UNDERSTANDING THE SMARTLOCK™ C ONTROL (PARENTAL GUIDELINE)

his portion of the SmartLock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SMART

Tfeatures cover program ratings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HELP

based on the TV Industry rating

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remember:

system. This is known as Parental

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selecting to

Guideline within SmartLock.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

block any rating

After selecting the SmartLock fea-

BLOCK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

will cause all the

ture and entering your personal

 

 

CHANNELS BLOCKED

CHANGE CODE

higher ratings to

access code, the BLOCK/CHANGE

MOVIE RATINGS

 

 

 

 

 

CODE screen appears;

 

 

 

 

also be blocked

 

 

 

 

PARENTAL GUIDELINE

 

 

 

 

 

automatically.

BEGIN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With the word BLOCK high-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lighted, Press the CURSOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RIGHT button.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scroll the menu using the

 

 

2

4

TV-Y7

 

 

CURSOR UP or CURSOR

STATUS/EXIT

 

POWER

1 3

TV-G

 

OFF

 

DOWN buttons until the words

 

 

 

 

 

PARENTAL GUIDELINE are

VOL

CH

VOL

 

TV-PG

 

 

MENU

 

TV-14

 

 

highlighted.

 

 

 

 

 

MUTE

CH

A/CH

 

TV-MA

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press the CURSOR RIGHT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

button to display the Parental

1

2

3

 

TV RATING SUB MENUS:

(TV) Guidelines (TV-Y, TV-Y7,

4

5

6

 

TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14, or TV-MA).

 

 

 

 

 

7

8

9

 

 

 

 

 

When highlighted, the TV-Y and

 

 

 

 

 

CC

 

SLEEP

 

 

 

 

 

TV-G can be turned ON (which will

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

allow blocking), or OFF (which

 

 

 

TV-Y

 

OFF

 

 

will allow viewing) of these rated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV-Y7

 

Y7

ON

programs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FV

ON

The ratings of TV-Y7, TV-PG,

 

 

 

TV-G

 

OFF

 

 

 

TV-PG

 

 

 

TV-14, TV-MA can be cus-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tomized to block V (violence), FV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(fantasy violence), S (sexual situa-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tions), L (coarse language), or D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(suggestive dialogue).

 

 

 

TV-Y7

 

 

PG

ON

Use the CURSOR RIGHT or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV-G

 

OFF

D

ON

CURSOR LEFT buttons on the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

ON

remote to turn the rating option ON

 

 

 

TV-PG

 

 

 

 

 

S

ON

or OFF.

 

 

 

TV-14

 

 

 

 

 

TV-MA

 

V

ON

TV-Y- (All children --This program is designed to be appropriate for all children.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Designed for a very young audience, including children ages 2-6. This type of pro-

 

TV-G

OFF

14

ON

gramming is not expected to frighten younger children.

 

TV-PG

 

D

ON

TV-Y7- (Directed to Older Children --This program is designed for children age 7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and above.) It may be more appropriate for children who have acquired the develop-

 

TV-14

 

L

ON

ment skills needed to distinguish between make-believe and reality. This program-

 

TV-MA

 

S

ON

ming may include mild fantasy and comic violence (FV).

 

 

 

 

 

 

V

ON

TV-G- (General Audience --Most parents would find this program suitable for all

 

 

 

 

ages.) This type of programming contains little or no violence, no strong language,

 

 

 

 

 

 

and little or no sexual dialogue or situations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV-PG- (Parental Guidance Suggested --This program contains material that par-

 

 

 

 

 

 

ents may find unsuitable for younger children.) This type of programming contains

 

 

 

 

 

 

one or more of the following: some suggestive dialogue (D), infrequent coarse lan-

 

 

 

 

 

 

guage (L), some sexual situations (S), or moderate violence (V).

 

TV-PG

 

MA

ON

TV-14- (Parents Strongly Cautioned --This program contains some material that

 

 

many parents would find unsuitable for children under 14 years of age.) This type of

 

TV-14

 

L

ON

programming contains one or more of the following: intensely suggestive dialogue

 

 

 

 

 

 

(D), strong coarse language (L), intense sexual situations (S), or intense violence (V).

 

TV-MA

 

S

ON

TV-MA- (Mature Audience Only --This program is specifically designed to be

 

 

 

 

V

ON

viewed by adults and therefore may be unsuitable for children under 17.) This type of

 

 

 

 

 

 

programming contains one or more of the following: crude indecent language (L),

 

 

 

 

 

 

explicit sexual situations (S), or graphic violence (V).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Magnavox HD2530C1 manual Understanding the Smartlock C Ontrol Parental Guideline

HD2530C1 specifications

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