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03 Basic Operations For Television Viewing
3.5.2 Activate Parental Control
The Parental Control function must be active for the panel to block content. If this option is turned Off, blocked
programs appear on screen. To activate Parental Control blocking, follow the steps below.
1 ) Access the
System Setup
through the
Setup
.
2 ) Select
Parental Control
.
The password entry screen appears.
3 ) Enter your four-digit code using the 0 through 9 buttons.
4 ) Select
Status
.
5 ) Select
On
to activate Parental Control.
6 ) Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.
When a program is blocked, a (B) appears next to the channel number. If a channel is blocked but the Parental
Control system is turned off, the symbol is a (V) and the channel/program is viewable.
3.5.3 Assign a Rating System to Create Blocks
Besides choosing to block certain channels, you may use one of the recognized rating systems to block programs
and/or content. Your panel recognizes the following rating systems:
•TV ratings
• TV Parental Guidelines including unrated programming
• Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA for movies)
• Canadian English/French rating systems
Note: Your flat panel TV ships with all ratings unblocked.
To block TV or other content using a rating system, follow the steps below.
1 ) Access the
System Setup
through the
Setup.
2 ) Select
Parental Control
from the System Setup menu.
3 ) Select one of the rating systems from the submenu.
Status : Off
MPAA Ratings
TV Parental Guidelines
Canadian English Ratings
Canadian French Ratings
Unavailable Ratings : View
Digital Regional Ratings
The lock symbol here marks
blocked TV ratings.
B
B
B
V
B
FV D
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