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Navigating the Home Screen and Information Panels
Turning Parental Control 'Off'
Locking the Input Source
To turn ‘OFF’ Parental Control:
1. Press the [Home Panel] button and navigate to the Settings icon OR press the Edit Settings button on
your remote.
The window appears on the left side of the screen.
2. Using the [Navigation] button on your remote, select Settings > Privacy > Parental Control.
A Parental Control window appears that shows OFF and ON radio buttons.
3. Disable Parental Control by selecting OFF.
A Parental Control password window displays.
4. Enter your 4-digit password.
A confirmation message appears to let you know that it is turned off.
In order to lock the input source or TV program by ratings, Parental Control must be turned ‘ON’.
To use the Lock the Input Source feature:
1. From Settings > Privacy navigate to Lock Input Source.
2. Enter your password.
A Lock input source window appears.
3.
Select the source that you want to lock and click OK.
Figure 33. Parental Control Password window
Figure 34. Lock Input Source window
Navigating the Home Screen and Information Panels
Locking a TV Program by Ratings
Description of U.S. TV Ratings
Description of Age-based Ratings
U.S. Movie Ratings
To use the Lock a TV Program by Ratings feature:
1. From Settings > Privacy navigate to Lock Input Source.
2. Enter your password.
A Program Rating Lock window appears.
3.
Select the type of program that you want to lock.
All ratings that are higher than those you select are also blocked. For example, if you choose to block the PG-13
rating, then the higher ratings (R and NC-17) are automatically blocked too.
NOTE
Content Defined as
FV
Fantasy Violence
D
Suggestive dialog
L
Course or crude language
S
Sexual situations
V
Violence
TV-Y All children
TV-Y7
Directed to older children
TV-G
General audience
TV-PG
Parental Guidance Suggested
TV-14
Parents strongly cautioned
TV-MA
Mature Audiences Only
Rating Defined as
G
General audience
PG
Parental Guidance suggested
PG-13
Parents strongly cautioned
R
Restricted
NC-17
No one 17 and under permitted
Figure 35. Program Rating Lock window