Useful adjustment settings

Parental control (setting V-CHIP level)

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” and “Status” will not be selectable from the menu if you do not first configure your secret number. (See page 39 for Secret number setting for parental control.)

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

•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 (MPAA)

Rating

Description

 

 

GGeneral 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

RRestricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian (age varies in some jurisdictions).

NC-17 No one 17 and under admitted.

XX is an older rating that is unifi ed with NC-17 but may be encoded in the data of older movies.

MENU [Setup ... Parental CTRL ... V-Chip]

 

 

 

 

MPAA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV Guidelines

 

 

G

 

 

Can. English Ratings

 

 

PG

Can. French Ratings

 

 

PG-13

 

 

 

 

 

R

 

 

 

NC-17

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

NONE

 

 

 

 

a

•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.

TV Parental Guidelines

 

 

 

 

Content

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rating

FV

V

S

L

D

 

(Fantasy

(Violence)

(Sexual

(Adult

(Sexually

 

 

 

 

violence)

 

situation)

language)

suggestive

 

 

 

 

 

 

dialog)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV-Y (All children)

z

z

z

z

z

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV-Y7 (Directed to older children)

g

z

z

z

z

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Suggested

TV-G (General audience)

 

z

z

z

z

 

 

 

 

 

 

age

TV-PG (Parental Guidance suggested)

 

g

g

g

g

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV-14 (Parents strongly cautioned)

 

g

g

g

g

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV-MA (Mature audience only)

 

g

g

g

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

z: The content rating can be set, but this rating is not normally broadcast by TV stations.

g: Content rating can be set.

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