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Using the V-Chip, continued

How to Set up		5 Press VOL +. The “TV
		guidelines” screen will
Restrictions Using the
		appear. Press			the CH ▲,
“TV guidelines”		CH ▼ buttons to select one
First, set up a personal		of the six age-based
identification number (PIN), and		categories:
enable the V-Chip. (See last
sections.) Parental restrictions		TV Guide lines
can be set up using either of			All FV	V	S	L	D
		TV-Y	U
two methods: The TV guidelines		TV-Y7	U U
or the MPAA rating.		TV-G	U	U	U	U	U
		TV-PG	U	U	U	U	U
1 Press MENU to display the
		TV-14	U	U	U	U	U
menu.		TV-MA	U	U	U	U
		U: Unblocked		B: Blocked
2 Press CH▼ until “V-chip” is
selected. Press VOL+.		TV-Y Young children
3 Press VOL +. The “Enter PIN”
		TV-Y7 Children 7 and over
screen will appear. Enter		-----------------------------------
your 4-digit PIN number.		TV-G	General audience
4 The “V-chip mode” screen		TV-PG	Parental guidance
will appear. Press CH ▼ to		TV-14 Viewers 14 and over
select the “TV guide lines.”		TV-MA Mature audience
		Note: These categories
V-chip		consist of two separate
V-chip Lock :Yes		groups.
TV Guide lines		TV-Y and TV-Y7 (young
MPAA Rating
		children through age 7), and
Change Pin
		TV-G through TV-MA
		(everybody else).
▲▼ Move œ√Sel.	Menu	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. (See next step.)

6At this point, one of the TV- Ratings is selected (red color).

Press VOL +: Depending on your existing setup, either “U” or “B” will will be selected.

(U= Unblocked, B= Blocked)

While the “U” or ”B” is red color, press CH ▲ or CH ▼ to block or unblock the category.

Press MENU once to save the TV guidelines.

A TV-Rating will be selected, and no letters will be selected. To exit this screen, press MENU again. To select a different TV-Rating, press CH ▲ or CH▼ and then repeat the process.

Note 1: The TV-Y7, 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: Dialog

L:Adult language

S:Sexual situation

V:Violence

Note 2: 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 sub-ratings (D, L, S,

V)work together similarly. (See next section).

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