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Using the TV’s Features
20 Chapter 3
PIP Problems?
• If you press PIP and the PIP window is gray, you may have activated the Parental Control
feature and the program exceeds the rating limits you set. For information on removing
limits, see the following section.
•You cannot view closed captioning in the PIP window.
• PIP cannot be displayed from component (Y,Pb,Pr) inputs.
Parental Control
US V-Chip. . .
Canada V-Chip. . .
V-Chip Unrated/Exempt View. . .
Front Panel Block
Channel Block. . .
Lock Parental Controls. . .
Press </> or OK to go to the sub-menu.
Press MENU to go to Main Menu.
Parental Controls
The Parental Control menu allows you to program your TV so that
children cannot see certain programs, channels, or use the front panel
controls. The Parental Control menu also involves software inside your
TV (referred to as V-Chip) which lets you program your TV so it won’t
display certain programs and movies based on violence, sex, or other
content you may believe children should not view. Once you block
programs, you or other adults can unblock programs by entering a
password to unlock video or enter the password to edit the features in
the Parental Control menu. By default, the software inside your TV is
turned “off,” so if you don’t want to use this feature, you can just
ignore it.
How V-Chip Works
The V-Chip software reads a code that most broadcasters send with
programs. That code tells the software 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 and the TV is locked and you tune
to a program whose rating exceeds the rating limit you set, you will
receive a message telling you that the program is not approved for
viewing.
Broadcasters are not required to provide content themes, so programs
received with no content themes will only be blocked if you block their
age-based rating and the TV is locked. You can also block out programs
that have been given a rating of Not Rated, and programs that are
considered unrated. The TV age-based ratings and content themes you
can block are listed on the next page.
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