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LC-32LB481U / LC-43LB481U / LC-50LB481U 32" / 43" / 50" Full HD LED 1080p Sharp Roku TV Blocking based on US TV ratings Most broadcast US TV shows-other than movies-contain rating data that enables parental controls to block shows that parents don't want others to view. The ratings are divided into two groups that function independently: • Youth group-TV-Y, TV-Y7 • Main group-TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14, TV-MA Within each of these groups, the ratings interact such that if you block a particular level of content, your TV also blocks all content with a higher rating. Conversely, if you unblock a particular level of content, your TV also unblocks all content with a lower rating. For example, if you block TV-PG programs, your TV also blocks TV-14 and TV-MA programs. If you subsequently unblock TV-14 programs, TV-PG programs are also unblocked, but TV-MA programs remain blocked. Similarly, within the main group, content types can be individually blocked. For example, you can block just coarse language in shows with a TV-PG rating. If you do, then your TV also blocks shows with coarse language in the higher ratings (TV-14 and TV-MA). Subsequently unblocking coarse language in TV-14 ratings does not unblock coarse language in TV-MA programs, but it does unblock coarse language in TV-PG programs. To block TV shows based on US television ratings: 1 From the Home screen menu, navigate to Settings > Parental controls, and then enter your parental control PIN. 2 In the Parental controls screen, navigate to TV tuner > TV ratings. Choose among the following settings: • Entire ratings-Highlight the rating you want to block, and then navigate to the right and select the first option that blocks the entire rating level (and all higher rating levels). • Individual content types-Highlight the rating that contains the content type you want to block, and then select the content types you want to block from among those listed. Remember that blocking a content type in one rating blocks the equivalent content type in all higher rating levels. Blocking based on US movie ratings Most movies in the US are rated by the Motion Picture Association of America, or MPAA, so the ratings are known as MPAA ratings. TV broadcast signals carry movie rating data that enables parental controls to block shows that parents don't want others to see. The ratings are: • G-General audiences • PG-Parental guidance suggested • PG-13-Parents strongly cautioned for children age 13 or younger • R-Restricted • NC-17-Not for age 17 or younger Unlike US TV ratings, there are no individual content types within the ratings. But like TV ratings, blocking movies with a particular rating also blocks movies with a higher rating, and unblocking movies with a particular rating also unblocks movies with a lower rating. Tip Blocking movies with an NC-17 rating also blocks programs with the now-obsolete X rating, which can still occur in the program data of older movies. To block movies based on MPAA ratings: 1 From the Home screen menu, navigate to Settings > Parental controls, and then enter your parental control PIN. 2 In the Parental controls screen, navigate to TV Tuner > Movie ratings. 3 Select the rating level you want to block. You need only select one rating level, and all higher levels are automatically blocked. Blocking based on Other ratings Your TV can block programs having ratings that had not been defined when your TV was manufactured. It does this by detecting a new Rating Region Table in a program and then downloading the new table and displaying its rating in the Parental controls. When your TV downloads a new Rating Region Table, it adds a new option to the list of rating types: Other ratings. If you see this option in the Parental controls screen, you have tuned to a station that has implemented a new rating table. Once the new rating table has been downloaded to your TV, it remains in your TV until it is factory reset, and you can configure blocking based on the new ratings. New Region Rating Tables can have independent rating levels, or rating levels that interact in the same ways as the built-in US TV and MPAA Movie ratings. Tip If your TV downloads a new Region Rating Table, you'll have to experiment with its settings to understand how to use it. 63