To block movies based on MPAA ratings:
1
From the Home screen menu, navigate to
Settings
>
Parental
controls
, and then enter your parental control PIN.
2
In the
Parental controls
screen, navigate to
TV Tuner
>
Movie
ratings
.
3
Select the rating level you want to block. You need only select
one rating level, and all higher levels are automatically
blocked.
Blocking based on Other ratings
Your TV can block programs having ratings that had not been
defined when the TV was manufactured. It does this by detecting
a new Rating Region Table in a program and then downloading the
new table and displaying its rating in the Parental controls.
When the TV downloads a new Rating Region Table, it adds a new
option to the list of rating types:
Other ratings
. If you see this
option in the
Parental controls
screen, you have tuned to a station
that has implemented a new rating table. Once the new rating
table has been downloaded to the TV, it remains in the TV until it
is factory reset, and you can configure blocking based on the new
ratings.
New Region Rating Tables can have independent rating levels, or
rating levels that interact in the same ways as the built-in US TV
and MPAA Movie ratings.
Tip(s)
●
If your TV downloads a new Region Rating Table, you’ll have to
experiment with its settings to understand how to use it.
Blocking based on Canadian English ratings
Canadian-English language and third-language programs that are
broadcast in Canada are rated by the Action Group on Violence on
Television, or AGVOT. TV broadcast signals carry rating data that
enables parental controls to block shows that parents don’t want
others to view based on content containing violence, language,
sex, or nudity. The ratings are:
●
C – Children under 8 years
●
C8 – Children 8 years and older
●
G – Generally suitable for all age groups
●
PG – Parental guidance suggested for viewers under 14 years
●
14+ – Generally not suitable for viewers under 14 years
●
18+ – Generally not suitable for viewers under 18 years
Blocking content with a particular rating also blocks content with
a higher rating, and unblocking content with a particular rating also
unblocks movies with a lower rating.
To block programs based on AGVOT ratings:
1
From the Home screen menu, navigate to
Settings
>
Parental
controls
, and then enter your parental control PIN.
2
In the
Parental controls
screen, navigate to
TV tuner
>
Canadian English ratings
.
3
Select the rating level you want to block. You need only select
one rating level, and all higher levels are automatically
blocked.
Blocking based on Canadian French ratings
Canadian-French language programs that are broadcast in Canada
are rated by the Regie du cinema du Quebec. TV broadcast signals
carry rating data that enables parental controls to block shows
that parents don’t want others to view based on content
containing violence, language, sex, or nudity. The ratings are:
●
G – Generally suitable for all age groups
●
8+ – Viewers 8 years and older
●
13+ – Viewers 13 years and older
●
16+ – Viewers 16 years and older
●
18+ – Adults only
Blocking content with a particular rating also blocks content with
a higher rating, and unblocking content with a particular rating also
unblocks movies with a lower rating.
To block programs based on Canadian-French ratings:
1
From the Home screen menu, navigate to
Settings
>
Parental
controls
, and then enter your parental control PIN.
2
In the
Parental controls
screen, navigate to
TV tuner
>
Canadian French ratings
.
3
Select the rating level you want to block. You need only select
one rating level, and all higher levels are automatically
blocked.
Blocking unrated programs
Some broadcast TV shows and movies do not have an assigned
rating, and are considered to be “Unrated”. Whether or not such
programs contain content that is objectionable to you cannot be
determined. However, you can choose to block such programs.
To block all unrated broadcasts:
1
From the Home screen menu, navigate to
Settings
>
Parental
controls
, and then enter your parental control PIN.
2
In the
Parental controls
screen, navigate to
TV tuner
>
Block
all unrated programs
.
3
Highlight
Unrated programs
and press
OK
. When blocking is
enabled, the adjacent padlock icon changes from unlocked to
locked.
Tip(s)
●
Blocking programs that have not been assigned a rating does
not block programs that specifically have been assigned a US
TV rating of “None” (for example a broadcast of a local town
council meeting). Programs that do not have an assigned
rating display
Rating NA
(for “not applicable,” meaning a rating
is not needed).
●
In the absence of other ratings for a program, the parental
controls do not consider the MPAA US movie rating N/A (MPAA
rating not applicable to this content) and NR (applicable
content not rated by the MPAA) to be ratings. In these cases,
the TV handles the program as though it is unrated, blocking
the program if Unrated programs blocking is enabled.
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