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Chapter 3
Hierarchy of Age-Based Ratings
TV-MA
Mature Audience Only
TV-14
Parents Strongly Cautioned
TV-PG
Parental Guidance Suggested
TV-G General
Audience
TV-Y7
Directed to Children 7 years
and
older
TV-Y All
Children
Blocking Age-Based Ratings
You can automatically block all program ratings above a specifi ed age-based rating
level. For example, if you only want your child to watch programs that have a TV-
G rating and lower (in other words, you want the child to watch TV-G, TV-Y7,
and TV-Y), then you need to block out higher ratings.
To block programs with higher ratings:
1. First, determine the lowest level rating you don’t want the child to watch (see
chart of age-based ratings on previous page).
2. Highlight the lowest rating you do not want the child to watch. In the
example discussed above, you would highlight TV-PG, since the highest
rating you want the child to watch is
TV-G.
3. Press the OK button to toggle between
Viewable
and
Blocked
. The status for
the rating listed to the right and all higher ratings automatically change to
Blocked
(and
B)
.
4. Select
Lock TV
from the
Parental Controls
menu. Enter a password and re-
enter password a second time to confi rm the password.
To view age-based ratings after you’ve blocked them, follow the same steps as
above to make the rating
Viewable (V
).
Notes:
The content status fi elds corresponding to the unblocked rating become
Viewable as well. They and the age-based rating status are the only fi elds that
automatically change back to Viewable when you complete this process.
You must remember to lock the TV as described above for rating limits to take
effect.
Blocking Specifi c Content Themes
You can block programs based on their content. When you block a content theme
for a particular rating, you automatically block that content theme for higher rated
programs as well.
For example, if you do not want your child to watch programs that have adult
language (L) rated TV-PG or higher, then you could block out all programming
TV-PG and above containing adult language.
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 highlight the age-based
ratings that correspond with the lowest content you do not want the child to
watch. (In the example above, you would highlight TV-PG.)
Content Themes
D
Sexually explicit dialogue
L
Adult language
S
Sexual situations
V
Violence
FV
Fantasy Violence
