Toshiba 53AX61 Owners Manual - Page 33

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 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, press z or y to highlight ENABLE BLOCKING. 2. Press x or • to select ON (locking enabled) or OFF (locking disabled). Note: The CH LOCK function is not affected by this selection. TV RATING (Independent rating system for broadcasters) 1. From the LOCKS menu, press z or y to highlight TV RATING (below left). 2. Press x or • to display the TV RATING menu (below right). 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 2 3 4 5 6 LOCKS 7 8 V-CH I P 9 ENABLE BLOCK I NG ON / OFF 10 TV RAT I NG 11 MPAA RAT I NG 12 BLOCK I NG OPT I ON 13 CH LOCK 14 V I DEO LOCK V I DEO 15 FRONT PANEL LOCK V I DEO 16 NEW P I N CODE 17 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 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 2 3 4 5 6 LOCKS 7 8 TV RAT I NG MA 1 4 PG G 9 D I ALOG 1 LANGUAGE 1 SEX 1 V I OLENCE 1 NO DLSV 1 YOUTH TV RAT I NG 1 Y7FV Y7 Y 1 1 V -CH I P MENU 1 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 3. Press z or y to select an item. 4. Press • to lock (displays "X"); press x to unlock (displays ""). 5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to set the next item. The TV age-based ratings and content themes you can lock are listed in the following table: Ratings Description and content themes MA 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 14 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 PG 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 G General Audience (Most parents would find this program suitable for all ages.) Y7, Y7FV 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.) Y 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 V I DEO 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 . yzx • Press RECALL to confirm the rating of the current TV program. PG STEREO SAP TV-PG L V L V ANT 1 9 : 25 CABLE 4 Using the TV's Features Appendix Index 33 53AX61(E)