Off-Air Channels. If you selected “Satellite and off-air antenna” as your program source during Guided Setup, your HD DVR is already set up to receive digital broadcasts from an off-air antenna. In this case, you may not ever need to use the settings available here. If you selected “Off-Air antenna only” as your program source, you probably completed these settings during Guided Setup. See page 28 for details.

Parental Controls

Parental Controls allow you to set limits on movie and television ratings and to lock specific channels so that a password is required to view them. If you try to watch a program in the Now Playing List that violates a Parental Control, you will also be asked for the password.

The padlock icon shows the current state of Parental Controls:

Off. No password or controls set. Padlock appears unlocked and dark.

On. Password and controls set. Padlock appears locked and bright.

Temporarily off. Parental controls are set, but a password has been entered to temporarily turn them off. The padlock appears unlocked and bright.

While Parental Controls are on, you can watch a locked program or channel by pressing SELECT, then entering the Parental Controls password. This temporarily turns off Parental Controls.

To turn on Parental Controls and define a password ( ): Select “Turn on Parental Controls.” Use the number buttons on the remote control to enter a four-digit password, then enter the same password again for confirmation.

To temporarily turn off Parental Controls ( ): Enter the password to watch a program or channel, or select “Temporarily turn off Parental Controls” on the Parental Controls

S e t t i n g s

The large version of the channel banner has a shortcut to Parental

Controls. Press INFO, then press the DOWN arrow to highlight the lock icon, then press SELECT.

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