UNDERSTANDING THE SMARTLOCKTM CONTROL (MOVIE RATINGS)
T here are two types of program ratings within the SmartLock
feature. One is based on the Movie Industry ratings while the other is based on the TV Industry ratings.
Both can be used to block or censor programming that has been rated in either manner.
Let’s first look at the Movie Rating options of SmartLock:
BEGIN
Press the MENU button on the
remote to display the onscreen menu.
Press the CURSOR UP ▶ or CURSOR DOWN ■ buttons until the words SMART LOCK are
highlighted.
Press the CURSOR RIGHT
▶▶button to display the SmartLock Access Code screen.
Using the NUMBERED but-
tons on the remote, enter your Personal Access Code.
With the word BLOCK high-
lighted, Press the CURSOR RIGHT ▶▶ button.
Scroll the menu using the CURSOR UP ▶ or CURSOR DOWN ■ buttons until the words MOVIE RATINGS are highlight-
ed.
Press the CURSOR RIGHT
▶▶button to display the MOVIE
RATINGS (G, PG, PG-13, R, NC17, or X).
When highlighted, all these options can be turned ON (which will allow blocking) or OFF (which will allow viewing).
Use the CURSOR RIGHT ▶▶ or CURSOR LEFT ◀◀ buttons on
the remote to turn the rating option ON or OFF.
INPUT▶
SLEEPTIMER OFF
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CHANNEL 5 BLOCKED
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MOVIE RATING R
ENTER CODE TO VIEW
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Screen will display a message when programming is blocked by the Movie Rating feature. To unblock, turn the Movie Rating OFF, or enter your personal access code. Entering the code will unblock ALL blocked Movie Ratings until the TV is turn off. Then the blocked ratings will be reset to ON.
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| Remember: |
| Selecting to |
| block any rating |
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SmartLock | higher ratings to |
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ACCESS CODE |
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SmartLock
ACCESS CODE
X X X X
BLOCK | ▶ |
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CHANGE CODE | ▶ |
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| BLOCKING OPTIONS | ▶ | |
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PG | OFF |
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R | ON |
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X | ON |
NOTE: When a rating is turned ON, all higher ratings will automatically be turned ON. To turn them OFF, you will have to be set each rating individually. (i.e., R blocked manually,