United States: Selecting Custom Rating Options; Canada - Sony FD Trinitron WEGA KD-36FS170 Operating Instructions Manual

United States: Selecting Custom Rating Options
For the United States, the Custom Rating menu includes the following options: Movie Rating,
TV Rating, and Unrated. (For Canada, see page 26.)
Movie Rating
This system defines the rating levels of movies shown in theaters and on prime cable
channels.
Rating Defined as
G
General audience
PG
Parental guidance suggested
PG-13
Parents strongly cautioned
R
Restricted
NC-17 No one 17 and under admitted
X Adult audience only
TV Rating
The TV rating is divided into two groups: age-based and content-based.
Age Defined as Content Defined as
TV-Y All children FV Fantasy violence
TV-Y7
Directed to older children
D
Suggestive dialogue
TV-G
General audience
k
Strong language
TV-PG Parental guidance $ Sexual situations
suggested V Violence
TV-14
Parents strongly cautioned ..............................................................................................................
TV-MA
Mature audience only
_ The content ratings Will increase depending on the level of the age,basedrating:For examplel a
program
with a TV-PG V (Violence) rating
may Containmoderate
violence,
while a TV-14V
(Violence)
rating
may contain intense violence.
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