Sharp LC C4067U V-Chip, MPAA Voluntary movie rating system, TV Parental Guidelines

On-Screen Display Menu

V-Chip

V-CHIP is an electronic fi ltering device built into your TV. This tool gives parents a great degree of control over broadcasts accessed by their children. It allows parents to select programs judged suitable for child viewing while blocking ones judged not suitable. It does so automatically once you activate the V-CHIP feature in your TV. "V-Chip" and "Status" will not be selectable from the menu if you do not fi rst confi gure your secret number.

•The U.S. has two rating systems for viewing content: TV Parental Guidelines and movie ratings.

•The TV Parental Guidelines work in conjunction with the V-CHIP to help parents screen out inappropriate television shows from their children.

•Movie ratings are used for original movies rated by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) as watched on cable TV and not edited for television. The V-CHIP can also be set to block MPAA-rated movies.

•The setting automatically enters "Block" for any ratings below your selection.

•If Status is not set to "On", the confi guration settings will not work.

■MPAA (Voluntary movie rating system)

	Example
MPAA
TV Guidelines	G	-----
Can. English Ratings	PG	-----
Can. French Ratings	PG-13	-----
	R	Block
	NC-17	Block
	X	Block
	NONE

Press a/b to adjust the item to your desired position. "Block" indicates the item is blocked. Press MENU to exit.

G:General audiences. All ages admitted.

PG: Parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children.

PG-13:Parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

R:Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian (age varies in some jurisdictions).

NC-17:No one 17 and under admitted.

X:X is an older rating that is unifi ed with NC-17 but may be encoded in the data of older movies.

•Voluntary movie rating system only uses an age-based rating.

■TV Parental Guidelines

	Example
MPAA
TV Guidelines	TV-Y	-----	D	Block
Can. English Ratings	TV-Y7	-----	L	Block
Can. French Ratings	TV-G	-----	S	Block
	TV-PG	Block	V	Block
	TV-14	Block	FV	-----
	TV-MA	Block
	NONE

Pressa/b to adjust the item to your desired position. "Block" indicates the item is blocked. Press MENU to exit.

Suggested age

TV-Y:All children.

TV-Y7:Directed to older children.

TV-G:General audience.

TV-PG:Parental Guidance suggested.

TV-14:Parents strongly cautioned.

TV-MA:Mature audience only.

	Example
MPAA
TV Guidelines	TV-Y	-----	D	Block
Can. English Ratings	TV-Y7	-----	L	Block
Can. French Ratings	TV-G	-----	S	Block
	TV-PG	-----	V	-----
	TV-14	Block	FV	-----
	TV-MA	Block
	NONE

When setting an individual content-based rating item:

1Press d or ENTER to access blocked content items from the currently selected age-based rating item.

2Pressa/b to select an individual item, and then press ENTER to unblock it ("Block" is removed). Repeat the same steps for the other items.

3Press c or RETURN to register after all individual content rating items are set.

Content

FV: Fantasy violence.

V:Violence.

S:Sexual situation.

L:Adult language.

D:Sexually suggestive dialog.

	Rating			Content
			V	S	L	D
		FV
		TV-Y
		TV-Y7
Suggested		TV-G
age		TV-PG
		TV-14
		TV-MA

:The content rating can be set, but this rating is not normally broadcast by TV stations.

:Content rating can be set.

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