Sharp 32N-S500 warranty Parent Control V-CHIP operation, Chip, Mpaa Rating, TV Parental Guidelines

Parent Control (V-CHIP operation)

LV-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 children under 13.
base		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) Example 1.

“PG-13” in the age-based RATING is blocked. This will automatically block the high 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	base	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 high ratings “NC-17” and “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	base	R	Select
				block
NC-17	BLOCK		NC-17	auto-
				block
X	BLOCK		X	auto-
				block

NOTE:

• MPAA RATING is only age-based ratings.

[2] TV PARENTAL GUIDELINES

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

X: Content Rating can be set.

X: Content Rating can not be set (not normally broadcast by TV station).

• TV-PARENTAL GUIDELINES (Example)

Example 1.

If “TV-Y7” in age-based rating is “BLOCK” then this will

automatically block the higher ratings “TV-G”, “TV-PG”, “TV-14”

and “TV-MA”. Furthermore, the “D”, “L”, “S”, “V”,and “FV” in

Example 2.

If all items in the age-based RATINGS are not blocked, “D” in content- based ratings will be blocked as below. (2. Block table)

“CONTENT” are automatically blocked for “TV-Y7” as well unless

you choose to unblock each one.

1. User setting

TV-Y – – – – –

2. Block table

		content base
FV	V		S	L	D

1. User setting

TV-Y – – – – –

TV-Y7 BLOCK

TV-G BLOCK

TV-PG BLOCK

TV-14 BLOCK

TV-MA BLOCK

BLOCK CONTENT (D L S V FV)

2. Block table

content base

		FV	V	S	L	D
	TV-Y
	TV-Y7
	TV-G
age
base	TV-PG
	TV-14
	TV-MA
		Select		auto-
	TV-Y7	block		block

TV-Y7 – – – – –

TV-G – – – – –

TV-PG – – – – –

TV-14 – – – – –

TV-MA – – – – –

BLOCK CONTENT (D )

	TV-Y
	TV-Y7
age TV-G
base	TV-PG
	TV-14
	TV-MA
	TV-Y7	auto-
		block

NOTE:

•Age-based ratings can be modified by the content-based ratings but only in the combinations indicated by an X in the table above.

•Choosing a lower age-based rating blocks the higher age-based ratings regardless of content ratings settings.

•An unblocked CONTENT RATING will override its respective AGE RATING, even when that AGE RATING is set to BLOCK. (For example, if FCC data is “TV-PG” & “D”, then TV program is still viewable if CONTENT “D” is unblocked for “TV-PG” regardless if “TV-PG” AGE RATING is also blocked.)

[3]ADDITIONAL MODE

Besides the above “MPAA RATINGS” and “TV PARENTAL GUIDELINES,” new ratings systems data can be downloaded when they become available. (See page 17.)

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