6.Use the MENU button repeatedly to get back to the Parental Control menu.

7.Select Lock Parental Control from the Parental Control menu for rating limits to take effect, you must press OK and enter a 4-digit password.

To view age-based ratings after you've locked them, follow the same steps as above to unlock.

Blocking Specific Content Themes

You can block programs based on their content. (Content is represented by the D, L, S, V and FV on your screen.) When you block a content theme for a particular rating, you automatically block that content theme for higher rated programs as well. To block program content:

1.Determine the content themes you want to block.

2.Press the down arrow button to scroll to the rating whose content theme you want to change.

3.Press the right arrow button to move the highlight to a particular content theme.

4.Press the OK button to change its status to block. (For example, you block the language (L) corresponding with TV-14. The language for TV-MA is blocked as well.)

To view content theme after you've locked them, follow the same steps as above to unlock. Note: If you unlock the language corresponding with TV-14, the language for TV-MA doesn't unlock. You have to unlock the content theme status for each rating separately.

Note: Broadcasters are not required to provide content themes or age-based

Hierarchy of Age-Based Ratings

 

TV-MA

Mature Audience Only

 

 

 

 

 

TV-14

Parents Strongly Cautioned

 

 

 

 

TV-PG

Parents Guidance Suggested

 

 

 

 

TV-G

General Audience

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Content Themes

 

D

 

Sexually Explicit Dialogue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

 

Adult Language

 

 

 

 

 

SSexual Situations

V Violence

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

 

 

 

 

 

TV-Y7

Directed to Children 7 Years and Older

FV

Fantasy Violence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV-Y

All Children

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US V-Chip Movie Rating Limit

Set movie rating limits by blocking movies rated above a specified level. To access the Movie Rating Limit menu:

1.Press MENU on the remote control (the TV's Main Menu appears).

2.Select Parental Control.

3.Highlight and select V-Chip. Then highlight and select US V-Chip.

4.Highlight and select Movie Ratings.

5.Press the down arrow button to scroll to the rating you want to change.

6.Press the OK button to change its status to block (all ratings above the one you selected change to block).

Movie Ratings

Go Back

NR

X

NC-17

R

PG-13

PG

G

Press OK to view/block.

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RCA L40HD33D warranty Blocking Specific Content Themes, US V-Chip Movie Rating Limit

L40HD33D specifications

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