RCA LCDX3022W V-Chip Rating Limit Screen, Blocking Age-Based Ratings, Viewing Age-Based Ratings

Using the TV’s Features

The V-Chip Rating Limit Screen

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

Rating Status Field

Lets you select whether the status

of the age-based rating limit

above is View or Block.

Content Themes

Lists the content themes you

can block or view.

V-Chip TV Ratings

RatingTV-MA. . .

StatusView. . .

LView. . .

SView. . .

VView. . .

Press </> to select program rating.

Press MENU to go to US V-Chip Menu.

Rating Field

Lets you select the age-based rating

you want to block or view.

Content Status Fields

Lets you select which content themes to view for the selected rating, and whether the status of the content theme is currently View or Block.

Rating Settings Area

Lets you see the current block/view state of age- based ratings and associated content.

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.Highlight Status. 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.Select Lock Parental Controls from the Parental Control menu. Enter a password and if haven’t set your password, you’ll need to re-enter the password a second time to confirm.

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.

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