RCA 24V510T User Manual page 18

Using the TV's Features and Menus
The V-Chip Rating Screen
The following is an example of where items are located within the TV RATING LIMIT screen.
Rating Status Field
Lets you select whether the status of the age-based rating limit to the
left is Unblock or Block.
Rating Field
Lets you select from a
list of age-based
ratings you can block
or unblock.
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
16
TV RATING
RATING FV D L S V
TV-Y >U
TV-Y7 U U
TV-G U
TV-PG U
U
TV-14
TV-MA U
Blocking Age-Based Ratings
You can automatically block all program ratings above a
specified age-based rating level.
To block programs with higher ratings:
1. Press the up or down arrow button to scroll to the rating
corresponding with the lowest rating you do not want
the child to watch.
2. Press the OK button to toggle between U (Unblock) and B
(Block). The status for the rating listed to the left and all
higher ratings automatically changes to B (Block).
3. Press the GO BACK button to return the PARENTAL GUIDE
menu.
4. Press the down arrow button to highlight PARENTAL
GUIDE OFF, then press the right arrow button to turn it
on. It must be on for rating limits to take effect.
Viewing Age-Based Ratings
After you block age-based ratings, you can change some of
the ratings back to Unblock.
1. Press the up or down arrow button to select the rating
with a status of B (Block).
2. Press the right arrow button to select U (Unblock).
U U U U
U U U U
U U U
Content Themes
Lists the content
themes you can block
or unblock.
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
Unblock (U) or Block (B).
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