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Using the W's Features
Hierarchy of Age-Based Ratings
TV_MA
Mature Audience Only
TV*14
ParentsStronglyCautioned
TV_PG
Parental GuidanceSuggested
TV_G
GeneralAudience
TV*Y7
Directed to Children 7 yearsand older
TV*Y
Ag Children
Content Themes
D
Sexually explicit dialogue
L
Adult language
S
Sexualsituations
V
Violence
FV
Fantasy Violence
Blocking Age-Rased Ratings
You can automatically
block all program ratings above a specified age-based rating level.
To block programs with higher ratings:
I.
Press the up or down arrow button
to scroll to the rating corresponding
with the lowest
rating you do not want the child to watch.
2.
Press the OK button
to toggle between View and Block. The status for the rating listed to the
left and all higher ratings automatically
changes to Block (and _.
3.
Press the up or down arrow button
to highlight
Go back and press OK.
4.
Select Lock Parental Controls from the Parental Control menu for rating limits to take effect.
Viewing Age-Based Ratings
After you block age-based ratings, you can change some of the ratings back to View.
I.
Pressthe up or down arrow button to select the rating with a status of Block.
2. PressOK to select View.
Blocking Specific Content Themes
You can block programs based on their content. (Content is represented by the D, L, S, V and R/
on your screen.) When you block a content theme for a particular
rating, you automatically
block that content theme for higher rated programs as well.
To block program content:
1. Determine the content
themes you want to block.
2.
Press the down arrow button
to scroll to the rating whose content theme you want to
change.
3.
Press the right arrow button
to move the yellow highlight
to a particular content
theme
status.
4.
Press the OK button
to change its status to _
(in the example to the left, you block the
language (L) corresponding
with lV-14.
The language for ]V-MA
is blocked as well.)
Hotes:Broodcastersare not required to pro videcontent themesor age-basedratings.
Youmust rememberto lockParenteI Controis for rating limits to take effect.
Viewing Specific Content Themes
If you block specific content themes, you have the option of going back and changing some of
the content
themes back to _
View:
1. Determine the content
themes you want to change to (_
View.
2.
Press the down arrow button
to scroll to the rating whose content theme you want to
Tip
change, such as _ under language (k) corresponding
with lV-14.
3.
Press the right arrow button
to move the yellow highlight
to a particular content
theme
Tochange all V_Chipmovie or TVratings to View,press
status.
the 0 number button.
4.
Press the OK button
to change the status back to _
Your child would then be able to watch
programs with the W-14 adult language content, but not programs with TV-MA language
content.
Hete: Onlythe content themestatus correspondingto W- 14 (L)languagechangesto (V)View . Higherrated
content themes,suchasthat for 7V-MAlanguage, d o not change
V-Chip
Movie
Rating Limit
Set movie rating limits by blocking movies rated above a specified level.
To change menu:
I.
PressMENU on the remote control (the TVMAIN MENUappears).
2. Select Parental Control.
3. Select V-Chip movie rating.
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