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Blocking Movie Store, TV Store, and News (U.S. only)
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 parental control 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
Movie 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.
Note
:
Rating standards differ by country.
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
