Sharp 32C530 Parent Control V-CHIP Operation, Chip, Mpaa Rating, TV Parental Guidelines

Parent Control (V-CHIP Operation)

HV-CHIP

•This function allows you to restrict TV programs and also allows you to control TV usage based on FCC data. This function is to prevent your children from watching violence or sexual scenes that may be harmful.

•Restriction of TV programs includes two characters that contain information about the program’s MPAA rating and the TV Parental Guidelines. MPAA is restricted by age. TV Parental Guidelines are restricted by age and contents.

•Since a TV program may use either the MPAA rating or the TV Guidelines you should adjust both for complete control.

[1] MPAA RATING

RATING

	G	GENERAL AUDIENCES. All ages admitted.
	PG	PARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED. Some material may not be suitable for
		children.
age	PG-13	PARENTS STRONGLY CAUTIONED. Some material may be inappropriate for
based		children under 13.
	R	RESTRICTED. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.
	NC-17	NO ONE 17 AND UNDER ADMITTED.
	X	X Rating is an older rating that is unified with NC-17 but may be encoded on
		older movie’s data.

•MPAA RATING

Example 1:

“PG-13” in the age-based rating is blocked, this will automatically block the higher ratings “R”,

“NC-17”, “X” also.

1. User setting		2. Block table
G	– – – – –		G	not to
				block
PG	– – – – –		PG	not to
				block
PG-13	BLOCK		PG-13	Select
		age
				block
R	BLOCK	based	R	auto-
				block
NC-17	BLOCK		NC-17	auto-
				block
X	BLOCK		X	auto-
				block

Example 2:

“R” in the age-based rating is blocked, this will automatically block the higher rating “NC-17”, “X” also.

1. User setting		2. Block table
G	– – – – –		G	not to
				block
PG	– – – – –		PG	not to
				block
PG-13 – – – – –			PG-13	not to
		age
				block
R	BLOCK	based	R	Select
				block
NC-17	BLOCK		NC-17	auto-
				block
X	BLOCK		X	auto-
				block

Note:

•MPAA RATING is only age-based.

[2] TV PARENTAL GUIDELINES

				content based
	RATING	AGE	D	L	S	V	FV
			(Sexually	(Adult	(Sexual	(Violence)	(Fantasy
			Suggestive	Language)	Situation)		Violence)
			Dialog)
	TV-Y (All children)	V	–	–	–	–	–
	TV-Y7 (Direct to Older Children)	V	–	–	–	–	V
	TV-G (General Audience)	V	–	–	–	–	–
age	TV-PG (Parental Guidance	V	V	V	V	V	–
based	Suggested)
	TV-14 (Parents Strongly	V	V	V	V	V	–
	Cautioned)
	TV-MA (Mature Audience Only)	V	–	V	V	V	–

V: Content Rating can be set.

l: Content Rating cannot be set (not normally broadcast by TV station).

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32C530(14-16) 15 1/29/03, 2:01 PM

Dimension: 140 X 215 mm