Setting Parental Control Levels - Dynex DX-32L221A12 User Manual

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Setting parental control levels

You can set parental controls for the U.S. and Canada.
The following task shows how to set controls for U.S. TV ratings. You use
similar steps for setting U.S. movie and Canadian TV ratings.
To set parental control levels:
1 Press MENU. The on-screen menu opens.
Picture Mode
Contrast
Brightness
Color
Tint
Sharpness
Backlight
Move Select
Adjust settings to affect picture quality
2 Press or to highlight SETTINGS, then press . The SETTINGS
menu opens with Parental Controls highlighted.
Parental Controls
Closed Caption
Time
Menu Settings
Input Labels
Computer Settings
Component Settings
Move Select
Set various TV options
3 Press ENTER. The Enter Password screen opens.
Enter Password
Move Select
Enter your 4-digit password. Default is 0000.
4 Press the number buttons to enter the four-digit password. The
SETTINGS-Parental Controls menu opens.
Button Lock
Block Unrated TV
USA Parental Locks
Canadian Parental Locks
Change Password
RRT5
Reset RRT5
Move Select
Restrict movie and TV programs by US Ratings
5 Press or to highlight USA Parental Locks, then press
ENTER. (To set Canadian ratings, select Canadian Parental
Locks.)
PICTURE AUDIO SETTINGS CHANNELS
Energy Savings
50
50
58
0
+10
43
Back Exit
Menu Exit
PICTURE AUDIO SETTINGS CHANNELS
Back Exit
Menu Exit
PICTURE AUDIO SETTINGS CHANNELS
Back Exit
Menu Exit
PICTURE AUDIO SETTINGS CHANNELS
On
Off
Back Exit
Menu Exit
USA Parental Locks
Movie Ratings
None
G
US
PG
Parental
PG-13
Locks
R
NC-17
X
Move Select
Restrict movie and TV programs by US Ratings
Canadian Parental Locks
English Rating
E
C
Canadian
C8+
Parental
G
Locks
PG
14+
18+
Move Select
Restrict movie and TV programs by Canadian Ratings
6 Press or to highlight:
• Movie Ratings or TV Ratings for USA ratings.
• English Rating or French Rating for Canadian ratings.
7 Press or to select the rating. If a rating has sub-ratings,
press or to highlight a sub-rating.
Note:
When you block a rating, that rating and all
Note
When you block a rating, that rating and all higher
ratings are blocked.
8 Press EXIT to close the menu.
U.S. TV ratings (age-based)
NONE
TV-Y
TV-Y7
TV-G
TV-PG
TV-14
TV-MA
Some of the age-based TV Parental Guidelines ratings also have
content-based ratings.
U.S. TV content ratings
All
FV
L
S
V
D
Setting parental controls
PICTURE AUDIO SETTINGS CHANNELS
TV Ratings
FV L S V D
None
TV-Y
TV-Y7
TV-G
TV-PG
TV-14
TV-MA
Back Exit
Menu Exit
PICTURE AUDIO SETTINGS CHANNELS
French Rating
E
G
8 ans+
13 ans+
16 ans+
18 ans+
Back Exit
Menu Exit
Not rated
All children
Children over seven years
of age
General audiences
Parental guidance
suggested
Parents strongly cautioned
Mature audiences only
All ratings are blocked
Fantasy violence
Adult language
Sexual situations
Violence
Sexually suggestive dialog