V-Chip Unrated Program Block; Lock/Unlock Parental Controls; The Time Menu - GE 25GT240 User Manual

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V-Chip
Unrated
Program
Block
Selecting this option lets you decide
if programs
that the V-Chip
recognizes
as "unrated"
can be viewed.
View
All unrated programs
are available.
Block
No unrated programs
are available.
"Unrated"TV
programs
may include news, sports, political,
religious,
local, and weather
programs,
and public announcements.
Also, the first
few seconds of a channel with rated programming
may be blocked
(due to a brief delay in transmission
of the rating information).
"Not
Rated"
vs. "Unrated"
All movies
are assigned
a rating.
Some
movies
are given
a rating
of Not
Rated
(NR). You can assign
Block
or View
status
to the NR rating
in the V-Chip
Movie
Rating
Limit
screen.
Not all television
programs
are assigned
a
rating
(age-based
rating).
To Block
or
View
unrated
television
programs,
you
must
use the Unrated
Programs
option
from
the V-Chip
Parental
Controls
menu.
Lock/Unlock
Parental
Controls
Selecting this option lets you lock and unlock parental controls
settings
using a password.
If you forget your password,
press the following
buttons
on the remote,
one by one: MUTE, DISPLAY, CLEAR, and RESET (while in the password
entry screen). Parental controls
will then unlock and you can re-enter a
password
via Lock Parental Controls.
I Remember!
When
you
want
to watch
a blocked
program,
press
the DISPLAY
button
on
the remote
to enter
your
password.
You must
lock
Parental
Controls
for TV
rating
and content,
movie
rating,
and
unrated
program
blocks
to take
effect.
The Time Menu
TheTime
menu contains the controls
that let you set the SleepTimer
and SetTime
functions.
Sleep Timer
Displays a control
panel that lets you select the
amount of time you want to give theTV before it shuts itself off.
Use theVOL
^/v buttons to increase or decrease the sleep timer by
15 minute
increments.
Press MENU to exit.
SetTime
Displays a control panel that lets you enter the current
time.
Use theVOL
^/v buttons and number
buttons to set the time.
Press MENU to exit.
The
Time
menu
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