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Blocking based on US TV ratings

Most broadcast US TV programs—other than movies—contain rating data that enables parental controls to block programs that parents don’t want others to view.

The ratings are divided into two groups that function independently:

• Youth group – TV-Y, TV-Y7

• Main group – TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14, TV-MA

Within each of these groups, the ratings interact such that if you block a particular level of content, the TV also blocks all content with a higher rating. Conversely, if you unblock a particular level of content, the TV also unblocks all content with a lower rating. For example, if you block TV-PG programs, the TV also blocks TV-14 and TV-

MA programs. If you subsequently unblock TV-14 programs, TV-PG programs are also unblocked, but TV-MA programs remain blocked.

Similarly, within the main group, content types can be individually blocked. For example, you can block just coarse language in programs with a TV-PG rating. If you do, then the TV also blocks programs 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 programs based on US television ratings:

1.

From the Home screen menu, navigate to Settings > Parental controls , and then enter your parental control PIN.

2.

In the Parental controls screen, navigate to TV tuner > 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.

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