[BC] Defeating Parental Block

[George Nicholas]

Tom - I did a little googling and found the RCA's reset to 0000 by holding
the VOL DOWN and CHANNEL UP buttons simultaneously for 5 seconds.  Hope it
works.

gn

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Taggart" <tpt at eurekanet.com>
To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 3:23 PM
Subject: [BC] Defeating Parental Block


>
> Well... kind out of out of scope but maybe someone's run into this
> before...
>
> My older brother is in the nursing home.  Mostly he sits in his wheelchair
> & watches TV, I got him a little RCA 13" set from Radio Shack to watch.
> (Model E13320, for those with a complete SAMS library)
>
> He has always had a knack of making enemies.  I thought someone was
> messing with the tv, because I would come in and find the colors or
> brigthness all out of whack.
>
> Today he is complaining he can't watch his favorite channels.  Sure
> enough--History, Discovery and BBC America channels  have a block put in.
> (20/40/ and 74 on our system)  Apparently someone got into the "V-chip"
> section and blocked these channels, requiring a 4 digit password to
> unblock.  Which means you have to know the password to get the channels
> back....
>
> I brought out an old Mitsubishi set we had at home, but that's so old
> (circa 1982) it doesn't get anything above 64 on cable ready.  At least it
> is too simple to be messed with.
>
> Anyone know of a secret handshake to reset the little RCA?  There
> is--literally---nothing inside on the chassis except three chips, tuner,
> and the usual HV stuff.  So must require some kind of de-programming with
> the remote. If it can be done.
>
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