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How to Set up Restrictions Using the “TV 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. Move the joystick up or
down to select “Function”, then press the joystick
to enter.
2
Move the joystick up or down to select “V-Chip”,
then press the joystick to enter.
3
The message "Enter Pin" will appear. Enter your
4-digit PIN number.
4
The “V-chip” screen will appear.
Move the joystick up or down to select “TV Guide-
lines”, press the joystick to enter.
5
The “TV guidelines” screen will appear. Move the
joystick up or down to select one of the six age-
based categories:
TV-Y Young children
TV-Y7 Children 7 and over
TV-G General audience
TV-PG Parental guidance
TV-14 Viewers 14 and over
TV-MA Mature audience
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At this point, one of the TV-Ratings is selected.
Move the joystick to the right: Depending on your existing setup, a letter “U” or “B” will start
blinking.
(U= Unblocked, B= Blocked)
While the “U” or ”B” is blinking, move the joystick up or down to block or unblock the
category.
Move the joystick to the right to save the TV guidelines. A TV-Rating will be selected,
and no letters will blink.
To select a different TV-Rating, move the joystick up or down and then repeat the process.
Note 1: The TV-Y7, TV-PG, TV-14 and TV-MA have additional options. See the next step to
change any of the following sub-ratings:
FV: Fantasy violence
D: Sexually Seggesive Dialog
L: Adult Language
S: Sexual situation
V: Violence
Note 2: 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.)
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How to set the FV, D, L, S and V sub-ratings.
First, select one of these TV-Ratings: TV-Y7, TV-PG, TV-14 or TV-MA (See Step 4, on
previous page).
Next, while the TV-Rating is selected, repeatedly move the joystick to the right.
This will cycle through the available sub-ratings (FV,L, S, D or V).
A blinking letter (“U” or “B”) will be displayed for each sub-rating. While the “U” or “B” is
blinking, move the joystick up or down to change the sub-rating.
Move the joystick to the right to save the TV guidelines. A TV-Rating will be selected and no
letters will select. To select a different TV-Rating, move the joystick up or down and then
repeat the process.
Note: 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.
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Press the Menu button to clear all the screens. (Or proceed to the next section, and set up
additional restrictions based on the MPAA codes).
Note
• Note: 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 TV-Y and TV-Y7 categories
are colored blue.
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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