Blocking Programming with TV Ratings

Some program ratings are based on TV industry ratings as described below.

Press MENU to see the menu.

Press VOL+ or VOL- to highlight (Feature).

Press CH- to enter Feature submenus.

Press CH+ or CH- to highlight P.Lock.

Press OK to display the secret code screen.

MPAA rating

TV parental guidelines

Block unrated

off

Block No Rating

off

Master Enable

off

MPAA rating

TV parental guidelines

Block unrated

off

Block No Rating

off

Master Enable

off

Press the Number buttons to enter your four-digit code. The P.Lock setup menu appears on the screen.

Press CH+ or CH- to highlight TV parental guidelines.

Press OK to display the parental guidelines (TV-Y, TV-Y7,TV-G, TV- PG, TV-14, or TV-MA).

Press CH+ or CH- to select a rating.

,

,

,

 

NONE

F

V

S

L

D

 

TV-Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV-Y7

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV-G

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV-PG

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV-14

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV-MA

 

 

 

 

 

Content

 

 

 

 

 

 

NONE

F

V

S

L

D

 

TV-Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press OK to turn the rating on or off. A checkmark appears when the rating is blocked. TV-Y and TV-PG can be turned on (to block viewing) or off (to allow view- ing)only.

TV-Y7, TV-PG, TV-14, and TV-MA can be customized to block V (violence), F (fantasy), S (sexual situations), L (coarse language), or D (suggestive dialog).

To do so, continue with these steps.

Press CH+ or CH- to highlight Content.

Press OK button to enter the Content

menu.

Press CH+ or CH- to select a rating, then press VOL+.

,

V-CHIP BLOCK ACTIVE

Blocked BY: No Rating

Enter new code:

TV-Y7

TV-G

TV-PG

TV-14

TV-MA

Content

TV-Y

Content

 

 

 

TV-Y7

Fantasy V

---

TV-G

Violence

View

TV-PG

Sexual

View

TV-14

Language

View

TV-MA

Dialog

Block

Press CH+ or CH- to select the sub- ratings (Fantasy-V, Violence, Sexual,

Language, or Dialog), then press OK to block or view that sub-rating.

Press MENU to return to the Parental

Guidelines screen and check your settings. A checkmark appears when the sub-rating is blocked.

Press MENU repeatedly to remove the menu from the screen or the menu will automatically disappear within a few seconds if no buttons are pressed on the remote control.

After V-CHIP BLOCK is active, user can enter directly enter the secrete code without going into the P.Lock menu.

Helpful Hints

Any rating will block higher ratings automatically.

To unblock all the ratings, select NONE.

Notes:

1. Blocking TV-Y, only TV-Y7 is blocked automatically.

2. Blocking TV-Y7, other rating will not change any more.

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Magnavox 23MT2336/17 manual Blocking Programming with TV Ratings, Press CH+ or CH- to highlight P.Lock