23Parental Lock processes programcontent advisories from broadcasters.Parental Lock can respond to thecontent advisories and blockobjectionable content (offensivelanguage, violence, sexual situations,etc.) This is a great feature to censor thetype of programming children watch.Parental Lock offers various blockingoptions from which to choose:MASTER ENABLE: This is the “masterswitch” for Parental Lock. When ON,all blocking/censoring you have setis enabled. When OFF, all blocking isdisabled.BLOCK UNRATED: All unratedprograms (based on Movie Ratings orTV Ratings) will be blocked if this featureis ON and MASTER ENABLE is ON.BLOCK NO RATING: All programmingwith no content advisory data willbe blocked if this feature is ON andMASTER ENABLE is ON.After you set a password, you canblock up to six ratings in TV Ratings orMovie Ratings. These ratings are setby the Motion Picture Association ofAmerica and TV broadcasters.Understanding Parental LockMPAA Ratings(Motion Picture Association of America)G: General Audience - All agesadmitted. Most parents would findthis program suitable for all ages. Thistype of programming contains little orno violence, no strong language, andlittle or no sexual dialog or situation.PG: Parental Guidance Suggested -This programming contains materialthat parents may find unsuitable foryounger children. It may contain oneor more of the following: moderateviolence, some sexual situations,infrequent coarse language, or somesuggestive dialog.PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned -This programming contains materialthat parents may find unsuitable foryounger children under the age of13. It contains one or more of thefollowing: violence, sexual situations,coarse language, or suggestive dialog.R: Restricted - This programmingis specially designed for adults.Anyone under the age of 17 shouldonly view this programming withan accompanying parent or adultguardian. It contains one or more ofthe following: intense violence, intensesexual situations, strong coarselanguage, or intensely suggestivedialog.NC17: No children under the ageof 17 will be admitted -This typeof programming should be viewedby adults only. It contains graphicviolence, explicit sex, or crude,indecent language.X: Adult only - This type ofprogramming contains one or more ofthe following: very graphic violence,very graphic and explicit sexual acts,very coarse and intensely suggestivelanguage.TV Ratings(TV broadcaster)TV-Y All children - Appropriatefor all children. Designed fora very young audience, includingchildren age 2-6. This type ofprogramming is not expected tofrighten younger children.TV-Y7 Directed to OlderChildren - Designed forchildren age 7 and above. It maybe appropriate for children who candistinguish between make-believeand reality. This programming mayinclude mild fantasy and comicviolence (FV or Fantasy violence).TV-G General Audience -Most parents would find thisprogramming suitable for all ages.This type of programming containslittle or no violence, no stronglanguage, and little or no sexualdialog or situation.TV-PG Parents GuidanceCautioned - Contains materialthat parents may find unsuitablefor younger children. This type ofprogramming contains one or more ofthe following: moderate violence (V),some sexual situations (S), infrequentcoarse language (L), or somesuggestive dialog (D).TV-14 Parents Strongly Cautioned- Contains material that parentsmay find unsuitable for childrenunder 14 years of age. This type ofprogramming contains one or moreof the following: intense violence (V),intense sexual situations (S), strongcoarse language (L), or intenselysuggestive dialog (D).TV-MA Mature Audience only -Specially designed to beviewed by adults and may beunsuitable for children under 17.This type of programming containsone or more of the following: graphicviolence (V), explicit sexual situations(S), or crude, indecent language (L).