RCA D34W20, D44W20 manual Chip TV Rating, V-Chip Rating Screen

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Using the TV’s Features

V-Chip TV Rating

The V-Chip TV Rating lets you decide which TV programs can and cannot be viewed.

To set TV programming limits:

1.Choose Parental Control from the Main menu. If Parental Controls have previously been locked, you must enter your password.

2.Press OK to continue.

3.Highlight and select V-Chip TV rating.

4.Once you get to the V-Chip TV rating limit screen, use the arrow buttons and OK on your remote to change the status of a TV program rating or content theme from View to Block.

5.For TV rating limits to take effect, lock Parental Controls by accessing the Lock parental controls menu.

The following sections give you more details about how to change the status of TV program limits.

The V-Chip Rating Screen

The following is an example of where items are located within the Rating Limit screen.

Rating Status Field

Lets you select whether the status of the age-based rating limit to the

Rating Field

Lets you select from a list of age-based ratings you can block or view.

left is View or Block.

Rating Settings Area

Content Themes

Lists the content themes you can block or view.

Content Status Fields

Lets you select which content themes to view for the selected rating, and whether the status of the content theme is currently View () or Block ().

Lets you see the current block/view state of age-based ratings and associated content. The View () settings are coded in green, and the Block () settings are coded in red.

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