Parental Control: Blocking Programs

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How to Set Your Preferences | Channel Block Preference | Rating Block Preference | Time Block Preferences | Title Block Preference | Activating Parental Control | Watching with Blocks Activated

What is Parental Control?

Parental Control allows you to control the programs that can be viewed on your TV. This way, you can make sure your family doesn't watch anything you don't want them to.

You can block programs in 4 different ways:

• By Channel
  
• By Rating
  
• By Time Period
  
• By Title
  

Before you can turn Parental Control on, you must set up your Parental Control blocking preferences

How to Set Your Preferences

You can set all your preferences in the General Settings menu.

1. Press the SETTINGS button on your remote control to display the Quick Settings menu.
   
   
   
   
2. Press the A button to display the General Settings menu.
   
   

Channel Block Preference

1. Start in the General Settings menu (see above).
   
   
2. Press the PAGE+/- button to jump to Parental Control.
   
   
   
   
3. Press the UP or DOWN arrow buttons to select Blocked Channels.
   
   
4. Press the SELECT button. A list of all channels will appear.
   
   
   
   
5. Press the UP or DOWN arrow buttons to highlight a channel you want to block.
   
   
   
   
   
   
6. Press the SELECT button. You have now blocked this channel.
   • A red lock appears next to the channel you've selected.
   • The channel number also appears in a list of Blocked Channels on the right side of the screen.
     
     
     
     
7. To block more channels, highlight each one, and press the SELECT button.
   
   
8. To remove a channel from the list, just highlight it and press the SELECT button again.
   
   
9. When you're done, press the LEFT arrow button.
   
   
   

Rating Block Preference

1. Start in the General Settings menu (see above).
   
   
2. Press the PAGE+/- button to jump to Parental Control.
   
   
   
   
3. Press the UP or DOWN arrow buttons to find Blocked Ratings.
   
   
4. Press the SELECT button. A list of ratings will appear.
   
   
5. Press the UP or DOWN arrow buttons to highlight a rating you want to block.
   
   
6. Press the SELECT button. You have now blocked this rating and all ratings that are more mature than this one. For example, if you select PG, you will also block PG-13, R, NC-17 and higher.
   • A red lock appears next to each blocked rating.
   • All blocked ratings are also listed on the right side of the screen.
     
     
7. Press the A button to accept these blocks, or the C button to cancel them.

Time Block Preferences

1. Start in the General Settings menu (see above).
   
   
2. Press the PAGE+/- button to jump to Parental Control.
   
   
3. Press the UP or DOWN arrow buttons to find Parental Control.
   
   
   
   
4. Press the SELECT button. A screen appears with columns for ON/OFF, DAY, START and STOP. You will start out in the ON/OFF column.
   
   
   
   
5. You will start in this column. Press the UP or DOWN arrow buttons to choose the ON option.
   
   
6. Press the RIGHT arrow button to move to the next column: DAY.
   
   
7. Press the UP or DOWN arrow buttons to block one of the following options:
   • A particular date
     
   • All weekends
     
   • All weekdays
     
     
8. Press the RIGHT arrow button again to choose the START TIME column.
   
   
9. Press the UP or DOWN arrow buttons to select the Hour.
   
   
10. Press the RIGHT arrow button to move into the columns for Minutes and AM/PM and use the UP or DOWN buttons to set your choices.
    
    
11. Repeat these instructions for the STOP TIME.
    
    
12. Once you have set your Time Block, press the A button to accept it or press the C button to cancel it.
    
    
13. When you accept this Block, a new line appears, called BLOCKED TIME 1.
    
    
14. You can set up to 4 Blocked Time periods. Each can be turned on or off individually. During these blocked time periods, every channel and program will be blocked. This way you can restrict all viewing at certain times, such as after-school or late at night.

Title Block Preference

1. Start in the General Settings menu (see above).
   
   
2. Press the PAGE+/- button to jump to Parental Control.
   
   
3. Press the UP or DOWN arrow buttons to find Blocked Titles.
   
   
   
   
4. Press the SELECT button.
   
   
5. Press the UP or DOWN arrow buttons to highlight Enabled.
   
   
6. Press the SELECT button again to accept.

Note:

• When you enable this, shows that contain any adult content or language will be hidden on the Program Guide and the iControl menus. You will see the words TITLE BLOCKED instead of the program name.
• Blocking titles does NOT restrict viewing. Therefore, we recommend that you use this feature in combination with other blocks.

Activating Parental Control

Now that you've set up your Parental Control Preferences, you're ready to activate them.

Important:

Setting up the Blocks is not enough, you have to activate them as well. If you do not activate the blocks, they won't work.

You can do this 2 ways:

   A) From GENERAL SETTINGS menu

1. Start in the General Settings menu (see above).
   
   
2. Press the PAGE+/- button to jump to Parental Control.
   
   
3. Press the UP or DOWN arrow buttons to select Parental Control and press the SELECT button.
   
   
4. Use the UP or DOWN arrow buttons to change setting from DISABLED to ENABLED.
   
   
5. Enter your BLOCKING PIN number when prompted.
   
   
   

   
   Tip:
   
   If you have never changed your PIN number, the default is usually 0000. We recommend that you change your PIN number. View the Changing Your PIN Numbers tutorial to learn how to do this.

6. You have now activated, all Channel, Time, Rating and Title blocks. Press the A button to confirm.
   
   
7. Press the EXIT button to return to watching regular TV.

   B) From QUICK SETTINGS menu

1. While watching regular television, press the SETTINGS button to bring up the Quick Settings menu.
   
   
2. Use the UP or DOWN arrow buttons to select Activate Parental Control.
   
   
3. Use the LEFT arrow button do change setting from NO to YES.
   
   
4. Enter your PIN number when prompted.
   
   
5. Press the A button to accept.

Watching with Blocks Activated

1. Once you have set up your blocks and activated Parental Control, any time you tune to a blocked program you will see a Parental Control alert.