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Hierarchy
of Age-Based
Ratings
TV-MA
Mature Audience Only
TV-14
Parents
Strongly
Cautioned
TV-PG
Parental Guidance
Suggested
TV-G
General Audience
TV-Y7
Directed to Children 7 years and older
TV-Y
All Children
Content
Themes
D
Sexually explicit dialogue
L
Adult
language
S
Sexual situations
V
Violence
FV
Fantasy
Violence
np
To change
all V-Chip
movie
or TV ratings
to View,
press
the 0 number
button.
Blocking
Age-Based
Ratings
You can automatically
block
all program
ratings
above
a specified
age-
based
rating
level.
To block programs
with higher
ratings:
1.
Press
the up or down
arrow
button
to scroll to the rating
corresponding
with the lowest
rating you do not want
the child to
wa R'h.
2.
Press
the OK button
to toggle
between
I,,Tew and Block.
The status
for the rating
listed
to the left and
all higher
ratings
automatically
changes
to Bloch (and _).
3.
Use the up/down
arrow
buttons
to highlight
Go back ), and press
OK.
4.
Select Lock ),Par_,_zta[ Co_ztrols from the Pare_zta[
Co_ztro[ menu
for
rating
limits to take effect.
Viewing
Age-Based
Ratings
After you block age-based
ratings,
you can change
some
of the ratings
back to IJTeu,.
1.
Use the up/down
arrows
to select
the rating with
a status
of Block.
2.
Press OK to select View.
Blocking
Specific
Content
Themes
You can block
prograll]S
based
on their content.
(Content
is represented
by the D, L, S, V and FV on your screen.) When you block a content
theme
for a particular
rating,
you automatically
block that content
theme
for higher
rated
programs
as well.
To block program
content:
1.
1)etermine the content themes you want to block.
2.
Press the down arrow button to scroll to the rating whose content
theme you want to change.
3.
Press the right arrow button to move the yellow highlight to a
particular
content theme status.
4.
Press the OK button to change its status to _. (In the example
to
the left, you block the language
(L) corresponding
with TV-14. The
language
for TV-MA is blocked as well.)
/Votes: Broadcasters are not required to provide content themes or
age-based ra tings.
You must remember
to lock Parental Controls for rating limits to
take effect.
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