Sharp LC 13SH6U, LC 15SH6U, LC 20SH6U user service CHIPSettings, TV parental guidelines

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This i'unclion allows TV programs to be resldcted and TV usage to be controlled based on FCC data It prevents children Irom watching violent or sexual scenes thai may be harmful

Restriction of TV programs includes two ratings thai contain information about the program: the MPAA {Motion Picture Association of

America) rating and the TV Parental Guidelines The MPAA rating is restricted by age TV Parental Guidelines are res#icted by age and content

Since a TV program may use either the MPAA rating or the TV Guidelines. both should be adjusted for complete controt MPAA rating

RATING
	G		GENERAL AUDIENCES, AI_ ages admitted,
	PG		PARENTAL GUIDANCE	SUGGESTED.		Some material	may	n0! be suitable		for children.
age	PG-!3		PARENTS STRONGLY	CAUTIONED,		Some materiel	may	be inappropriate		for children under i3,
based	B	,	, RESTRICTED. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or aduIt guardian,
	NC-17		NO ONE 17 AND UNDER ADMITTED,
	X		X is an older rating that is unil_ed wilh NC-17 but may be encoded						in the dale	of elder movies,
MPAA rating
Example	t:		1, User setting		S 81ock table		Exampte		2:	1. user setting
PG-13 in	lhe age-basedrating is						R in the age-based			rating is
blocked,	this witi also					I_ot to	blocked,		this will also
autemalicetty		block the higher					automaticaIlyblockthe higher
ralings R. NC-t7			end X				ratings NC-17 and X
					h_d	_u _
					i _	hI_k

2, atock tabte

bI_ck bl_¢k

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blo_k

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• The MPAA rating is only age-based

TV parental guidelines

						conlent based	==_
				FV		S	L	D
	Rating			(Faniasy	(Violence)	(Sexual	(Adult	(Sexually
				Violence)		Situation)	Language)	Suggestive
								Dialog)
	TV-Y (All children)			®	[]	[]	[]
ft	TV-Y7 (Direct to Older Children)			x	[]			[]
						[]
age	T'v'_(General	Aud(ence)			[]
						X	X	×
_ased	TV-PG (Parenlal	Guidance	Suggested)		X
		S r .g,yCo.t!enea}			×, .	×	X	X
	TV.,MA (Mafure Audience		Only}		x	×	X

[]: The content raling can be set, but this rating is not normal_y broadcast by TV slattons

X : The content rating can be sel

TV parental guidelines

Example:

When TV-Y7in Ihe age-based rating is set to BLOCK, this will automatically block the higher ratings: TV-G,TV-PG."['V-14and TV-MAIn addi_icn. D- L, S. V and FV inBLOCK CONTENT are automatically blocked unless you manualty set BLOCK CONTENT

User setting		2 81ock table
		content b_sed
_,V	.....
rVPG	BLOC_

*Age-based ratings can be modified by the content- based ratinga_ but onty in the combinations indicated

by _n X In the tabte above

, Choosing a _ower age-based rating b!ocks the higher age-based ratings regardless el content rating setl_ngs

o tf you set TV-Y and TV-Y7 to BLOCK. BLOCK CONTENT wtfl disptay all items