Toshiba 50H12 Owners Manual - Page 34

Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV 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 conrol 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 or OFF. ON : To enable your setting (Lock) OFF: To release your setting (Unlock) Note: The CH LOCK function is not affected by the ENABLE BLOCKING setting. 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 1 1 2 2 2. Press x or • to display 3 4 3 4 5 5 the TV RATING menu. 6 7 LOCKS 6 7 3. Press z or y to select item. 8 9 TV RAT I NG MA 1 4 PG G D I ALOG 10 LANGUAGE 8 9 10 11 SEX 11 4. Press • to lock (display "X" ) 12 13 V I OLENCE NO D L S V 12 13 14 YOUTH TV RAT I NG 14 Press x to unlock (display "✓ ") 15 16 17 Y7FV Y7 Y V -CH I P MENU 15 16 17 5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to set 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 the next item. The TV age-based ratings and content themes that can be blocked are listed in the table below. Ratings MA 14 PG G Y7, Y7FV 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 Guidances 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 Y7FV.) 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 9 V -CH I P ENABLE BLOCK I NG ON / OFF 8 9 10 TV RAT I NG 10 11 MPAA RAT I NG 11 12 BLOCK I NG OPT I ON 12 13 CH LOCK 13 14 V I DEO LOCK OFF 14 15 FRONT PANEL LOCK OFF 15 16 NEW P I N CODE 16 17 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 . LIGHT RECALL POWER TV CABLE VCR MUTE TV/VIDEO TIMER 123 CH 456 789 CH RTN VOL 100 0 ENT ADV/ POP CH FAVORITE EXIT PIC SIZE FAV MENU/ ENTER FAV yzx • C.CAPT ADV/ POP CH STOP SOURCE PLAY PIP REC TV/VCR REW FF Press RECALSLTILLtoLOdCAiTsEpSlWaAPy the rating of the TV program you are currently watching. PG L V STEREO SAP TV - PG FULL L V 9 : 25 ANT 1 CABLE 4 33 34 35 Using the TV's Features Appendix Index 34