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Using the TV's Features
Hierarchy of Age-Based Ratings
TV-MA
Mature Audience Only
TV-14
ParentsStronglyCautioned
TV-PO
Parental GuidanceSuggested
TV-G
GeneralAudience
TV-Y7
Directed to Children 7 years and
older
TV-Y
All Children
Content Themes
D
Sexually explicit dialogue
L
Adult language
S
Sexualsituations
V
Violence
FV
Fantasy Violence
Blocking Age-Based Ratings
You can automatically
block all program ratings above a
specified age-based rating level.
To block programs with higher ratings:
I.
Press the up or down arrow button to scroll to the rating
corresponding
with the lowest rating you do not want
the child to watch.
2.
PresstheOKbuttontotogglebetween
Viewand
Block.
The status for the rating listed to the left and all higher
ratings automatically
changes to Block.
3.
Press the up or down arrow button to highlight
Go back
and press OK.
4. Turn on V-Chip active in the PARENTAL CONTROL menu
(box has check mark) for rating limits to take effect.
Viewing Age-Rased Ratings
After you block age-based ratings, you can change some of
the ratings back to View.
1. Press the up or down arrow button to select the rating
with a status of Block.
2. Press OKto select View,
Blocking Specific Content Themes
You can block programs 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. Determine 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 highlight
to a
particular
content theme status.
4.
Press the OK button to change its status to B. (In the
example to the left, you block the language (L)
corresponding
with ]V-14. The language for W-MA
is
blocked as well).
Notes:Broadcastersare not required to provide content themesor
age-basedratings.
Youmust rememberto activate Parental Controls for rating limits to
take elf eeL
Viewing Specific
Content
Themes
If you block specific content themes, you have the option of
going back and changing some of the content themes back
to (V) View:
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