Parental control V-CHIP, TV Parental Guidelines

Watching TV

Parental control (V-CHIP)

V-CHIP might not function according to the condition of the signal from the broadcasting station.

V-CHIP is an electronic filtering device built into your TV/DVD. 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/DVD.

V-CHIP menu will not be selectable from the menu if you do not first configure your password. (See page 20 for password setting for parental control.)

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

•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.

TV Parental Guidelines

	TV RATING			Content
	TV RATING	FANTASY	VIOLENCE	SEXUAL	ADULT	SEXUAL
		VIOLENCE		SITUATIONS	LANGUAGE	DIALOG
	TV-Y (All children)	S	S	S	S	S
	TV-Y7 (Directed to older children)	X	S	S	S	S
Suggested	TV-G (General audience)		S	S	S	S
age	TV-PG (Parental Guidance suggested)		X	X	X	X
	TV-14 (Parents strongly cautioned)		X	X	X	X
	TV-MA (Mature audience only)		X	X	X

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

X: Content rating can be set.

EXAMPLE

•If you select “TV-G”, this will automatically block the higher ratings “TV-PG”, “TV-14” and “TV-MA”.

Voluntary movie rating system (MPAA)

MOVIE RATING		Description
	G	General audiences. All ages admitted.
	PG	Parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children.
Age	PG-13	Parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.
Age	R	Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian (age varies in some jurisdictions).
	R
	NC-17	No one 17 and under admitted.
	X	X is an older rating that is unified with NC-17 but may be encoded in the data of older movies.

EXAMPLE

• If you select “PG-13”, this will automatically block the higher ratings “R”, “NC-17” and “X”.

NOTE

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

TV Parental Guidelines

(TV Guidelines)

1In Lock menu, press ▲/▼ to select “V-Chip”, then press ◀/▶ to select “On” .

2Press ▲/▼ to select “V-Chip Set”, then press ▶ or

ENTER.

3Press ▲/▼ to select “TV Rating”, then press ▶ or

ENTER.

4Press ▲/▼/◀/▶ to select the desired rating, then press ENTER.

5Press EXIT to return to the normal screen.

Voluntary movie rating system (MPAA)

1Repeat steps 1 and 2 in TV parental Guidelines (TV Guidelines).

2Press ▲/▼ to select “Movie Rating”, then press ▶ or ENTER.

3Press ▲/▼ to select the desired rating, then press

ENTER.

4Press EXIT to return to the normal screen.