V-Chip: Parental Controls - GE 19GT243 User Manual

The Channel Menu
The Channel menu contains all the commands used to control your
channels, including custom-building your channel list.
Signal Type Displays a toggle that lets you select the current antenna
type:
Antenna Choose this if you are currently using an off-air antenna
for UHF/VHF TV signals.
CableTV Choose this if you are currently using cable oracable
box for TV signals.
Auto Channel Search Selecting this option tells the TV to search
automatically for all the channels available through the antenna input.
When the TV finds an active channel, it places it in the channel list. Inactive
channels (weak stations or channels with no signal at all) will be removed
from the channel list. (You may interrupt this process by pressing the MENU
button.)
List Displays a control panel that lets you customize your channel scan list
by adding or removing channels. Use the VOL +/- buttons to move left and
right between fields; use the CH ^/v buttons to enter settings. Press MENU
to exit.
Channel Number Use the CH^/v buttons to scroll through the
channel scan list. You can also enter the channel number directly
using the number buttons.
Scan List Indicates whether the channel number is included (YES) or
is not included (NO) in the channel scan list.
Channel
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2 Auto Channel Search
3 List
0 Exit
The Channel menu
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V-Chip Parental Controls
The V-Chip Parental Controls menu allows you to program your TV so that
children cannot see certain programs. When you select V-Chip Parental
Controls, you will be prompted to enter your password if controls are
locked, or to remember to lock controls if unlocked.
The first three choices in the Parental Controls menu involve software
inside your TV (dubbed V-Chip) which allows you to block TV programs and
movies based on violence, sex, or other content you believe children should
not view. Once you block programs, you or other adults can unblock
programs with a password.
When turned "on," the software reads a code that most broadcasters send
with programs. That code tells the V-Chip the program's age-based rating
and content themes. If you have blocked the rating or content themes that
the program contains, you will receive the message, "This program is
blocked. Change channel or press DISPLAY to enter password." When you
tune to that program.
Broadcasters are not required to provide content themes or age-based
ratings. Rated programs received with no content themes will only be
blocked if you block their age-based rating. You can also block movies with
a rating of "Not Rated" and "unrated" TV programs.
L_tmenu
TV Main Menu
1 Picture Quality
2 Screen
3 Channel
4 V-Chip Parental Controls
5 Time
0 Exit
Setting V-Chip Parental Controls
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