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CONTROL KIDS’ VIEWING
Restricting specific channels
If there is just one or a few specific channels you would prefer members of the
family not to watch, you can lock them one by one, as follows:
1 Go to Parental Control > Channel.
This page lists all the channels by channel number.
2 To find the channel, key in the channel number if you know it, or use
ch- or ch+ to go one page up or down.
3 Highlight the channel you want, then press yellow (Lock) to lock it at any
time of day, or the blue button to lock it between 8pm and 6am only.
or appears next to the channel, depending on your selection.
4 Press green (Save Settings) when you’re done.
Controlling the use of charged services
You can help prevent Sky Box Office programmes being bought without your
permission or prevent the use of interactive services that demand a call charge:
1 Go to Parental Control > Other.
2 Highlight PIN Entry Before Going Online and use the left/right arrow to choose
ON. Now anyone who wants to use the phone line within an interactive service
subject to a call charge has to enter the PIN first.
3 Highlight Spending Restriction and use the left/right arrow to choose ON.
Press down and set a limit to the cost before the PIN is needed. Set it to
£0.00 to enter the PIN every time you order a Sky Box Office programme.
4 Press green (Save Settings) when you’re done.
To turn these settings off, just select OFF in step 2 above.
Use the options Lock or After 8pm to restrict specific channels
These settings do not apply to Sky Anytime
listings. See Restricting Sky Anytime viewing
(page 50) instead.
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