Sony MFM-HT205 User Manual

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7

Press the

M/m buttons to select the TV rating to be

blocked and press the OK button.
The indicator automatically appears beside the selected
rating and all ratings below it, indicating that the programs
that match the ratings will be blocked.

To unlock a rating, select and press the OK button.
The indicator changes to “–” and all ratings above it are
unlocked.

Some U.S. TV ratings have additional content ratings called
“extenders.”
The extenders are defined as follows:
D (sexually suggestive Dialogue), FV (Fantasy Violence), L
(coarse Language), S (Sexual situations) and V (Violence).
By setting the extenders, you can define additional viewing
limits.
For more details of extenders, see page 29.

All of the extenders included in the selected ratings will be
blocked. If you want to allow any of them to be viewed, go to
step 8. Otherwise, go to step 10.

8

Press the

M/m buttons to select the extender to be

viewed and press the OK button.
“–” appears beside the selected extender, indicating that the
programs that match the extender can be viewed.
To relock the canceled extender, select .
The indicator appears to show that the programs that match
the extender will be blocked again.

9

Repeat step 8 for other extenders.
All programs that match the ratings you select and higher,
except for the extenders that were canceled, will be blocked.

10 Press the MENU button to exit the menu screen.

To block programs or movies broadcast without a
rating
The unrated option allows you to block programs or movies that
are broadcast without a rating.
The unrated option is available only when you have selected
“U.S.A.” as your country/region.

1

Perform steps 1 and 2 of “Selecting a Custom
Rating” on page 27.

2

Press the

M/m buttons to select “Unrated” and

press the OK button.

3

Press the

M/m buttons to select “Block” and press

the OK button.

4

Press the MENU button to exit the menu screen.

Note
If you choose to block unrated TV programs, be aware that the following
types of programs may be blocked: programs broadcast from another
country/region, emergency broadcasts, political programs, sports, news,
public service announcements, religious programs, and weather.

Parent

: TV

Set

Exit

MENU

Select

OK

TV Rating

Rating

Content

TV-Y: –
TV-Y7: – FV:

TV-G: –
TV-PG: –

D:– L: – S: – V: –

TV-14:

D:

L:

S:

V:

TV-MA: L:

S:

V:

Example: TV rating in the U.S.A.

Option

Description

Allow

Allows programs and movies that are
broadcast without a rating.

Block

Blocks all programs and movies that
are broadcast without a rating.

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