3
The V-Chip screen will appear.
Press the ▲ or ▼ button to select TV Parental Guidelines, then press the ENTER button.
4
The TV Parental Guidelines screen will appear.
Press the ▲ or ▼ button to select one of the six aged based categories:
TV-Y:
All children. The themes and elements in this program are specifically
designed for a very young audience, including children from ages two to
six.
TV-Y7:
Directed to older children. The themes and elements in this program may
include mild physical or comedic violence, or may frighten children under
the age of seven.
TV-G:
General audience. It contains little or no violence, no strong language, and
little or no sexual dialog or situations.
TV-PG:
Parental guidance suggested. This program may contain infrequent coarse
language, limited violence, some suggestive sexual dialog and situations.
TV-14:
Parents strongly cautioned. This program may contain sophisticated
themes, sexual content, strong language and more intense violence.
TV-MA:
Mature audiences only. This program may contain mature themes, profane
language, graphic violence and explicit sexual content.
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At this point, one of the TV-Ratings is selected. Press the ENTER button. Depending on
your existing setup, the "
While "
" is selected, press the ENTER button to block or unblock the category. To select
a different TV-Rating, press the ▲ or ▼ button and then repeat the process.
ALL:
Lock all TV ratings.
FV:
Fantasy violence.
V:
Violence.
➢
Allow 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:
➢
The V-Chip will automatically block certain categories that are "more restrictive".
For example, if you block TV-Y category, then TV-Y7 will 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 subratings (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 TV-Ratings: TV-Y,
TV-Y7, TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14, or TV-MA (See Step 4), and press the ENTER button.
The "
" symbol will be displayed for each sub-rating. While "
button to go to a sub rating.
Press the ENTER button to block the sub rating. To select a different TV-Rating, press the
▲ or ▼ button and then repeat the process.
Press the RETURN button to return to V-Chip.
➢
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.
➢
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 well as young adults,
the TV guidelines must be set up separately for each age group.
" symbol will be selected. (Blank = Unblocked,
S:
Sexual situation.
L:
Adult language.
D:
Sexually suggestive dialog.
= Blocked)
" is selected, press the ►
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