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USING PARENTAL CONTROLS
The TV's parental controls allow you to prevent the TV from displaying
certain channels or programs without a password.
Other devices have their own parental control settings.
The
menu only appears when:
•
You are using the tuner to receive your TV signals, such as when you
are using an antenna for Over-the-Air signals or when connected to
cable TV directly from the wall (no cable box).
•
You have a device connected using a composite video cable or a
coaxial cable, such as a VCR, satellite or cable box, or DVR.
To access the
menu:
Press the
button on the remote. The on-screen menu is
displayed.
2. Use the
buttons on the remote to highlight Channels and
press OK
3. Use the
buttons on the remote to highlight
and press OK.
4.
To set a custom PIN passcode, see
To manage program content according to its rating, you must enable the
Program Rating feature.
To enable or disable the Program Rating feature:
From the
menu, highlight
The
menu is displayed.
2.
or
and press OK.
When a channel is locked, it will be inaccessible. Locking a channel is a
good way to prevent children from viewing inappropriate material.
To lock or unlock a channel:
From the
menu, highlight
press OK. The
menu is displayed.
2. Highlight the channel you want to lock or unlock and press OK.
3. When a channel is locked , the
icon appears
channel is not accessible unless the parental PIN is entered.
4. When a channel is unlocked , the
icon appears
The channel is accessible.
A channel may sometimes broadcast programs that are meant for
children, and at other times broadcast programs that are meant for
mature audiences. You may not want to block the channel completely
using a channel lock, but you may wish to block certain programs from
being viewed.
and press OK.
www.tvguidelines.org.
When this is the case, you can use the TV's Rating Block feature to block
content based on its rating.
To block or unblock content by its rating:
and
From the
want to adjust and press OK:
•
USA TV
. The
•
•
- Canadian English television program broadcasts.
.
•
- Canadian French television program broadcasts.
2. For each rating type you want to block or unblock, use the
and
buttons on the remote to highlight the rating
type and press OK.
3. When the rating type is
Content with this rating and all higher ratings cannot be viewed.
4. When the rating type is
. Content with this rating and all lower ratings can be
viewed.
If you want to block all unrated content, highlight
and use the
buttons on the remote to select
5.
button on the remote.
3
menu, highlight the content type you
, the
icon appears
.
, the
icon appears
.
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