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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 programs 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 nowobsolete 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 parental control PIN.

2.

In the Parental controls screen, navigate to TV Tuner > Movie ratings .

3.

Select the rating level you want to block. You need only select one rating level, and all higher levels are automatically blocked.

Blocking based on Other ratings

Your TV can block programs having ratings that had not been defined when the TV was manufactured. It does this by detecting a new Rating Region Table in a program and then downloading the new table and displaying its rating in the Parental controls.

When the TV downloads a new Rating Region Table, it adds a new option to the list of rating types: Other ratings . If you see this option in the Parental controls screen, you have tuned to a station that has implemented a new rating table. Once the new

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