Symphonic SSC199V Owner's Manual - Page 19

V

-CHIP

SET

UP

V

-CHIP

enables

parents

to

prevent

their

children

from

watching

inappropriate

material

on

TV.

V

-CHIP

reads

the

ratings

for

programming

(except

for

news

and

sports

programs,

unedited

movies

on

premium

cable

channels,

and

Emergency

Broadcast

System

sig-

nals),

then

denies

access

to

programming

if

the

pro-

gram's

rating

meets

the

limitations

you

select.

In

this

case,

"PROTECTED

PROGRAM

by

..."

message

ap-

pears

on

the

TV

screen.

To

block

ratings,

follow

the

steps

below.

•

Programming

may

be

rated

by

the

Motion

Picture

Association

of

America

(MPAA)

or

according

to

the

Television

Parental

Guidelines.

In

order

to

block

any

inappropriate

programming,

set

your

limits

in

both

places

(MPAA

RATING

and

TV

RATING).

TV

RATING

SET

UP

Make

sure

...

•

Use

the

remote

control

for

this

procedure.

•

TVNCR

power

must

be

turned

on.

"V

-CHIP

SET

UP"

Press

the

MENU

button.

Press

the

PLAY/A

or

STOP/V

but-

ton

to

point

to

"V

--

CHIP

SET

UP".

Then,

press

the

F.FWD/►

button.

BATING

Press

the

PLAY/A

or

STOP/V

button

to

point

to

"TV

RATING".

Then,

press

the

F.FWD/10-

button.

Press

the

PLAY/A

or

STOP/V

but-

ton

to

point

to

your

desired

item.

Then,

press

the

F.FWD/Vio-

button

to

select

[BLOCK]

or

[VIEW].

-MENU-

TIMER

PROGRAMMING

PICTURE

CONTROL

SETTING

CLOCK

CHANNEL

SET

UP

USERS

SET

UP

►

V

-CHIP

SET

UP

LANGUAGE

[ENGLISH]

CAPTION

]OFF]

ZERO

RETURN

TIME

SEARCH

INDEX

SEARCH

-

V

-CHIP

SET

UP

-

IA

TV

RATING

MPAA

RATING

TV

-V

TV

-Y7

I

TV

-U

TV_PG

I

TV

-14

I

TV

-MA

[VIEW]

(VIEW

(

VIEW]

IVIEWI

•

When

you

select

the

rating

category

and

turn

it

[BLOCK],

the

higher

rating

will

turn

[BLOCK]

auto-

matically.

Also,

the

lower

rating

will

turn

[VIEW]

automatically.

Press

the

MENU

button

to

return

to

original

mode.

Selection

Rating

Category

Explanations

TV

-Y

Appropriate

for

all

children

TV

-Y7

Appropriate

for

children

seven

and

older

TV

-G

General

Audience

TV

-PG

Parental

Guidance

suggested.

TV

-14

Unsuitable

for

children

under

14

TV

-MA

Mature

audience

only

When

you

select

TV

-Y7,

TV

-PG,

TV

-14,

or

TV

-MA

and

you

press

the

F.FWD/I0-

button,

the

sub

-ratings

will

ap-

fi

on

the

TV

screen.

If

you

select

the

rating

category

(example:

TV

-PG)

and

turn

it

[BLOCK]

or

[VIEW],

the

sub

-ratings

(example:

V

for

Violence)

will

turn

[BLOCK]

or

[VIEW]

automat-

ically.

You

can

set

the

sub

-ratings

to

[BLOCK]

or

[VIEW]

in-

dividually

when

the

rating

category

is

set

to

[BLOCK].

To

set

the

sub

-ratings

individually,

follow

the

steps

be-

,

low.

•

When

you

select

[TV

-Y7]:

Press

the

STOP/V

or

PLAY/A

button

to

select

"FV"

(Fantasy

Violence).

Then,

press

the

F.FWD/I0-

button

to

select

[BLOCK]

or

[VIEW].

•

When

you

select

[TV

-PG],

[TV

-141

or

[TV

-MA]:

Press

the

STOP/V

or

PLAY/A

button

to

select

"D"(Suggestive

Dialog),

"L"(Coarse

Language),

"S"(Sexual

Situation),

or

"V"(Violence).

Then,

press

the

F.FWD/110-

button

to

select

[BLOCK]

or

[VIEW].

Note:

When

you

select

[TV

-MA],

"D"

does

not

ap-

pear

on

the

TV

screen.

TV

-V7

IA

FV

[BLOCK]

[BLOCK]

TV

-PG

►

D

.

BLOCK

Pcg*C`'

l

•

The

sub

-ratings

which

set

to

[BLOCK]

appears

next

to

the

rating

category

in

the

TV

RATING

menu.

►

TV

-Y

TV

-Y7

(

)

TV-

G

TV

-PG

(0LSV)

RtUA

VIEW]

VIEW]

VIEW1

BL

OCK]

BLOCK]

BLOCK]

•

When

you

turn

"TV

-MA"

to

[VIEW],

the

all

ratings

will

turn

to

[VIEW]

automatically.

4

V

-Chip

seii1L-,

mode.

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