What The Ratings Mean; Ratings In The U.s.a - Sony KE-42M1 Service Manual

What the Ratings Mean

Ratings in the U.S.A.

Sony's predetermined ratings
These are original ratings that Sony has
predetermined according to the viewer's age. Each
rating allows for viewing of certain programs, as
follows:
Option
Child
Youth
Y.Adult (Young Adult)
For descriptions of Child, Youth, and Y.Adult
(Young Adult) ratings, see the following custom
rating options.
Description
Suitable for children under the
age of 7.
Viewable U.S. movie ratings:
G, NR, and N/A
Viewable U.S. TV ratings:
TV-Y, TV-G, and TV-NR
Suitable for children aged 7
and older.
Viewable U.S. movie ratings:
G, PG, NR, and N/A
Viewable U.S. TV ratings:
TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-G, TV-PG,
and TV-NR
Suitable for children aged 13
and older.
Viewable U.S. movie ratings:
G, PG, PG-13, NR, and N/A
Viewable U.S. TV ratings:
TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-G, TV-PG,
TV-14, and TV-NR
U.S. movie ratings
U.S. movie ratings are for movies (including those
shown on TV) rated according to the Motion Picture
Association of America (MPAA) Guidelines.
Option
G (General Audiences —
All Ages Admitted)
PG (Parental Guidance
Suggested — Some Material
May Not Be Suitable For
Children)
PG-13 (Parents Strongly
Cautioned — Some Material
May Be Inappropriate For
Children Under 13)
R (Restricted — Under 17
Requires Accompanying Parent
Or Adult Guardian)
NC-17 or X (No One 17 And
Under Admitted)
Description
In G-rated films, no strong
words are used, the violence is
at a minimum, nudity and sex
scenes are not present, nor is
there any drug use.
This is a film which may need
to be monitored first by
parents.
Parents are alerted to be very
careful about the attendance of
their under-teenage children
when viewing.
This film includes hard
language, tough violence,
nudity, drug abuse or other
elements of concern.
This is a film that most parents
would consider not suitable for
children aged 17 and under.
There may be violence, sex,
abhorrent behavior, drug abuse
or other elements of concern.
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