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How to Set up Restrictions Using the “TV 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.

1Press the MENU button. Press the UP or DOWN

button to select “Function”, then press the ENTER

button.

2 Press the UP or DOWN button to select “V-Chip”,

then press the ENTER button.

3 The message "Enter Pin" will appear. Enter your

4-digit PIN number.

4The “V-Chip” screen will appear.

Press the UP or DOWN button to select “TV Guide-

Lines”, press the ENTER button.

5 The “TV GuideLines” screen will appear. Press the

UP or DOWN button to select one of the six age-

based categories:

TV-Y Young children

TV-Y7 Children 7 and over

TV-G General audience

TV-PG Parental guidance

TV-14 Viewers 14 and over

TV-MA Mature audience

Function

Language

Time

Caption

Auto Power Off

V-Chip

Film Mode

Move Select Menu

English

Off

Function

Language

Time

Caption

Auto Power Off

V-Chip

Film Mode

Move Enter Menu

English

Off

V-Chip

Enter Pin

Enter Pin :

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V-Chip

V-Chip Lock

TV GuideLines

MPAA Rating

Change Pin

Move Enter Menu

6At this point, one of the TV-Ratings is selected.

Press the RIGHT 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 UP or DOWN button to block or unblock the

category.

Press the RIGHT button to save the TV guidelines. A TV-Rating will be selected,

and no letters will blink.

To select a different TV-Rating, press the UPor DOWN button 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: Sexually Sugessive 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.)

7How to set the FV, D, L, S and V sub-ratings.

First, select one of these TV-Ratings: TV-Y7, TV-PG, TV-14 or TV-MA (See Step 4, on

previous page).

Next, while the TV-Rating is selected, repeatedly press the RIGHTbutton.

This will cycle through the available sub-ratings (FV,L, S, D or V).

A blinking letter (“U” or “B”) will be displayed for each sub-rating. While the “U” or “B” is

blinking, press the UP or DOWN button to change the sub-rating.

Press the RIGHT button to save the TV guidelines. A TV-Rating will be selected and no

letters will select. To select a different TV-Rating, press the UPor DOWN button and then

repeat the process.

Note: 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.

8Press the MENU button to clear all the screens. (Or proceed to the next section, and set up

additional restrictions based on the MPAA codes).

Note

• Note: 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 TV-Y and TV-Y7 categories

are colored blue.

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.)

TV GuideLines

B : Blocked

U : Unblocked

TV-Y

TV-Y7

TV-G

TV-PG

TV-14

TV-MA

All

Move Select Menu