Using the TV’s Features
Hierarchy of Age-Based Ratings
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USA V-Chip TV Ratings
Blocking Age-Based Ratings
You can automatically block all program ratings above a specified age- based rating level.
1.Choose Options (lock icon) from the main menu, then highlight Parental Controls. Enter your password.
2.Highlight and select USA Parental Locks.
3.Press the left or right arrow button to highlight a TV Rating. Press the up or down arrow button to scroll to the rating corresponding with the lowest rating you do not want the child to watch. In the example to the left, highlight
4. Press the OK button to toggle between locked and unlocked. The status for the rating and all higher ratings automatically lock.
To view
Content Themes
DSexually explicit dialogue
L Adult language
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Blocking Specific Content Themes
You can block programs based on their content. (Content is represented by the FV, L, S, V and D on your screen.) When you block a content theme for a particular rating, you automatically block that content theme for higher rated programs as well.
To block program content:
1.Determine the content theme you want to block.
2.Press the down arrow button to scroll to the rating whose content theme you want to change.
3.Press the right arrow button to move the highlight to a particular content theme. In the example to the left, highlight the language
(L) corresponding with
4.Press the OK button to change its status to lock. The language for
Notes: Broadcasters are not required to provide content themes or
To view a content theme after it's been locked, follow the same steps as above to unlock. Note that if you unlock the language corresponding with
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