How
to
Set
up
Restrictions Using
"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
~
or T button to select Setup, then press the ENTER button.
2 Press the
~
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
~
or T button
to
select TV Parental
Guidelines, then press the ENTER button.
4 The TV Parental Guidelines screen will appear.
Press the
~
or T button to select one of the six aged based categories:
•
TV-Y:
All
children.
The
themes
and
elements
in
this
program
are
specifically
designed
for
a
very
young
audience,
including
children
from
ages
two
to
six.
•
TV-Y7:
Directed
to
older
children.
The
themes
and
elements
in
this
program
may
include
mild
physical
or
comedic
violence
or
may
frighten
children
under
the
age
of
seven.
•
TV-G:
General
audience.
It
contains
little
or
no
violence,
no
strong
language
and
little
or
no
sexual
dialog
or
situations.
•
TV·PG:
Parental
guidance
suggested.
This
program
may
contain
infrequent
coarse
language,
limited
violence,
some
suggestive
sexual
dialog
and
situations.
•
TV-14:
Parents
strongly
cautioned.
This
program
may
contain
sophisticated
themes,
sexual
content,
strong
language
and
more
intense
violence.
•
TV·MA:
Mature
audiences
only.
This
program
may
contain
mature
themes,
profane
language,
graphic
violence
and
explicit
sexual
content.
5 At this point, one of the TV-Ratings
is
selected.
Press the ENTER button. Depending
on
your existing setup,
the"
i"
symbol will
be
selected. (Blank =Unblocked, i =Blocked) While"
i"
is
selected, press the
ENTER button to block or unblock the category.
To
select a different TV-Rating, press the
~
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:
•
FV:
Fantasy
violence.
• 0:
Sexually
suggestive
dialog.
•
L:
Adult
language.
•
S:
Sexual
situation.
•
V:
Violence.
~
The V-Chip will automatically block certain categories that are "more
restrictive". For example, if you block TV-Y category, then TV-Y? 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 subratings (0,
L,
S,
V) work together similarly.
(See next section.)
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