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 62
. 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 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.
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
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