Blocking Specific Content Themes; Viewing Specific Content Themes; V-Chip Movie Rating Limit - RCA SCENIUM HDLP61W151 User Manual

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 All Children
Content Themes
D Sexually explicit dialogue
L Adult language
S Sexual situations
V Violence
FV Fantasy Violence
Tip
To change all V-Chip movie or TV ratings to View, press
the 0 number button.
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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 View and Block. The status for the rating listed to the
left and all higher ratings automatically changes to Block (and
3. Press the up or down arrow button to highlight Go back and press OK.
4. Select Lock Parental Controls from the Parental Control menu 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 View.
1. Press the up or down arrow button to select the rating with a status of Block.
2. Press OK to select View.

Blocking Specific Content Themes

You can block programs based on their content. (Content is represented by the D, L, S, V and FV
on your screen.) When you block a content theme for a particular rating, you automatically
block that content theme for higher rated programs as well.
To block program content:
1. Determine the content themes you want to block.
2. Press the down arrow button to scroll to the rating whose content theme you want to
change.
3. Press the right arrow button to move the yellow highlight to a particular content theme
status.
4. Press the OK button to change its status to
language (L) corresponding with TV-14. The language for TV-MA is blocked as well.)
Notes: Broadcasters are not required to provide content themes or age-based ratings.
You must remember to lock Parental Controls for rating limits to take effect.

Viewing Specific Content Themes

If you block specific content themes, you have the option of going back and changing some of
the content themes back to (
1. Determine the content themes you want to change to (
2. Press the down arrow button to scroll to the rating whose content theme you want to
change, such as
3. Press the right arrow button to move the yellow highlight to a particular content theme
status.
4. Press the OK button to change the status back to
programs with the TV-14 adult language content, but not programs with TV-MA language
content.
Note: Only the content theme status corresponding to TV-14 (L) language changes to (V) View. Higher rated
content themes, such as that for TV-MA language, do not change.

V-Chip Movie Rating Limit

Set movie rating limits by blocking movies rated above a specified level.
To change menu:
1. Press MENU on the remote control (the TV MAIN MENU appears).
2. Select Parental Control.
3. Select V-Chip movie rating.
Graphics contained within this publication are for representation only.
. (In the example to the left, you block the
) View:
under language (L) corresponding with TV-14.
).
) View.
. Your child would then be able to watch
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