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On-Screen Display Menu V-Chip V-CHIP is an electronic filtering device built into your TV. This tool gives parents a great degree of control over broadcasts accessed by their children. It allows parents to select programs judged suitable for child viewing while blocking ones judged not suitable. It does so automatically once you activate the V-CHIP feature in your TV. "V-Chip" and "Status" will not be selectable from the menu if you do not first configure your secret number. • The U.S. has two rating systems for viewing content: TV Parental Guidelines and movie ratings. • The TV Parental Guidelines work in conjunction with the V-CHIP to help parents screen out inappropriate television shows from their children. • Movie ratings are used for original movies rated by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) as watched on cable TV and not edited for television. The V-CHIP can also be set to block MPAA-rated movies. • The setting automatically enters "Block" for any ratings below your selection. • If Status is not set to "On", the configuration settings will not work. ■ MPAA (Voluntary movie rating system) Example MPAA TV Guidelines G Can. English Ratings PG Can. French Ratings PG-13 R NC-17 X NONE Press a/b to adjust the item to your desired position. " " indicates the item is blocked. Press MENU to exit. 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 (age varies in some jurisdictions). NC-17: No one 17 and under admitted. X: X is an older rating that is unified with NC-17 but may be encoded in the data of older movies. • Voluntary movie rating system only uses an age-based rating. 36 ■ TV Parental Guidelines Example MPAA TV Guidelines TV-Y Can. English Ratings TV-Y7 D Can. French Ratings TV-G L TV-PG S TV-14 V TV-MA FV NONE Press a/b to adjust the item to your desired position. " " indicates the item is blocked. Press MENU to exit. Suggested age TV-Y: All children. TV-Y7: Directed to older children. TV-G: General audience. TV-PG: Parental Guidance suggested. TV-14: Parents strongly cautioned. TV-MA: Mature audience only. Example MPAA TV Guidelines TV-Y Can. English Ratings TV-Y7 D Can. French Ratings TV-G L TV-PG S TV-14 V TV-MA FV NONE When setting an individual content-based rating item: 1 Press d or ENTER to access blocked content items from the currently selected age-based rating item. 2 Press a/b to select an individual item, and then press ENTER to unblock it (" " is removed). Repeat the same steps for the other items. 3 Press c or RETURN to register after all individual content rating items are set. Content FV: Fantasy violence. V: Violence. S: Sexual situation. L: Adult language. D: Sexually suggestive dialog. Rating Content FV V S L D TV-Y TV-Y7 Suggested age TV-G TV-PG TV-14 TV-MA : The content rating can be set, but this rating is not normally broadcast by TV stations. : Content rating can be set.