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Blocking Broadcast TV shows
For broadcast TV, parental controls use informaon embedded in the broadcast signal to determine whether to allow a
program to be displayed. Parents can congure parental controls to block broadcast TV programs that meet or exceed a
specic rang, so they cannot be viewed or heard unless the correct parental control PIN is entered.
: Rang standards dier by country.
Enabling parental control of TV shows
The rst step in blocking TV shows is to enable parental control of TV shows.
This seng is provided separately to make it easier for you to turn parental control of TV shows on and o without
disturbing their sengs. For example, your kids are going to summer camp for two weeks, and while they are gone, you
don’t want to have to deal with unblocking shows that you want to watch by entering your parental control PIN. All you
need to do is clear , and all TV shows are unblocked. When the kids return, select
again, and all of your parental control sengs are restored in a single operaon.
To enable parental control of TV shows:
1. In the screen menu, navigate to , and then enter your parental control PIN.
2. In the screen, navigate to .
3. Make sure the check box next to is checked. If not, highlight it and press OK.
Blocking based on US TV ratings
Most broadcast US TV shows—other than movies—contain rang data that enables parental controls to block shows that
parents don’t want others to view. The rangs are divided into two groups that funcon independently:
• – TV-Y, TV-Y7
• – TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14, TV-MA
Within each of these groups, the rangs interact such that if you block a parcular level of content, the TV also blocks all
content with a higher rang. Conversely, if you unblock a parcular level of content, the TV also unblocks all content with
a lower rang. For example, if you block TV-PG programs, the TV also blocks TV-14 and TV-MA programs. If you subse-
quently 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 lan-
guage in shows with a TV-PG rang. If you do, then the TV also blocks shows with coarse language in the higher rangs
(TV-14 and TV-MA). Subsequently unblocking coarse language in TV-14 rangs 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 rangs:
1. From the screen menu, navigate to , and then enter your parental control PIN.
2. In the screen, navigate to . Choose among the following sengs:
• – Highlight the rang you want to block, and then navigate to the right and select the rst
opon that blocks the enre rang level (and all higher rang levels).
• – Highlight the rang 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 rang blocks the equivalent content type in all higher rang levels.
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