Philips 20PT 30B manual Understanding the Autolock C Ontrol Parental Guidelines

UNDERSTANDING THE AUTOLOCK™ C ONTROL (PARENTAL GUIDELINES)

his portion of the AutoLock fea-

SMART

Ttures cover program ratings

HELP

based on the TV Industry rating

Remember:

system. This is know as Parental

Guideline within AutoLock.

Selecting to

After selecting the AutoLock feature

block any rating

BLOCK

▶

will cause all the

and entering your personal access

CHANNELS BLOCKED ▶

code, the BLOCK/CHANGE CODE

CHANGE CODE

▶

MOVIE RATINGS

▶

higher ratings to

also be blocked

screen appears;

PARENTAL GUIDELINE

▶

BEGIN

automatically.

With the word BLOCK high-

lighted, Press the CURSOR

RIGHT ▶▶ button.

SLEEP

POWER

Scroll the menu using the

A/CH

STATUS/EXIT CC

CLOCK

TV-Y7

▶

CURSOR UP ▶ or CURSOR

TV

RECORD

TV/VCR

TV-G

OFF

DOWN ■ buttons until the words

VCR

1

2

3

ACC

TV-PG

▶

PARENTAL GUIDELINES are

4

5

6

TV-14

▶

highlighted.

7

8

9

4

TV-MA

▶

0

2

Press the CURSOR RIGHT

AUTO

SOUND

PICTURE

1 3

▶▶ button to display the

MENU

SURF

TV RATING SUB MENUS:

Parental (TV) Guidelines (TV-Y,

TV-Y7, TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14, or

TV-MA).

When highlighted, the TV-Y and

VOL

CH

TV-G can be turned ON (which will

MUTE

TV-Y

OFF

allow blocking) or OFF (which will

allow viewing), of these rated pro-

TV-Y7

▶

Y7

ON

FV

ON

grams.

TV-G

OFF

The ratings of TV-Y7, TV-PG,

TV-PG

▶

TV-14, TV-MA can be customized

to block V (violence), FV (fantasy

violence), S (sexual situations), L

(coarse language), or D (suggestive

TV-Y7

▶

PG

ON

dialogue).

TV-G

OFF

D

ON

Use the CURSOR RIGHT ▶▶ or

TV-PG

▶

L

ON

CURSOR LEFT ◀◀ buttons on

TV-14

▶

S

ON

the remote to turn the rating option

TV-MA

▶

V

ON

ON or OFF.

TV-Y- (All children --This program is designed to be appropriate for all children.)

TV-G

OFF

14

ON

Designed for a very young audience, including children ages 2-6. This type of pro-

gramming is not expected to frighten younger children.

TV-PG

▶

D

ON

TV-Y7- (Directed to Older Children --This program is designed for children age 7

TV-14

▶

L

ON

and above.) It may be more appropriate for children who have acquired the develop-

TV-MA

▶

S

ON

ment skills needed to distinguish between make-believe and reality. This program-

ming may include mild fantasy and comic violence (FV).

V

ON

TV-G- (General Audience --Most parents would find this program suitable for all

ages.) This type of programming contains little or no violence, no strong language

and little or no sexual dialogue or situations.

TV-PG- (Parental Guidance Suggested --This program contains material that par-

ents may find unsuitable for younger children.)This type of programming contains

one or more of the following: some suggestive dialogue (D), infrequent coarse lan-

guage (L), some sexual situations (S), or moderate violence (V).

TV-PG

▶

MA

ON

TV-14- (Parents Strongly Cautioned --This program contains some material that

TV-14

▶

L

ON

many parents would find unsuitable for children under 14 years of age.) This type of

programming contains one or more of the following: intensely suggestive dialogue

TV-MA

▶

S

ON

(D), strong coarse language (L), intense sexual situations (S), or intense violence (V).

V

ON

TV-MA- (Mature Audience Only --This program is specifically designed to be

viewed by adults and therefore may be unsuitable for children under 17.) This type of

programming contains one or more of the following: crude indecent language (L),

explicit sexual situations (S), or graphic violence (V).

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