Parental Controls - Virgin Media TiVO User Manual

Parental
Controls
You've got all this incredible TV, but not all of it's
suitable for everyone. Take control of who can see
what with your Parental Controls
Setting your PIN
It's a good idea to change your PIN as
soon as your box is set up. A PIN is always
needed to watch:
•
Programmes rated 12, before 8pm.
•
Programmes rated 15, before 9pm.
•
Programmes rated 18, before 10pm.
•
A channel you've chosen to lock.
•
Any adult channels.
On Demand content carries either an age
rating (such as PG, 15 or 18) or a 'G' for
'Guidance' as used by some broadcasters.
All our On Demand programmes and
movies carry a synopsis containing the
Guidance information.
Protecting your PIN
It's important that you keep your PIN
number safe and don't give it to any
younger children.
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Changing your PIN
Your box comes with a default PIN of 1234.
We recommend changing this straight
away. You can change it again any time if
you think your child may have discovered it.
1. Select Help & Settings on the
Home screen.
2. Choose Parental Controls then enter
your current PIN.
3. Select Change PIN.
Changing purchase controls
You can also extend the PIN to control
some purchases such as movies.
Select Help & Settings on the
1.
Home screen.
2. Choose Purchase Controls then
enter your PIN.
3. Choose Require a PIN to purchase
or Allow purchases without a PIN.
Locking channels
If you lock a channel, a PIN will always be
needed to access it. You can lock or unlock
as many channels as you like.
1. Select Help & Settings on the
Home screen.
2. Choose Parental Controls then
enter your PIN.
Lock channels.
3. Select
4. Highlight the channel you want to
lock or unlock.
5. Press .
6. Press to exit and save your
settings.
PIN checking for recordings
If you don't want to be asked for your PIN
when you're playing a recording from My
Shows, you can just switch it off, except for
some movies that have 12+ ratings on them.
Lost your PIN?
Lost or forgotten your PIN? You can reset your PIN using your TV by going to
> Help & Settings > Help > TiVo box and selecting > Reset my PIN.
New box. New PIN.
If you're replacing your Virgin Media box with a new TiVo box, your PIN will
switch back to the default of 1234. So you'll need to change it to a number of your
choice.
1. Select Help & Settings on the
Home screen.
2. Choose Parental Controls, then tap
in your current PIN.
Now pick Request a PIN to
3.
Watch Recordings.
4. Then choose Do not request a PIN.
Hiding adult channels
You can hide any adult channels so they
won't appear in the TV Guide or Mini
Guide. To hide the channels:
1. Select Help & Settings on the
Home screen.
2. Choose Parental Controls then enter
your PIN.
3. Select Hide adult channels.
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