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In the example discussed previously, 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. Use the right arrow to move the yellow highlight to the rating status
field.
5. Press the up or down arrow to toggle from View to Block. The status
for the rating listed to the left and all higher ratings automatically
changes to Block (B).
6. Press MENU or 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.
Hierarchy of Age-Based Ratings
Pressing RESET on the remote
will reset all ratings to View
and V.
- - Content - -
V-CHIP TV RATING LIMIT
Rating Status
TV-14 View
^
DLSVFV
VVVV
RATING STATUS
TV-MA Block
TV-14 View
TV-PG Block
TV-G View
TV-Y7 View
TV-Y View
DLSVFV
BBB
VVVV
BBBB
V
Press ^/v to block programs with
this rating. Press MENU to exit.
Content
status
fields
Rating
field
Rating status field
You must remember to Lock
Parental Controls for rating limits
to take effect.
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 left and right arrows to highlight the Rating Field.
3. Use the up and down arrows to select the rating whose status is
Block.
4. Press the right arrow to move the yellow highlight to the rating
status field.
5. Press the up or down arrows to toggle between View
and Block.
Note that the content status fields corresponding to the unblocked
rating become View as well. They and the age-based rating status are
the only fields that automatically change back to View when you
complete this process.
Blocking Specific Content Themes
You can block programs based on their content. (Content is represented
by the D, L, S, V, and FV on your screen. See the beginning of this section
for details.) When you block a content theme for a particular rating, you
automatically block that content theme for higher rated programs as
well.
For example, if you do not want your child to watch programs that have
adult language (L) rated TV-PG or higher, then you could block out all
programming TV-PG and above containing adult language.
TV-MA Mature Audience Only
TV-PG Parental Guidance
Suggested
TV-14 Parents Strongly Cautioned
TV-G General Audience
TV-Y7 Directed to Children
7 years and older
TV-Y All Children
Content Themes
D Sexually Explicit Dialogue
L Adult Language
S Sexual Situations
V Violence
FV Fantasy Violence