3. The
" V-Chip" screen will appear. Press the A or _' button to select "TV Parental
Guidelines _,then press the ENTER _
button.
4.
The "TV Parental Guidelines" screen will appear.
Press the A or T button to select one of the six aged based categories:
, TV-G: General audience
• TV.PG: Parentat guidance
• TV-14: Viewers 14 and over
• TV-MA: Mature audience
5. At this point, one of the TV-Ratings is selected.
Press the ENTER C ,_ button. Depending on your existing setup, the "_"
symbol
will be selected. (Blank = Unbtocked, _ = Blocked)
While "_ '' is selected, press the ENTER _
button to block or unblock the
category.
To select a different TV-Rating, press the A or _' button and then repeat the
process.
:_AIIow all: Press to unlock all TV ratings. / Block all: Press to lock all TV ratings.
>_The TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-G, 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
>_The V-Chip will automatically block certain categories that are "more
restrictive". For example, if you block "TV-Y" category, then TV-Y7 wilt
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 sub-ratings (D, L, S, V) work together similarly.(See next section.)
6.
How to set the FV, D, L, S and V 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) and press the _ button. The "_"
symbol will be displayed for each
sub-rating.
While "_"
is selected, press the ENTER _ button to go to a sub rating.
Press ENTER _
to block the sub rating. To select a different TV-Rating, press the
A or T button and then repeat the process.
• ALL: Lock all TV ratings_
.......
, L: Adult Language
, D: Sexually Suggestive Dialog
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.
7.
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 welt as young adults, the TV guidelines must
be set up separately for each age group. (See next step.)