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Important
:
If you forget your parental control PIN, the only way to recover is to perform a
factory reset operation, as explained in “
Factory reset everything
” on page
41
. Be sure to write it
down in a safe place just in case.
Blocking Movie Store, TV Store, and News (US TV models only)
One of the parental control options is to completely hide the entertainment options that are available
directly on the
Home
screen menu of TVs manufactured for sale in the United States. (The Movie Store,
TV Store, and News options are not available on TVs manufactured for sale in Canada).
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 have to deal with unblocking shows that you want to watch
by entering your parental control 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:
