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Press the CHbutton to
select “V-chip”, then
press the VOL+button.
The “Enter pin” screen
will appear. Enter your 4-
digit PIN number.
Function
0-9 Select Menu
V-Chip
Enter Pin * * * *
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Press the CH button, to
select “TV Guidelines”,
then press the VOL+button.
Function
V-Chip Lock Yes
TV GuideLines
MPAA Rating
Change Pin
Move Select Menu
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The “TV guidelines”
screen will appear.
Press the the CH, CH
buttons to select one of
the six age-based cate-
gories:
Function
Move Select Menu
TV-Y Young children
TV-Y7 Children 7 and over
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TV-G General audience
TV-PG Parental guidance
TV-14 Viewers 14 and over
TV-MA Mature audience
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At this point, one of the TV-Ratings is selected.
Press the VOL+ button: Depending on your existing setup, a letter “U” or “B” will start blinking.
(U= Unblocked, B=Blocked)
While the “U” or ”B” is blinking, press the CH or CH buttons to block or unblock the category.
Press the MENUbutton once to save the TV guidelines. A TV-Rating will be highlighted, and no letters will blink.
To exit this screen, press the MENUagain. To select a different TV-Rating, press the CH or CH buttons and
then repeat the process.
Note 1: The TV-Y7, TV-PG, TV-14 and TV-MA have additional options. See the next step to change any of the
following sub-ratings:
FV: Fantasy violence
D: Sexual suggestive dialog
L: Adult language
S: Sexual situation
V: Violence
Note 2: 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.)
Note: These categories consist oftwo separate groups: TV-Y and TV-Y7(young children through age 7), andTV-G through TV-MA (everybodyelse). The restrictions for these two groupswork independently: If a householdincludes very young children as wellas young adults, the TV guidelinesmust be set up separately for each agegroup. (See next step.)
SPECIAL FEATURES