Sharp LC 30HV2U Parental control setting V-CHIP level, Voluntary movie rating system Mpaa, Rating

Adjustment settings

Parental control (setting V-CHIP level)

V-CHIP is an electronic filtering device built into your System. 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 Liquid Crystal Television.

“V-Chip” and “Status” will not be selectable from the menu if you do not first configure your secret number.(See page 58 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
	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
	R	Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian (age varies in some
		jurisdictions).
	NC-17	No one 17 and under admitted.
	X	A rating that has now been superseded by NC-17.

MENU

Setup

Parental CTRL

V-Chip

MPAA

G	[ — — — ]
PG	[ — — — ]
PG-13	[ — — — ]

R[ — — — ]

NC-17 [ — — — ]

X[ — — — ]

RETURN

a

•If you select “PG-13”, this will automatically block the higher ratings “R”, “NC-17” and “X”.

A

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

X: Content rating can be set.

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