Using Your Menus (continued)

The Parental Guideline Rating System

This table provides a brief overview of the rating systems available for the PARENTAL CONTROL feature.

For detailed information on how to change your TV rating, see pages 30-31.

Notes

•The content ratings will increase depending on the level of the age-based rating. For example, a program with a TV- PG V (Violence) rating may contain moderate violence, while a TV-14 V (Violence) rating may contain more intense violence.

•If you choose to block unrated TV programs, please be aware that the following programs may be blocked: emergency broadcasts, political programs, sports, news, public service announcements, religious programs and weather.

•To ensure maximum blocking capability, the age-based ratings should be blocked.

Overview of the Ratings

TV RATINGS

Age based options:

 

 

 

 

TV RATINGS

 

 

Block programs by

TV-Y:All children.

TV-Y:

_

FV: _

their rating, content

TV-Y7:Directed to older children.

TV-Y7:

_

TV-G:

_

D_ L_ S_ V_

or both

TV-G:General Audience.

TV-PG: _

TV-14: _

D_ L_ S_ V_

 

TV-PG:Parental Guidance suggested.

TV-MA: _

 

L_ S_ V_

 

TV-14:Parents Strongly cautioned.

MENU

 

 

 

Select category

 

 

 

TV-MA:Mature Audience only.

Move

Select

Exit MENU

 

Content based options:

 

 

 

 

 

FV: Fantasy Violence.

 

 

 

 

 

D: Suggestive Dialogue.

 

 

 

 

 

L: Strong Language.

 

 

 

 

 

S: Sexual situations.

 

 

 

 

 

V: Violence.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MOVIE RATINGS

(U.S. models only)

 

 

MOVIE RATINGS

 

 

G: All children and General Audience.

G:

_

 

 

 

PG: Parental Guidance suggested.

PG:

_

 

 

 

PG-13: _

 

 

 

PG-13:Parental Guidance for children under 13.

R:

_

 

 

 

NC-17: _

 

 

 

R: Restricted viewing, Parental Guidance is suggested

X:

_

 

 

 

for children under 17.

MENU

 

 

 

Select rating

 

 

 

NC-17:No one 17 and under allowed.

Move

Select

Exit MENU

 

X: No one 17 and under allowed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UNRATED

(U.S. models only)

 

CUSTOM RATINGS

Block programs or

VIEW ALL: Allows all unrated programming.

TV RATINGS

 

 

movies that are

BLOCK TV: Blocks all unrated TV programs.

MOVIE RATINGS

UNRATED: VIEW ALL

broadcast without

BLOCK MOVIES: Blocks all unrated movies.

MENU

 

 

 

 

 

 

a rating

BLOCK ALL: Blocks all unrated programming.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select category

 

 

 

 

Move

Select

Exit MENU

 

 

 

 

 

 

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