Using the TV’s Features

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

 

 

 

Blocking Age-Based Ratings

You can automatically block all program ratings above a specified age- based rating level. For example, if you only want your child to watch programs that have a TV-G rating and lower (in other words, you want the child to watch TV-G, TV-Y7, and TV-Y), then you need to block out higher ratings.

To block programs with higher ratings:

1.First, determine the lowest level rating you don’t want the child to watch.

2.Highlight the lowest rating you do not want the child to watch. In the example discussed above, you would highlight TV-PG, since the highest rating you want the child to watch is TV-G.

3.Highlight Status. Press the OK button to toggle between View and Block. The status for the rating you chose and all higher ratings automatically change to Block.

4.Select Lock Parental Controls from the Parental Control menu. Enter a password and if haven’t set your password, you’ll need to re-enter the password a second time to confirm.

Viewing Age-Based Ratings

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

1.Determine which blocked rating you want to view.

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

3.Press the OK button to select View.

 

V-Chip TV Ratings

 

 

Rating

TV-14. . .

Status

View. . .

D

View. . .

L

Block. . .

S

View. . .

V

View. . .

Press </> or OK to View/Block programs with this content

for this rating.

Press MENU to go to US V-Chip Menu.

 

Content Themes

 

 

D

Sexually explicit dialogue

 

 

L

Adult language

 

 

S

Sexual situations

 

 

V

Violence

 

 

FV

Fantasy Violence

 

 

Blocking Specific Content Themes

You can block programs based on their content. (Content is represented by the D, L, S, V and FV on your screen.) When you block a content theme for a particular rating, you automatically block that content theme for higher rated programs as well.

To block program content:

1.Determine the content themes you want to block.

2.Highlight Rating, then press the right arrow to select the age- based rating you want to change.

3.Press the down arrow button to highlight a particular content theme.

4.Press the OK button to change its status to Block. (In the example to the left, you block the language (L) corresponding with TV-14. The language for TV-MA is blocked as well).

Notes: Broadcasters are not required to provide content themes or age-based ratings.

You must remember to activate Parental Controls for rating limits to take effect.

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