User Guide

Chapter 3
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Using the System
4. Select the Ratings Locks option.
5. Highlight the lowest rating that you want to block. Press the SELECT
button to set a lock at the highlighted rating.
Note: All ratings that are more restrictive than the selected rating are also
selected. For example, if you lock PG-13 rated programs, then all programs
with the R, NC-17, and NR/AO ratings are also locked.
G—General Audiences. A G-rated motion picture contains nothing in
theme, language, nudity, sex, violence or other matters that, in the view of
the Rating Board, would offend parents whose younger children view the
motion picture. The G rating is not a “certificate of approval,” nor does it
signify a “children’s” motion picture. Some snippets of language may go
beyond polite conversation but they are common everyday expressions. No
stronger words are present in G-rated motion pictures. Depictions of
violence are minimal. No nudity, sex scenes, or drug use are present in the
motion picture.
PG—Parental Guidance Suggested. Some Material May Not Be
Suitable For Children. A PG-rated motion picture should be investigated
by parents before they let their younger children attend. The PG rating
indicates, in the view of the Rating Board, that parents may consider some
material unsuitable for their children, and parents should make that
decision. The more mature themes in some PG-rated motion pictures may
call for parental guidance. There may be some profanity and some
depictions of violence or brief nudity. But these elements are not deemed so
intense as to require that parents be strongly cautioned beyond the
suggestion of parental guidance. There is no drug use content in a PG-rated
motion picture
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PG-13—Parents Strongly Cautioned. Some Material May Be
Inappropriate For Children Under 13. A PG-13 rating is a sterner warning
by the Rating Board to parents to determine whether their children under
age 13 should view the motion picture, as some material might not be suited
for them. A PG-13 motion picture may go beyond the PG rating in theme,
violence, nudity, sensuality, language, adult activities or other elements, but
does not reach the restricted R category. The theme of the motion picture by
itself will not result in a rating greater than PG-13, although depictions of