RCA 1627195C manual Parental Control menu and V-CHIP, Channels automatically

Using TV Menus

			The TUNING menu
			SOURCE	Selects AIR or CABLE. Select AIR to receive
				a broadcast signal. Select CABLE to receive
TUNING				a CATV signal.
SOURCE		AIR	CHANNEL	Use the	/	buttons on the remote ( or
CHANNEL		18
DELETE	CH	NO		the VOL +/- button on the top of the TV)
FINE TUNE				to scroll through the channels available via
AUTO SEARCH				your antenna. You can enter the channel
				number directly using the number buttons.
			DELETE CH	Select YES to skip the channel above.			`
				Select NO to go to the channel above.

FINE TUNE	Fine tunes a channel for best reception.
AUTO SEARCH	Starts channel search and stores the
	channels automatically.

The PARENTAL CONTROL menu and V-CHIP

The Parental Controls menu allows you to program your TV/DVD so that children cannot see certain programs and channels.

The Parental Controls menu involve software inside your TV/DVD (V-Chip) which allows you to “block” TV programs and movies based on violence, sex, or other content you think children should not view. It lets you program your TV so it will not display certain programs. You can “unblock” programs by entering a password.

When Parental Controls is turned ON the software reads a code that most broadcasters send with programs. That code tells the software the program’s age-based rating (TV-MA, TV-14, etc.) and content themes (Violence (V), Adult Language (L), etc.).

Broadcasters are not required to provide content themes, so programs received with no content themes will only be blocked if you block their age-based rating. You can also block out programs that have been given a rating of “Not Rated,” and programs that are considered “unrated” because no code has been sent by the broadcaster.

The TV age-based ratings are listed in the table on the following page.

PASSWORD You need a password to enter the PARENTAL CONTROL menu. The initial password is 5898. The first time you use this menu you should change the password.

When you enter the correct password, the PARENTAL GUIDE menu is displayed.

PARENTAL GUIDE Select “OFF” to turn V-CHIP off. Select “ON” to activate V-CHIP.

TV RATING Select to display the TV Rating submenu.

The TV ratings and content themes you can block are listed on pages 10 and 11.

8 Using TV Menus

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