Parental Controls And V-Chip; How V-Chip Works - RCA F36444YX01 User Manual

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Parental Controls and V-Chip
The Parental ControL_ menu allows you to program your TV so that children
cannot see certain progranls, chann_,ls, or us_, tile l)ront panel controls.
The first lhree choices in the Parental ControL_ menu involve software inside
your TV (reli:rred to as V-Chip) which allows you to block TV programs and
movies based on violence, sex, or other content 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 aduhs can unblock programs by
entering a password.
By dethult, lhe software inside your TV is turned "off," so if you don't want to
use this t>ature, you can just ignore it.
How V-Chip Works
When turned "on," the V-Chip software reads a code that most broadcaste_
send with programs, That code tells the soliware tile program's age-based rating
(TV-MA, TV-14, etc.) and content them_,s [(Violence (V), Adult Language (L),
etc.)l. If you have blocked lhe rating and/or content themes that the program
contains, you will receive tile message, 'q]fis channel is not approved tk_r
viewing," when you rune to that particular channel.
Broadcasters are not required to provide content themes, so programs 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 lhat are considered "unrated" because no code has been
sent by tile broadcaster. The TV age-based ratings and content themes you can
block are listed in tile tk>llowing table.
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