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Enabling or Disabling Program Ratings, Locking and Unlocking Channels

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Enabling or Disabling Program Ratings To manage program content according to its rating, you must enable the Program Rating feature. To enable or disable the Program Rating feature: 1. From the Parental Controls menu, highlight Rating Enable and press OK. The Rating Enable menu is displayed. 2. Select On or Off and press OK. Locking and Unlocking Channels When a channel is locked, it will be inaccessible. Locking a channel is a good way to prevent children from viewing inappropriate material. To lock or unlock a channel: 1. From the Parental Controls menu, highlight Channel Locks and press OK. The Channel Locks menu is displayed. 2. Highlight the channel you want to lock or unlock and press OK. • When a channel is locked, the Lock icon appears locked. The channel is not accessible unless the parental passcode is entered. • When a channel is unlocked, the Lock icon appears unlocked. The channel is accessible. Blocking and Unblocking Content by Rating A channel may sometimes broadcast programs that are meant for children, and at other times broadcast programs that are meant for mature audiences. You may not want to block the channel 5 completely using a channel lock, but you may wish to block certain programs from being viewed. When this is the case, you can use the TV's Rating Block feature to block content based on its rating. Using the On-Screen Menu For a list of content ratings and their definitions, visit www.tvguidelines.org. To block or unblock content by its rating: 1. From the Parental Controls menu, highlight the content type you want to adjust and press OK: USA - TV - USA television program broadcasts. USA - Movie - USA movie broadcasts. CAN - English - Canadian English television program broadcasts. CAN - French - Canadian French television program broadcasts. 34

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Using the On-Screen Menu
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Enabling or Disabling Program Ratings
To manage program content according to its rating, you must enable the Program Rating feature.
To enable or disable the Program Rating feature:
1. From the Parental Controls menu, highlight
Rating Enable
and press
OK
. The Rating
Enable menu is displayed.
2. Select
On
or
Off
and press
OK
.
Locking and Unlocking Channels
When a channel is locked, it will be inaccessible. Locking a channel is a good way to prevent
children from viewing inappropriate material.
To lock or unlock a channel:
1. From the Parental Controls menu, highlight
Channel Locks
and press
OK
. The Channel
Locks menu is displayed.
2. Highlight the channel you want to lock or unlock and press
OK
.
•
When a channel is
locked
, the Lock icon appears
locked
. The channel
is not
accessible unless the parental passcode is entered.
•
When a channel is
unlocked
, the Lock icon appears
unlocked
. The channel
is
accessible.
Blocking and Unblocking Content by Rating
A channel may sometimes broadcast programs that are meant for children, and at other times
broadcast programs that are meant for mature audiences. You may not want to block the channel
completely using a channel lock, but you may wish to block certain programs from being viewed.
When this is the case, you can use the TV’s Rating Block feature to block content based on its
rating.
For a list of content ratings and their definitions, visit www.tvguidelines.org.
To block or unblock content by its rating:
1.
From the Parental Controls menu, highlight the content type you want to adjust and press
OK
:
USA - TV
- USA television program broadcasts.
USA - Movie
- USA movie broadcasts.
CAN - English
- Canadian English television program broadcasts.
CAN - French
- Canadian French television program broadcasts.