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How to Set up Restrictions Using the “TV guidelines”

First, set up a personal identification number (PIN), and enable the V-Chip. (See previous section.)

Parental restrictions can be set up using either of two methods: The TV guidelines or the MPAA rating.

Press the Menu button. Move the joystick up or

down to select “Function”, then press the joystick

to enter.

Move the joystick up or down to select “V-Chip”,

then press the joystick to enter.

The message "Enter Pin" will appear. Enter your

4-digit PIN number.

The “V-chip” screen will appear.

Move the joystick up or down to select “TV Guide-

lines”, press the joystick to enter.

The “TV guidelines” screen will appear. Move the

joystick up or down to select one of the six age-

based categories:

TV-Y Young children

TV-Y7 Children 7 and over

TV-G General audience

TV-PG Parental guidance

TV-14 Viewers 14 and over

TV-MA Mature audience

Function

Language

Time

Caption

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V-Chip

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English

Off

Function

Language

Time

Caption

Auto Power Off

V-Chip

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English

Off

V-Chip

Enter Pin

Enter Pin :

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V-Chip

V-Chip Lock

TV GuideLines

MPAA Rating

Change Pin

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At this point, one of the TV-Ratings is selected.

Move the joystick to the right: Depending on your existing setup, a letter “U” or “B” will start

blinking.

(U= Unblocked, B= Blocked)

While the “U” or ”B” is blinking, move the joystick up or down to block or unblock the

category.

Move the joystick to the right to save the TV guidelines. A TV-Rating will be selected,

and no letters will blink.

To select a different TV-Rating, move the joystick up or down 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: L

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.)

How to set the FV, D, L, S and V sub-ratings.

First, select one of these TV-Ratings: TV-Y7, TV-PG, TV-14 or TV-MA (See Step 4, on

previous page).

Next, while the TV-Rating is selected, repeatedly move the joystick to the right.

This will cycle through the available sub-ratings (FV,L, S, D or V).

A blinking letter (“U” or “B”) will be displayed for each sub-rating. While the “U” or “B” is

blinking, move the joystick up or down to change the sub-rating.

Move the joystick to the right to save the TV guidelines. A TV-Rating will be selected and no

letters will select. To select a different TV-Rating, move the joystick up or down and then

repeat the process.

Note: 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.

Press the Menu button to clear all the screens. (Or proceed to the next section, and set up

additional restrictions based on the MPAA codes).

Note

• 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 TV-Y and TV-Y7 categories

are colored blue.

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.)

TV GuideLines

B : Blocked

U : Unblocked

TV-Y

TV-Y7

TV-G

TV-PG

TV-14

TV-MA

All

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