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.
5 At this point, one of the TV-Ratings is selected.
Press the ENTER button. Depending on your existing setup, the "
be selected. (Blank = Unblocked,
ENTER button to block or unblock the category.
To select a different TV-Rating, press the ▲ or ▼ button and then repeat the
process.
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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.
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See the next step to change any of the following sub-ratings:
• ALL: Lock all TV ratings.
• FV: Fantasy violence.
• D: Sexually suggestive dialog.
The V-Chip will automatically block certain categories that are "more
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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.)
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 ENTER button. The "
displayed for each
sub-rating. While "
" is selected, press the ► button to go to a sub rating.
Press the ENTER to block the sub rating. To select a different TV-Rating, press
the ▲ or ▼ button and then repeat the process.
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.)
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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.
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= Blocked) While "
" is selected, press the
• L: Adult language.
• S: Sexual situation.
• V: Violence.
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