5.At this point, one of the TV-Ratings is selected.
Press the ENTER button. Depending on your existing setup, the “
” symbol will be selected. (Blank = Unblocked, 
= Blocked)
While “
” is selected, press the ENTER button to block or unblock the category.
To select a different TV-Rating, press the … or † button and then repeat the process.
➢Allow all: Press to unlock all TV ratings. / Block all: Press to lock all TV ratings.
➢The TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14 and TV-MA have additional options. See the next step to change any of the following sub-ratings:
FV: Fantasy violence.
D:Sexually suggestive dialog.
L:Adult language.
S:Sexual situation.
V:Violence.
➢The V-Chip will automatically block certain categories that are “more restrictive”. For example, if you block “TV-Y” category, then TV-Y7 will automatically be blocked. Similarly, if you block the TV-G category, then all the categories in the “young adult” group will be blocked (TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14, and TV-MA). The subratings (D, L, S, V) work together similarly. (See next section.)
6.How to set the FV, V, S, L and D sub-ratings.
First, select one of these TV-Ratings: TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14, or TV- MA (See Step 4, on page 39), and press the ENTER button.
The “
”symbol will be displayed for each sub-rating.
While “
” is selected, press the √ button to go to a sub rating.
Press the ENTER to block the sub rating. To select a different TV-Rating, press the … or † button and then repeat the process.
➢The V-chip will automatically block certain categories that are “More restrictive”.
For example, if you block “L” sub-rating in TV-PG, then the “L” sub-ratings in TV-14 and TV-MA will automatically be blocked.
7.Press the EXIT button to clear all the screens. (Or proceed to the next section, and set up additional restrictions based on the MPAA codes.)
➢These categories consist of two separate groups: TV-Y and TV-Y7
(young children through age 7), and TV-G through TV-MA (everybody else).
The restrictions for these two groups work independently: If a household includes very young children as well as young adults, the TV guidelines must be set up separately for each age group.
TV-Y:All children. The themes and elements in this program are specifically designed for a very young audience, including children from ages two to six. TV-Y7:Directed to older children. The themes and elements in this program may include mild physical or comedic violence, or may frighten children under the age of seven.
TV-G:General audience. It contains little or no violence, no strong language, and little or no sexual dialog or situations.
TV-PG:Parental guidance suggested. This program may contain infrequent coarse language, limited violence, some suggestive sexual dialog and situations.
TV-14:Parents strongly cautioned. This program may contain sophisticated themes, sexual content, strong language and more intense violence.
TV-MA:Mature audiences only. This program may contain mature themes, profane language, graphic violence and explicit sexual content.
