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Press the CH
button to
select the "V-Chip", then
press the VOL + button.
The "Enter Pin" screen
will appear. Enter your
4-digit PIN number,
3
Press the CH
button to
select the "TV Guidelines",
then press the VOL + button.
4
The "TV Guidelines" screen
will appear.
Press the CH
, CH
buttons to select one of the
six age-based categories:
TV-Y
Young children
TV-Y7
Children 7 and over
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TV-G
General audience
TV-PG
Parent Guidance
TV-14
Viewers 14 and over
TV-MA Mature audience
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At this point, one of the TV-Ratings is selected (blue color).
Press the VOL + button: Depending on your existing setup, a letter "U" or "B" will start blinking.
(U= Unblocked, B= Blocked)
While the "U" or "B" is red, press the CH
Press the VOL + button once to save the TV guidelines. A TV-Rating will be selected (BLUE), and no letters will
blink. To exit this screen, press the Menu button again. To select a different TV-Rating, press the CH
button 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 restrictive." 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.)
or CH
button to block or unblock the category.
Note: These categories consist of
two separate groups: TV-Y and 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.)
C
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F
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OUR
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