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5. At this point, one of the TV-Ratings is selected.
Press the ENTER button. Depending on your existing setup, the "_" symbol will
be selected. (Blank = Unblocked, _ = Blocked)
While "_" is selected, press the ENTER button to block or unblock the
category.
To select a different TV-Rating, press the • or • button and then repeat the
process.
Allowall: Pressto unlockall TV ratings./ Blockall: Pressto lockall TV ratings.
TheTV-Y,TV-Y7,TV-G,TV-PG,TV-14andTV-MAhaveadditionaloptions.Seethe next
stepto changeanyof the followingsub-ratings:
6,
7,
* V: Violence.
The V-Chip will automatically block certain categories that are "more restrictive".
For example, if you block "TV-Y" category, then TV-Y7 will automatically be blocked.
Similarly, if you block the TV-G category, then all the categories in the "young adult"
group will be blocked (TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14, and TV-MA). The subratings (D, L, S, V)
work together similarly. (See next section.)
How to set the FV, V, S, L and D sub-ratings.
First, select one of these TV-Ratings: TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14, or TV-
MA (See Step 4, on page 39), and press the ENTER button.
The "_"symbol will be displayed for each sub-rating.
While "_" is selected, press the • button to go to a sub rating.
Press the ENTER to block the sub rating. To select a different TV-Rating, press
the • or • button and then repeat the process.
The V-chip will automatically block certain categories that are "More restrictive".
For example, if you block "L" sub-rating in TV-PG, then the "L" sub-ratings in TV-14 and
TV-MA will automatically be blocked.
Press the EXIT button to clear all the screens. (Or proceed to the next section,
and set up additional restrictions based on the MPAA codes.)
These categories consist of two separate groups: TV-Y and TV-Y7
(young children through age 7), and TV-G through TV-MA (everybody else).
The restrictions for these two groups work independently: If a household includes very
young children as well as young adults, the TV guidelines must be set up separately for
each age group.
* TV-Y: All children. The themes and elements in this program are spec %ally
designed for a very young audience, including children from ages two to six.
* TV-Y7: Directed to older children. The themes and elements in this program may
include mild physical or comedic violence, or may frighten children under the age of
seven
* TV-G: General audience. It contains little or no violence, no strong anguage, and
little or no sexual dialog or situations.
* TV-PG: Parental guidance suggested. This program may contain infrequent coarse
language, limited violence, some suggestive sexual dialog and situations.
* TV-14: Parents strongly cautioned. This prograrr may contain sophisticated themes.
sexual content, strong language and more intense violence.
* TV-MA: Mature audiences only. This program rray contain mature themes, profane
language, graphic violence and exphclt sexual content.
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