RCA 15491880 - Manual (Page 43)

Using the TV's Features
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 AH Children
4. i^ress the right anxtw button to move tlie yellow highlight to the
Slaliis field.
5. Pres.s the up or clown arrow iititton to tttggle between ITew^'and Block. The
statu.s tor the rating li.sted to the left and all higher ratings automatically
chtinges to Block (and H).
6. Press OK on the remote to return tcj the menu or exit the screen when you
are finished.
7. Select Lack Bcirenhil Coatyois from the /kirciital Controls menu. Enter a
pas.swcrrd, and if you have not already set yotir pa.ssword, you will be
]-)rompted to enter it again to confirm.
Tip
To reset the ratings to View and V, press the RESET
button on the remote.
Rating
field
I
Rating
status field
/
Content
status fields
/
V - C H I P T V R A T I N G L I M I T
- ^ C»ttent ^ -
■ rating Status D L S V FV
TV-H ' . . y . y . V V I
Press to view programs with
this rating. Press MENU to exit.
RATING STATUS D L S V FV
TV-MA - L. ■
TV-1A . V ■
TV-PG ■ ■ > c
TV-G ..
TV-Y7 ■ V
TV-Y . .
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 wdrich blocked rating you want to view.
2. Use the up and down arrow buttons to select the rating with a status
of Block
3. Press the right arrow button to move the yellow highlight to the rating
status field.
4. Pres.s the up button to select View.
Note: The content status fields cotresponding to the unblocked rating
become View as well. They and the age-based rating status are the only
fields that automatically change hack to View when you complete
this process.
Note: You must remember to lock Parental Controls for rating limits to
take effect.
Content Themes
D Sexually explicit dialogue
L Adult language
S Sexual situations
V Violence
FV Fantasy Violence
TV-Y All Children
Blocking Specific Content Themes
You can iilock programs ba.sed on their content. (Ccrntent is represented by the
D, L, S, V, FV and TV^-Y on your screen. .See the beginning of this section for
details.) When you block a content theme for a paiticul’ar rating, you ,
automatically block that content theme for higher rated programs as well.
For example, if you do not want your child to w'atch programs that have adult
language (L) rated T\^-PG or higher, then you could block out all programming
TV-PG and above containing adult language.
(Steps continued on next page)
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