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USA V-Chip TV Ratings

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Using the TV's Features Hierarchy of Age-Based Ratings TV-MA Mature Audience Only TV-14 Parents Strongly Cautioned TV-PG Parental Guidance Suggested TV-G General Audience TV-Y7 Directed to Children 7 years and older TV-Y All Children USA Parental Locks Movies (MPAA) TV Ratings All FV L S V D Reset Reset G TV-Y PG TV-Y7 PG-13 TV-G R TV-PG NC-17 TV-14 X TV-MA To Move OK To Select MENU To Exit USA V-Chip TV Ratings Blocking Age-Based Ratings You can automatically block all program ratings above a specified agebased rating level. 1. Choose Options (lock icon) from the main menu, then highlight Parental Controls. Enter your password. 2. Highlight and select USA Parental Locks. 3. Press the left or right arrow button to highlight a TV Rating. Press the up or down arrow button to scroll to the rating corresponding with the lowest rating you do not want the child to watch. In the example to the left, highlight TV-Y. 4. Press the OK button to toggle between locked and unlocked. The status for the rating and all higher ratings automatically lock. To view age-based ratings after you've locked them, follow the same steps as above to unlock. Content Themes D Sexually explicit dialogue L Adult language S Sexual situations V Violence FV Fantasy Violence USA Parental Locks Movies (MPAA) TV Ratings All FV L S V D Reset Reset G TV-Y PG TV-Y7 PG-13 TV-G R TV-PG NC-17 TV-14 X TV-MA To Move OK To Select MENU To Exit Blocking Specific Content Themes You can block programs based on their content. (Content is represented by the FV, L, S, V and D on your screen.) When you block a content theme for a particular rating, you automatically block that content theme for higher rated programs as well. To block program content: 1. Determine the content theme you want to block. 2. Press the down arrow button to scroll to the rating whose content theme you want to change. 3. Press the right arrow button to move the highlight to a particular content theme. In the example to the left, highlight the language (L) corresponding with TV-14. 4. Press the OK button to change its status to lock. The language for TV-MA is blocked as well. Notes: Broadcasters are not required to provide content themes or age-based ratings. To view a content theme after it's been locked, follow the same steps as above to unlock. Note that if you unlock the language corresponding with TV-14, the language for TV-MA doesn't unlock. You have to unlock the content theme status for each rating separately. Chapter 3 31

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Chapter 3
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Using the TV’s Features
USA V-Chip TV Ratings
Blocking
Age-Based Ratings
You can automatically block all program ratings above a specified age-
based rating level.
1. Choose
Options
(lock icon) from the main menu, then highlight
Parental Controls
. Enter your password.
2. Highlight and select
USA Parental Locks
.
3.
Press the left or right arrow button to highlight a TV Rating. Press
the up or down arrow button to scroll to the rating corresponding
with the lowest rating you do not want the child to watch. In the
example to the left, highlight TV-Y.
4
.
Press the OK button to toggle between locked and unlocked. The
status for the rating and all higher ratings automatically lock.
To view age-based ratings after you've locked them, follow the same
steps as above to unlock.
Hierarchy of Age-Based Ratings
TV-MA
Mature Audience Only
TV-14
Parents Strongly Cautioned
TV-PG
Parental Guidance Suggested
TV-G
General Audience
TV-Y7
Directed to Children 7 years and older
TV-Y
All Children
USA Parental Locks
To Move
Movies (MPAA)
TV Ratings
All
FV
L
S
V
D
Reset
Reset
G
TV-Y
PG
TV-Y7
PG-13
TV-G
R
TV-PG
NC-17
TV-14
X
TV-MA
OK To Select
MENU
To Exit
Content Themes
D
Sexually explicit dialogue
L
Adult language
S
Sexual situations
V
Violence
FV
Fantasy Violence
USA Parental Locks
To Move
Movies (MPAA)
TV Ratings
All
FV
L
S
V
D
Reset
Reset
G
TV-Y
PG
TV-Y7
PG-13
TV-G
R
TV-PG
NC-17
TV-14
X
TV-MA
OK To Select
MENU
To Exit
Blocking Specific Content Themes
You can block programs based on their content. (Content is
represented by the
FV, L, S, V
and
D
on your screen.) When you block
a content theme for a particular rating, you automatically block that
content theme for higher rated programs as well.
To block program content:
1.
Determine the content theme you want to block.
2.
Press the down arrow button to scroll to the rating whose content
theme you want to change.
3.
Press the right arrow button to move the highlight to a particular
content theme. In the example to the left, highlight the language
(L) corresponding with TV-14.
4.
Press the OK button to change its status to
lock. The language for
TV-MA is blocked as well.
Notes:
Broadcasters are not required to provide content
themes or age-based ratings.
To view a content theme after it's been locked, follow the same
steps as above to unlock. Note that if you unlock the language
corresponding with TV-14, the language for TV-MA doesn't unlock.
You have to unlock the content theme status for each rating separately.