Panasonic TH-42PD60U, TH-42PD60X, TH 42PD60U manual Lock, Block, Program

■To select the channel or the rating of the program to be locked

Select up to 7 (1-7) channels to be blocked out. These channels will be blocked out regardless of the program rating.

Select “CH” in on p. 22

Channel	Select “Channel”		Select channel to lock
Lock	Lock	next	Channel lock		select
					“CH1-7”
	Mode		CH 1	3 - 0
		CH			select
	Channel	select	CH 2
					channel

■To set rating level

“V-chip” technology enables restricted shows to be locked according to TV ratings.

	Select “Program”			Select the rating to be locked
	Lock	next			select
	Mode	CH
	Channel	select
	Program
			Example of “MPAA” (U.S movie ratings)
	Change password
				Off	No rating
	Select the rating category you wish			G	General Audience: All ages admitted
	to follow			PG	Parental Guidance Suggested
				PG-13	Parents Strongly Cautioned: Inappropriate
	Program lock
		set			for children under 13
	MPAA			R	Restricted: Under 17 requires
Block	U.S.TV	select			accompanying parent or adult guardian
				NC-17
	C.E.L.R.				No one 17 and under admitted
program	C.F.L.R.			X	Adults only
	Monitor out	On	•To get other information (p. 35)
	MPAA : U.S movie ratings
	•U.S.TV : U.S TV program ratings
	•C.E.L.R : Canadian English ratings
	••C.F.L.R : Canadian French ratings

■To disable recording of the locked program

Select “Monitor out” in “Program lock” menu ()

Program lock	On :	Turns on the monitor terminal output for programs that
MPAA		have been set to “Blocked.”
	Off :	Turns off the monitor terminal output for programs that
U.S.TV
		have been set to “Blocked.”
C.E.L.R.
C.F.L.R.
Monitor out	Off

Channel Lock

Advanced

Caution

•The V-Chip system that is used in this set is capable of blocking “NR” programs (non rated, not applicable and none) as per FCC Rules Section15.120(e)(2). If the option of blocking “NR” programs is chosen “unexpected and possibly confusing results may occur, and you may not receive emergency bulletins or any of the following types of programming:”

•Emergency Bulletins (Such as EAS messages, weather warnings and others)

•Locally originated programming • News • Political • Public Service Announcements • Religious • Sports

•Weather

Note

The Off rating is independent of other ratings.
•When placing a block on a specific age based rating level, the Off rating and any other more restrictive ratings will
•also be blocked.	23