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USING PARENTAL CONTROLS
The TV’s parental controls allow you to prevent the TV from displaying
certain channels or programs without a password.
The PARENTAL CONTROLS menu only appears when:
• You are using the tuner to receive your TV signals, such as
when you are using an antenna for Over-the-Air signals or when
connected to cable TV directly from the wall (no cable box).
• You have a device connected using a composite video cable or a
coaxial cable, such as a VCR, satellite or cable box, or DVR.
Accessing the Parental Controls Menu
To access the PARENTAL CONTROLS menu:
1. Press the Menu button on the remote. The on-screen menu is
2. displayed.
3. Use the Arrow buttons on the remote to highlight Channels and
4. press OK. The CHANNELS menu is displayed.
5. Use the Arrow buttons on the remote to highlight Parental
Controls and press OK.
6. Enter your set System PIN.
Enabling or Disabling Program Ratings
To manage program content according to its rating, you must enable the
Program Rating feature.
To enable or disable the Program Rating feature:
1. From the PARENTAL CONTROLS menu, highlight Locks and press
OK. The LOCKS menu is displayed.
2. Select On or O and press OK.
Locking and Unlocking Channels
When a channel is locked, it will be inaccessible. Locking a channel is a
good way to prevent children from viewing inappropriate material.
To lock or unlock a channel:
1. From the PARENTAL CONTROLS menu, highlight Channel Locks
and press OK. The CHANNEL LOCKS menu is displayed.
2. Highlight the channel you want to lock or unlock and press OK.
3. When a channel is
locked
, the Lock icon appears locked. The
channel is not accessible unless the parental PIN is entered.
4. When a channel is
unlocked
, the Lock icon appears unlocked.
The channel is accessible.
Blocking and Unblocking Content by Rating
A channel may sometimes broadcast programs that are meant for
children, and at other times broadcast programs that are meant for
mature audiences. You may not want to block the channel completely
using a channel lock, but you may wish to block certain programs from
being viewed.
When this is the case, you can use the TV’s Rating Block feature to block
content based on its rating.
To block or unblock content by its rating:
1. From the PARENTAL CONTROLS menu, highlight the content type
you want to adjust and press OK:
• USA TV - USA television program broadcasts.
• USA Movie - USA movie broadcasts.
• Canadian English - Canadian English television program
broadcasts.
• Canadian French - Canadian French television program
broadcasts.
2. For each rating type you want to block or unblock, use the Up/
Down and Left/Right Arrow buttons on the remote to highlight
the rating type and press OK.
3. When the rating type is blocked, the Lock icon appears
locked. Content with this rating and all higher ratings cannot be
viewed.
4. When the rating type is unblocked, the Lock icon appears
unlocked. Content with this rating and all lower ratings can be
viewed.
If you want to block all unrated content, highlight Block Unrated Shows
and use the Arrow buttons on the remote to select On.
5. When you are nished adjusting the rating level blocks, press the
Exit button on the remote.
To set a custom PIN passcode, see
Setting a System Pin.
Other devices have their own parental control settings.
For a list of content ratings and their denitions, visit
www.tvguidelines.org.
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