Vizio M550NV, M470NV manual Parental Controls, Rating Enable, Channel Locks

VIZIO M470NV/M550NV User Manual

Parental Controls

If you want to restrict certain channel and program viewing, you can do this by turning on the Parental Controls. Selected programs, movies and channels can then be made available only after an authorized password has been entered and accepted by the TV.

To select the options in the Parental sub-menu, press OK and then create and/or enter a password. A new menu will be displayed showing the following Parental settings:

Note: The Parental menu does not appear when the input mode is set to

HDMI or RGB.

Rating Enable

Block or allow access to programs from channels that have been blocked or devices selected as PIP inputs. Turn On to block or Off to allow rated content.

Channel Locks

Block individual channels from being displayed. Press ▲ or ▼ to select a channel to block and then press OK.

USA-TV

Note: When Rating Enable is OFF, the USA-TV Rating adjustments are not enabled.

Press OK to block (locked) or allow (unlocked) channels by the following US TV ratings:

TV-Y – All children TV-Y7 – Older children TV-G – General audience

TV-PG – Guidance suggested TV-14 – Strongly cautioned TV-MA – Mature audience

You can also customize the TV ratings for the following content:

A – All sub-ratings

FV – Fantasy violence

D – Sexual dialog

L – Adult language

S – Sexual situations

V - Violence

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