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Blocking Age-Based Ratings
You can automatically block all program ratings above a
specified age-based rating level. For example, if you only
want your child to watch programs that have a TV-G
rating and lower (in other words, you want the child to
watch TV-G, TV-Y7, and TV-Y), then you need to block
out other programming with higher ratings.
To block programs with higher ratings:
1. First, determine the lowest level rating you don’t
want the child to watch (see chart of age-based
ratings on next page).
2. Press the left and right arrow buttons to highlight the
Rating field.
3. Press the up and down arrow buttons on the remote
to scroll through the age-based rating limits. Keep
scrolling until the rating corresponding with the
lowest rating you do not want the child to watch
appears on the screen.
In the example discussed above, you would scroll
through the Rating field until TV-PG appears, since the
highest rating you want the child to watch is TV-G.
4. Press the right arrow button to move the yellow
highlight to the Status field.
5. Press the up or down arrow button to toggle between
View and Block. The status for the rating listed to the
left and all higher ratings automatically changes to
Block (and B).
6. Press OK on the remote to return to the menu or exit
the screen when you are finished.
7. Select Lock Parental Controls from the Parental
Controls menu. Enter a password, and if you have
not already set your password, you will be prompted
to enter it again to confirm.
Tip
When you change the status of a rating to Block,
the system will automatically block higher ratings
and all corresponding content themes.
Hierarchy of Age-Based Ratings
TV-14 Parents Strongly Cautioned
TV-G General Audience
TV-Y All Children
TV-PG Parental Guidance Suggested
TV-Y7 Directed to Children 7 years
and older
TV-MA Mature Audience Only
Content
status fields
- - Content - -
V-CHIP TV RATING LIMIT
Rating Status
TV-PG Block
^
DLSVFV
BBBB
RATING STATUS
TV-MA Block
TV-14 Block
TV-PG Block
TV-G View
TV-Y7 View
TV-Y View
DLSVFV
BBB
BBBB
BBBB
V
Press ^/v to view programs with
this rating. Press MENU to exit.
Rating
status field
Rating
field
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