Hierarchy of Age-Based Ratings

TV-MA

Mature

Audience

Only

TV-14

Parents

Strongly

Cautioned

TV-PG

Parental

Guidance

Suggested

TV-G

General

Audience

 

TV-Y7

Directed

to Children 7 years

 

and

older

 

TV- Y

All

Children

 

Using the TV's Features

Press the right arrow button to move the yellow highlight to t le Status field,

5. Press t]/(2 Lip OF do\vn LIn'O\V I_LIl[OI1 [o toggle between View and Block. The

status for the rating listed to tile left and all higher ratings atttomatically changes to Block (and B).

. Press OK on the relnote to return to the lnenkl or exit the screen when yon are finished.

7. Select Lock Parelttal (.})ll!l'o/.q holn the ]'arelltul Controls nlenu. Enter a

password, and ifyou ]I_i\ei1otalready set your password, you wili be

prompted to enter itagai0 to confirm,

Tip

TOreset the ratings to View and V,press the RESET button on the remote.

Rating

Rating

Content

field

status field

status fields

Viewing Age-Based Ratings

After you block age-based ratings, you have the option of changing some of the ratings back to Vtew.

1.Determine which blocked rating you want to view.

2.Use the up and down arrow buttons to select the rating with a status of Block.

3.Press the right arrow button to move the yellow highlight to the rating status field.

4.Press the up button to select View.

Note: The content slatus fields co*responding to the unblocked rating become View as well. Thel_ and the age-based rating status are the only fields that automatically change back to View when .you complete

this process.

Note: You must remember to lock Parental Controls for rating limits to take effect.

Content Themes

DSexually explicit dialogue

LAdult language

SSexual situations

VViolence

FV Fantasy Violence

TV- Y All Children

Blocking Specific Content Themes

You can blockprograms based on their content. (Content is represented by the D, L, S, V, FV and TV Y on your screen. See the heginning of this section for details.) When you block a content theme for a pmticulhr rating, you automatically block that content theme for higher rated programs as ,,veil.

For example, if you do not want your child to watch programs that have adult language (L) rated TV-PG or higher, then you could block out all programming "IAZ-PGand above containing adult language.

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