Sharp LC-32DA5U, LC-26DA5U manual TV Parental Guidelines, Example

Useful adjustment settings

V-CHIP is an electronic filtering 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" and "Status" will not be selectable from the menu if you do not first configure your secret number. (See page 35 for Secret number setting for parental control.)

o The U.S. has two rating systems for viewing content: TV Parental Guidelines and movie ratings.

o 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.

Voluntary movie rating system (IVIPAA)

G	General	audiences.			All ages	admitted.
PG	Parental	guidance			suggested.	Some material	may	not be suitable for children.
PG-13	Parents	strongly		cautioned. Some material may be				inappropriate	for children	under 13.
Age	Restricted.		Under		17 requires	accompanying	parent or adult guardian (age			varies	in some
R	jurisdictions).
NC-17	No one	17 and		under admitted.
X	X is an older		rating		that is unified with NC-17 but may be encoded				in the data of older		movies.

I EXAMPLE [_

®If you select "PG-13",this will automatically block the higher ratings "R", "NC-17" and "X'.

®Voluntary movie rating system only uses an age-based rating.

TV Parental Guidelines

	TV-Y (All children)
	TV-Y7 (Directed to older children)
Suggested	TV-G (General audience)
age	TV-PG (Parental Guidance suggested)
	TV-14 (Parents strongly cautioned)
	TV-MA (Mature audience only)

X: Content rating can be set.

		Content
FV	V	S	L	D
(Fantasy	(Violence)	(Sexual	(Adult	(Sexually
violence)		situation)	language)	suggestive
				dialog)
X
	X	X	X	X
	X	X	X	X
	X	X	X

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