Pioneer PRO-610HD Program Block V. Chip Function, Mpaa Rating, Tv Parental Guidelines, Tv-Ma

PRO-610HD, PRO-510HD, SD-582HD5, SD-532HD5

PROGRAM BLOCK (V. CHIP) FUNCTION

Since laws have been passed in the United States requiring a way of blocking undesirable programming, the V-chip has become a required component in television sets. The V-chip is a computer chip which decodes signals added to broadcast signals transmitted by television broadcasters. These signals are classified by programming content (e.g., amount of violence or sexual content) and age, and viewers may specify settings which block certain types of programming.

Program blocking may be set to a specific level judged by parents to be harmful to children depending on their age or the content of the programming in question, and the V-chip makes it impossible for such children to view programs with ratings exceeding the specified level.

The V-chip uses the following rating system.

MPAA RATING

RATING
	G	GENERAL AUDIENCES. All ages admitted.
	PG	PARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED. Some material may not be suitable for children.
	PG-13	PARENTAL STRONGLY CAUTIONED. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.
Age-Base	R	RESTRICTED. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.
	NC-17	NO ONE 17 AND UNDER ADMITTED.
	X	X Rating is an older rating that is unified with NC-17 but may be encoded on older movie's data.
	NR	NOT RATED

TV PARENTAL GUIDELINES

RATING			Description and Content Themes
		FV		D	L	S	V
	TV-Y	–		–	–	–	–
	TV-Y7	à		–	–	–	–
Age-Base	TV-G	–		–	–	–	–
	TV-PG	–		à	à	à	à
	TV-14	–		à	à	à	à
	TV-MA	–		–	à	à	à
TV-YAll Children. This program is designed to be appropriate for							TV-14
all children.

TV-Y7Directed to Older Children. This program is designed for children age 7 and above.

Note: For those programs where fantasy violence may be more intense or more combative than other programs in this category, such programs will be designated TV-Y7-FV.

TV-MA

TV-GGeneral Audience. Most parents would find this program suitable for all ages.

TV-PGParental Guidance Suggested. This program contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children.

The program contains one or more of the following:

(D)Some suggestive dialogue

(L)Infrequent coarse language

(V)Moderate violence

(S)Some sexual situations

FV: Fantasy Violence

D: Sexually Suggestive Dialog

L: Adult Language

S: Sexual Situations

V: Violence

Parents Strongly Cautioned. This program contains some material that many parents would find unsuitable for children under 14 years of age.

This program contains one or more of the following:

(D)Intensely suggestive dialogue

(L)Strong coarse language

(S)Intense sexual situations

(V)Intense violence

Mature Audience Only. This program is specifically designed to be viewed by adults and therefore may be unsuitable for children under 17.

This program contains one or more of the following:

(L)Crude indecent language

(S)Explicit sexual activity

(V)Graphic violence

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