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19
Menu Operation
Parental Menu
The choices in the US V-Chip and Canada V-Chip
menus involve software inside your TV, referred to as
V-Chip, which allows you to block TV programs and
movies. TV programs can be blocked by age-based
ratings, such as TV-MA . If available, TV programs can
also be blocked by content, such as adult language (L) .
Movies can only be blocked by age-based ratings . Once
you block programs, you can unblock them by entering
a password. By default, the software inside your TV is
turned off or unlocked.
V-Chip reads the program’s age-based rating (TV-MA,
TV-14, etc.) and content themes (Violence (V), Adult
Language (L), etc.). If you have blocked the rating and/or
content themes that the program contains, you receive a
message that the channel is currently blocked. Change
the channel or to enter your password and temporarily
deactivate the parental controls.
Broadcasters are not required to provide content
themes, so programs received with no content themes
are blocked only if you block their age-based rating.
You can also block programs that have been given
an Exempt rating, and programs that are considered
unrated.
Change V-Chip Password
The rst time you enter the
Parental
Control
menu, you
must enter the default code (1234) in order to adjust other
parental control settings. You can set a personal V-Chip
Password rst, follow these steps:
1. Selelct
Parental Control>
Change
Password
, press
OK
/► to enter the
Change
Password
screen.
2. Use the number buttons to enter the four-digit number
for your password.
3. Re-enter the same code to conrm the password.
Note:
the password must be entered before the TV will
continue with Parental settings next time. The super
password is 5351, If you forget your password, enter it
to override any existing password.
Channel Block
To block a specic channel, follow these steps:
1. Select
Parental Control > Channel Block,
press
OK
/► to enter the next screen with channnel list on.
2. Press ▲/▼ to select the channel you wish to block.
3. Press
OK
to place a checkmark in the box to block
that channel. When you tune to that channel, you will
need to enter a password to view the channel
programming.
Program Block
Press
OK
/► to display its submenus:
Rating Enable
Select
Parental Control > Program Block > Rating
Enable
, then press ◄/► to turn this option on or off.
You must remember to set
Rating Enable
to
On
mode to have the following V-Chip rating limits to take
effect.
U.S. TV Ratings
You can automatically block all program ratings above
a specied age-based rating level.
1. Select
Parental
Control > Program Block > U.S.
TV Ratings
, press
OK
/► to enter the
U.S. TV
Ratings
screen.
In the Block TV Rating panel you can customize
the program blocking of the following TV ratings:
TV–Y
All children
TV–Y7
Children 7 years and older
TV–G
General audience
TV–PG
Parental guidance suggested
TV–14
Parents strongly cautioned
TV–MA
Mature audience only
You can also customize the TV ratings for the
following content:
A
Sexual dialog
D
Sexual explicit dialog
L
Adult language
S
Sexual situations
V
Violence
FV
Fantasy violence
2. Press ▲/▼/◄/► to navigate through the TV rating
options. Press
OK
to block (locked) or allow
(unlocked).
U.S. Movie Ratings
You can automatically block all program ratings above
a specied age-based rating level.
1. Select
Parental Control
> Program Block > U.S.
Movie Ratings
, press
OK
/► to enter the
U.S.
Movie Ratings
screen.
In the Block Movie Rating panel you can customize
the program blocking of the following Movie ratings:
G
General audience
PG
Parental guidance suggested
PG-13
Unsuitable for children under 13
R
Restricted, under 17 requires companying
parent or adult guardian
NC-17
No one under 17 admitted
X
Mature audience only
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