Setting parental controls 27DX-19LD150A112 Press or to highlight Channel. The Channelmenu opens. The digital TV signal strength isindicated by the color bar beside the ChannelStrength option.3 Press EXIT to close the menu.Setting parental controlsParental controls let you prevent your children fromwatching inappropriate material on TV. When set,parental controls read the rating of the program (withsome exceptions, such as news and sports) and denyaccess to programs that exceed the ratings level youselect. To watch programs that exceed the selectedrating, you must enter the password.Setting or changing the passwordTo set or change the password:1 Press MENU. The on-screen menu opens with thePicture menu displayed.2 Press or to highlight Settings. The Settingsmenu opens. Press or ENTER/ to access themenu.3 Press or to highlight Parental Controls, thenpress ENTER/ .4 The Enter Password screen opens. If you are adding apassword, use the number buttons to enter 0000. Ifyou are changing a password, enter the oldpassword. If you have forgotten your password,enter 9999.5 The Parental Controls sub-menu opens. Press or to highlight Change Password, then pressENTER/ .6 If you are adding a password, enter 0000 as the oldpassword. If you are changing a password, enteryour old password.7 Enter your new password, then enter it again toconfirm. The Parental Controls sub-menu re-opens.8 Press EXIT to close the menu.Setting parental control levelsYou can set parental control levels for the U.S. andCanada. The following procedure shows how to setcontrols for U.S. TV and movie ratings. You use similarsteps for controlling Canadian TV ratings.Parental control settings are only applicable to programsthat have a rating signal. If you prefer to block programsthat have no rating signal, see “Blocking unrated TV” onpage 29.RatingsOpen Source NoticeReset to DefaultU.S. TV ratings (age-based)NONE Not ratedTV-Y All childrenTV-Y7 Children over seven yearsof ageTV-G General audiencesTV-PG Parental guidancesuggestedTV-14 Parents strongly cautionedTV-MA Mature audiences only