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Catherine Houghton Posted on Apr 14, 2007
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Channel locked Hello, I had the cable guy come out and connect my cable. He ended up locking my television and I am not able to unlock it, nor do I have a remote (my dog ate it) and the manual is packed away in another city. Can you please help me unlock the t.v. Thank you

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  • Anonymous Nov 20, 2008

    Same problem, tried for an hour to reset, it wont let me reset the password, any other suggestions?

  • Anonymous Apr 07, 2009

    i dont have a *clear* button on my remotes, whats another alternative?

  • DFMAYHALL May 03, 2009

    I DON'T HAVE A RCA REMOTE, JUST A UNIVERSAL WHICH HAS NO CLEAR BUTTON ON IT. ANY SUGGESTIONS?

    THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING!

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With the tv off press and hold the volume down button on the tv & clear button on the remote for 5 to 7 seconds. perhaps you can borrow a friends remote for a day to fix it. good luck.

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For the RCA Television Model 27F530T, the way to reset parental control password is to do the following:

Have the TV turned off. Press and hold the Volume Down button on the TV (one of the six buttons on the tv) and the Clear button on the Remote. Keep them held down until the TV turns itself on. Then the password has been reset. You can access the menu through the remote by pressing Menu, and highlighting the Parental Controls option, then pressing OK to access it. The interface will prompt you to create a password.


This is the absolute way to do this. I am posting this because repairguy fixed my problem with this, and there are so many non-working solutions out there. This is the one that absolutely works for a RCA Television Model 27F530T.

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I tried the remedy above, but it wont reset, i tried this multiple times, TV comes on, and i go to parental controls, and it says improper password. What now?

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does this hold good for model F27227EM as well. Its a old 27" from RCA and has a parental lock in channel 3. As am unable to unlock this am unable to use the set up box which is hooked to channel 3.

I dont have the original remote

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You should be able to use the front panel controls on your set and find the locking function and un-lock it from there. Stargazer

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