Parental Controls And V-Chip; How V-Chip Works - RCA GUIDE Plus+ F27650 User Manual

Using F a' ut s
Parental Controls and V-Chip
The Parental Controls menu allows you to program your "IV so lhat children
cannot see certain programs, channels, or use the front panel controls.
The first three choices in the Parental Controls menu involve software inside
your "IV (referred to as V-Chip) which allows you to block "IY programs and
movies based on violence, sex, or o_her content you may believe children
should not view. In other words, il lets you program your "IY so it won't display
certain programs.
Once you block programs, you or other adults can unblock programs by
entering a password.
By del_ult, the software inside your TV is turned "off," so if you don't want to
use this feature, you can just ignore it.
How V-Chip Works
When turned "on," the V-Chip software reads a code that most broadcasters
send wilh program:as. That code tells lhe software lhe program's age-based rating
(TV-MA, TV-14, etc.) and content themes [(Violence (V), Adult Language (L),
etc.)[. If you have blocked the rating and/or content the1:qes that the program
contains, you will receive lhe message, "This channel is not approved for
viewing," when you tune to lhat particular channel.
Broadcaste_:s are not required to provide content themes, so programs received
wilh no content lhemes will only be blocked if you block lheir age-based
rating. You can also block out programs that have been given a raring of "Not
Rated," and programs lhat are considered "unmted" because no code has been
sent by the broadcaster. The TV age-based ratings and content lhemes you can
block are listed in lhe following table.
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