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Parental control (V-CHIP)

V-CHIP is an electronic fi ltering device built into your TV. This tool gives parents a great degree of control over
broadcasts accessed by their children. It allows parents to select programs judged suitable for child viewing
while blocking ones judged not suitable. It does so automatically once you activate the V-CHIP feature in your
TV.
V-CHIP SET menu will not be selectable from the menu if you do not fi rst confi gure your password.
(See page 32 for password setting for parental control.)
• The U.S. has two rating systems for viewing content: movie ratings and TV Parental Guidelines.
• The TV Parental Guidelines work in conjunction with the V-CHIP to help parents screen out inappropriate
television shows from their children.
• Movie ratings are used for original movies rated by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) as
watched on cable TV and not edited for television. The V-CHIP can also be set to block MPAA-rated movies.
TV Parental Guidelines
EXAMPLE
• If you select “PG-13”, this will automatically block the higher ratings “R”, “NC-17” and “X”.
NOTE
• Voluntary movie rating system only uses an age-based rating.
X: Content rating can be set.
Useful adjustment settings
MOVIE RATING Description
G
PG
PG-13
R
NC-17
X
Age
General audiences. All ages admitted.
Parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children.
Parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.
Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian (age varies in some
jurisdictions).
No one 17 and under admitted.
X is an older rating that is unifi ed with NC-17 but may be encoded in the data of older movies.
TV RATING
TV-Y (All children)
TV-Y7 (Directed to older children)
TV-G (General audience)
TV-PG (Parental Guidance suggested)
TV-14 (Parents strongly cautioned)
TV-MA (Mature audience only)
Suggested
age
Content
SEXUAL
DIALOG
ADULT
LANGUAGE
SEXUAL
SITUATIONS
VIOLENCE
FANTASY
VIOLENCE
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Voluntary movie rating system (MPAA)
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