RCA F20648 manual V-Chip Rating Limit Screen, Blocking Age-Based Ratings

Using the TV’s Features

The V-Chip Rating Limit 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 left is View or Block.

Content Themes

Rating Field

Lets you select from a

list of age-based ratings

you can block or view.

V-CHIP TV RATING LIMIT

Rating	Status	- - Content - -
		D L S V FV
TV-MA	VIEW	V V V
^
Press ^/v to select rating.
Press MENU to exit.
RATING	STATUS	D L S V FV
TV-MA	View	V V V
TV-14	View	V V V V
TV-PG	View	V V V V
TV-G	View	V
TV-Y7	View
TV-Y	View

Rating Settings Area

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

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 (V) or Block (B).

Rating	Rating	Content
field	status field	status fields

V-CHIP TV RATING LIMIT

Rating		Status	- - Content - -
			D L S V FV
TV-PG		Block	B B B B
	^
Press ^/v to view programs with
this rating. Press MENU to exit.
RATING		STATUS	D L S V FV
TV-MA		Block	B B B
TV-14		Block	B B B B
TV-PG		Block	B B B B
TV-G		View	V
TV-Y7		View
TV-Y		View

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 other programming with 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 next page).

Tip

When you change the status of a rating to Block, the system will automatically block higher ratings and all corresponding content themes.

2.Press the left and right arrow buttons to highlight the Rating field.

3.Press the up and down arrow buttons on the remote to scroll through the age-based rating limits. Keep scrolling until the rating corresponding with the lowest rating you do not want the child to watch appears on the screen.

In the example discussed above, you would scroll through the Rating field until TV-PG appears, since the highest rating you want the child to watch is TV-G.

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