Operation Manual
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Pre
ss
M
EN
U
/ENTE
R
. T
h
e menu screen appears
.
Pre
ss
o
r   to 
s
e
l
ect 
(
OPTION
)
m
enu.
Pre
ss
o
r to 
s
elect “V-CHIP”
.
Pre
ss
to 
d
ispla
y
 t
h
e passwor
d
enterin
g
 mo
d
e. Use
n
umber butt
o
n
s
(0-9
)
 to enter 
y
our passwor
d
, t
h
en 
press
M
EN
U
/ENTE
R
. The V-CHIP
menu appears
.
Pre
ss
o
r to select “V-CHIP SET”
,
t
h
en press
o
r . The V-CHIP 
S
E
T
menu appears
.
Pre
ss
o
r to select “TV RATING”
,
t
h
en press
o
r to 
d
ispla
y
 t
h
e 
d
esire
d
r
at
i
n
g.
OFF : TV RATIN
G
 is not se
t
TV
-
Y
 : All c
h
il
d
r
en
TV
-
Y7
 : 7 
y
ears ol
d
 an
d
 a
b
ov
e
T
V-
G
 : 
G
eneral audienc
e
T
V-P
G
 : Parental gui
d
anc
e
TV
-1
4
: 14 
y
ears ol
d
 an
d
 a
b
ov
e
T
V-M
A
 : 17 
y
ears ol
d
 an
d
 a
b
ov
e
•
 When 
y
ou select TV-Y7, TV-PG,  
  TV-14, or TV-MA, press 
–
/DI
S
PLA
Y
 to 
f
urther de
fi
 ne the ratin
g
.
 Press  
o
r  to select t
h
e 
d
esire
d
 ratin
g
 you want.
 Press
o
r  to select the settin
g
 “ON” or “OFF”
.
Press  
o
r to select “MOVIE
RATING”, then press
.
The RATING SET menu appears
.
Press  
o
r to select t
h
e ratin
g
, 
t
h
en press
o
r to select “ON” or
“OFF” for each ratin
g.
G
  : All a
g
es
PG
: Parental 
g
ui
d
anc
e
PG
-1
3
 : Parental 
g
ui
d
ance less t
h
an 13 years ol
d
R
 : Un
d
er 17 years ol
d
 parental 
g
ui
d
ance su
gg
este
d
NC
-17 : 17 
y
ears ol
d
 an
d
 a
b
ov
e
X
 : A
d
ult onl
y
Pre
ss
M
EN
U
/ENTE
R
 twice to return to the V-CHIP menu
,
 then
press
o
r 
t
o 
s
elect “V-CHIP”
.
Pre
ss
o
r   to select “ON”. Your settin
g
s are now set into 
mem
o
r
y.
Pre
ss
M
EN
U
/ENTE
R
 repeate
d
l
y
 until t
h
e menu screen is cleare
d
.
Otherwise, press 
E
X
I
T to return to t
h
e normal screen imme
d
iatel
y.
T
o use the TV after the TV is 
p
rotected.
Wh
en a program is receive
d
 t
h
at is 
b
locke
d
by
 the V-Chip, enter the password, then press
MEN
U
/ENTE
R
. W
h
en t
h
e passwor
d
 is entere
d
c
orrectl
y
 t
h
e protection will 
b
e temporaril
y
o
v
e
rri
dde
n. 
I
f
 the TV is turned o
ff
, or the channel is chan
g
ed 
the V-Chi
p
 restriction will be reactivated.
NOTES
:
•
  The V-Chip function is activated onl
y
 o
n
 pro
g
rams an
d
 input sources t
h
at inclu
d
e a   
 rat
i
n
g
 s
ig
na
l.
•
  The V-CHIP SET (DTV) will onl
y
 be selectabl
e
 w
h
en t
h
e unit receives a 
d
i
g
ital 
b
roa
d
cast usin
g
 t
h
e new ratin
g
 system. It may take several 
  minutes for the intial V-Chi
p
 Set-u
p
 to com
p
lete
.
 At t
h
i
s
 time some stations are still 
d
evelopin
g
 this si
g
nal, in those cases the V-
C
HIP 
S
ET   
  (DTV) will not function
.
S
etting the V-
C
hip   (continued)
T
o set the V-
C
H
IP
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