Chip Movie Rating Limit, Blocking Movie Ratings

Using the TV’s Features

3.Press the OK button to change content status from (V) Viewable to (B) Blocked. All higher ratings’ content themes change to Blocked.

Notes: Broadcasters are not required to provide content themes or age-based ratings.

You must remember to lock the TV as described above for rating limits to take effect.

To view content themes after you’ve blocked them, follow the same steps as above to make the content Viewable (V). Note that if you unblock the language corresponding to TV-PG, for example, the language for TV-MA doesn’t get unblocked. You have to unblock each content theme for each rating separately.

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1 V-Chip TV Rating

2 V-Chip Movie Rating

Main Menu4Parental Controls 4USA V-Chip

The V-Chip MPAA movie rating limits are set in this screen. The TV must be locked for the rating limits to be enforced.

Rating	Status	Blocked B		B	B
"X"
"X"	Blocked
"NC-17"
"NC-17"	Blocked		Not Rated
			Not Rated
"R"	Blocked		Movies
"PG-13"			Movies
"PG-13"	Viewable		Viewable

"PG"	Viewable

"G"	Viewable

Press OK to set the movie rating limits which are enforced when the TV is locked.

V-Chip Movie Rating Limit

You set movie (MPAA) rating limits by blocking movies rated above a speciﬁed rating. How to block and view movie ratings is explained in the next two sections.

To access the V-Chip Movie Rating menu:

1.Press MENU on the remote control (the Main Menu appears).

2.Select Channel Setup. Enter your password if necessary.

2.Select Parental Controls.

3.Select USA V-Chip.

4.Select V-Chip Movie Rating.

Blocking Movie Ratings

If you only want your child to watch movies that have a PG rating and lower (in other words, movies rated PG and G), then you could automatically block out all other movies with higher ratings.

To block movies:

1.Highlight the rating that is the lowest rating you don’t want the child to watch. (In the example above, you would highlight the rating status button corresponding to PG-13, since the highest rating you want the child to watch is PG.)

2.Press the OK button to change the button from Viewable to Blocked. All higher ratings automatically change to Blocked.

3.Lock the TV as described above for rating limits to take effect.

Note: Some movies may be given a Not Rated (NR) rating. After blocking

movie ratings, you must set NR to Viewable separately to view NR movies.

To view movie ratings after you’ve blocked them, follow the same steps as above to make the rating Viewable (V).

Chapter 3