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Viewing Age-Based Ratings
After you block age-based ratings, you have the option of changing some of the ratings back to
View.
1. Determine which blocked rating you want to view.
2. Use the up and down arrow buttons to highlight the rating with a status of Block.
3. Press the OK button to select View.
4. To lock the settings, exit the Parental Control menu or menu system and the password
screen appears. Enter your password and press OK. If you exit the menu system and
cancel after entering your password, the settings you changed won’t take effect.
Blocking Specifi c Content Themes
You can block programs based on their content. (Content is
represented by the D, L, S, V and FV on your screen.) When you block
a content theme for a particular rating, you automatically block that
content theme for higher rated programs as well.
To block program content:
1. Determine the content themes you want to block.
2. Press the down arrow button to select the age-based rating you
want to change.
3. Press the right arrow button to highlight a particular content
theme.
4. Press the OK button to change its status to the lock icon, or
block. (In the example to the left, you block the language (L)
corresponding with TV-14).
Notes: Broadcasters are not required to provide content
themes or age-based ratings.
5. Lock the settings as described above or the changes won’t take
effect.
To view content themes after you’ve locked them, follow the same
steps to unlock. Then lock Parental Controls to save your changes.
V-Chip Movie Rating Limit
You set movie rating limits by blocking movies rated above a
specifi ed rating. How to block movie ratings and view movie ratings is
explained in the next two sections.
To access the V-Chip Movie Rating menu:
1. Press MENU on the remote control.
2. Press the down arrow button to select the Parental Control icon.
3. Select US Movie Ratings.
D Sexually explicit dialogue
L Adult language
S Sexual situations
V Violence
FV Fantasy Violence
Content Themes
NAVIGATE ▼ ▲
OK P.C. MENU
MENU
▼
▼
Status Content
TV-MA View... D L S V
TV-14 View... D L S V
TV-PG View... D L S V
TV-G View...
TV-Y7 View... FV
TV-Y View...
US TV RATINGS
MAIN MENU
NAVIGATE ▼ ▲
OK P.C. MENU
MENU
▼
▼
NR View...
X Block...
NC-17 View...
R View...
PG-13 View...
PG View...
G View...
US MOVIE RATINGS
MAIN MENU
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