Color Television Owner's Instructions
SPECIAL FEATURES
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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.)
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Press the ▲ or ▼ button
to select the “TV Parental
Guidelines”, then press
the ENTER button.
Move Enter Return
V-Chip
V-Chip Lock : Yes
TV Parental Guidelines
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MPAA Rating
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Change PIN
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The “TV Parental
Guidelines” screen will
appear.
Press the ▲, ▼ buttons to
select one of the six age-
based categories:
Move Enter Return
TV Parental guidelines
All FV V S L D
TV-Y
√√
U
TV-Y7
√√
UU
TV-G
√√
U
TV-PG
√√
UUUUU
TV-14
√√
UUUUU
TV-MA
√√
UUUU
B: Blocked U: Unblocked
TV-Y Young children
TV-Y7 Children 7 and over
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TV-G General audience
TV-PG Parent Guidance
TV-14 Viewers 14 and over
TV-MA Mature audience
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At this point, one of the TV-Ratings is selected.
Press the ENTER 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 Parental Guidelines. A TV-Rating will be selected, and no let-
ters 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: Adult 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 catego-
ry, 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.)
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Move Enter Return
V-Chip
V-Chip Lock : Yes
TV Parental Guidelines
√√
MPAA Rating
√√
Canadian English
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