V-Chip Movie Rating Limit; Themes - RCA SCENIUM D52W131YX1 User Manual

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Hierarchy of Age-Based Ratings
IV-MA Mature Audience Only
71/- 14 Parents Strongly Cautioned
IV-PC
Parental Guidance Suggested
IV-G General Audience
IV-Y7 Directed to Children 7 years and older
IV- Y All Children
Content Themes
D Sexually explicit dialogue
L Adult language
S Sexual situations
V Violence
FV Fantasy Violence
Tip
Tochange all V-Chip movie or Iv ratings to View,press
the 0 number button.
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 Viewand 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 themesyou 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 ,_. {In the example to the left, you block the
language {L) corresponding with TV-14. The language for TV-MA is blocked as well.)
Notes.Broadcastersare not required to provide content themesor age-based ratings.
Youmust rememberto lock Parental Controls for rating limits to take effeeL
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 _ View:
1. Determine the content themes you want to change to _ View.
2. Press the down arrow button to scroll to the rating whose content theme you want to
change, such as _ under language {L) corresponding with TV-14.
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 _.Your child would then be able to watch
programs with the TV-14 adult language content, but not programs with TV-MA language
content.
Note: Onlythe content themestatus correspondingto IV- 14 (L)language changesto (V)View.Higher rated
content themes,such asthat for IV-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 TVMAIN MENU appears).
2. Select Parental ControL
3. Select V-Chip movie rating.
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