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CONTENT ADVISORY
PARENTAL GUIDELINES
P
arental Guidelines can be
even more defined and specific
in the degree and extent of materi-
al parents may allow for TV pro-
gram viewing. Sub-settings for
Language, Violence, and other
blocking factors can be manually
switched On or Off for use within
the major Parental Guideline cate-
gories (TV-Y7, TV-PG, etc.).
Select the PARENTAL
GUIDELINES Menu option.
With CONTENT ADVISORY
Menu on screen, move the RED
highlight with the MENU
buttons. Then press the MENU
button.
Press the MENU ᮤ ᮣ to
highlight and select the desired
PARENTAL GUIDELINE rating
level (TV-Y, TV-Y7, etc.).
Press the MENU ▲▼ and
MENU buttons to Block (ߜ) the
selected Parental Guideline cate-
gory (or to set other individual
blocking feature items available
within that Guideline category (L,
V. S, D, etc.) as desired).
Note: Selecting “ALWAYS
BLOCKED” (or individually
adjusting the L, V, S, D settings)
for any one rating will set all other
higher level ratings to be automati-
cally blocked as well.
• TV-Y - Appropriate for all children:
Designed for a
very young audience, including children ages 2-6. This type of
programming is not expected to frighten younger children.
• TV-Y7 -Appropriate for children seven and older:
It
may be more appropriate for children who have acquired the
development skills needed to distinguish between make-believe
and reality. This programming may include mild fantasy and
comic violence (FV).
• TV-G - General Audience:
This type of programming
contains little or no violence, no strong language, and little or
no sexual dialogue or situations.
• TV-PG - Parental Guidance suggested:
This type of
programming contains one or more of the following: Moderate
violence (V), some sexual situations (S), infrequent coarse lan-
guage (L), or some suggestive dialogue (D).
• TV-14 - Unsuitable for children under 14:
This type of
programming contains one or more of the following: intense
violence (V), intense sexual situations (S), strong coarse lan-
guage (L), or intensely suggestive dialogue (D).
• 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
(L).
• (V) - Violence
• (S) - Sexual situations
• (L) - Language
• (D) - Inappropriate dialogue
• (FV) - Fantasy Violence may frighten children under
seven. Some cartoons may have this rating. Available in
the TV-Y7 category only.
