Mitsubishi Electronics WS-65909, WS-73909, WS-65869 Chip Lock Menu V-Chip, Chip Signal Information

Part III: Setup

V-Chip Lock Menu: V-Chip

V-Chip Signal Information

When provided by the broadcaster, V-Chip ratings can be used to control which programs can be viewed or will be blocked. When V-Chip ratings are sent, you will see the ratings when you change the channel or when you press the INFO button on the remote control.

The V-Chip ratings information can be divided into two classi cat ions, TV Ra t ings t hat incl ude Co nt ent Ca t egor ies and Movie Ratings. These are explained below.

TV Ratings:

Used with TV programs and made for TV movies.

TV-Y	Youth, designed for children under the age of 7.
TV-Y7	Youth, 7 years old and older. Designed for children 7 years old and older.
TV-G	General Audience. Designed for the entire family to view.
TV-PG	Parental Guidence. Parental Guidence is recommended, may not be suitable for some children.
TV-14	Adolescent 14 years old and older. Not recommended for children under the age of 14.
TV-MA	Mature Audience. Recommend for adults only.

Content Categories:

Used in association with the TV ratings above.

FV Fantasy Violence- applies to TV-Y7 only.

DSexual Dialog- applies in different degrees to TV-PG and TV-14.

LAdult Language- applies in different degrees to TV-PG, TV-14, and TV-MA.

S Sexual Situations- applies in different degrees to TV-PG, TV-14, and TV-MA.

V Violence (graphic or realistic)- applies in different degrees to TV-PG, TV-14, and TV-MA

TV Rating	FV	D	L	S	V
TV-Y
TV-Y7	X
TV-G
TV-PG		X	X	X	X
TV-14		X	X	X	X
TV-MA			X	X	X

Movie Ratings:

Used with theater released movies and direct-to-video movies.

GGeneral Audience- Designed for the entire family to view.

PG Parental Guidence- Parental Guidence is recommended, may not be suitable for some children. PG-13Parental Guidence 13 years old and older- Not recommended for children under the age of 13.

RRestricted- Restricted in the theater to 17 years old and older unless accompanied by an adult. NC-17No Children- Restricted in a theater to 18 years old and older.

X Adult- Designed for and restricted in the theater to adult audiences only.

Programs Not Rated: Used for programs that are not rated like news, sports, weather, emergency bulletins, or movies such as those prior to or without MPAA Ratings. This does not include programs without V-Chip signals.

IMPORTANT: If you select to block programs that carry the V-Chip rating “Programs Not Rated, you may block news or emergency bulletins. Care should be used when blocking not rated programming.

When you select a TV or Movie rating, you are selecting the highest level of program that will be allowed to be viewed. As an example, if you select TV-PG, you are allowing programs rated TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-G and TV-PG to be seen and blocking programs rated TV-14 and TV-MA. If you select a movie rating of PG-13, you are allowing movies rated G, PG and PG-13 to be seen and blocking movies rated R, NC-17, and X. When you select a TV Content category, you will block all TV programs that have the same content category listing. As an example, if you select to block V (Violence) at the TV-14 level, you will also block any program that has the V category listing at the TV-PG rating level.

IMPORTANT: V-Chip is effective only for programs viewed on Ant-A and Ant-B or from devices connected to Inputs 1-5. It is not effective for programs viewed on Ant-DTV or devices connected to Component 1 and 2, INP-DTV

or from IEEE 1394 devices.

IMPORTANT: Videotapes, laser discs, and DVD’s may not contain V-Chip rating signals, in this case V-Chip cannot block the program or movie.

IMPORTANT: Broadcasters are not currently required to include V-Chip rating signals at this time. If the broadcaster does not include the V-Chip rating signal, V-Chip cannot block the program.

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