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To set Rating Limits for Specific TV Content, Movies and TV Programs with No Rating Information.

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Settings To set Rating Limits for Specific TV Content: From Parental Controls, select "Rating Settings," then enter the password and press SELECT. Select "Block by TV Content." A list of categories appears on the next screen. Select a category (for example, V-Violence). A box containing all the possible ratings appears. Ratings in green are not locked; ratings in red are locked. (Ratings in gray do not apply to the category. For example, a TV-Y program would not have V-Violence content so there is nothing to block.) Use the UP and DOWN arrows to adjust which ratings are locked or unlocked. The display to the right of the box will change to tell you exactly what ratings level you are allowing. Your changes are saved automatically. To return to the Parental Controls screen, press SELECT or the RIGHT arrow. Broadcasters are not required to provide ratings for specific types of content. If you want to be sure to block programs that do not include gray = does not apply to the category ratings for specific types of content, you will have to use age-based green = not locked ratings to block content. See "Rating Limits for TV and Movies," on page 92. 6 red = locked Movies and TV Programs with No Rating Information. If a movie has no rating information, it is treated as if it has the highest movie rating, 'X.' If you require a password for X-rated movies, then movies without rating information also require a password. If a television program has no rating information, it is treated as if it has the lowest TV rating, 'TV-Y.' A password is only required to view it if you set Parental Controls to require a password for programs rated 'TV-Y.' Some programs broadcast on offair antenna channels have no Channel Lock for Live TV ( ): You can lock individual channels so that a password is required to view any program on those channels. To lock or unlock channels: 1. From the Parental Controls screen, select "Channel Lock," and then enter the password. rating information. You may not be able to use Parental Controls to block programs with no rating information on off-air antenna channels. DIRECTV Central Messages & Setup Settings Parental Controls 93

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Settings
To set Rating Limits for Specific TV Content:
From Parental Controls, select “Rating
Settings,” then enter the password and press SELECT. Select “Block by TV Content.” A
list of categories appears on the next screen. Select a category (for example, V-Violence).
A box containing all the possible ratings appears. Ratings in green are not locked; ratings
in red are locked. (Ratings in gray do not apply to the category. For example, a TV-Y
program would not have
V-Violence
content so there is nothing to block.)
Use the UP and DOWN arrows to adjust which ratings are locked or unlocked. The
display to the right of the box will change to tell you exactly what ratings level you are
allowing. Your changes are saved automatically. To return to the Parental Controls screen,
press SELECT or the RIGHT arrow.
Broadcasters are not required to provide ratings for specific types of
content. If you want to be sure to block programs that do not include
ratings for specific types of content, you will have to use age-based
ratings to block content. See “Rating Limits for TV and Movies,” on page 92.
Movies and TV Programs with No Rating Information.
If a movie has no
rating information, it is treated as if it has the highest movie rating, ‘X.’ If
you require a password for X-rated movies, then movies without rating information also
require a password. If a television program has no rating information, it is treated as if it
has the lowest TV rating, ‘TV-Y.’ A password is only required to view it if you set
Parental Controls to require a password for programs rated ‘TV-Y.’
Channel Lock for Live TV
(
):
You can lock individual channels so that a password is
required to view any program on those channels. To lock or unlock channels:
1.
From the Parental Controls screen, select “Channel Lock,” and then enter the
password.
gray = does not apply
to the category
green = not locked
red = locked
Some programs broadcast on off-
air antenna channels have no
rating information. You may not be able to
use Parental Controls to block programs
with no rating information on off-air
antenna channels.
DIRECTV Central
Messages & Setup
Settings
Parental Controls