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Using the V-Chip, continued
How to Set up
Restrictions
Using the
"TV
guide/ines"
First, set up a personal
identification number (PIN), and
enable the V-Chip. (See last
sections.) Parental restrictions
can be set up using either of
two methods: The TV guidelines
or the MPAA rating.
Press MENU to display the
menu.
2 Press CHV until "V-chip" is
selected. Press VOL+.
3 Press VOL+. The "Enter PIN"
screen will appear. Enter
your 4-digit PIN number.
4 The "V-chip mode" screen
will appear. Press CH V to
select the "TV guide lines."
5' Press VOL+. The "TV
guidelines"
screen will
appear. Press the CH A
CH '_' buttons to select one
of the six age-based
categories:
TV-Y
Young children
TV-Y7 Children 7 and over
TV-G
General audience
TV-PG Parental guidance
TV-14 Viewers 14 and over
TV-MA Mature audience
Note: These categories
consist of two separate
groups.
TV-Yand 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.)
At this point, one of the TV-
Ratings is selected (red
color).
Press VOL+: Depending on
your existing setup, either
"U" or "B" will will be
selected.
(U= Unblocked, B= Blocked)
While the "U" or "B" is red
color, press CH A or CH V to
block or unblock the
category.
Press MENU once to save
the TV guidelines.
A TV-Rating will be selected,
and no letters will be
selected.
To exit this screen,
press MENU again. To select
a different
W-Rating,
press
CH A or CHV and then
repeat the process.
Note 1: The TV-Y7, 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: Dialog
L: Adult language
S: Sexual situation
V: Violence
Note 2: The V-Chip will
automatically
block,certain
categories
that are
more
restrtctive".
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-G, TV-PG, TV-14 and TV-
MA). The sub-ratings
(D, L, S,
V) work together similarly.
(See next section).
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