Parental Controls And V-Chip; How V-Chip Works - RCA F32649YX57CA10 User Manual

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 (refeiTed to as V-Chip) which allows you to block "IV programs and
movies based on violence, sex, or olher content you may believe children
should not view. In olher words, il lets you program your "IV so it won't display
ce_lain 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 programs. That code tells lhe software the program's age-based rating
('IW-MA, TV-14, etc.) and content 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 for
viewing," when you tune to that particular channel.
Broadcastens are not required to provide content themes, so prog_'ams received
with no content themes will only be blocked if you block their age-based rating.
You can also block out programs that have been given a rating of "Not Rated,"
and programs that are considered "un_'ated" because no code has been sent by
the broadcasten The TV age-based ratings and content themes you can block
are listed in the following table.
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