RCA L26W11 Blocking Specific Content Themes, Chip Movie Rating Limit, Viewing Age-Based Ratings

Using the TV’s Features

Viewing Age-Based Ratings

After you block age-based ratings, you have the option of changing some of the ratings back to View.

1.Determine which blocked rating you want to view.

2.Use the up and down arrow buttons to highlight the rating with a status of Block.

3.Press the OK button to select View.

4.To lock the settings, exit the Parental Control menu or menu system and the password screen appears. Enter your password and press OK. If you exit the menu system and cancel after entering your password, the settings you changed won’t take effect.

MAIN MENU
	US TV RATINGS
	Status		Content
TV-MA	View...	D	L	S	V
TV-14	View...	D	L	S	V
TV-PG	View...	D	L	S	V
TV-G	View...
TV-Y7	View...					FV
TV-Y	View...
NAVIGATE ▼ ▲ ▼ ▼		OK		P.C. MENU		MENU

Content Themes

D	Sexually explicit dialogue
L	Adult language
S	Sexual situations
V	Violence
FV	Fantasy Violence

Blocking Specific Content Themes

You can block programs based on their content. (Content is represented by the D, L, S, V and FV on your screen.) When you block a content theme for a particular rating, you automatically block that content theme for higher rated programs as well.

To block program content:

1.Determine the content themes you want to block.

2.Press the down arrow button to select the age-based rating you want to change.

3.Press the right arrow button to highlight a particular content theme.

4.Press the OK button to change its status to the lock icon, or block. (In the example to the left, you block the language (L) corresponding with TV-14).

Notes: Broadcasters are not required to provide content themes or age-based ratings.

5.Lock the settings as described above or the changes won’t take effect.

To view content themes after you’ve locked them, follow the same steps to unlock. Then lock Parental Controls to save your changes.

MAIN MENU
	US MOVIE RATINGS
NR	View...
X	Block...
NC-17	View...
R	View...
PG-13	View...
PG	View...
G	View...
NAVIGATE ▼ ▲ ▼ ▼		OK	P.C. MENU	MENU

V-Chip Movie Rating Limit

You set movie rating limits by blocking movies rated above a

specified rating. How to block movie ratings and view movie ratings is explained in the next two sections.

To access the V-Chip Movie Rating menu:

1.Press MENU on the remote control.

2.Press the down arrow button to select the Parental Control icon.

3.Select US Movie Ratings.

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