BLOCK PROGRAMMING USING TV RATINGS
T his portion of the SmartLock features cover program ratings
based on the TV Industry rating system. This is know as TV RAT- INGS within SmartLock.
After selecting the SmartLock fea- ture and entering your personal access code, the BLOCK/CHANGE CODE screen appears;
BEGIN
With the word BLOCK high- lighted, Press the CURSOR
RIGHT ▶ button.
Scroll the menu using the CURSOR UP ▲ or CURSOR
DOWN ▼ buttons until the words TV RATINGS are highlighted.
Press the CURSOR RIGHT ▶
button to display the TV RAT-
INGS (TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-G, TV- PG, TV-14, or TV-MA).
When highlighted, the
The ratings of
Use the CURSOR RIGHT ▶ or CURSOR LEFT ◀ buttons on the remote to turn the rating option ON or OFF.
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Remember: 
Selecting to block any rating will cause all the higher ratings to also be blocked automatically.
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