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Setting parental controls

4Press the number buttons to enter the four-digit password. The Setup-Parentalmenu opens.

Video Audio Setup TV

Channel Block

Program Block

Input Block

Change Password

Clean All

Button Lock

Select

Enter

Back

Exit

5Press ￿ or ￿ to highlight Button Lock, then press ￿ or ￿ to select On (locks the buttons), or Off (unlocks the buttons).

6Press EXIT to close the menu.

Setting parental control levels

You can set parental controls for the U.S. and Canada.

The following task shows how to set controls for U.S. TV ratings. You use similar steps for setting U.S. movie and Canadian TV ratings.

To set parental control levels:

1Press MENU. The on-screen menu opens.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video

 

Audio

Setup

TV

Picture Mode

 

Energy Savings

 

 

 

 

Brightness

 

 

 

 

 

47

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contrast

 

 

 

 

 

56

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Color

 

 

 

 

 

53

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tint

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sharpness

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Color Temperature

 

 

Cool

 

 

 

 

Advanced Video

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select

Move

 

 

Back

 

 

Exit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2Press ￿ or ￿ to highlight Setup, then press ￿. The Setup menu opens.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video

 

Audio

Setup

TV

OSD Language

 

 

 

English

 

 

Aspect Ratio

 

 

 

Wide

 

 

 

 

Time Setup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caption

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parental

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reset Default

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select

Adjust

 

Back

 

 

Exit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3Press ￿ to highlight Parental, then press ENTER. The Input Password screen opens.

Input Password

4Press the number buttons to enter the four-digit password. The Setup-Parentalmenu opens.

Video Audio Setup TV

Channel Block

Program Block

Input Block

Change Password

Clean All

Button Lock

Select

Enter

Back

Exit

5Press ￿ or ￿ to highlight Program Block. The Program Block menu opens with Rating Enable highlighted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video

 

Audio

Setup

TV

Rating Enable

 

 

 

 

On

 

 

 

 

U.S TV Ratings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S Movie Ratings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canadian English Ratings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canadian French Ratings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Open V-Chip

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Block Unrated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select

Adjust

 

Back

 

 

Exit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6Press ￿ or ￿ to select On or Off.

7Press ￿ or ￿ to highlight US TV Ratings, US Movie Ratings, Canadian English Ratings, or Canadian French Ratings, then press ￿or ENTER. If you highlighted US TV Ratings, the TV Rating sub-menu opens.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video

 

Audio Setup TV

TV-Y

A

D L

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TV-Y7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TY-G

□ □ □ □

TV-PG

TV-14

□ □ □ □

TV-MA

□ □ □

Allowed Rating

 

Allowed Rating

Set

Select

 

 

Back

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8Press ￿￿￿or ￿to highlight the rating you want to block, then press ENTER. A lock symbol appears when a rating is blocked.

Note

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

9Press EXIT to close the menu.

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