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4.14
2
Press the CH ▼ button
three times to select the
“V-chip” menu.
Press the VOL+ button.
The “Enter pin” screen
will appear. Enter your 4-
digit PIN number.
3
The “V-chip” screen will
appear. Press the CH ▼
button, and highlight the
field for “TV guidelines.”
4
Press the VOL+ button.
The “TV guidelines”
screen will appear. Press
the CH ▲,CH ▼ buttons
to highlight one of the six
age-based categories:
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 (blue color).
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 red, press the CH ▲or CH ▼button 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 MENUagain. To select a different TV-Rating, press the CH ▲or CH ▼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: 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-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 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.)
SP E C I A L FE AT U R E S