Toshiba 50A11 Owners Manual - Page 27

Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Using the V-CHIP menu Some TV programs and movies include signals that classify the content of the program (violence, sex, dialog, language). The V-CHIP control feature in this TV detects the signals and blocks the programs according to your selections. To use this feature, perform the following setup. ENABLE BLOCKING 1. From the LOCKS menu, select ENABLE BLOCKING. 2. Press x or • to select ON (blocking enabled) or OFF (blocking disabled). Note: The CH LOCK function is not affected by this selection. TV RATING (Independent rating system for broadcasters) 1. From the LOCKS menu, select TV RATING. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 2. Press x or • to display 1 2 1 2 3 3 the TV RATING menu. 4 4 5 5 6 6 3. Press z or y to select item. 7 8 LOCKS 7 8 9 TV RAT I NG MA 1 4 PG G 9 4. Press • to lock (display X ). 10 D I ALOG 11 LANGUAGE 10 11 12 SEX 12 Press x to unlock (display  ). 13 14 V I OLENCE NO DLSV 13 14 15 YOUTH TV RAT I NG 15 16 Y7FV Y7 Y 16 5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to set 17 18 V -CH I P MENU 17 18 the next item. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 The TV age-based ratings and content themes that can be locked are listed in the table below. Ratings MA 14 PG G Y7, Y7-FV Y Description and Content themes Mature Audience Only (This program is specifically designed to be viewed by adults and therefore may be unsuitable for children under 17.) L) Crude or indecent language S) Explicit sexual activity V) Graphic violence Parents Strongly Cautioned (This program contains some material that many parents would find unsuitable for children under 14 years of age.) D) Intensely suggestive dialog L) Strong coarse language S) Intense sexual situations V) Intense violence Parental Guidance Suggested (This program contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children.) D) Some suggestive dialog L) Infrequent coarse language S) Some sexual situations V) Moderate violence General Audience (Most parents would find this program suitable for all ages.) Directed to Older Children (This program is designed for children age 7 and above. Note: Programs in which fantasy violence may be more intense or more combative than other programs in this category are designated Y7-FV.) All Children (This program is designed to be appropriate for all children.) LOCKS menu 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 LOCKS 7 8 8 9 V-CH I P 9 10 ENABLE BLOCK I NG ON / OFF 10 11 TV RAT I NG 11 12 MPAA RAT I NG 12 13 BLOCK I NG OPT I ON 13 14 CH LOCK 14 15 V I DEO LOCK V I DEO 15 16 FRONT PANEL LOCK OFF 16 17 NEW P I N CODE 17 18 18 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 To select each item: Press z or y . RECALL MUTE POWER 123 456 78 9 CH RTN 100 0 ENT CH MENU/ VOL ENTER VOL TV CABLE VCR CH EX I T FAV CH TV/VIDEO yzx • Press RECALL to display the rating of the current TV program. PG STEREO SAP TV-PG L V L V ANT 1 9 : 25 CABLE 4 Setting up your TV Using the TV's Features Appendix Index 27