Chip TV Rating Limit, TV Rating Limit Screen

Chapter 2: The Menu System

Tip

When you change the status of an age-based rating to Block, the system will automatically block that rating and all of its content themes and all higher ratings and their content themes. When you change the status of a Content Theme to B, the system will automatically block that content theme in the current rating and in all higher ratings. Only the content theme status corresponding to the current age-based rating changes to View (V). Higher rated content themes do not change.

V-Chip TV Rating Limit

The V-Chip TV Rating Limit lets you decide which TV programs can be viewed. To set TV programming limits:

1.Choose V-Chip Parental Controls from the Main menu. If Parental Controls have previously been locked, you must enter your password. If they are not locked, you will get a message reminding you that your limits will not be effective until you lock Parental Controls.

2.Press MENU to continue.

3.Highlight and select TV Rating Limit.

4.Once you get to the TV Rating Limit screen, use the arrow buttons on your remote to change the status of a TV program rating or content theme from View to Block.

The following sections give you more details about how to change the status of TV program limits.

The TV Rating Limit Screen

Below is an example of where items are located within the TV Rating Limit screen.

Tip

Rating field

Rating Status field

Lets you select whether the status of the age-based rating limit to the left is View or Block.

Content Themes

You can always press MENU to exit back to the previous screen while in the Rating Limit menus.

Lets you select from a list of age-based ratings you can block or view.

Pointer highlight

Lets you see the position of the cursor on the screen.

TV Rating Limit

Content

Rating Status D L S V FV

TV-MA View	V V V
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Press MENU to exit.

Lists the content themes you can block or view.

Content Status fields

Lets you select which content themes to view for the selected rating, and whether the status of the content theme is currently

View (V) or Block (B).

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