How to Set Parental Controls
Edit Primary User Parental Control Preferences
- Press STB button
- Press Menu button
- Highlight Settings/Press OK
- Enter the PIN
- Highlight OK/Press OK
- Highlight Preferences Tab/Press OK
- Highlight Edit to the right of Parental Control
- A new screen appears with Options. To choose Option, highlight/Press OK
Options are as follows:
a. Movie Rating- This blocks any movies that have a rating that you would like to block. See Move Ratings
To edit:
i. Highlight the box/Press OK
ii. White arrows will appear to the sides of the box, then use left/right arrows to select the minimum rating to be
blocked/Press OK.
Note: The rating chosen and any higher rating will be blocked when selected.
b. TV Rating- This blocks any TV listings that have a rating that the user would like to block. See TV Ratings
To edit:
i. Highlight the box/Press OK
ii. White arrows will appear to the sides of the box, then use left/right arrows to select the minimum rating to be
blocked/Press OK.
Note: The rating chosen and any higher rating will be blocked when selected.
c. Unlock Timeout- This is the amount of time that the Parental Controls will remain unlocked (if unlocked).
Note: When the Parental Controls are enabled, Parental Controls On/Off will be another menu option on the
Primary User account, which allows the Parental Controls to be unlocked for a set amount of time.
d. Content Rating Boxes- These are further ratings that can be blocked on programming.
To edit:
i. Highlight the box(es) you want to be blocked/Press OK to make a check mark appear.
e. Block Unrated- This blocks any programming that is unrated.
To edit:
i. Highlight the box to the left of Block Unrated/Press OK to make a check mark appear.
Note: Keep in mind news programming is usually unrated.
f. Show Blocked Program Info- When enabled, this lets the blocked programming be seen in the Guide.
To edit:
i. Highlight the box to the left of Show Blocked Program Info/Press OK to make a check mark appear. - After editing your Options, highlight Submit/Press OK
- New box appears/Press OK


