Pioneer PRO-910HD Owner's Manual - Page 90

TV Parental Guidelines, Voluntary movie rating system MPAA

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12 Useful Adjustment Settings Parental Control (setting the V-CHIP level) The V-CHIP is an electronic filtering device built into your system. This tool gives parents a great degree of control over broadcasts accessed by their children. It allows parents to select programs judged suitable for child viewing while blocking ones judged not suitable. It does so automatically once you activate the V-CHIP feature in your Plasma Display. This tool functions for both conventional and digital TV channels. • The U.S. has two rating systems for viewing content: TV Parental Guidelines and movie ratings. • The TV Parental Guidelines work in conjunction with the V-CHIP to help parents screen out inappropriate television shows from their children. • Movie ratings are used for original movies rated by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) as watched on cable TV and not edited for television. The V-CHIP can also be set to block MPAA-rated movies. Voluntary movie rating system (MPAA) Rating G Description General audiences. All ages admitted. PG Parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children. PG-13 Parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Age-Base R Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian (age varies in some jurisdictions). NC-17 No one 17 and under admitted. X A rating that has now been superseded by NC-17. NR Not rated. • The voluntary movie rating system only uses an agebased rating. TV Parental Guidelines Content FV D L S V Rating TV-Y (All children) (Fantasy (Sexually (Adult (Sexual (Violence) violence) suggestive language) situation) dialog) TV-Y7 (Directed to older children) X TV-G Age-Base (General audience) TV-PG (Parental guidance suggested) XX X X TV-14 (Parents strongly cautioned) XX X X TV-MA (Mature audience only) XXX X: Content rating can be set. Activating the Parental Control 1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Press / to select "Setup", and then press ENTER. 3 Press / to select "Parental Control", and then press ENTER. • If you have set a password (page 95), the password entry screen appears. Enter your 4digit password using buttons 0 - 9. 4 Press / to select "Status", and then press ENTER. 5 Press / to select "On", and then press ENTER. Status Off On 90 En PDP-ELITE-Eng (81-96) 90 • The factory default is "Off". 6 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu. 9/9/03, 11:47

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Useful Adjustment Settings
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• The voluntary movie rating system only uses an age-
based rating.
TV Parental Guidelines
Content
FV
D
L
S
V
Rating
(Fantasy
(Sexually
(Adult
(Sexual
(Violence)
violence)
suggestive
language)
situation)
dialog)
TV-Y
(All children)
TV-Y7
(Directed to older children)
X
TV-G
Age-Base
(General audience)
TV-PG
(Parental guidance suggested)
X
X
X
X
TV-14
(Parents strongly cautioned)
X
X
X
X
TV-MA
(Mature audience only)
X
X
X
X: Content rating can be set.
Activating the Parental Control
1
Press
HOME MENU
.
2
Press
/
to select “Setup”, and then press
ENTER
.
3
Press
/
to select “Parental Control”, and then
press
ENTER
.
• If you have set a password (page 95), the
password entry screen appears. Enter your 4-
digit password using buttons
0
9
.
4
Press
/
to select “Status”, and then press
ENTER
.
5
Press
/
to select “On”, and then press
ENTER
.
Status
Off
On
The factor
y default is “Off
”.
6
Press
HOME MENU
to exit the menu.
Parental Control
(setting the V-CHIP level)
The V-CHIP is an electronic filtering device built into
your system. This tool gives parents a great degree of
control over broadcasts accessed by their children. It
allows parents to select programs judged suitable for
child viewing while blocking ones judged not suitable.
It does so automatically once you activate the V-CHIP
feature in your Plasma Display.
This tool functions for both conventional and digital TV
channels.
• The U.S. has two rating systems for viewing content:
TV Parental Guidelines and movie ratings.
• The TV Parental Guidelines work in conjunction with
the V-CHIP to help parents screen out inappropriate
television shows from their children.
• Movie ratings are used for original movies rated by
the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) as
watched on cable TV and not edited for television. The
V-CHIP can also be set to block MPAA-rated movies.
Voluntary movie rating system (MPAA)
Rating
Description
G
General audiences. All ages admitted.
PG
Parental guidance suggested. Some
material may not be suitable for children.
PG-13
Parents strongly cautioned. Some material
may be inappropriate for children under
13.
Age-Base
R
Restricted. Under 17 requires accompany-
ing parent or adult guardian (age varies in
some jurisdictions).
NC-17
No one 17 and under admitted.
X
A rating that has now been superseded by
NC-17.
NR
Not rated.
PDP-ELITE-Eng (81-96)
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