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Setting parental controls

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Setting parental controls 2 Press or to highlight Channel. The Channel menu opens. The digital TV signal strength is indicated by the color bar beside the Channel Strength option. DX-24LD230A12 27 4 The Enter Password screen opens. If you are adding a password, use the number buttons to enter 0000. If you are changing a password, enter the old password. If you have forgotten your password, enter 9999. 3 Press EXIT to close the menu. Setting parental controls Parental controls let you prevent your children from watching inappropriate material on TV. When set, parental controls read the rating of the program (with some exceptions, such as news and sports) and deny access to programs that exceed the ratings level you select. To watch programs that exceed the selected rating, you must enter the password. Setting or changing the password To set or change the password: 1 Press MENU. The on-screen menu opens with the Picture menu displayed. 2 Press or to highlight Settings. The Settings menu opens. Press or ENTER/ to access the menu. 3 Press or to highlight Parental Controls, then press ENTER/ . Open Source Notice Reset to Default 5 The Parental Controls sub-menu opens. Press or to highlight Change Password, then press ENTER/ . 6 If you are adding a password, enter 0000 as the old password. If you are changing a password, enter your old password. 7 Enter your new password, then enter it again to confirm. The Parental Controls sub-menu re-opens. 8 Press EXIT to close the menu. Setting parental control levels You can set parental control levels for the U.S. and Canada. The following procedure shows how to set controls for U.S. TV and movie ratings. You use similar steps for controlling Canadian TV ratings. Parental control settings are only applicable to programs that have a rating signal. If you prefer to block programs that have no rating signal, see "Blocking unrated TV" on page 29. Ratings U.S. TV ratings (age-based) NONE TV-Y TV-Y7 TV-G TV-PG TV-14 TV-MA Not rated All children Children over seven years of age General audiences Parental guidance suggested Parents strongly cautioned Mature audiences only

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Setting parental controls
27
DX-24LD230A12
2
Press
³
or
´
to highlight
Channel
. The
Channel
menu opens. The digital TV signal strength is
indicated by the color bar beside the
Channel
Strength
option.
3
Press
EXIT
to close the menu.
Setting parental controls
Parental controls let you prevent your children from
watching inappropriate material on TV. When set,
parental controls read the rating of the program (with
some exceptions, such as news and sports) and deny
access to programs that exceed the ratings level you
select. To watch programs that exceed the selected rating,
you must enter the password.
Setting or changing the password
To set or change the password:
1
Press
MENU
. The on-screen menu opens with the
Picture
menu displayed.
2
Press
³
or
´
to highlight
Settings
. The
Settings
menu opens. Press
²
or
ENTER
/
to access the
menu.
3
Press
±
or
²
to highlight
Parental Controls
, then
press
ENTER
/
.
4
The
Enter Password
screen opens. If you are adding a
password, use the number buttons to enter
0000
. If
you are changing a password, enter the old
password. If you have forgotten your password,
enter
9999
.
5
The
Parental Controls
sub-menu opens. Press
±
or
²
to highlight
Change Password
, then press
ENTER
/
.
6
If you are adding a password, enter
0000
as the old
password. If you are changing a password, enter
your old password.
7
Enter your new password, then enter it again to
confirm. The
Parental Controls
sub-menu re-opens.
8
Press
EXIT
to close the menu.
Setting parental control levels
You can set parental control levels for the U.S. and
Canada. The following procedure shows how to set
controls for U.S. TV and movie ratings. You use similar
steps for controlling Canadian TV ratings.
Parental control settings are only applicable to programs
that have a rating signal. If you prefer to block programs
that have no rating signal, see “Blocking unrated TV” on
page 29.
Ratings
Open Source Notice
Reset to Default
U.S. TV ratings (age-based)
NONE
Not rated
TV-Y
All children
TV-Y7
Children over seven years
of age
TV-G
General audiences
TV-PG
Parental guidance
suggested
TV-14
Parents strongly cautioned
TV-MA
Mature audiences only