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Setting parental controls
Parental control allows you to lock channels at certain times of day, in order to restrict the
viewing of other members of the household. If you attempt to view a locked channel, a box will
appear requesting a PIN code. Entering the PIN code will allow the channels to be viewed.
Once a PIN code has been set, you will need to enter the PIN code in order change any
restricted settings.
To access the parental controls screen, select Parental control from the Settings menu.
The options are as follows:
Parental control Off - parental controls are off and all content can be viewed
On - parental controls are on and viewing will be restricted in
accordance with the other settings on this screen
PIN code timeout how long, aftering entering, that PIN code will remain effective:
not enabled, 5 minutes, 30 minutes (default), 1 hour, Never timeout
Change PIN Code the default PIN code is 0000 and this can be changed to a 4 digit PIN
code of your choice
Lock channels displays the Locked channels screen where you can view, add,
delete or edit channels on the list (see below)
To update your list of locked channels, select the Lock channels option to display the Lock
channels screen.
To add a channel to the list, press the green (Add) button. A box will appear allowing you to
select the channel and the times when the channel is to be locked. When you have entered the
required options, select the OK button to add the new locked channel to the list.
You can edit a channel on the list by pressing the yellow (Edit) button, or you can delete a
channel from the list by pressing the red (Delete) button.
