Using the TV’s Features
42 Chapter 3
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 the age-based ratings until the rating
that corresponds with the lowest content you do not
want the child to watch appears. (In the example
above, you would scroll through the ratings until the
TV-PG rating appeared.)
3. Press the right arrow button to move the highlight to
the field corresponding 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.
Note: Broadcasters are not required to
provide content themes or age-based ratings.
Programs received with no content themes will
only be blocked if you block their age-based
rating.
Note: You must remember to lock Parental
Controls for rating limits to take effect.
Viewing Specific Content Themes
If you block specific content themes, you have the option
of going back and changing 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 ratings until 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 particular content theme status, such as
the B under language (L) corresponding with TV-14.
4. Press the up or down arrow button to change its
status back to V. Your child would then be able to
watch programs with TV-14 adult language content,
but not programs with TV-PG or TV-MA language
content.
Note: Only the content theme status
corresponding to TV-14 (L) language changes
to (V) View. Higher rated content themes, such
as that for TV-MA language, do not change.
- - Content - -
V-CHIP TV RATING LIMIT
Rating Status
TV-14 View
DLSVFV
V V VV
^
RATING STATUS
TV-MA View
TV-14 View
TV-PG View
TV-G View
TV-Y7 View
TV-Y View
DLSVFV
BVV
VVVV
VBVV
V
Press ^/v to view programs with
this content for this rating.
Content
status fields
Rating
field
Rating
status field
Content
themes
- - Content - -
V-CHIP TV RATING LIMIT
Rating Status
TV-PG View
DLSVFV
V B VV
^
RATING STATUS
TV-MA View
TV-14 View
TV-PG View
TV-G View
TV-Y7 View
TV-Y View
DLSVFV
BVV
VBVV
VBVV
V
Press ^/v to view programs with
this content for this rating.
Rating
field
Rating
status field
Content
status fields
Content
themes
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