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Note: Parental control
settings are not
available for HDMI1,
HDMI2, CMPT, or
PC INPUTS. These
settings must be set
in the connected
component’s
parental controls.
Using TV Features Chapter 3
You can select from the following inputs or channels:
Disabled – Choose this option if you don’t have a component connected to the TV, or if you don’t want
the TV to automatically tune to the correct channel/input when you’re using this component.
Channel 3 or 4 - Choose this option if the component is connected to the ANTENNA/CABLE jack on the
back of the TV, and you want the TV to tune to channel 3 when you press the corresponding button on
the remote. Reminder: make sure the component’s Channel 3/4 switch is set to channel 3.
VID1, VID2 or S-VIDEO (Video Input) – Choose this option if the component is connected to the VIDEO
INPUT 1 jack on the back of the TV or the VIDEO INPUT 2 jack (or S-VIDEO INPUT jack) on the side of
the TV and you want the TV to tune to the VIDEO INPUT channel when you press the corresponding
component button.
CMPT (Component Video Input) – Choose this option when a compatible component video source,
such as an HDTV tuner, satellite receiver, or DVD player, is connected to the three component VIDEO
INPUT jacks (Y Pb Pr) on the back of the TV and you want the TV to tune to the component VIDEO INPUT
channel (CMPT) when you press the corresponding component button.
PC – Choose this option when the component is connected to the PC INPUT jack on the back of the TV
and you want the TV to tune to the PC input when you press the corresponding component button.
HDMI1 or HDMI2 – Choose this option when the component is connected to the HDMI1/DVI or HDMI2/
DVI INPUT on the back of the TV, and you want the TV to tune to the HDMI INPUT channel when you
press the corresponding component button.
Parental Controls and V-Chip
The choices in the US V-Chip and Canada V-Chip menus involve software inside your TV, referred to as
V-Chip, which allows you to block TV programs and movies. TV programs can be blocked by age-based
ratings, such as TV-MA (See page 33). If available, TV programs can also be blocked by content, such as
adult language (L) (See page 33). Movies can only be blocked by age-based ratings (See page 33). Once
you block programs, you can unblock them by entering a password. By default, the software inside your
TV is turned off or unlocked. For instructions to lock V-Chip, see page 32.
V-Chip - US and Canada
V-Chip reads the program’s age-based rating (TV-MA, TV-14, etc.) and content themes (Violence (V),
Adult Language (L), etc.). If you have blocked the rating and/or content themes that the program contains,
you receive a message that the channel is currently blocked. Change the channel or press OK to enter
your password and temporarily deactivate the parental controls.
Broadcasters are not required to provide content themes, so programs received with no content themes
are blocked only if you block their age-based rating. You can also block programs that have been given
an Exempt rating, and programs that are considered unrated. See page 44 for the US and Canada ratings
explanations.