Setting Parental Controls; Setting Or Changing The Password; Setting Parental Control Levels - Dynex DX-19LD150A11 User Manual

Setting parental controls

2
Press or to highlight Channel. The Channel
menu opens. The digital TV signal strength is
indicated by the color bar beside the Channel
Strength option.
3
Press EXIT to close the menu.
Setting parental controls
Parental controls let you prevent your children from
watching inappropriate material on TV. When set,
parental controls read the rating of the program (with
some exceptions, such as news and sports) and deny
access to programs that exceed the ratings level you
select. To watch programs that exceed the selected
rating, you must enter the password.

Setting or changing the password

To set or change the password:
1
Press MENU. The on-screen menu opens with the
Picture menu displayed.
2
Press or to highlight Settings. The Settings
menu opens. Press
menu.
3
Press or to highlight Parental Controls, then
press ENTER/ .
Open Source Notice
Reset to Default
or ENTER/ to access the
4
The Enter Password screen opens. If you are adding a
password, use the number buttons to enter 0000. If
you are changing a password, enter the old
password. If you have forgotten your password,
enter 9999.
5
The Parental Controls sub-menu opens. Press
to highlight Change Password, then press
ENTER/ .
6
If you are adding a password, enter 0000 as the old
password. If you are changing a password, enter
your old password.
7
Enter your new password, then enter it again to
confirm. The Parental Controls sub-menu re-opens.
8
Press EXIT to close the menu.

Setting parental control levels

You can set parental control levels for the U.S. and
Canada. The following procedure shows how to set
controls for U.S. TV and movie ratings. You use similar
steps for controlling Canadian TV ratings.
Parental control settings are only applicable to programs
that have a rating signal. If you prefer to block programs
that have no rating signal, see "Blocking unrated TV" on
page 29.
Ratings
U.S. TV ratings (age-based)
NONE
TV-Y
TV-Y7
TV-G
TV-PG
TV-14
TV-MA
DX-19LD150A11
Not rated
All children
Children over seven years
of age
General audiences
Parental guidance
suggested
Parents strongly cautioned
Mature audiences only
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