Using The V-Chip Menu; Enable Blocking; Tv Rating (Independent Rating System For Broadcasters) - Toshiba 26HLC56 Owner's Manual

Using the V-Chip menu

Some TV programs and movies include signals that classify
the content of the program (Dialog, Language, Sex, Violence).
The V-Chip feature in this monitor detects the signals and
blocks the programs according to the ratings you select. (For
rating descriptions, see the following tables.)
Note: The V-Chip function is available for the U.S. V-Chip
system only. The Canadian V-Chip system is not supported.

Enable Blocking

1
From the V-Chip menu, press B or b to highlight
Enable Blocking.
Enable Blocking
TV Rating
MPAA Rating
Blocking Option
MENU Back EXIT
2
Press C or c to select On or Off.
On: To enable your setting (Lock)
Off: To release your setting (Unlock)
TV Rating (Independent rating system for
broadcasters)
1
From the V-Chip menu, press B or b to highlight TV
Rating and press T.
The TV Rating menu appears.
2
Press b or B to select an item.
3
Press c to lock (displays "5" ).
Press C to unlock (displays "V").
4
Repeat steps 2 and 3 to set the next item.
TV Rating
TV Rating
Dialog
Language
Sex
Violence
No DLSV
Youth TV Rating
Set
MENU Back
Chapter 6: Using the Monitor's features
V-Chip
On
ENTER
ENTER
ENTER
Watch TV
MA 14 PG G
Y 7FV Y7 Y
EXIT Watch TV
The TV age-based ratings and content themes you can lock are
listed in the table below.
Independent rating system for broadcasters
Ratings Description and Content themes
Mature Audience Only (This program is specifically
designed to be viewed by adults and therefore may
TV-MA
be unsuitable for children under 17.)
L) Crude or indecent language S) Explicit sexual
activity V) Graphic violence
Parents Strongly Cautioned (This program contains
some material that many parents would find
unsuitable for children under 14 years of age.)
TV-14
Intensely suggestive dialog
D)
language Intense sexual situations
S)
violence
Parental Guidance Suggested (This program
contains material parents may find unsuitable for
younger children.)
TV-PG
D) Some suggestive dialog
language S) Some sexual situations
violence
General Audience (Most parents would find this
TV-G
program suitable for all ages.)
Directed to Older Children (This program is designed
for children age 7 and above. Note: Programs in
TV-Y7,
which fantasy violence may be more intense or more
TV-Y7FV
combative than other programs in this category are
designated TV-Y7FV.)
All Children (This program is designed to be
TV-Y
appropriate for all children.)
Note: To display the rating of the TV program you are currently
watching, press E.
TV-PG
–
TV PG
FULL
Strong, coarse
L)
Intense
V)
L) Infrequent coarse
V) Moderate
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