The Parental Control Menu And V-Chip - RCA TV/DVD User Manual

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TUNING
SOURCE AIR
CHANNEL 10
CH NAME
DELETE CH OFF
FINE TUNE
AUTO SEARCH

The PARENTAL CONTROL menu and V-CHIP

The Parental Controls menu allows you to program your TV/DVD so that children cannot see certain programs and channels.
The Parental Controls menu involve software inside your TV/DVD (V-Chip) which allows you to "block" TV programs and movies based on
violence, sex, or other content you think children should not view. It lets you program your TV so it will not display certain programs.
You can "unblock" programs by entering a password.
When Parental Controls is turned ON the software reads a code that most broadcasters send with programs. That code tells the software
the program's age-based rating (TV-MA, TV-14, etc.) and content themes (Violence (V), Adult Language (L), etc.).
Broadcasters are not required to provide content themes, so programs received with no content themes will only be blocked if you block
their age-based rating. You can also block out programs that have been given a rating of "Not Rated," and programs that are considered
"unrated" because no code has been sent by the broadcaster.
The TV age-based ratings are listed in the table on the following page.
PASSWORD You need a password to enter the PARENTAL CONTROL menu. The initial password is 1234. The first time you use
this menu you should change the password. If you forget your password, please contact the service center.
When you enter the correct password, the PARENTAL GUIDE menu is displayed.
PARENTAL GUIDE Select "OFF" to turn V-CHIP off. Select "ON" to activate V-CHIP.
TV RATING Select to display the TV Rating submenu.
The TV ratings and content themes you can block are listed in the following tables.
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The TUNING menu
SOURCE Selects AIR or CABLE. Select AIR to receive a broadcast
signal. Select CABLE to receive a CATV signal.
CHANNEL Use the
the front of the TV) to scroll through the channels available via
your antenna. You can enter the channel number directly using the
number buttons.
CHANNEL NAME Allows you to name channels from 2 to 11. Use the
on the remote (or the VOL + / - buttons on the front of TV) to enter
a five-character label for each channel.
DELETE CH Select YES to skip the channel above. Select NO to go to the
channel above.
FINE TUNE Fine tunes a channel for best reception.
AUTO SEARCH Starts channel search and stores the channels automatically.
buttons on the remote ( or the VOL + / - button on
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/ buttons
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