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USING PARENTAL CONTROL,

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BLOCKING PROGRAMS BY TIME OF DAY 

You can block programs in a particular time range, for a single day, a range of days or a
day of the week such as every Saturday. You can set up blocks by time of day for a
maximum of 14 days in the future.

1. Press the 

SETTINGS

key twice.

2. At the General Settings menu, press the 

UP

or 

DOWN

arrow keys to highlight 

Block: Time New

; then, press the 

SEL

key.

3. Enter your Parental Control Blocking PIN, if required.

4. Press the 

UP

or 

DOWN

arrow keys to highlight the date you want to block, then press

the 

SEL

key.

5. In the START column, change the time

shown to the time you want the block to
start as follows:

• Press the 

RIGHT

or 

LEFT

arrow 

keys to highlight a setting.

• Press the 

UP

or 

DOWN

arrow keys 

to change each setting.

• When the correct START time is 

shown, press the 

SEL

key.

6. In the STOP column, change the time

shown to the time you want the block to end: 

• Press the 

RIGHT

or 

LEFT

arrow keys to highlight the setting to change. 

• Press the 

UP

or 

DOWN

arrow keys to change each setting. 

• When the correct 

STOP

time is shown, press the 

A

key to accept.

7. Press the 

EXIT

key to return to watching TV.

Note:

To clear a blocked time, highlight the 

Block: Time #

(the # symbol represents the 

number of the time period you want to clear); then, press the 

C

key.

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BLOCKING RATINGS

Perform the following steps to select ratings that you want to block:  

1. Press the 

SETTINGS

key twice.

2. At the General Settings menu, press the 

UP

or 

DOWN

arrow keys to highlight 

Block:

Rating

; then, press the 

SEL

key.

3. Enter your Parental Control Blocking PIN, if required.

4. Press the 

UP

or 

DOWN

arrow keys to highlight the rating you want to block. 

5. Press the 

SEL

key to block the highlighted

rating, or press the 

B

key to block the rating

and all ratings that follow the selected rating 

in the list on the screen. 

Notes:

• Blocked ratings have a padlock next to them. 
• You can press the 

SEL

key again to unblock

the rating.

6. Continue highlighting and selecting ratings you

want to block.

7. When all ratings that you want to block have a

padlock shown, press the 

A

key to accept. 

Note:

Blocks do not take effect until you turn on the Parental Control feature using the 

Quick Settings menu.

8. To turn on and turn off the Parental Control feature, follow the instructions in 

Turning On or Turning Off Parental Control.

9. Press the 

EXIT

key to return to watching TV.