Chip Parental Controls, Channel Menu | RCA E13318 specification

THE MENU SYSTEM

THE CHANNEL MENU

The Channel menu contains all the commands used to control your channels, including custom-building your channel list.

Signal Type Displays a toggle that lets you select the current antenna type:

Antenna Choose this if you are currently using an off-air antenna for UHF/VHF TV signals.

Cable TV Choose this if you are currently using cable or a cable box for TV signals.

Auto Channel Search Selecting this option tells the TV to search automatically for all the channels available through the antenna input. When the TV finds an active channel, it places it in the channel list. Inactive channels (weak stations or channels with no signal at all) will be removed from the channel list. (You may interrupt this process by pressing the MENU button.)

List Displays a control panel that lets you customize your channel scan list by adding or removing channels. Use the VOL +/- buttons to move left and right between fields; use the CH ^/v buttons to enter settings. Press MENU to exit.

Channel Number Use the CH^/v buttons to scroll through the channel scan list. You can also enter the channel number directly using the number buttons.

Scan List Indicates whether the channel number is included (YES) or is not included (NO) in the channel scan list.

Channel

1 Signal Type:

CABLE TV

2Auto Channel Search

3List

0 Exit

The Channel menu

	List

Chan	Scan
#	List
059	YES
^
v

Press MENU to exit.

List menu

V-CHIP PARENTAL CONTROLS

The V-Chip Parental Controls menu allows you to program your TV so that children cannot see certain programs. When you select V-Chip Parental Controls, you will be prompted to enter your password if controls are locked, or to remember to lock controls if unlocked.

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 believe children should not view. Once you block programs, you or other adults can unblock programs with a password.

When turned “on,” the software reads a code that most broadcasters send with programs. That code tells the V-Chip the program’s age-based rating and content themes. If you have blocked the rating or content themes that the program contains, you will receive the message, “This program is blocked. Change channel or press DISPLAY to enter password.” When you tune to that program.

Broadcasters are not required to provide content themes or age-based ratings. Rated programs received with no content themes will only be blocked if you block their age-based rating. You can also block movies with a rating of “Not Rated” and “unrated” TV programs.

TV Main Menu

1Picture Quality

2Screen

3Channel

4V-Chip Parental Controls

5Time

0 Exit

Setting V-Chip Parental Controls

The V-Chip software inside your TV comes turned “off,” so if you choose to implement it, you must turn it on.