Using the TV’s Features44 Chapter 3PARENTAL CONTROLS1 V-Chip TV Rating Limit2 V-Chip Movie Rating Limit3 V-Chip Unrated Program Block4 Channel Block5 Front Panel Block6 Lock Parental Controls0 ExitV-CHIP MOVIE RATING LIMITRating StatusPG-13 Block^RATING STATUSNR BlockX BlockNC-17 BlockR BlockPG-13 BlockPG ViewG ViewPress ^/v to view programs withthis rating. Press MENU to exit.To block program content:1. Determine the lowest level of content you don’t want the child to watch.2. Use the up and down arrow buttons on the remote to scroll through theage-based ratings until the rating that corresponds with the lowest contentyou do not want the child to watch appears. (In the example above, youwould scroll through the ratings until the TV-PG rating appeared.)3. Press the right arrow button to move the highlight to the fieldcorresponding with the content theme you want to block out.4. Press the up or down arrow button to change content status from V to B.All higher ratings’ content theme will automatically change to B.5. Press OK to return to the menu or exit the screen.Notes: Broadcasters are not required to provide content themes or age-basedratings. Programs received with no content themes will only be blocked if you blocktheir age-based rating.You must remember to lock Parental Controls for rating limits to take effect.Viewing Specific Content ThemesIf you block specific content themes, you have the option of going back andchanging some of the content themes back to (V) View:1. Determine the content themes you want to change to (V) View.2. Use the up and down arrow buttons to scroll through the age-based ratingsuntil the rating whose content theme you want to change to View appears.3. Press the right arrow button to move the yellow highlight to a particularcontent theme status, such as the B under language (L) corresponding withTV-14.4. Press the up or down arrow button to change its status back to V. Yourchild would then be able to watch programs with TV-14 adult languagecontent, but not programs with TV-PG or TV-MA language content.Note: Only the content theme status corresponding to TV-14 (L) language changesto (V) View. Higher rated content themes, such as that for TV-MA language, do notchange.V-Chip Movie Rating LimitYou set movie rating limits by blocking movies rated above a specified level.How to block movie ratings and view movie ratings is explained in the next twosections.To access the V-CHIP MOVIE RATING LIMIT menu:1. Press MENU on the remote control (the TV MAIN MENU appears).2. Select Parental Controls (press 6).3. Select V-Chip Movie Rating Limit (press 2).- - Content - -V-CHIP TV RATING LIMITRating StatusTV-14 ViewD L S V FVV V V V^RATING STATUSTV-MA ViewTV-14 ViewTV-PG ViewTV-G ViewTV-Y7 ViewTV-Y ViewD L S V FVB V VV V V VV B V VVPress ^/v to block programs withthis content for this rating.Contentstatus fieldsRatingfieldRatingstatus fieldContentthemes- - Content - -V-CHIP TV RATING LIMITRating StatusTV-PG ViewD L S V FVV B V V^RATING STATUSTV-MA ViewTV-14 ViewTV-PG ViewTV-G ViewTV-Y7 ViewTV-Y ViewD L S V FVB V VV B V VV B V VVPress ^/v to view programs withthis content for this rating.RatingfieldRatingstatus fieldContentstatus fieldsContentthemes