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Blocking based on US TV ratings
Most broadcast US TV programs—other than movies—contain rating data that
enables parental controls to block programs 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, the TV also blocks all content with a higher rating. Conversely, if you
unblock a particular level of content, the TV also unblocks all content with a lower
rating. For example, if you block TV-PG programs, the 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 programs with a TV-PG rating. If you
do, then the TV also blocks programs 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 programs 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
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