3, The " V-Chip"
screen
will appear.
Press the Aor_'button toselect "TV Parental
Guidelines",
then p ress the ENTER
button.
4, The " TV Parental
Guidelines"
screen will appear.
Press the Aor'_' b utton toselect one ofthe six aged based categories:
t TV-YT: Children 7 and over
• TV-G: General audience
TV-PG: Parental guidance
-TV-14: Viewers !4 and over
• TV-MA: Mature audience
5,
At this point, one of the TV-Ratings is selected.
Press the ENTER button. Depending on your existing setup, the" _" symbol will
be selected. (Blank = Unblocked, _ = Blocked)
While "_"
is selected, press the ENTER button to block or unblock the category.
To select a different TV-Rating, press the A or T button and then repeat the
process.
>Allow all: Press to unlock all TV ratings. / Block all: Press to lock all TV ratings.
> The TV-Y_TV-Y7, TV-G, 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: Sexually Suggestive Dialog / L: Adult Language /
S: Sexual situation / V: Violence
> The V-Chip will automatically block certain categories that are "more
restrictive". For example, if you block "TV-Y" category, then TV-Y7 will auto
maticatly be blocked. Similarly, if you block the TV-G category, then all the cat
egories in the "young adult" group wilt be blocked (TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14 and
TV-MA). The sub-ratings (D, L S_V) work together similarly.
(See next section.)
6,
How to set the FV, D_L S and V sub-ratings.
First, select one of these TV-Ratings: TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14 or TV-MA
(See Step 4) and press the 1_ button. The "_"
symbol will be displayed for each
sub-rating.
While "_"
is selected, press the ENTER button to go to a sub rating.
Press ENTER to block the sub rating. To select a different TV-Rating, press the
A or T button and then repeat the process.
> The V-chip will automatically block certain categories that are "More restrictive".
For example_ if you block "L" sub-rating in TV-PG, then the "L" sub-ratings in
TV-14 and TV-MA will automatically be blocked.
7,
Press the EXIT button to clear all the screens. (Or proceed to the next section_
and set up additional restrictions based on the MPAA codes.)
> 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.)