FEATURE MENU CONTROLS (CONTINUED )
CONTENT ADVISORY
PARENTAL GUIDELINES
arental Guidelines can be
Peven more defined and specific
in the degree and extent of materi-
al parents may allow for TV pro-CONTENT ADVISORY
gram viewing. Sub-settings forPARENTALMOVIEPARENTAL GUIDELINES
GUIDELINESRATINGS
Language, Violence, and otherTo Select Rating
TVTVTVTVTVTV
blocking factors can be manually
REVIEW BLOCKING YY7 GPG14MA
switched On or Off for use within SETTINGSOPTIONS
To Select Blocking
the major Parental Guideline cate-
NOT BLOCKED
gories (TV-Y7, TV-PG, etc.).ALWAYS BLOCKED
EXITHELP(FV) FANTASY VIOLENCE
BEGIN
1Select the PARENTAL
EXITHELP
GUIDELINES Menu option.PARENTAL GUIDELINES
To Select Rating
With CONTENT ADVISORYTVTVTVTVTVTV
YY7 GPG14MA
Menu on screen, move the RED3
To Select Blocking
highlight with the MENU1
REC lPLAY?STATUSNOT BLOCKED
CLEARALWAYS BLOCKED
buttons. Then press the MENU
(L) LANGUAGE
(M) button.REW!FFMENU(V) VIOLENCE
M~(S) SEXUAL CONTENT
§§??
(D) SUGGESTIVE DIALOG
PAUSE II
2Press the MENU § ? to
MUTESTOP nSURFEXITHELP
2
highlight and select the desired
PARENTAL GUIDELINE ratingVOLCH
Y TV-Y - Appropriate for all children: Designed for a
level (TV-Y, TV-Y7, etc.).
ON/OFFPOSSWAPFREEZEvery young audience, including children ages 2-6. This type of
programming is not expected to frighten younger children.
3Press the MENU st andSIZE
Y TV-Y7 -Appropriate for children seven and older: It
MENU (M) buttons to Block (U)
100+123may be more appropriate for children who have acquired the
the selected Parental Guideline46
TV/VCR5development skills needed to distinguish between make-believe
category (or to set other individualENTERand reality. This programming may include mild fantasy and
SLEEP789
blocking feature items availableSMART0comic violence (FV).
within that Guideline category (L,Y TV-G - General Audience: This type of programming
POWERVCRACCTV
V. S, D, etc.) as desired).MODEcontains little or no violence, no strong language, and little or
no sexual dialogue or situations.
Note: Selecting OALWAYS
Y TV-PG - Parental Guidance suggested: This type of
BLOCKED� (or individually
programming contains one or more of the following: Moderate
adjusting the L, V, S, D settings)violence (V), some sexual situations (S), infrequent coarse lan-
for any one rating will set all otherguage (L), or some suggestive dialogue (D).
higher level ratings to be automati-Y TV-14 - Unsuitable for children under 14: This type of
cally blocked as well.programming contains one or more of the following: intense
violence (V), intense sexual situations (S), strong coarse lan-
STOPguage (L), or intensely suggestive dialogue (D).
Y TV-MA - Mature audience only: This type of program-
ming contains one or more of the following: graphic violence
(V), explicit sexual situations (S), or crude indecent language
SMART HELP
(L).
The TV-Y7; TV-PG;Y (V) - Violence
Y (S) - Sexual situations
TV-14; and TV-MA guide-
Y (L) - Language
lines also include customized set-
Y (D) - Inappropriate dialogue
tings for various additional items
Y (FV) - Fantasy Violencemay frighten children under
such as V (violence), S (sexual sit-
seven. Some cartoons may have this rating. Available in
uations), L (coarse language), D
the TV-Y7 category only.
(suggestive dialogue), and FV
(fantasy violence). These addi-
tional settings are category specif-
ic and can be individually selected
for use as desired.
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