PARENTAL CONTROL
Parental Controls
Parental controls can be enabled, disabled or adjusted in Settings → Preferences →
Parental Controls. For more information about parental controls, please visit
www.amazon.com/deviceservices/support
Overview
Parental controls on your TV give you the option to block playback of over-the-air live
TV content from certain ratings categories. Parental controls relating to over-the-air live
TV content use the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) ratings classification
system and the TV Guidelines Organization TV Parental Guidelines as the basis for its
ratings categories.To view your options, go to Settings > Preferences > Parental Controls
on your TV. For more information, visit www.amazon.com/deviceservices/support.
The V-Chip: Options to Restrict What Your Children Watch on TV
www.fcc.gov
The V-chip allows parents or other caregivers to block programming on their TVs that
they don't want children to watch. Most programs are assigned a rating based on parental
guidelines established by the TV industry. The ratings provide information about the
content and age-appropriateness of most TV programs, except news, sports and unedited
movies on premium cable channels.
Parents can program the V-chip to block programs based on these ratings, which include
two elements: an age-based rating that provides guidance about the age group for which
a program is appropriate, and content descriptors indicating that a program may contain
suggestive dialogue (D), coarse or crude language (L), sexual situations (S), or violence
(V). The ratings are:
• TV Parental Guideline Rating System
Rating
TV-Y
All Children
Directed to Older
TV-Y7
Children
Directed to Older
TV-Y7-FV
Children
TV-G
General Audience
Parental Guidance
TV-PG
Suggested
Parents Strongly
TV-14
Cautioned
Mature Audience
TV-MA
Only
Meaning
Programs aimed at a very young audience, including
children from ages 2-6
Programs most appropriate for children age
7 and up.
Programming with fantasy violence that may be more
intense or more combative than other programming
in the TV-Y7 category.
Programs suitable for all ages; these are not
necessarily children's shows.
Parental guidance is recommended; these programs
may be unsuitable for younger children.
These shows may be unsuitable for children
under 14.
These programs are intended to be viewed by
mature, adult audiences and may be unsuitable for
children under 17
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