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What are Parental Controls/Locks?
WHAT ARE PARENTAL CONTROLS/LOCKS?
Parental Controls (or Locks) allow you to password-protect programming based on its
ratings, or on a channel-by-channel basis. When you have locked your receiver:
• If you try to access a locked item or open the Locks menu, your receiver displays a
message on the screen prompting you to enter the password.
• Your receiver allows you three attempts to enter the correct password. If you fail to
enter the correct password, your receiver does not allow you to try again for several
minutes.
• If you enter the correct password, then you can access the locked item or open the
Locks menu.
• If you exit a locked item or close the Locks menu, then you must re-enter the pass-
word to access the item.
• If you want to enable the TV1 Out on the Modulator Setup screen (see page 76), you
must enter the password to continue.
Locks for programming on the TV1 outputs for the nearby TV are set using the TV1
menus. Locks for programming for the TV2 outputs to remote TVs are set using the TV2
menus. Locks set for TV1 programming are separate from locks set for TV2 programming.
The information in this chapter applies to locks set by either TV1 or TV2 menus.
Locking your receiver is a two-step process:
1 Create the lock(s) that you want. Available locks types are:
• Ratings Locks—locks programs based on the programs’ ratings.
• Channel Locks—locks specific channels regardless of program content.
• Lock PPV—prevents unauthorized ordering of pay-per-view or on-demand programs.
• Hide Adult or Hide Locked—hides adult channels or locked channels from being
displayed in the Program Guide or any other channel lists, such as Favorites lists.
• Front Panel Lock—prevents your receiver’s front-panel buttons from being used.
2 Then you must lock the receiver itself.
When the receiver is locked, anyone who wants to access locked items (or change menu
options for programming the locks that have been set) first must enter the password.
When you unlock programming delivered by the CH 21-69 O
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coaxial cabling system, you are allowing all TVs connected to your in-home
coaxial system to have access to this programming. In this case, you must rely
on the V-Chip technology and settings in the individual TVs to prevent viewing
of unwanted or inappropriate programming. Consult your TV user guides for
instructions for how to set up V-Chip protection in each TV.
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