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Note: These categories consist of
two separate groups: TV-Y and TV-Y7
(young children through age 7), and
TV-G through TV-MA (everybody
else).
The restrictions for these two groups
work independently: If a household
includes very young children as well
as young adults, the TV Parental
Guidelines must be set up separately
for each age group. (See next step.)
3
Press the ▲ or ▼ button to
select the “TV Parental
Guidelines”, then press the
ENTER button.
4
The “TV Parental Guidelines”
screen will appear.
Press the ▲, ▼ buttons to
select one of the six age-based
categories:
TV-Y Young children
TV-Y7 Children 7 and over
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TV-G General Audience
TV-PG Parent guidance
TV-14 Viewers 14 and over
TV-MA Mature Audience
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At this point, one of the TV-Ratings is selected.
Press the √button: Depending on your existing setup, a letter “U” or “B” will be selected.
(U= Unblocked, B= Blocked)
While the “U” or ”B” is red, press the ▲ or ▼ button to block or unblock the category.
Press the œbutton once to save the TV Parental Guidelines. A TV-Rating will be selected, and no letters
will be selected. To exit this screen, press the MENU button again. To select a different TV-Rating, press the
▲or ▼ button and then repeat the process.
Note 1: The TV-Y7, TV-PG, TV-14 and TV-MA have additional options. See the next step to change any of the
following sub-ratings:
FV: Fantasy violence
D: Dialog
L: Adult language
S: Sexual situation
V: Violence
Note 2: The V-Chip will automatically block certain categories that are “more restrictive”. For example, if
you block “TV-Y” category, then TV-Y7 will automatically be blocked. Similarly, if you block the TV-G catego-
ry, then all the categories in the “young adult” group will be blocked (TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14 and TV-MA). The
sub-ratings (D, L, S, V) work together similarly. (See next section.)
Move Adjust Return
TV Parental Guidelines
All FV V S L D
TV-Y œ U √
TV-Y7 : U U
TV-G : U
TV-PG : U U U U U
TV-14 : U U U U U
TV-MA : U U U U
B: Blocked
U: Unblocked
Young Children
Move Adjust Return
TV Parental Guidelines
All FV V S L D
TV-Y œ U √
TV-Y7 : U U
TV-G : U
TV-PG : U U U U U
TV-14 : U U U U U
TV-MA : U U U U
B: Blocked
U: Unblocked
Young Children