Parental 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 your 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 of1. 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 -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).