What happens when a TV show is blocked?
After you’ve set up parental controls, TV shows and movies
can be blocked:
●
When you change channels and the new channel is playing a
program whose rating exceeds your settings.
●
When a new show comes on the channel you are watching and its
rating exceeds your settings.
When a program is blocked by parental control settings, the TV
displays a blocked message:
Whenever this blocked message appears, both the video and audio
of the show are blocked, as well as program data that would normally
appear in the area at the bottom of the screen.
To watch the blocked program, you need to know the PIN code
defined when you enabled parental controls, as explained in
.
1
Press
OK
to select
Unblock
and display a PIN pad.
2
Use the arrow keys to enter your parental control PIN code, and
then press
OK
to select
Unblock everything
.
After unblocking shows that have been blocked, all blocking is
disabled for two hours or until you turn off the TV.
Changing the parental control PIN
To change your parental control PIN:
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
Change PIN
.
3
Move the highlight into the adjacent keypad, and then use the
arrow keys and then press
OK
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.
Resetting parental controls
So now your kids have grown up and gone away to college, and you
no longer want to deal with blocked programs.
To erase all parental control settings:
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
Reset parental
controls
.
3
Follow the instructions on the screen to confirm that you want to
erase all parental control settings.
Tip(s)
●
Resetting parental controls also erases your parental control PIN.
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