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Enabling parental control of TV shows, Blocking based on US TV ratings, TV-G, TV-14, TV-MA

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Enabling parental control of TV shows The first step in blocking TV shows is to enable parental control of TV shows. This setting is provided separately to make it easier for you to turn parental control of TV shows on and off without disturbing their settings. For example, your kids are going to summer camp for two weeks, and while they are gone, you don't want to have to deal with unblocking shows that you want to watch by entering your parental control PIN. All you need to do is clear Enable parental controls, and all TV shows are unblocked. When the kids return, select Enable parental controls again, and all of your parental control settings are restored in a single operation. To enable parental control of TV shows: 1. In the Home screen menu, navigate to Settings > Parental controls, and then enter your parental control PIN. 2. In the Parental controls screen, navigate to TV tuner > Parental control of TV shows. 3. Make sure the check box next to Enable parental controls is checked. If not, highlight it and press OK. Blocking based on US TV ratings Most broadcast US TV shows-other than movies-contain rating data that enables parental controls to block shows that parents don't want others to view. The ratings are divided into two groups that function independently: • Youth group - TV-Y, TV-Y7 • Main group - TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14, TV-MA Within each of these groups, the ratings interact such that if you block a particular level of content, the TV also blocks all content with a higher rating. Conversely, if you unblock a particular level of content, the TV also unblocks all content with a lower rating. For example, if you block TV-PG programs, the TV also blocks TV-14 and TV-MA programs. If you subsequently unblock TV-14 programs, TV-PG programs are also unblocked, but TV-MA programs remain blocked. Similarly, within the main group, content types can be individually blocked. For example, you can block just coarse language in shows with a TV-PG rating. If you do, then the TV also blocks shows with coarse language in the higher ratings (TV-14 and TV-MA). Subsequently unblocking coarse language in TV-14 ratings does not unblock coarse language in TV-MA programs, but it does unblock coarse language in TV-PG programs. 92

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Enabling parental control of TV shows
The first step in blocking TV shows is to enable parental control of TV shows.
This setting is provided separately to make it easier for you to turn parental control of TV
shows on and off without disturbing their settings. For example, your kids are going to
summer camp for two weeks, and while they are gone, you don’t want to have to deal with
unblocking shows that you want to watch by entering your parental control PIN. All you
need to do is clear
Enable parental controls
, and all TV shows are unblocked. When the kids
return, select
Enable parental controls
again, and all of your parental control settings are
restored in a single operation.
To enable parental control of TV shows:
1.
In the Home screen menu, navigate to
Settings > Parental controls
, and then enter
your parental control PIN.
2.
In the
Parental controls
screen, navigate to
TV tuner > Parental control of TV shows
.
3.
Make sure the check box next to
Enable parental controls
is checked. If not, highlight
it and press
OK
.
Blocking based on US TV ratings
Most broadcast US TV shows—other than movies—contain rating data that enables parental
controls to block shows that parents don’t want others to view. The ratings are divided into
two groups that function independently:
Youth group
– TV-Y, TV-Y7
Main group
– TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14, TV-MA
Within each of these groups, the ratings interact such that if you block a particular level
of content, the TV also blocks all content with a higher rating. Conversely, if you unblock
a particular level of content, the TV also unblocks all content with a lower rating. For
example, if you block TV-PG programs, the TV also blocks TV-14 and TV-MA programs. If
you subsequently unblock TV-14 programs, TV-PG programs are also unblocked, but TV-MA
programs remain blocked.
Similarly, within the main group, content types can be individually blocked. For example,
you can block just coarse language in shows with a TV-PG rating. If you do, then the TV also
blocks shows with coarse language in the higher ratings (TV-14 and TV-MA). Subsequently
unblocking coarse language in TV-14 ratings does not unblock coarse language in TV-MA
programs, but it does unblock coarse language in TV-PG programs.
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