Parental Control and V-Chip, Parental Guide Menus

Using TV Menus

Parental Control and V-Chip

The PARENTAL GUIDE menu allows you to program your TV/DVD so that children cannot see certain programs and channels. The software inside your TV/DVD (V-Chip) allows you to “block” TV programs and movies based on violence, sex, or other content you think children should not view. It lets you program your TV so it will not display certain programs. You can “unblock” programs by entering a password. Broadcasters are not required to provide content themes, so programs received with no content themes will only be blocked if you block their age-based rating. You can also block out programs that have been given a rating of “not rated,” and programs that are considered “unrated” because no code has been sent by the broadcaster.

When the Parental Controls feature is turned ON the software reads a code that most broadcasters send with programs. That code tells the software the program’s age-based rating (TV-MA, TV-14, etc.) and content themes (Violence (V), Adult Language (L), etc.). See “Age-Based Ratings” tables on page 12.

The PARENTAL GUIDE Menus

The PARENTAL GUIDE options allow you to limit viewing of certain channels, lock the control buttons on the main unit, and change your password. You may want to remove the remote control to prevent any changes to your parental control settings. To display one of the PARENTAL GUIDE menus, you must ﬁrst enter your password in the PASSWORD menu. With the Parental Guide menu turned OFF, only the basic menu appears. With the PARENTAL GUIDE turned ON, the TV and Movie Rating options are included.

PARENTAL GUIDE PARENTAL GUIDE OFF

CHILD LOCK OFF CHANGE PASSWORD

Parental Guide OFF

PARENTAL GUIDE PARENTAL GUIDE ON TV RATING

MPAA RATING

CHILD LOCK OFF CHANGE PASSWORD

Parental Guide ON

PARENTAL GUIDE	Select OFF to turn off the GUIDE.
	Select ON to activate V-CHIP.
TV RATING	Select the TV RATINGS and content
	themes that you want to Unblock or
	Block. See “Age-Based Ratings” and
	“Content Themes” tables on page 12.
MPAA RATING	Select the MPAA (Movie) RATINGS that
	you want to Unblock or Block. See
	MPAA Rating Table on page 13.
CHILD LOCK	Disables the TV’s front panel controls.
	Select OFF to turn CHILD LOCK off.
	Select ON to activate it. The CHILD
	LOCK feature takes effect after the
	TV is turned off and back on again.
CHANGE PASSWORD	Use this option to create a new
	password after you’ve entered the
	initial password.

Notes: If you do not activate the PARENTAL GUIDE, none of the settings for V-Chip (Parental Control) takes effect.

If you forget your password, you can reset it. Enter 5898 as the password and then change it to a new one.

Turn On PARENTAL GUIDE

1.Press MENU (the PICTURE menu appears).

2.Press the button until the PASSWORD menu appears.

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Using TV Menus