RCA B27TF685 How to Enable/Disable the V-Chip, How to Set up Restrictions Using the TV guidelines

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TV O P E R AT I O N

How to Enable/Disable the V-Chip

1

Follow Steps 1-2 from Setting Up Your Personal ID Number (PIN).

2

To enable the V-Chip feature, press the RIGHT arrow button so that the “V-Chip Lock” field is Yes. (Pressing the LEFT/RIGHT arrow buttons will alternate between Yes and No.)

	V-chip		Function
	V-chip Lock		: Yes
CH	TV Guidelines
	MPAA Rating
	Change pin
	Move	Sel.	Exit

How to Set up Restrictions Using the “TV guidelines”

First, set up a personal identification number (PIN), and enable the V-Chip. (See previous page.) Parental restrictions can be set up using either of two methods: The TV guidelines or the MPAA rating.

1

Again, follow Steps 1-2 from Setting Up Your Personal ID Number (PIN).

2

Press the DOWN arrow button to select

“TV Guidelines”.

	V-chip		Function
	V-chip Lock		: No
CH	TV Guidelines
	MPAA Rating
	Change pin
	Move	Sel.	Exit

3
					Function
				All FV V S L D
Press the RIGHT arrow			TV-Y	U
button. The “TV guidelines”			TV-Y7	U U
screen appears. Press the		CH	TV-G	U
DOWN arrow button to			TV-PG	U	U U U U
select one of the six age-			TV-14	U	U U U U
based categories:			TV-MA	U	U U U
			U: Unblocked		B: Blocked
TV-Y	Young children		Move	Sel.	Exit
TV-Y7	Children 7 and over
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TV-G	General audience
TV-PG	Parental guidance
TV-14	Viewers 14 and over
TV-MA	Mature audience

▼ Note: These categories consist of two

separate groups: TV-Y and TV-Y7 (young children through age 7), and TV-G through TV-MA (everybody else).

The restrictions for these two groups work independently: If a household includes very young children as well as young adults, the TV guidelines must be set up separately for each age group. (See next step.)

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