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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.)▼
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Press the ▲or ▼butt on
to select the “TVParental
Guidelines”,then press the
ENTER button.
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TV Parental Guidelines
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The “TVParental
Guidelines”screen will
appear.
Press the ▲,▼ buttons t o
select one of the six age-
based categories:
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TV Parental guidelines
All FV V S L D
TV-Y
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U
TV-Y7
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UU
TV-G
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U
TV-PG
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UUUUU
TV-14
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UUUUU
TV-MA
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UUUU
B: Blocked U: Unblocked
TV-Y Young children
TV-Y7 Children 7 and over
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TV-G General audience
TV-PG Parent 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 ENTER button: Depending on your existing set up,a letter “U”or “B”will be selected.
(U= Unblocked,B=Blocked)
While the “U”or ”B”is red,press the ▲or ▼butt on to block or unblock the category.
Press the MENU button once to save the TV Parental Guidelines. ATV-Rating will be selected, and no letters
will be selected. To exit this screen, press the MENU button again.To select a different TV-Rating,press the ▲
or ▼button and t hen repeat the process.
Note 1: The TV-Y7,TV-PG, TV-14 and TV-MA have additional opt ions. See the next step to change
any of the following sub-ratings:
FV: Fantasy violence
D: 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. Similarl y,if you block the T V-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 simi larly. (See next sect ion.)
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