Parental Control
Your SIRIUS Starmate ST5 has the ability to lock channels you do not want others (such as children) to access without your permission. Locked channels will not appear on the Channel List screen, the Category List screen or when browsing channels with the Channel UP/DOWN buttons. When the anyone tries to access a locked channel using the Direct Tuning function (see page 76), an ENTER CODE screen will be displayed and the channel won’t be accessed until the correct code is entered.
NOTE: LOCKED CHANNELS WILL APPEAR ON THE MY CHANNELS SCREEN. SEE PAGE 74.
Locking and Unlocking Channels
1.Select the PARENTAL CONTROL menu option. The PARENTAL CONTROL screen will appear (see Figure 110, left).
Figure 110
2.Select LOCK/UNLOCK. You will need to enter the lock code to proceed. Refer to Changing the Lock/Unlock Code, on page 105 for information on how to set the lock code.
3.Once you enter the lock code the LOCK/UNLOCK screen will appear (see Figure 110, right). Highlight the channel you wish to lock or unlock from the channel list. Press- ing the Select button will either add the word LOCK next to the channel name to indicate that the channel will be locked, or unlock a locked channel by removing the word LOCK.
104Menu Options
