Setting parental controls

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7Press ￿ or ￿ to select the rating. If a rating has sub-ratings, press ￿ or ￿ to highlight a sub-rating.

Note

When you block a rating, that rating and all higher ratings are blocked.

8Press EXIT to close the menu.

U.S. TV ratings (age-based)

NONE

Not rated

 

 

TV-Y

All children

 

 

TV-Y7

Children over seven years of age

 

 

TV-G

General audiences

 

 

TV-PG

Parental guidance suggested

 

 

TV-14

Parents strongly cautioned

 

 

TV-MA

Mature audiences only

 

 

Some of the age-based TV Parental Guidelines ratings also have content-based ratings.

U.S. TV content ratings

All

All ratings are blocked

 

 

FV

Fantasy violence

 

 

L

Adult language

 

 

S

Sexual situations

 

 

V

Violence

 

 

D

Sexually suggestive dialog

 

 

 

 

U.S. movie (MPAA) ratings

 

 

None

Movie not rated

 

 

G

General audiences

 

 

PG

Parental guidance suggested

 

 

PG-13

Suitable for children 13 and older

 

 

R

Parental guidance suggested for

 

children under 17

 

 

NC-17

Not suitable for children under 17

 

 

X

Adults only

 

 

 

 

Canadian English ratings

 

 

E

Exempt programming

 

 

C

Children

 

 

C8+

Children over 8 years old

 

 

G

General audiences

 

 

PG

Parental guidance

 

 

14+

Over 14 years old

 

 

18+

Adult programming

 

 

Canadian French ratings

E

Exempt programming

 

 

G

General audiences

 

 

8ans+

Over 8 years old

 

 

13ans+

Over 13 years old

 

 

16ans+

Over 16 years old

 

 

18ans+

Adult programming

 

 

Downloading rating information

You can download rating information to use when setting parental controls.

To download rating information:

1Press MENU. The on-screen menu opens.

 

 

PICTURE

AUDIO

SETTINGS

CHANNELS

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Move

Select

Menu Back

 

Exit

Exit

Adjust settings to affect picture quality

2Press ￿or ￿to highlight SETTINGS, then press ￿. The SETTINGS menu opens with Parental Controls highlighted.

 

PICTURE

AUDIO

SETTINGS

CHANNELS

Parental Controls

 

 

 

 

Closed Caption

 

 

 

 

Time

 

 

 

 

Menu Settings

 

 

 

 

Input Labels

 

 

 

 

Computer Settings

 

 

 

 

Component Settings

 

 

 

Move

Select

Menu Back

Exit

Exit

Set TV parental controls

3Press ENTER. The Enter Password screen opens.

PICTURE AUDIO SETTINGS CHANNELS

Enter Password

Move

Select

Menu Back

Exit Exit

Enter your 4-digit password. Default is 0000.