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2Press or to highlight Channel. The Channel menu opens. The digital TV signal strength is indicated by the color bar beside the Channel Strength option.
3Press EXIT to close the menu.
Setting parental controls
Parental controls let you prevent your children from watching inappropriate material on TV. When set, parental controls read the rating of the program (with some exceptions, such as news and sports) and deny access to programs that exceed the ratings level you select. To watch programs that exceed the selected rating, you must enter the password.
Setting or changing the password
To set or change the password:
1Press MENU. The
2Press or to highlight Settings. The Settings
menu opens. Press or ENTER/
to access the menu.
3Press or to highlight Parental Controls, then press ENTER/
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4The Enter Password screen opens. If you are adding a password, use the number buttons to enter 0000. If you are changing a password, enter the old password. If you have forgotten your password, enter 9999.
5The Parental Controls 
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6If you are adding a password, enter 0000 as the old password. If you are changing a password, enter your old password.
7Enter your new password, then enter it again to confirm. The Parental Controls
8Press EXIT to close the menu.
Setting parental control levels
You can set parental control levels for the U.S. and Canada. The following procedure shows how to set controls for U.S. TV and movie ratings. You use similar steps for controlling Canadian TV ratings.
Parental control settings are only applicable to programs that have a rating signal. If you prefer to block programs that have no rating signal, see “Blocking unrated TV” on page 29.
Ratings
U.S. TV ratings
NONE | Not rated |
All children | |
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Children over seven years | |
| of age |
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General audiences | |
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Parental guidance | |
| suggested |
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Parents strongly cautioned | |
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Mature audiences only | |
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