NETGEAR EVA9100 user manual Setting Up Parental Control, Block Video Files By Rating

Digital Entertainer Express EVA9100 User Manual

•Share media folders on a read-only basis (do not allow others to write to the folders.) unless recording to the folders.

•For maximum security, consider a storage device, attached to a network, dedicated to entertainment and media.

When using a wireless network:

•Use wireless security such as WEP, WPA, or WPA2. For more about wireless security, see “Wireless Communications” in Appendix B.

•Use a firewall or home router with Network Address Translation (NAT), which hides your in- home systems from the Internet.

Setting Up Parental Control

You can block video files by rating, or block any files based on their location.

Block Video Files By Rating

To block video files using an MPAA or TV rating, mark the files with a rating and then select a rating level on your Digital Entertainer Express:

1.Use the NETGEAR Tag Tool application to tag video files with an MPAA or TV rating. From the Windows Start menu, select All Programs > NETGEAR Digital Entertainer for Windows > Tag Tool.

Note: Files without tags are considered “NR” or Not Rated, the most sensitive and highest rating.

Note: Files restricted by rating do not have to be in the same folder.

2.Change the supervisor password on your Digital Entertainer Express:

a.Press Home and select More > Supervisor functions > Advanced Settings > Parental controls and security > Supervisor password.

Fine-Tuning Your Experience 4-13

v1.0, September 2009