Menus & Features
Parental Control
1 Parental Lock: Off
2TV Guidelines
3Movie Ratings
4No Rating: Unblock
5Ext. Source: Unblock
6Change Password
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Setting the TV Guidelines Ratings Limits
The TV Rating Limit lets you decide what TV programs can and cannot be viewed. To set TV programming limits:
1.Repeatedly press MENU on the remote to display the Special menu. Press CHAN v to highlight Parental Control. Press VOL > or VOL < to display the Parental Control menu.
2.Press CHAN v to highlight TV Guidelines. Press VOL > or VOL < to display the TV Rating screen. Below is an example of where items are located within the Rating Limit screen.
Rating Field Lets you select from a list of age- based ratings you can block or view.
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Content Themes
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 blocked (
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).
Rating Settings Area
Lets you see the current block/unblocked state of 
) and the Unblock settings are not checked.
Tip:
These software functions may not work on your TV because the features depend upon special additions to the broadcast signal, which may not be available in your area. The parental control feature comes turned “Off,” so if you choose not to implement it, you can just ignore it.
3.Press CHAN ^ or CHAN v to highlight the Rating you want to change.
Press VOL > or VOL < to block (
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) the rating. When you select a channel that has a rating, the rating will appear on the
screen. “This rating is blocked” appears on the screen when it has been blocked.
4.Press MENU to return to the Parental Control menu. Repeatedly press MENU to remove the menus from the screen.
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