Parental Controls And V-Chip; How V-Chip Works - RCA 27GT730TX41AA4 Owner's Manual

Using the TV s Features
Parental Controls and V-Chip
The l_'ar_mlal Conhola menu allows you to program your TV so that children
cannot see certain programs, channels, or use the front panel controls.
The first three choices in the Paremlal Controls menu involve software inside your
TV (refi.rred to as V-Chip) which allows you to block TV programs and movies
based on violence, sex, or other conwnt you may believe children should not
view. In other words, it lets you program your TV so it won't display certain
programs.
Once you block programs, you or other adults can unblock programs by
entering a password.
By default, the sol,ware inside your TV is turned "off,' so if you dont want to
use this teature, you can just ignore it.
How V-Chip Works
When turned "on," the V-Chip software reads a code that most broadcasWrs
send with programs. That code tells the software the program's age-based rating
(TV-MA, TV-14, etc.) and conwnt themes [(Violence (V), Adult Language (L),
etc.)]. If you have blocked the rating and/or content themes that the program
contains, you will receive the message, "This channel is not approved fbr
viewing," when you tune m that particular channel.
Broadcasters are not required m provide content themes, so programs received
with no content themes will only be blocked if you block their age-based lvJting.
You can also block out programs that have been given a rating of"Not Rawd,"
and progr_uns that are considered "unrated" because no code has been sent by
the broadcaste_: The TV age-based ratings and conwnt themes you can block
are listed in the following ruble.
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