P A G E 4 5206-3240-OGuest Parental Control MenuMini glossaryMOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (MPAA) RATING SYSTEMG General Audiences Content not offensive to most viewers.PG Parental Guidance Content is such that parents may not want their children to view the program.SuggestedPG-13 Parental Guidance Program is inappropriate for preteens, with a greater degree of offensive materialSuggested than a PG rated program.R Restricted viewing Not for children under age 17. Strong elements of sex and/or violence.NC-17 Restricted Viewing Not for children under age 17 under any circumstances. Strong sexual content.X Hard Core Films Same as NC-17 rating.Note: Zenith Electronics Corporation is not liable for any program content that appears when using this rating system; as always, userdiscretion is advised.OverviewTo insure complete coverage for all TV programs, (movies and regular TV shows) choose a rating for MPAA, from the selec-tions below AND choose ratings from the TV Parental Guidelines Rating System on the next page, using the Age Blockoption for General Audiences, and for Children. In addition to those, you may wish to add additional restrictions from theContent Block menu. See the Parental Control menu, and submenus example on the next page.Things to Consider before Setting Up Parental ControlDetermine which rating you consider acceptable to the viewer. (For example, if you choose TV-PG, all more restrictive rat-ings will be automatically blocked; the viewer will not be able to see: TV-PG, TV-14, or TV-MA rated programming.)Do you want the auxiliary video source blocked entirely? (Block the content of the equipment, such as a VCR, connectedto the TV Audio/Video input jacks; in the Aux. Block option.) Or leave unblocked, and Parental Control will restrict thevideo picture and sound based on the restrictions you have specified.Block program “Content” based on individual parameters such as: Strong Dialog, Bad Language, Sex Scenes, ViolenceScenes, or Fantasy Violence Scenes; in the Content Blk option.How many hours do you want Parental Control to be active? You can set the Hours option for up to 12 hours.Select a secret password; in the Set Password option. Use the number keys on the remote. Don’t forget the password, it isthe only way you can access the Parental Control menu and change rating selections, or turn Parental Control off.Do you want Parental Control to be active all the time? If not, you can turn it on or off; with the Lock On/Off option.This optional feature can be used to “block” undesirable programming from appearing on the TVYou should set Parental Control viewing restrictionsfor general audiences and for children - - bothshould be active at the same time.Simply specifying one content block such as SexScenes, will not automatically block another contentin the programs from appearing.If you choose to have the Aux inputs unblocked, the rat-ings you specify will automatically restrict the programmingthat appears from the video sources.You cannot disable Parental Control by disconnecting the TVfrom power. Block hours will automatically reset to the orig-inal block time setting specified if power is disconnected.This TV offers the user a wide variety of options and settings that restrict or “block” the programming that can appear onthe TV. Parental control allows the user the capability of defining which program rating they consider acceptable, to theyounger or more sensitive viewer. It can be preset and turned either on or off by the user who specifies the secret 4-num-ber code, the password. The number of hours blocked are specified. General audience and children viewer blocks shouldboth be programmed into the TV’s memory. Viewer ratings are specified for both TV and the motion picture industry; bothrating systems can be used. The ratings are based mainly on the ages of children.