RCA D61W17B manual Blocking Age-Based Ratings, Viewing Age-Based Ratings

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Using the TV’s Features

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

 

 

Blocking Age-Based Ratings

You can automatically block all program ratings above a specified age- based rating level. To block programs with higher ratings:

1.Press the up or down arrow button to scroll to the rating corresponding with the lowest rating you do not want the child to watch.

2. Press the OK button to toggle between View and Block. The status for the rating listed to the left and all higher ratings automatically changes to Block (and ).

3.Use the up/down arrow buttons to highlight Go back and press OK.

4.Select Lock Parental Controls from the Parental Control menu for rating limits to take effect.

Viewing Age-Based Ratings

After you block age-based ratings, you can change some of the ratings back to View.

1.Use the up/down arrows to select the rating with a status of Block.

2.Press OK to select View.

Content Themes

DSexually explicit dialogue

L Adult language

S Sexual situations

V Violence

FV

Fantasy Violence

Tip

To change all V-Chip movie or TV ratings to View, press the 0 number button.

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 scroll to the rating whose content theme you want to change.

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

4.Press the OK button to change its status to . (In the example to the left, you block the language (L) corresponding with TV-14. The language for TV-MA is blocked as well.)

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

You must remember to lock Parental Controls for rating limits to take effect.

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