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At this point, one of the TV-Ratings is selected.
Pressthe ENTER button. Depending on your existing
setup, a symbol _ wiJJbe selected.
(Blank = UnbJocked, _= Blocked/
While "_" is selected, press the ENTERbutton to
block or unbJock the category.
To select a different TV-Rating, press the A or
button and then repeat the process.
Note 1: The TV-Y7, TV-PG, TV-14 and TV-MA have additional options. See the next step to
change any of the following sub-ratings:
FV: Fantasy violence
D: Sexually Suggestive Dialog
L: Adult Language
S: Sexual situation
V: Violence
Note 2: The V-Chip wiJJautamaticaJJy block certain categories that are "more restrictive".
For example, if you block "TV-Y" category, then TV-Y7 will automatically be b!ocked_
Similarly, if you block the TV-G category, then all the categories in the "young adult" group
will be blacked (TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14 and TV-MA). The sub-ratings (D, L, S, V/work together
similarly. (See next section.!
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How to set the FV, D, L, S and V sub-ratings.
First, select one of these W-Ratings: TV-Y7, TV-PG, TV-14 or TV-MA (See Step 4, on previous
page/.
Next, while the TV-Rating is selected, repeatedly press the _ button.
This will cycle through the available sub-ratings (FV, L, S, D or V).
A symbol "_" will be displayed for each sub-rating_
While "_" is selected, press the ENTERbutton to change the sub_rating_
To select a different W-Rating, press the A or T button and then repeat the process.
Note: The V-chip wiJJautomatically 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 wiJJautomatically be blocked.
Pressthe MENU button to clear all the screens. (Or proceed to the next section, and set up
additional restrictions based on the MPAA codes!.
Note
" Thesecategories consist of _'o separate groups: TV-Yand 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. (See next step.l
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