RCA F27669 V-Chip Unrated Program Block, Using the TV’s Features, Blocking Movie Ratings, Chapter

Using the TV’s Features

Rating field	Rating
	status field

V-CHIP MOVIE RATING LIMIT

Rating Status

PG-13 Block

^

Press ^/v to view programs with this rating. Press MENU to exit.

RATING	STATUS
NR	Block

XBlock

NC-17 Block

RBlock

PG-13	Block
PG	View

GView

Rating field	Rating
	status field

V-CHIP MOVIE RATING LIMIT

Rating Status

NC-17 View

^

Press ^/v to block programs with this rating. Press MENU to exit.

RATING	STATUS
NR	Block

XBlock

NC-17 View

RBlock

PG-13	Block
PG	View

GView

Blocking Movie Ratings

If you only want your child to watch movies that have a PG rating and lower (in other words, movies rated PG and G), then you could automatically block out all other movies with higher ratings.

To block movies:

1.Highlight the Rating field and press the up and down arrow buttons to find the rating that is the lowest rating you don’t want the child to watch. (In the example above, you would highlight the rating status button corresponding to PG-13, since the highest rating you want the child to watch is PG.)

2.Press the right arrow button to highlight the rating Status field. Press the up and down arrow buttons to change the button from View to Block. All higher ratings automatically change to Block.

3.Press OK to return to the menu or exit the screen.

4.If Parental Controls are not locked, you must lock them so the movie rating limits will take effect.

Note: Some movies may be given a Not Rated (NR) rating. After blocking movie ratings, you must set NR to View separately to view NR movies.

Viewing Movie Ratings

After you block movie ratings, you have the option of changing some of the rating status buttons back to View:

1.Highlight the Rating field and press the up and down arrow buttons to find the rating you want to view.

2.Press the right arrow button to highlight the rating Status field. Press the up and down arrows to change the button from Block to View.

For example, if movies with a rating of PG-13 and higher are blocked, you can change the rating status corresponding with NC-17. Your child would then be able to watch all movies with a G, PG, and NC-17 Rating.

3.Press OK to exit the screen, and be sure parental controls are locked.

PARENTAL CONTROLS

1 V-Chip TV Rating Limit

2 V-Chip Movie Rating Limit

3 V-Chip Unrated Program Block

4 Channel Block

V-CHIP UNRATED PROGRAM BLOCK

5 Front Panel Block

6 Lock Parental Controls

0 Exit 1 View

2 Block

V-Chip Unrated Program Block

Selecting this option lets you decide if programs that the V-Chip recognizes as “unrated” can be viewed. Note that “unrated” TV programs may include news, sports, political, religious, local and weather programs, emergency bulletins, public announcements, and programs without ratings.

View All unrated programs are available.

Block All unrated programs are not available.

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

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