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Menu
[] TV Parental
Guidelines
Used to enable or disable the parental control
function.
Example
This function
will not be selectable
from the menu
if
you do not first configure
your secret
number.
On: Enables Parental
CTRL
Off: Disables
Parental
CTRL.
V-CHIP
is an electronic
filtering
device built into your
TV. This tool gives parents
a great degree
of control
over broadcasts
accessed
by their children.
It allows
parents
to select prograrns
judged
suitable for child
viewing
while blocking
ones judged
not suitable.
It
does so automatically
once you activate
the V-CHIP
feature
in your TV. "V-Chip"
and "Status"
will not be
selectable
from the menu
if you do not first configure
your secret
number.
o The U.S. has two rating systems tor viewing content: TV
Parental Guidelines and movie ratings.
o The TV Parental Guidelines work in conjunction with the
V CHIP to help parents screen out inappropriate television
shows trom their children.
o Movie ratings are used tot original movies rated by the
Motion Picture Association d America (MPAA) as watched
on cable TV and not edited tot television. The V CHIP can
also be set to block MPAA rated movies.
o The setting automatically enters "Block" tot any ratings
below your selection.
o if Status is not set to "On", the configuration settings will
not work.
Press A/_"
to adjust the item to your desired
position.
"_" indicates
the item is blocked.
Press MENU
to exit.
Suggested
age
TV-Y: All children.
TV-Y7:
Directed
to older children.
TV-G:
General audience.
TV-PG:
Parental
Guidance
suggested.
TV-14:
Parents strongly
cautioned.
TV-MA:
Mature
audience
only.
Example
[] MPAA
(Voluntary
movie
rating
system)
Example
Press ,&/Y
to adjust
the item to your desired
position.
"a" indicates
the item is blocked.
Press MENU
to exit.
G: General audiences.
All ages admitted.
PG: Parental
guidance
suggested.
Some
matedal may
not be suitable for children.
PG-13:
Parents strongly
cautioned.
Some
material
may be inappropriate
for children
under 13.
R: Restricted.
Under
17 requires
accompanying
parent
or adult guardian
(age varies in some jurisdictions).
NC-17:
No one 17 and under admitted.
X: X is an older rating that is unified with NC-17
but
may be encoded
in the data of older movies.
o VohJntary movie rating system only uses an age based
rating.
When setting
an individual content-based
rating
item:
1 Press I_ or ENTER
to access
blocked
content
items from the currently
selected
age-based
rating
item.
2 Press A/_'
to select an individual item, and then
press ENTER
to unblock
it ("_," is removed).
Repeat
the same steps for the other
items.
3 Press .,q or RETURN
to register
after all individual
content
rating items are set.
Content
FV: Fantasy violence.
V: Violence.
S: Sexual situation.
L: Adult language.
D: Sexually
suggestive
dialog.
TVY
[]
[]
[]
[]
[]
TV Y7
X
[]
[]
[]
[]
TVG
[]
[]
[]
[]
TV PG
X
X
X
X
TV14
X
X
X
X
TV-MA
X
X
X
[] : The content
rating can be set, but this rating is not
normally
broadcast
by TV stations.
X : Content
rating can be set.
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