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36 Vidikron VL-26/VL-32 Owner’s Operating Manual
Parental Control: To block the display of television programs or movies based on their
ratings, select Parental Control from the Setup menu and press ENTER. Enter the default
Personal Identification Number (PIN) – 0000 – and press ENTER again.
• Parental Lock: This is the “master switch” for the parental controls. Set it to On on Off.
•TV Rating: Select TV Rating from the Parental Control menu to block television programs
carrying a given rating, to prevent children from watching programs that are deemed
inappropriate. These ratings and content labels have been established by the United
States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to help parents and other caregivers
determine if a program is suitable for young viewers.
To block programs carrying a given rating, use the up- or down-arrow to select a rating.
Then, press the right-arrow button to require the PIN code to be entered to view a
program with that rating. A lock icon (
) appears to indicate that the restriction is active.
Table 4-2 describes the TV ratings and content categories. For more information, visit
http://www.fcc.gov/parents/parent_guide.html.
• Movie Rating: Select Movie Rating from the Parental Control menu to block movies
carrying a given rating, to prevent children from watching movies that are deemed
inappropriate. These ratings have been established by the Motion Picture Association of
America (MPAA) to help parents and other caregivers determine if a movie is suitable for
young viewers.
To block movies carrying a given rating, press the right-arrow button to require the PIN
code to be entered to view a movie with that rating. A lock icon (
) appears to indicate
that the restriction is active.
For more information on movie ratings, please visit http://www.mpaa.org/movieratings/.
Table 4-2. FCC Ratings and Content Categories
Rating/Category Description
TV-MA Mature Audience Only - graphic violence, explicit sexual content
and/or offensive language.
TV-14 Parents strongly cautioned - intense violence, sexual situations,
coarse language and/or suggestive dialogue.
TV-PG Parental guidance suggested - violence, sexual situations, coarse
language and/or suggestive dialogue.
TV-G General audience - suitable for children and adults.
TV-Y7 Children 7 and up.
TV-Y Suitable for all children.
FV Fantasy violence or cartoon violence
D Sexual dialogue
L Offensive language
S Sexual content
V Violence