Parental Controls - i-Guide Users
i-Guide provides a Parental Controls feature, which allows you to restrict viewing and purchases of TV programs and services based on your viewing preferences. To activate Parental Controls set a personalized 4-digit PIN to place Locks by movie ratings, TV and content ratings, channels or titles. You can also hide adult titles from being displayed on-screen.
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Parental Controls Setup
Locks can be set quickly in a variety of ways anytime while watching TV or using the guide:
- Press the Lock button on your remote*
- Select the
from the Quick Menu
- Select the from any program info screen to lock a specific program
- Access Parental Controls from the Main Menu or Setup Menu to set up all Locks
Quick Menu Program Info Main Menu
With any of these actions, if you have not set up a PIN, you will be prompted to enter a 4-digit PIN to activate the Locks feature. If you have already set up a PIN, enter your number. (See Parental Controls and PIN Purchase Setup for more information on PINs).
PIN Setup Lock Options
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The Parental Controls feature also provides you the opportunity to lock programs and movies by ratings and content.
From the Parental Controls button on the Main Menu filter your locks by Movie Rating, TV Rating, TV Content , Channel,
Title or Service.
Under TV Content, you can lock the level of explicit content based on your viewing preferences for Violence, Language, Sexual Situations, and Suggestive Dialogue.
Select Movie Ratings or TV Ratings to block content by rating. The guide will automatically lock that rating and the more restrictive ratings. For example, when you lock PG - 13, movies with R, NC - 17 and Adult ratings will also be locked.
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Parental Controls for On Demand
Parental Control setting include On Demand programming. To block all access to On Demand, select Service Locks from the Parental Controls Menu.
View Locked Programs
To view programs and channels you have locked, enter your PIN when prompted. Locks will automatically be restored when you tune away from the channel or turn your set-top box off.
Bypass or Clear Locks
Temporarily open or clear all Locks for easier viewing. Under Setup from the Main Menu, select Parental Controls Setup, then Master Locks, and change the options from No to Yes.
Restore Locks
Locks may be restored in any of the following ways:
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While watching TV, press the LOCK button anytime and enter your PIN
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Select Parental Controls Setup from Setup Menu, then under Master Locks change the
options from Yes to No to turn Locks back on
Parental Controls and Purchase PINs Setup
Your Parental Controls PIN allows you to restrict viewing of programs. Your Purchase PIN is used to restrict pay programming purchases. Once you have setup your PINs, you can return to Parental Controls Setup to set up your program Locks as reviewed
in the Parental Controls section.
Use the
buttons to make your selections, and then press OK/Select to confirm each setting.