RCA L2010 manual The US Rating Limit Screen, Blocking Age-Based Ratings, Viewing Age-Based Ratings

Using the TV’s Features

The US Rating Limit Screen

The following is an example of where items are located within the V-Chip TV Ratings screen.

Rating Field

Lets you select the age-based

rating you want to block or view.

Rating Status Field

Lets you select whether the status of the age-based rating limit to the left is View or Block.

US TV RATINGS

NAVIGATE ▼ ▲▼ ▼			V/B	OK		P.C. MENU MENU
	TV-MA	View...		D	L	S	V	FV
	TV-14	View...		D	L	S	V	FV
	TV-PG	View...		D	L	S	V	FV
	TV-G	View...
	TV-Y7	View...						FV
	TV-Y	View...

Content Themes

Lists the content themes you

can block or view.

Content Status Fields

Displays whether the status of the

content theme is currently Locked or

Unlocked.

Hierarchy of Age-Based Ratings

TV-MA	Mature Audience Only
TV-14	Parents Strongly Cautioned
TV-PG	Parental Guidance Suggested
TV-G	General Audience
TV-Y7	Directed to Children 7 years
	and older
TV-Y	All Children

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 higher ratings.

To block programs with higher ratings:

1.First, determine the lowest level rating you don’t want the child to watch.

2.Highlight the lowest rating you do not want the child to watch. In the example discussed above, you would highlight TV-PG, since the highest rating you want the child to watch is TV-G.

3.Press the OK button to toggle between View and Block. The status for the rating you chose and all higher ratings automatically change to Block.

4.To lock the settings, exit the Parental Control menu or menu system and the password screen appears. Enter your password and press OK. If you exit the menu system without entering your password, the settings you changed won’t take effect.

Viewing Age-Based Ratings

After you block age-based ratings, you have the option of changing some of the ratings back to View.

1.Determine which blocked rating you want to view.

2.Use the up and down arrow buttons to highlight the rating with a status of Block.

3.Press the OK button to select View.

4.Lock the settings as described above or the changes won’t take effect.

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