Using the TV’s Features

Parental Control

US V-Chip. . .

 

 

 

 

 

Canada V-Chip. . .

 

 

 

 

 

V-Chip Unrated/ExemptUS V-Chip

View. . .

 

 

 

Front Panel Block

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

V-Chip TV Ratings. . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

Channel Block. . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

V-Chip Movie Ratings. . .

 

 

 

Lock Parental Controls. . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

V-Chip TV Ratings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rating

TV-MA. . .

 

 

Press </> or OK to go to the sub-menu.

View. . .

 

 

 

 

Status

 

 

Press MENU to go to Main Menu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

View. . .

 

 

 

 

S

View. . .

 

 

 

 

V

View. . .

 

 

Press </> to select program rating.

Press MENU to go to US V-Chip Menu.

The V-Chip Rating Limit Screen

V-Chip TV Ratings

The V-Chip TV Rating lets you decide which TV programs can and cannot be viewed. To set TV programming limits:

1.Choose Parental Control from the Main menu. If Parental Control has previously been locked, you must enter your password.

2.Highlight and select US V-Chip.

3.Press OK to select V-Chip TV Ratings.

4.Once you get to the V-Chip TV Ratings screen, use the arrow buttons and OK on your remote to change the status of a TV program rating or content theme from View to Block.

Proceed to the next sections for more details about how to change the status of TV program limits.

The following is an example of where items are located within the V-Chip TV Ratings screen.

Rating Status Field

Lets you select whether the status

of the age-based rating limit

above is View or Block.

Content Themes

Lists the content themes you

can block or view.

V-Chip TV Ratings

RatingTV-MA. . .

StatusView. . .

LView. . .

SView. . .

VView. . .

Press </> to select program rating.

Press MENU to go to US V-Chip Menu.

Rating Field

Lets you select the age-based rating

you want to block or view.

Content Status Fields

Lets you select which content themes to view for the selected rating, and whether the status of the content theme is currently View or Block.

Rating Settings Area

Lets you see the current block/view state of age- based ratings and associated content.

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