Manual

Using the Onscreen Submenus: Features
T_te AutoLockT'_ fi_ature can help par-
nts control what their children watch
on TV. AutoLockTM does this by using the
content advisories sent by broadcasters
or other program providers. After you
program AutoLock'_ it can respond to
the content advisories and block pro-
grams that contain content that you may
consider ol?iectionable cff'/ensive lan-
guage, violence, or sexual situations. You
can also use AutoLock TM to block chan-
nels that you don't want your children to
watch.
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In this section, you 71 learn how to block
channels and programming that is not
rated, is unrated, or has no rating. You
will also find out how to turn these block-
ing./eatures on or ojf Following on this
page are brie/'explanations _)1
AutoLock TM terms and program ratings.
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BLOCKING control---can be thought
of as the "master switch" for
AutoLock TM, This control affects the sea-
tings you have chosen for blocking pro-
grams according to movie ratings or TV
ratings, or for blocking programs that
have no rating or are unrated. When the
BLOCKING control is OFF, the blocking
or censoring of programs is disabled,
When the BLOCKING control is ON,
blocking will occur according m the set-
tings you have chosen,
BLOCK UNRATED control if set to
ON, blocks all unrated programs.
Unrated programming consists of the
kind of shows that the MPAA (Motion
Picture Association of America) or the
TV broadcasters have chosen not to rate.
NO RARING control if set to ON,
blocks all programming with no content
advisory data,
Programming that has No Rating is not
encoded with any rating information
from the MPAA or the Parental
Guidelines. Any programming could fall
into this category.
BLOCK CHANNEL control---enables
you to block individual channels that you
don't want children m see.
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MOVIERAIING •
• PG
• PG-13
•R
• NC-17
• i
G (General Audience)_ll ages
admitted, Most parents will find pro-
grams that are rated G m be suitable
for children of all ages. Such programs
have little or no violence, no strong
language, and little or no sexual dialog
or sexual situations.
PG (Parental Guidance
Suggested)_ontain matarial that par-
ents may find unsuitable for younger
children. Programs that are rated PG
have one or more of the following:
moderate violence, some sexual situa-
tions, infrequent coarse language, or
some suggestive dialog.
PG-13 (Parents Strongly
Cautioned)--contain material that par-
ents may find unsuitable for children
under/he age of 13, Programs that ale
rated PG-13 have one or more of the
following: violence, sexual situations,
coarse language, or suggestive dialog.
R (Restricted) specifically designed
for adults, Anyone under the age of 17
should view programs/hal are ruled R
only with an accompanying parent or
adult guardian, Such programs have one
or more of the following: intense vio-
lence; intense sexual situations; strong,
coarse language; or intensely suggestive
dialogue,
NC-17 (No one under the age of 17
will be admitted) should be viewed
by adults only. Progrmns that are ratad
NC-17 have graphic violence; explicit
sex; or crude, indecent lmaguage,
X (Adults Only) contain one or more
of/he following: very graphic violence,
very graphic mad explicit or indecent
sexual acts, or very coarse mad intensely
suggestive language.
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13/RAIING •
• IV-Y7
• PLG
• IV-PG
• _-14
_TV-Y (All Children}designed to
be appropriate for all children,
especially ones ages 2-6, Prog,rmns
luted TV-Y are not expected to frighten
yotuager children.
TV-Y7 (Directed to Older
Children}designed for children
ages 7 and oldel: Programs rated
TV-Y7 may be more appropriate for chil-
dren who have acquired the development
skills needed lo distinguish between
make-believe and reality. Such programs
may include mild fantasy and comic vio-
lence (FV).
TV-G (General Audience_most
parents will consider programs that
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are rated TV-G to be statable for
children of all ages. Such programs have
little or no violence, no strong language,
madlittle or no sexual dialogue or sexual
situations,
_ TV-PG (Parental Guidance
Suggested_-contain material that
parents may find unsuitable for
younger children. This type of program-
ming has one or more of the following:
moderate violence (V), snme sexual situ-
ations (S), infrequent coarse lmaguage
(L), or some suggestive dialogue (D).
_1 TV-14 (Parents StronglyCautioned contain material that
mmayparents will find tmsuitahle
for children under 14 years of age, Such
programs have one or more of the follow-
ing: in/ense violence (V); in/ense sexual
situations (S); strong, coarse language
(L); or iniensely suggesiive dialogue (D),
_ V-MA (Mature Audience Only_
.specifically designed to be viewed by
adults and Iherelbre may be unsuii-
able for children under 17. Such programs
have one or more of the following: graphic
violence (V); explicit sexual situations (S);
or crude, indecent language (L),