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Using the DTV Menus
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United States:
Selecting Custom
Rating Options
For the United States, the Custom Rating Menu includes the
following options. (For Canada, see page 57.)
Option Description
Movie Rating G
All children and General Audience.
PG
Parental Guidance suggested.
PG-13
Parental Guidance for children under 13.
R
Restricted viewing, parental guidance is
suggested for children under 17.
NC-17
and X
No one 17 and under allowed.
TV Rating
Block programs
by their rating,
content or both
Age-Based Options
TV-Y
All children.
TV-Y7
Directed to older children.
TV-G
General Audience.
TV-PG
Parental Guidance suggested.
TV-14
Parents Strongly cautioned.
TV-MA
Mature Audience only.
Content-Based Options
FV
Fantasy Violence.
D
Suggestive Dialogue.
L
Strong Language.
S
Sexual situations.
V
Violence.
Unrated
Block programs
or movies that
are broadcast
without a rating
Block
Blocks all programs and movies that are
broadcast without a rating.
Allow
Allows programs and movies that are
broadcast without a rating.
To ensure maximum
blocking capability, the age-
based ratings should be
blocked.
The content ratings will
increase depending on the level
of the age-based rating. For
example, a program with a TV-
PG V (Violence) rating may
contain moderate violence,
while a TV-14 V (Violence)
rating may contain more intense
violence.
If you block unrated TV
programs, be aware that the
following types of programs
may be blocked: emergency
broadcasts, political programs,
sports, news, public service
announcements, religious
programs and weather.
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