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SPECIAL FEATURES
2
Press the or butt on
to select the V-chip,then
press the œœ
or
button.
The Enter pinscreen will
appear.Enter your 4-digit
PIN number.
3
The V-chipscreen will
appear.Press t he or
button, and highlight the
field for TVguidelines.
4
Press the œœ
or
button.
The TVguidelinesscreen
will appear.Pre ss the or
button to highlight one
of the six age-based cate-
gories:
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
5
At this point, one of the TV-Ratings is highlighted.
Press the œœ
or
button: Depending on your existing setup, a let ter Uor Bwill be selected.
(U= Unblocked,B=Blocked)
While the Uor Bis red,press the or butt on to block or unblock the category.
Press the MENU button once to save the TV guidelines. ATV-Rati ng will be highlighted, and no letters will be selected.
To exit this screen,press the MENUbutton again.To select a different TV-Rating,press the or button and t hen
repeat the process.
Note 1: The TV-Y7,T V-PG,TV-14 and TV-MAhave additional options.See the next step to change any of the following
sub-ratings:
FV: Fantasy violence
D: Dialog
L: Offensive 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-
Ycategory,then TV-Y7will automatically be blocked. Si milarly, if you block t he TV-G categor y,then all the categories
in the young adultgroup 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.)
Enter pin
Enter pin : - - - -
Function
0~9 Select Exit
V-Chip Lock : Yes
TV guidelines
MPAArating
Change pin
Function
Move Select Exit
ALL FV V S L D
TV-Y U
TV-Y7 U U U: Unblocked
TV-G U B: Blocked
TV-PG UUUUU
TV-14 UUUUU
TV-MAUUUU
Function
Move Select Exit
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