Using the Profiles
Locking the System
When you lock the system, all limits set up for all profiles are put into effect, regardless of whether the profile is locked or unlocked. Unlocked profiles require no user password to access their channel list if the system is locked.
When the system is locked, you can still access a profile and watch a channel in its channel list (if the profile is locked, however, you must have the user password). Locking the system activates all rating, spending, viewing, and channel limits for all profiles. When you lock the system, no one can modify any of these settings without first entering the
1.Select Profiles from the main menu. Then select Lock System and press OK. Or, press INFO on the remote control and select the green unlock icon from the channel banner.
You can lock the system via the channel banner by entering a password.
2.Use the arrows or the digits to enter a
3.Enter the password a second time to confirm it.
For the changes to be effective, you must exit out of the menu system.
Unlocking the System
When the system is unlocked, the channel, spending, viewing, and ratings limits that you set are no longer in effect. To unlock:
1.Highlight Unlock System in the Profiles menu and press OK.
2.Highlight Yes and press OK to confirm that you want to unlock the system.
When you attempt to access a channel that is blocked by one or more limits and the system is locked, you will be asked to temporarily unlock the system by entering the four- digit system password.
If you enter the system password to override a limit, all limits are unlocked until you turn off the TV. When you turn on the TV again, the system will be locked, and the Family profile channel list will be selected. If you want to
The Lock/Unlock icons in the channel banner are an easy way to lock or unlock the system. Press INFO and select the icon to change the lock status.
•Green Unlock icon The system is unlocked. Spending, viewing and other limits can be accessed and changed.
•Yellow Unlock icon A password has been entered to override limits. No limits can be accessed or changed in the menu without a system password.
•Red Lock
icon Limits cannot be accessed or changed without the system password and all limits are in effect.
If you subscribe to DIRECTV® programming and forget the SYSTEM password, contact your satellite program provider’s authorization center.
If you forget the system password and do not have DIRECTV® programming, remove the access card from the TV’s back panel (store it in a safe place, or reinsert it upside down to store it in the TV). Press and hold the INFO button on the front panel; simultaneously press and hold the WHO button on the remote control. Continue to hold for three seconds. All passwords will be cleared.
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