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At this point, one of the TV-Ratings is selected.
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Press the ENTER button. Depending on your existing
setup, a symbol
will be selected.
(Blank = Unblocked,
While "
" is selected, press the ENTER button
to block or unblock the category.
To select a different TV-Rating, press the
button and then repeat the process.
Note 1: The TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14 and TV-MA have additional options.
See the next step to change any of the following sub-ratings:
FV: Fantasy violence
D: Sexually Suggestive Dialog
L: Adult Language
S: Sexual situation
V: Violence
Note 2: The V-Chip will automatically block certain categories that are "more restrictive".
For example, if you block "TV-Y" category, then TV-Y7 will automatically be blocked.
Similarly, if you block the TV-G category, then all the categories in the "young adult" group
will be blocked (TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14, and TV-MA). The sub-ratings (D, L, S, V)
work together similarly. (See next section.)
How to set the FV, D, L, S and V sub-ratings.
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First, select one of these TV-Ratings: TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14, or TV-MA (See Step 4,
on previous page), and press the √ button.
A symbol "
" will be displayed for each sub-rating.
While "
" is selected, press the ENTER button to go to a sub rating.
Press ENTER to block the sub rating. To select a different TV-Rating, press the
and then repeat the process.
Note: The V-chip will automatically block certain categories that are "More restrictive" .
For example, if you block "L" sub-rating in TV-PG, then the "L" sub-ratings in TV-14 and
TV-MA will automatically be blocked.
Press the MENU button to clear all the screens. (Or proceed to the next section, and set up
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additional restrictions based on the MPAA codes.)
Note
• These categories consist of two separate groups: TV-Y and TV-Y7 (young children through age 7),
and TV-G through TV-MA (everybody else).
The restrictions for these two groups work independently: If a household includes very young
children as well as young adults, the TV guidelines must be set up separately for each age
group. (See next step.)
= Blocked)
or
TV
TV Parental Guidelines
Move
Enter
or
button
Allow All
Block All
Return
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