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Parental Controls
Parental controls enable you to control whether the members of your household can view certain kinds of
broadcast TV programs. When a program or feature is blocked, you can unblock it by entering a parental
control PIN that only you know.
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Note:
Parental controls block content from the TV tuner and from streaming options, if any, on the Home screen
menu. Parental controls do not block content on other TV inputs or content from streaming channels you add
to your TV.
Creating a parental control PIN
To create a new parental control PIN, from the Home screen menu navigate to
Settings
>
Parental controls
.
The screen displays a numeric keypad. Use the purple directional pad to enter a four-digit code, and then
press
OK
. Then repeat the process to enter the same PIN again, just to make sure you correctly entered the
PIN you want to use.
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Important:
If you forget your parental control PIN, the only way to recover is to perform a factory reset operation.
Blocking broadcast TV programs
Enabling parental control of TV programs
The first step in blocking TV programs is to enable parental control of TV programs.
To enable parental control of TV programs:
1.
In the Home screen menu, navigate to
Settings
>
Parental controls
, and then enter your parental control PIN.
2.
In the
Parental controls
screen, navigate to
TV tuner
>
Parental control of TV shows
.
3.
Make sure the check box next to
Enable parental controls
is checked. If not, highlight it and press
OK
.
Blocking based on US TV ratings
To block TV programs based on US television ratings:
1.
From the Home screen menu, navigate to
Settings
>
Parental controls
, and then enter your parental control
PIN.
2.
In the
Parental controls
screen, navigate to
TV tuner
>
TV ratings
. Choose among the following settings:
x
Entire ratings
– Highlight the rating you want to block, and then navigate to the right and select the first
option that blocks the entire rating level (and all higher rating levels).
x
Individual content types
– Highlight the rating that contains the content type you want to block, and
then select the content types you want to block from among those listed. Remember that blocking a
content type in one rating blocks the equivalent content type in all higher rating levels.
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