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SPECIAL FEATURES
2
Press the ▲ or ▼ button
to select the “V-chip”, then
press the
œœ
or
√√
button.
The “Enter pin” screen will
appear. Enter your 4-digit
PIN number.
3
The “V-chip” screen will
appear. Press the ▲ or ▼
button, and highlight the
field for “TV guidelines”.
4
Press the
œœ
or
√√
button.
The “TV guidelines” screen
will appear. Press the ▲ or
▼ button to highlight one
of the six age-based cate-
gories:
TV-Y Young children
TV-Y7 Children 7 and over
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TV-G General audience
TV-PG Parental guidance
TV-14 Viewers 14 and over
TV-MA Mature audience
5
At this point, one of the TV-Ratings is highlighted.
Press the
œœ
or
√√
button: Depending on your existing setup, a letter “U” or “B” will be selected.
(U= Unblocked, B= Blocked)
While the “U” or ”B” is red, press the ▲ or ▼ button to block or unblock the category.
Press the MENU button once to save the TV guidelines. A TV-Rating will be highlighted, and no letters will be selected.
To exit this screen, press the MENU button again. To select a different TV-Rating, press the ▲ or ▼ button and then
repeat the process.
Note 1: The TV-Y7, 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: Dialog
L: Offensive language
S: Sexual situation
V: Violence
Note 2: 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 sub-ratings (D, L, S, V) work together
similarly. (See next section.)
Note: 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. (See next step.)
▼
Enter pin
Enter pin : - - - -
Function
0~9 Select Exit
V-Chip Lock : Yes
TV guidelines
√√
MPAA rating
√√
Change pin
√√
Function
Move Select Exit
ALL FV V S L D
TV-Y
√√
U
TV-Y7
√√
U U U: Unblocked
TV-G
√√
U B: Blocked
TV-PG
√√
UUUUU
TV-14
√√
UUUUU
TV-MA
√√
UUUU
Function
Move Select Exit
