RCA F27TF720, F32TF720, F36TF720 Channel Block, Front Panel Block, Lock/Unlock Parental Controls

Using the TV’s Features

PARENTAL CONTROLS

1 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			CHANNEL BLOCK
	Lock Parental Controls				Status
0	Exit	Channel #
			59	HEADLN	Block
		^

Press ^ or v, keypad, or CH ^/v to set channel, MENU to exit.

Channel Block

Selecting this option lets you decide what channels can be viewed. View Makes the selected channel viewable.

Block The front panel and remote control CH (channel) buttons will tune only to channels that you have marked as View. The remote will still tune to the blocked channel if you use the digits to access the channel, but the channel will be blocked.

Don’t forget to lock parental controls after you change the status of Channel Block. If you do not, the channel block will not take effect.

Note: If you have a digital cable box channels 126-999 can be blocked but will not be removable from your scan list.

PARENTAL CONTROLS

1 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

Front Panel Block

Selecting this option lets you block (disable) or unblock (enable) the TV’s front panel. The remote still tunes to any channel. Front Panel Block can:

• Keep children from watching TV when the parent is not present.

0 Exit

FRONT PANEL BLOCK

• Keep young children from playing with the buttons.

1 Unblock

2 Block

PARENTAL CONTROLS

1 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

(When using this as a Parental Control method, you should remove access to any remote that is capable of operating the television while you have the front panel blocked.)

Don’t forget to lock parental controls after you change the status. If you do not, the front panel block will not take effect.

Lock/Unlock Parental Controls

Selecting this option lets you lock and unlock parental controls settings using a password.

If you do not lock parental controls, none of the settings for V-Chip, Channel Block, or Front Panel Block will take effect.

If you forget your password, simultaneously press and hold MENU on the television and volume down on the remote for 3 seconds. Nothing appears on the screen, Parental Controls simply unlock and you can re-enter a password via Lock Parental Controls.

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