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Similarly, within the main group, content types can be individually blocked. For example, you can block
just coarse language in shows with a TV-PG rating. If you do, then the TV also blocks shows with coarse
language in the higher ratings (TV-14 and TV-MA). Subsequently unblocking coarse language in TV-14
ratings does not unblock coarse language in TV-MA programs, but it does unblock coarse language in TV-
PG programs.
To block TV shows based on US television ratings:
1.
From the
Home
screen menu, navigate to
Settings > Parental controls
, and then enter your PIN.
2.
In the
Parental controls
screen, navigate to
Antenna TV > TV ratings
. Choose among the
following settings:
Entire ratings
– Highlight the rating you want to block, and then navigate to the right and
select the first option that blocks the entire rating level (and all higher rating levels).
Individual content types
– Highlight the rating that contains the content type you want to
block, and then select the content types you want to block from among those listed.
Remember that blocking a content type in one rating blocks the equivalent content type in
all higher rating levels.
Blocking based on US movie ratings
Most movies in the US are rated by the Motion Picture Association of America, or MPAA, so the ratings
are known as MPAA ratings. TV broadcast signals carry movie rating data that enables parental controls
to block shows that parents don’t want others to see. The ratings are:
G – General audiences
PG – Parental guidance suggested
PG-13 – Parents strongly cautioned for children age 13 or younger
R – Restricted
NC-17 – Not for age 17 or younger
Unlike US TV ratings, there are no individual content types within the ratings. But like TV ratings,
blocking movies with a particular rating also blocks movies with a higher rating, and unblocking movies
with a particular rating also unblocks movies with a lower rating.
Tip
:
Blocking movies with an NC-17 rating also blocks programs with the now-obsolete X rating,
which can still occur in the program data of older movies.
To block movies based on MPAA ratings:
1.
From the
Home
screen menu, navigate to
Settings > Parental controls
, and then enter your PIN.
2.
In the
Parental controls
screen, navigate to
Antenna TV > Movie ratings
. Choose among the
following settings:
3.
Select the rating level you want to block. You need only select one rating level, and all higher
levels are automatically blocked.
