating.Seethesectionon
V-ChipratingsforanexplanationofTVcontentcatego-
ries.
• Press tomovethehighlightamongthe
categories.
• Press
ENTER
toaddacheckmarkto,ortoremoveit
from,eachTVcontentcategoryyouwanttoblock.
6. Press tomovetothePrograms Not Ratedbox.
Press
ENTER
toaddorremoveacheckmarktoallowor
blockprogramsthatarenotrated.
Note: Usecarewhenchoosingtoblockunratedpro-
gramming.Newsprogramsandemergencybul-
letinscarrythe“None”or“NR”(NotRated)V-Chip
signal,andtheyareblockedwiththisoptionac-
tive.
7. Press
tomovetotheMovie Ratingbox.Press
toselectthemovieratinglevelyouwanttoallow.
Detailedinformationonratingguidelinesfollowsthis
discussionoftheParentalLockmenu.
8. Tosetthetimeofdayfortheserestrictionstobein
effect,press tomovetotheStartbox.Tomakethe
ratingrestrictionsactivetwenty-fourhoursaday,set
StartandStoptothesametime.Tosetthetime:
a. Withthehournumberhighlightedinyellow,press
repeatedlytochangethehour.Youcanalso
justpressandholdtochangethehour.
b. PressENTERtomovethehighlighttothe
minutes.
c. Withtheminutesnumberhighlightedinyellow,
press repeatedlytochangetheminutes.
Justpressandholdtomovequicklythroughthe
numbers.
d. RepeatthesestepsfortheStoptime.
9. Press
MENU
toreturntotheParentalLockmenuor
press
EXIT
tocloseallmenus.
Other Ratings Menu
ThisTVcanrecognizenewratingsystemsthatmaycome
intoeffectinthefuture.TheOtherRatingsmenuallows
youtoblockdigitalprogrammingbasedonsuchalternate
ratingsystems.Thealternateratingsystemswillapplyto
digitalbroadcastprogrammingonly.
Note: TheOther Ratingsbuttonremainsinaccessible
untiltheTVreceivessignalsforanalternaterating
system.
Thefirsttimeyoutunetoachannelbroadcastinganalter-
nateratingsystem,theTVdefaultstothemostrestrictive
setting.Usethismenutochangetheallowedratingifyou
areunabletowatchaprogrambroadcastwithanalternate
system.
Parental Lock Menu, continued
IMPORTANT
New rating systems recognizable by the TV
may be new U.S.-based systems not included
in the original V-Chip rating system. The use
of “Canadian” in the sample screen is just
one possibility.