Samsung LN52A650A1F user manual How to Set up Restrictions Using the TV Parental Guidelines

How to Set up Restrictions Using the TV Parental Guidelines

First, set up a personal identification number (PIN) and enable the V-Chip. (See previous section.) Parental restrictions can be set up using either of two methods: The TV guidelines or the MPAA rating.

1.Press the MENU button to display the menu.

Press the ▲ or ▼ button to select “Setup”, then press the ENTER button.

2.Press the ▲ or ▼ button to select “V-Chip”, then press the ENTER button. The message “Enter PIN” will appear. Enter your 4 digit PIN number.

3.The “V-Chip” screen will appear. Press the ▲ or ▼ button to select “TV

Parental Guidelines”, then press the ENTER button.

4.The “TV Parental Guidelines” screen will appear.

Press the ▲ or ▼ button to select one of the six aged based categories:

• TV-Y: Young children	• TV-PG: Parental guidance
• TV-Y7: Children 7 and over	• TV-14: Viewers 14 and over
• TV-G: General audience	• TV-MA: Mature audience

5.At this point, one of the TV-Ratings is selected.

Press the ENTER button. Depending on your existing setup, the “ ” symbol will be selected. (Blank = Unblocked, = Blocked)

While “ ” is selected, press the ENTER button to block or unblock the category. To select a different TV-Rating, press the ▲ or ▼ button and then repeat the process.

➣Allow all: Press to unlock all TV ratings.

Block all: Press to lock all TV ratings.

➣The TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14 and TV-MA have additional options. See the next step to change any of the following sub-ratings: ALL / FV / V / S / L / D

➣The V-Chip will automatically block certain categories that are “more restrictive”. For example, if you block “TV-Y” category, then TV-Y7 will automatically be blocked. Similarly, if you block the TV-G category, then all the categories in the “young adult” group will be blocked (TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14 and TV-MA). The sub-ratings (D, L, S, V) work together similarly. (See next section.)

6.How to set the FV, D, L, S and V sub-ratings.

First, select one of these TV-Ratings: TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14 or

TV-MA (See Step 4) and press the ► button.

The “ ” symbol will be displayed for each sub-rating. While “ ” is selected, press the ENTER button to go to a sub rating. Press ENTER

to block the sub rating. To select a different TV-Rating, press the ▲ or ▼ button and then repeat the process.

• ALL: Lock all TV ratings.	• S: Sexual situation
• FV: Fantasy violence	• L: Adult Language
• V: Violence	• D: Sexually Suggestive Dialog

➣The V-chip will automatically block certain categories that are “More restrictive”. For example, if you block “L” sub-rating in TV-PG, then the “L” sub-ratings in TV-14 and TV-MA will automatically be blocked.

7.Press the EXIT button to clear all the screens. (Or proceed to the next section, and set up additional restrictions based on the MPAA codes.)

➣These categories consist of two separate groups: TV-Y and TV-Y7 (young children through age 7) and TV-G through TV-MA (everybody else).

The restrictions for these two groups work independently: If a household includes very young children as well as young adults, the TV guidelines must be set up separately for each age group. (See next step.)

	Cable Network Setup
Setup	Wireless Network Setup
	V-Chip	►
	Caption
	External Settings
	Entertainment	: Off
	Energy Saving	: Off
	PIP
	SW Upgrade

V-Chip

	Enter PIN
*				*			*
				0~9		Enter PIN			Return
				V-Chip
	V-Chip Lock				: On
	TV Parental Guidelines								►
	MPAA Rating
	Canadian English
	Canadian French
	Downloadable U.S. Rating
	Change PIN
				Move			Enter		Return
			TV Parental Guidelines
		ALL	FV	V	S	L		D	Allow All
	TV-Y								Block All
	TV-Y7
	TV-G
	TV-PG
	TV-14
	TV-MA
				Move			Enter		Return
			TV Parental Guidelines
		ALL	FV	V	S	L		D	Allow All
	TV-Y								Block All
	TV-Y7
	TV-G
	TV-PG
	TV-14
	TV-MA
				Move			Enter		Return

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