RCA M50WH186 USA V-Chip TV Ratings, Blocking Age-Based Ratings, Hierarchy of Age-Based Ratings

Using the TV’s Features

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1 V-Chip TV Rating

2 V-Chip Movie Rating

Main Menu4Parental Controls 4USA V-Chip

The V-Chip TV rating limits are set with this screen.

The TV must be locked for the rating limits to be enforced.

			Rating Content
Rating	Status	D	L	S	V FV
"TV-MA" Blocked			B	B	B
"TV-14"	Blocked	V	V	V	V
"TV-PG" Blocked		V	V	V	V
"TV-G"	Blocked
"TV-Y7" Blocked					B
"TV-Y"	Blocked

USA V-Chip TV Ratings

The USA V-Chip TV Rating lets you decide which TV programs can and cannot be viewed. To set TV programming limits:

1.	Choose Channel Setup from the Main menu. If Channel Setup has
	previously been locked, you must enter your password.
2.	Then select Parental Controls.
3.	Highlight and select USA V-Chip.

Press OK to set the age-based TV rating limit and content theme limit.

Hierarchy of Age-Based Ratings

TV-MA	Mature Audience Only
TV-14	Parents Strongly Cautioned
TV-PG	Parental Guidance Suggested
TV-G	General Audience
TV-Y7	Directed to Children 7 years
	and older
TV-Y	All Children

4.	Highlight and select V-Chip TV Rating.
5.	Once you get to the V-Chip TV Rating screen, use the arrow buttons
	and OK on your remote to change the status of a TV program rating
	or content theme from Viewable to Blocked.

Proceed to the next sections for more details about how to change the status of TV program limits.

Blocking Age-Based Ratings

You can automatically block all program ratings above a specified age- based rating level. For example, if you only want your child to watch programs that have a TV-G rating and lower (in other words, you want the child to watch TV-G, TV-Y7, and TV-Y), then you need to block out higher ratings.

To block programs with higher ratings:

1.First, determine the lowest level rating you don’t want the child to watch (see chart of age-based ratings on previous page).

2.Highlight the lowest rating you do not want the child to watch. In the example discussed above, you would highlight TV-PG, since the highest rating you want the child to watch is TV-G.

3.Press the OK button to toggle between Viewable and Blocked. The status for the rating listed to the right and all higher ratings automatically change to Blocked (and B).

4.Select Lock TV from the Parental Controls menu. Enter a password and re-enter password a second time to confirm the password.

To view age-based ratings after you’ve blocked them, follow the same steps as above to make the rating Viewable (V).

Notes: The content status fields corresponding to the unblocked rating become Viewable as well. They and the age-based rating status are the only fields that automatically change back to Viewable when you complete this process.

You must remember to lock the TV as described above for rating limits to take effect.

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