Sharp LC-32D62U Parental control setting V-CHIP level, Voluntary movie rating system Mpaa, Rating

Useful adjustment settings

Parental control (setting V-CHIP level)

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 first configure your secret number. (See page 40 for Secret number setting for parental control.)

•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.

Voluntary movie rating system (MPAA)

Rating		Description
	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.

Age

RRestricted. 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.
				a
MPAA
				•	If you select “PG-13”, this will automatically block the higher
TV Guidelines			G
Can. English Ratings			PG		ratings “R”, “NC-17” and “X”.
Can. French Ratings			PG-13		NOTE
			R
			NC-17	•	Voluntary movie rating system only uses an age-based rating.
			X
			NONE

TV Parental Guidelines

				Content
	Rating	FV	V	S	L	D
		(Fantasy	(Violence)	(Sexual	(Adult	(Sexually
		violence)		situation)	language)	suggestive
						dialog)
	TV-Y (All children)	z	z	z	z	z
	TV-Y7 (Directed to older children)	g	z	z	z	z
Suggested
	TV-G (General audience)		z	z	z	z
age
	TV-PG (Parental Guidance suggested)		g	g	g	g
	TV-14 (Parents strongly cautioned)		g	g	g	g
	TV-MA (Mature audience only)		g	g	g

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

g: Content rating can be set.

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