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System benefit from being supplied with a default PIN and a master
PIN. The master PIN is intended to be used to over-ride the user
supplied PIN if it is lost or forgotten.
4.3.3) Parental Control Menu
Entering a valid PIN gives access to a sub menu that provides options
to change the PIN, Lock and Unlock services or adjust Censorship.
The Censorship option allows the user to select a blocking age on
service programs.
The options are:
18
Block
Total block. Will block all service events.
Age rating 18. Will block service events with age rating 18+.
Age rating 15. Will block service events with age rating 15+.
Age rating 12. Will block service events with age rating 12+.
6 Age rating 6. Will block service events with age rating 6+.
OFF
No block. Will not block any service events.
15
12
When
“
Change PIN
”
or
“
Lock/Unlock Services
”
is selected then the
help will change to the following:
4.3.4) Censorship
The Television has a global censorship rating, which is set to the
Censorship block level in the above menu at power-up. If the user tries
to watch a program that has a broadcast rating above the global rating,
the user must raise the global censorship rating of the TV to match the
broadcast program.
The following OSD is displayed when a censored program is
encountered:
Enter PIN to view the censored service
Change PIN
The limit is raised to that of the broadcast program until the TV is put
into standby. If the PIN is not entered then this OSD will be displayed
at all normal viewing times. i.e. After leaving the menus this display
will return.
TV Setup Menu
The options are:
Television type
Selects the type of tube that the set-top-box is
connected to. The options are 4:3 and 16:9.
Widescreen
This option is only available when 4:3 is selected in
the shape option. It is used to select what the user
requires to be displayed for 16:9 transmissions.
The options are Letterbox, Center Cutout and Full
Frame.
Standard
This option sets the SCART output mode.
The options are CVBS, RGB.
4.3) Parental control
The default Parental control PIN is
“
0000
”
.
4.3.1) Viewing a Locked Cannel
Selecting a channel that is locked results in the following OSD being
displayed:
Entering a valid PIN will give access to the required service. Locking is
on a per-channel basis, so if the user switches to another locked
channel they will have to re-enter the PIN to view it. The channel will
remain unlocked until power-down. If the PIN is not entered then this
OSD will be displayed at all normal viewing times. i.e. After leaving the
menus this display will return.
4.3.2) Parental Locking via Menu Selection
The PIN must be entered to access the Parental Control menu:
Enter PIN for locked channel
Enter PIN to access Menu
Parental Control Menu
