Using your TV

American MPAA ratings

Rating Description

NONE

Not rated.

GGeneral audiences.

PG

Parental guidance suggested. Some

 

material may not be suitable for

 

children.

 

 

PG-13

Parental guidance strongly

 

suggested. Some material may not

 

be suitable for children under 13

 

years of age.

RRestricted. Not suitable for children under 17 years of age unless accompanied by a parent or guardian.

NC-17

Not suitable for children under 17

 

years of age.

XAdults only.

Canadian MPAA Ratings

Rating Description

CChildren.

C8+

Children 8 years and above.

GGeneral audience.

PG

Parental guidance suggested.

14+

14 years old and above.

 

 

18+

Adult programming.

XAdults only.

TV Parental Guidelines ratings

Rating

Description

 

 

NONE

Not rated.

 

 

TV-Y

All children.

 

 

TV-Y7

Children over seven years.

 

 

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.

Rating

Description

 

 

FV

Fantasy violence.

 

 

L

Adult language.

 

 

S

Sexual situations.

 

 

V

Violence.

 

 

D

Sexually suggestive dialog.

 

 

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Using the on-screen menu

Your TV has an on-screen menu that lets you adjust TV settings, such as video and audio settings.

To use the on-screen menu:

1Press MENU. The on-screen display menu opens.

2 Press or repeatedly to select a menu item. 3 Press or to enter a sub-menu.

ENTER

4Press ENTER or to confirm an adjustment or toggle a setting.

5 Press MENU or EXIT to close the on-screen display menu.

On-screen menus

On-screen menu

Options

Setup

Tuning Band–Selects the TV antenna source

 

(Air or Cable).

 

DTV Signal–Displays the digital TV signal

 

strength. For more information, see

 

“Checking the DTV signal strength” on page

 

9.

 

Auto Ch Search–Automatically sets up a list

 

of the channels available in your area. For

 

more information, see “Automatically setting

 

up channels” on page 8.

 

Add On Ch Search–Lets you add new

 

channels without going through the entire

 

list of available channels.

 

Manual Ch Set–Lets you add or delete

 

channels from the channel list. For more

 

information, see “Manually adding or

 

deleting channels from the channel list” on

 

page 8.

 

Channel Labels–Lets you add a label to a

 

channel. For more information, see “Adding a

 

channel label” on page 9.

 

Menu Language–Selects the language for

 

the on-screen menu. You can select English,

 

French, or Spanish.

 

Aspect Ratio–Selects the screen aspect ratio:

 

Normal, Wide1, Wide2, Zoom, or Cinema.

 

You can also press ZOOM to select the aspect

 

ratio.

 

Favorite Channel mode–Lets you edit your

 

favorite channel list. Press FAVORITE on the

 

remote to toggle this mode on or off.