9
Parental Control Tips:
y
If you set your controls to block NR (not rated) this will also block programs such as news, sports and some
children’s programming
y
Choosing a movie and/or TV rating to block will automatically block all ratings above that one.
PARENTAL CONTROLS
Setting Parental Controls:
1)
Press the MENU button OK
2) Arrow
to
Settings
, Press OK
3) Enter current password (your password is 0 unless you have changed it), Press OK
4)
Be sure you are on the
Preferences
tab
5) Arrow
to
Parental Control: Edit
, Press OK
6) Select which program rating you want blocked by the highest rating you want viewed (ex. you want to watch
R, but nothing higher so put R in
Movie Ratings
). Use your OK and arrow buttons to select for
Movie Ratings
and
TV Ratings
. Use the OK button to put a
9
in the box of the
Content Ratings
you want blocked.
7) If you want to be able to see the info on the program even if it is blocked be sure to use the OK button to put a
9
in the box next to
Show Blocked Program Info
.
8) Arrow
to
Submit
, Press OK
9) When
Setting successfully updated
appears, Press OK
10) Arrow to the
Preferences
tab, Press OK
11) Arrow to
Parental Control
, Press OK (to put a
9
in the box)
12) Arrow to
Submit
, Press OK
13) When
Setting successfully updated
appears, Press OK
Blocking Channels:
1)
Press the MENU button OK
2) Arrow
to
Settings
, Press OK
3)
Enter current password (your password is 0 unless you have changed it), Press OK
4)
Be sure you are on the
Preferences
tab
5) Arrow
to
Channel Blocking: Edit
, Press OK
6)
Select which channels you want blocked by using your OK and arrow buttons to select the channels. A X will
appear on the selected channels.
7) Arrow
to
Update
, Press OK
9)
When you return to the
Preferences
tab, Arrow to
Channel Blocking
, Press OK (to put a
9
in the box)
10) Arrow
to
Submit
, Press OK
11) When
Setting successfully updated
appears, Press OK
To view a program blocked by parental controls,
Press OK on the program you wish to view and enter your
password (password is 0 unless you have changed it). This will unlock the parental controls on all channels for a
certain time period. To change the timeout period follow the below directions:
1)
Press the MENU button OK
2) Arrow
to
Settings
, Press OK
3)
Enter current password (your password is 0 unless you have changed it), Press OK
4)
Be sure you are on the
Preferences
tab
5) Arrow
to
Parental Control: Edit
, Press OK
6)
Arrow to Unlock Timeout, Press OK
7)
Select the time limit you want the parental controls to timeout in, do this by using the ARROW and OK
buttons (note: if you want to watch a 2-hour movie without interruption of parental controls coming back on
set the time to 120 minutes).
8) Arrow
to
Submit
, Press OK
9) When
Setting successfully updated
appears, Press OK
