Using the TV’s Features, US TV Ratings

Using the TV’s Features

MAIN MENU
	US TV RATINGS
	Status			Content
TV-MA	View...			L	S	V
TV-14	View...		D	L	S	V
TV-PG	View...		D	L	S	V
TV-G	View...
TV-Y7	View...						FV
TV-Y	View...
NAVIGATE ▼ ▲ ▼ ▼		VIEW/BLOCK OK			P.C. MENU		MENU

US TV Ratings

The US TV Ratings lets you decide which TV programs can and cannot be viewed. To set TV programming limits:

1. Press MENU to bring up the menu system.

2Choose the Parental Control icon. Enter the 1111 default password or the password you chose and press OK to continue.

3. Highlight and press the right arrow to display US TV Rating.

4.Once you get to the US TV Ratings screen, use the up and down arrow buttons to highlight a rating.

Proceed to the next sections for more details about how to change the status of TV program ratings.

The US Rating Limit Screen

The following is an example of where items are located within the V-Chip TV Ratings screen.

Rating Field

Lets you select the age-based

rating you want to block or view.

Rating Status Field

Lets you select whether the status of the age-based rating limit to the left is View or Block.

MAIN MENU
	US TV RATINGS
	Status			Content
TV-MA	View...			L	S	V
TV-14	View...		D	L	S	V
TV-PG	View...		D	L	S	V
TV-G	View...
TV-Y7	View...						FV
TV-Y	View...
NAVIGATE ▼ ▲ ▼ ▼		VIEW/BLOCK OK			P.C. MENU		MENU

Content Themes

Lists the content themes you

can block or view.

Content Status Fields

Displays whether the status of the

content theme is currently Locked

or Unlocked.

Hierarchy of Age-Based Ratings

TV-MA	Mature Audience Only

TV-14	Parents Strongly Cautioned

TV-PG	Parental Guidance Suggested

TV-G	General Audience

TV-Y7	Directed to Children 7 years
	and older

TV-Y	All Children

Blocking Age-Based Ratings

You can automatically block all program ratings above a speciﬁed age- based rating level. For example, if you only want your child to watch programs that have a TV-G rating and lower (in other words, you want the child to watch TV-G, TV-Y7, and TV-Y), then you need to block out higher ratings.

To block programs with higher ratings:

1.First, determine the lowest level rating you don’t want the child to watch.

2.Highlight the lowest rating you do not want the child to watch. In the example discussed above, you would highlight TV-PG, since the highest rating you want the child to watch is TV-G.

3.Press the OK button to toggle between View and Block. The status for the rating you chose and all higher ratings automatically change to Block.

4.To lock the settings, exit the Parental Control menu or menu system and the password screen appears. Enter your password and press OK. If you exit the menu system without entering your password, the settings you changed won’t take effect.

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