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Configure 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.

NOTE

• The

Parental Control

feature does not block streaming videos or content from inputs other than Antenna TV.

Creating a Parental Control PIN

The first time you access the

Parental controls

screen, you must create a new parental control PIN. Thereafter, whenever

you want to change parental control settings, unblock programming that has been blocked, change the PIN, or disable parental
controls, you must enter your parental control PIN.

Tip:

Your parental control PIN has nothing to do with your Roku PIN. You can make them the same if you want—this is entirely

your choice.
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 arrow buttons and the

[OK]

button to enter a four digit code. Then, repeat the process to

enter the same PIN again, just to make sure you correctly entered the PIN you want to use.
•

Important: If you forget your PIN, the only way to recover is to perform a factory reset operation, as explained in

Factory reset everything on page 40

. Be sure to write it down in a safe place just in case.

Blocking Movie Store, TV Store, and News

One of the parental control options is to completely hide the entertainment options that are available directly on the

Home

screen menu.
To hide

Home

screen entertainment options:

1. From the

Home

screen menu, navigate to

Settings

Parental controls

, and then enter your PIN.

2. In the

Parental controls

screen, highlight

Home screen

and then select or clear either of these options:

Hide “Movie Store and TV Store”

– Removes the

Movies Store

and

TV Store

options from the

Home

screen menu.

Hide “News”

– Removes the

News

option from the

Home

screen menu.

Tip:

To use either of these options after you’ve hidden them, you must return to this screen and remove the check mark

from the corresponding

Hide

command.

Blocking Broadcast TV shows

For broadcast TV, parental controls use information embedded in the broadcast signal to determine whether to allow a program
to be displayed. Parents can configure parental controls to block broadcast TV programs that meet or exceed a specific rating,
so they cannot be viewed or heard unless the correct parental control PIN is entered.

Enabling parental control of TV shows

The first step in blocking TV shows is to enable parental control of TV shows.
This setting is provided separately to make it easier for you to turn parental control of TV shows on and off without disturbing
their settings. For example, your kids are going to summer camp for two weeks, and while they are gone, you don’t want to
have to deal with unblocking shows that you want to watch by entering your PIN. All you need to do is clear

Enable parental

controls

, and all TV shows are unblocked. When the kids return, select

Enable parental controls

again, and all of your

parental control settings are restored in a single operation.
To enable parental control of TV shows:
1. In the

Home

screen menu, navigate to

Settings

Parental controls

, and then enter your PIN.

2. In the