RCA P52939 manual Parental Controls and V-CHIP, HOW V-CHIP Works

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FEATURES AND MENUS

PARENTAL CONTROLS AND V-CHIP

The Parental Controls menu allows you to program your TV so that children cannot see certain programs, channels, or use the front panel controls. 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 may believe children should not view. In other words, it lets you program your TV so it will not display certain programs.

Once you block programs, you or other adults can “unblock” programs by entering a password.

The software inside your TV comes turned “off,” so if you choose not to implement it, you can just ignore it.

HOW V-CHIP WORKS

When turned “on,” the software reads a code that most broadcasters send with programs. That code tells the software the program’s age- based rating (TV-MA, TV-14, etc.) and content themes (Violence (V), Adult Language (L), etc.). If you have blocked the rating and/or content themes that the program contains, you will receive the message, “This channel is not approved for viewing,” when you turn to that particular channel.

Broadcasters are not required to provide content themes, so programs received with no content themes will only be blocked if you block their age-based rating. You can also block out programs that have been given a rating of “Not Rated,” and programs that are considered “unrated” because no code has been sent by the broadcaster. The TV age-based ratings and content themes you can block are listed in the following table.

MAIN MENU

1 Audio

2 Picture Quality

3Screen

4 Channel

5 Time

6 Parental Controls

7 GUIDE Plus+ Menu

PARENTAL CONTROLS

8 Setup

0Exit1 V-Chip TV Rating Limit

2 V-Chip Movie Rating Limit

3 V-Chip Unrated Program Block

4 Channel Block

5 Front Panel Block

6 Lock Parental Controls

0 Exit

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