Parental Controls allow you to restrict viewing and purchases of TV programs based on your preferences. Set a personalized 4-digit PIN to place locks on selected movie and TV ratings, TV content ratings, channels, and titles. You can also hide adult titles from displaying on the screen.

When Parental Controls are enabled, programs that violate the parental controls display a lock icon in the info screen and require the Locks PIN to watch the program. You will need to set up a 4-digit Locks PIN the first time you enter the Parental Controls screen.

Enable and Disable Parental Controls

To enable parental controls: 

1. Press the MENU button on the remote and select Settings from the main menu.
2. Enter your password and press OK. Your default password is 1234.
3. In the Settings screen, select Preferences.
4. In the Preferences screen, use the arrow keys on the remote to select the check box for Parental Control and press the OK button on the remote to enable/disable. (Fig. 1)

To disable parental controls:

1. Press the OK button on the remote while on a blocked channel or show.
2. Select the Unlock Parental Controls check box.
3. Enter your password when asked.

To adjust parental controls:

1. Press the MENU button on the remote and select Settings from the main menu.
2. Enter your password and press OK. Your default password is 1234.
3. In the Settings screen, select Users.
4. In the Users screen, select Parental Control.
5. In the Parental Control screen, change the settings as needed and select Submit to save your changes.

Movie, TV, and Content Ratings

Movie Rating

This will block all movies rated at a particular level or higher.

• G—General Audience
• PG—Parental Guidance Suggested
• PG-13—Parents Strongly Cautioned
• R—Restricted
• AO—Adult Only (X, XX, XXX)

-Visit mpaa.org/ratings for more information about film ratings.

TV Rating

This will block all TV programs rated at a particular level or higher.

• TV-Y—All Children
• TV Y7—Directed To Older Children
• TV-14—Parents Strongly Cautioned
• TV-G—General Audience
• TV-PG—Parental Guidance Suggested
• TV-MA—Mature Audience Only

-Visit tvguidelines.org for more information about film ratings.

Content Rating

Select the TV content ratings you want to be blocked.

• S—Sexual Situations
• D—Suggestive Dialog
• V—Violence
• L—Language
• F—Fantasy Violence
• TV-MA—Mature Audience Only

-Visit tvguidelines.org for more information about film ratings.