Channel lock, Age-rated programmes | Philips 40PFL97151K guide

Enter text with the remote control keypad

Use the navigation keys to position the cursor in the text. Press

È(Back) to delete a character.

Use the remote control keypad as you do for SMS/text messaging to enter a character. Use the 1 key to select a special character. Select Clear to delete a character.

Select Done to end Rename.

Enter text with the on-screen keyboard

To open the on-screen keyboard on top of the text entry menu, press OK when the cursor in the text flashes.

On the keyboard, use the navigation keys to highlight a character and press OK to enter it. To delete a character, press È (Back) or highlight ! and press OK.

To switch from uppercase to lowercase or to a set of special characters, press W (Next) or X (Previous).

To edit a character within a line of text, position the cursor on this character and use the z and Z keys at both ends of the on-screen spacebar.

To close the on-screen keyboard, highlight Done and press OK.

Favourite channels

You can set up your own list of favourite satellite channels .

Use your TV / Watch satellite

Mark as favourite

In the Channel list, navigate to a channel you want to mark as favourite and press rOPTIONS. Select Mark as favourite. In the list, the favourite channel is marked with a F. You can unmark a favourite channel with Unmark favourite.

Channel list of favourites

You can set the Channel list to only show your favourite channels.

With the list on screen, press rOPTIONS and select Select list. Select Favourites from the list and press OK. With this list selected, you can flick through your favourite channels with CH+ and CH- while watching satellite.

Read more about the options in the Channel list for satellite in Help > Use your TV > Watch satellite > Channel list.

Channel lock

To prevent children from watching, you can lock channels. To unlock, you enter the 4-digit child lock code.

Lock channels

You can lock channels in the Channel list.

To open the Channel list, press ¬FIND. To lock channels, press rOPTIONS and select Channel lock.

Enter your 4-digit child lock code. Select any channel in the list, press r again and select Lock channel. A locked channel is marked with a k (Lock). You can select another channel to lock or unlock.

To exit Channel lock, press r and select Exit.

Change code

To change the current code, press h and select Setup > Channel settings and select Child lock > Change code.

Enter the current code and then enter the new code twice. The new code is set.

Forgotten your code?

To override the code in case you forget it, enter 8888.

Age-rated programmes

To prevent children from watching programmes not suitable for their age, you can set an age rating (a parental rating).

Programmes with an equal or higher rating will be locked. To unlock the programme, you must enter the 4-digit child lock code. Not all programmes are rated. The age rating is set for all satellite channels.

Set an age rating

Press h and select Setup > Satellite settings and select Parental rating.

To select an age rating, you must first enter your 4-digit child lock code. If no child lock code is set yet, you can set the code now.

When the code is entered, you can select the age rating. When the rating of a programme is equal or higher than the rating you have set for your child's age, the programme will be locked. The TV will ask for the code to unlock the programme. For some operators, the TV only locks programmes with a higher rating.