RCA L15D20 User Manual

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Using the TV’s Features22 Chapter 2USA V-Chip TV RatingsBlocking Age-Based RatingsYou can automatically block all program ratings above a specified age-based rating level.1. Choose Options (lock icon) from the main menu, then highlightParental Controls. Enter your password.2. Highlight and select USA Parental Locks.3. Press the left or right arrow button to highlight a TV Rating. Pressthe up or down arrow button to scroll to the rating correspondingwith the lowest rating you do not want the child to watch. In theexample to the left, highlight TV-Y.4. Press the OK button to toggle between locked and unlocked. Thestatus for the rating and all higher ratings automatically lock.To view age-based ratings after you've locked them, follow the samesteps as above to unlock.Hierarchy of Age-Based RatingsTV-MA Mature Audience OnlyTV-14 Parents Strongly CautionedTV-PG Parental Guidance SuggestedTV-G General AudienceTV-Y7 Directed to Children 7 years and olderTV-Y All ChildrenUSA Parental LocksTo MoveMovies (MPAA) TV RatingsAll FV L S V DReset ResetG TV-YPG TV-Y7PG-13 TV-GR TV-PGNC-17 TV-14X TV-MAOK To Select MENU To ExitContent ThemesD Sexually explicit dialogueL Adult languageS Sexual situationsV ViolenceFV Fantasy ViolenceUSA Parental LocksTo MoveMovies (MPAA) TV RatingsAll FV L S V DReset ResetG TV-YPG TV-Y7PG-13 TV-GR TV-PGNC-17 TV-14X TV-MAOK To Select MENU To ExitBlocking Specific Content ThemesYou can block programs based on their content. (Content isrepresented by the FV, L, S, V and D on your screen.) When you blocka content theme for a particular rating, you automatically block thatcontent theme for higher rated programs as well.To block program content:1. Determine the content theme you want to block.2. Press the down arrow button to scroll to the rating whose contenttheme you want to change.3. Press the right arrow button to move the highlight to a particularcontent theme. In the example to the left, highlight the language(L) corresponding with TV-14.4. Press the OK button to change its status to lock. The language forTV-MA is blocked as well.Notes: Broadcasters are not required to provide contentthemes or age-based ratings.To view a content theme after it's been locked, follow the samesteps as above to unlock. Note that if you unlock the languagecorresponding with TV-14, the language for TV-MA doesn't unlock.You have to unlock the content theme status for each rating separately.