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How to Set up Restrictions
Using the TV Parental Guidelines
First, set up a personal identification
number (PIN) and enable the V-Chip. (See previous section.) Parental restrictions
can
be set up using either of two methods: The TV guidelines
or the MPAA rating.
1.
Press the MENU button to display the menu.
Press the A or T button to select "Setup", then press the ENTER _
button.
2,
Press the A or T button to select "V-Chip", then press the ENTER
button. The message "Enter PIN" will appear. Enter your 4 digit PIN number.
3.
The "V-Chip" screen will appear. Press the A or T button to select "TV
Parental Guidelines",
then press the ENTER I:_ button.
4,
The "TV Parental Guidelines"
screen will appear.
Press the A or T button to select one of the six aged based categories:
TVoY: Young children _________
TV-PG! Parental guidanc_e'
__
, TV-Y7: Children 7andoVer
! TV-14i VieWerS i4 and over
TV-GI General audienCe
TV-MA: Mature audience
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At this point, one of the TV-Ratings
is selected.
Press the ENTER C3_button. Depending
on your existing setup, the" _"
ii!i!i!
symbol will be selected. (Blank = Unblocked,
_"i]= Blocked)
While " !'_" is selected, press the ENTER C,--'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:
ALL/FV/V/S
/ L/D
>_ 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 categories
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.)
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 I_ button.
The" '_" symbol will be displayed for each sub-rating.
While " rl}" is
selected,
press the ENTER C_ button to go to a sub rating. Press ENTER
C# to block the sub rating. To select a different TV-Rating,
press the A or T
button and then repeat the process.
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>_ 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.
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.)
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