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2
Press CH
chip" menu.
Press VOL+ .
The "Enter pin" screen will appear. Enter
your 4-digit PIN number.
3
The "V-chip mode" screen will appear. Press the
CH
button, and highlight the field for "TV
Guidelines." (Note: When a particular field is
highlighted, its color turns BLUE.)
4
Press VOL +. The "TV guidelines"
screen will appear. Press the CH
CH
six age-based categories:
TV-Y
TV-Y7
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TV-G
TV-PG
TV-14
TV-MA
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At this point, one of the TV-Ratings is highlighted (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 blinking, press the CH
Press MENU once to save the TV guidelines. A TV-Rating will be highlighted (BLUE), and no letters will blink. To exit
this screen, press MENU again. To select a different TV-Rating, press CH
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: L
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 cate-
gories 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.)
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six times to highlight the "V-
buttons to highlight one of the
Young children
Children 7 and over
General audience
Parental guidance
Viewers 14 and over
Mature audience
F
EATURES
V-chip
V-chip mode
Move
TV GUIDELINES
All FV V S L D
,
TV-Y
U
TV-Y7
U
U
TV-G
U
TV-PG
U
U
TV-14
U
U
TV-MA
U
U
B: Blocked
U: Unblocked
Young children
or CH
button to block or unblock the category.
SET UP
Enter pin :
Menu
SET UP
V-chip lock
Yes
TV guidelines
MPAA rating
Change pin
Ent.
Exit
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 TV-Y and TV-Y7 categories
are colored green.
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
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.)
or CH
and then repeat the process.
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