Technicolor - Thomson MULTIMEDIA MONITOR user manual Viewing Age-Based Ratings, Content Themes

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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.

Rating status field

	V-CHIP TV			RATING LIMIT
		Rating	Status		- - Content - -
Rating					D L S V FV
		TV-14	View		V V V V	Content
field			^			status
		Press ^/v to view programs with
		this rating. Press OK to exit.				fields

You must remember to Lock Parental Controls for rating limits to take effect.

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.

To block program content:

1.Determine the lowest level of content you do not want the child to watch.

2.Use the left and right arrows to highlight the Rating Field.

3.Use the up and down arrows on the remote to scroll through the age-based ratings until the rating that corresponds with the lowest content you do not want the child to watch appears. (In the example above, you would scroll through the ratings until the TV-PG rating appeared.)

4.Press the right arrow to move the highlight to the field corresponding with the content theme you wish to block out.

5.Press the up or down arrow to change content status from V to B. All higher ratings’ content theme will automatically change to B.

Content Themes

DSexually Explicit Dialogue

L Adult Language

S Sexual Situations

V Violence

FV Fantasy Violence

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