Blocking Broadcast Tv Shows - Insignia Roku TV NS-32DR420CA16 User Manual

Blocking Broadcast TV shows

For broadcast TV, parental controls use information embedded in the broadcast signal to determine whether to allow a
program to be displayed. Parents can configure parental controls to block broadcast TV programs that meet or exceed a
specific rating, so they cannot be viewed or heard unless the correct parental control PIN is entered.
Enabling parental control of TV shows
The first step in blocking TV shows is to enable parental control of TV shows.
This setting is provided separately to make it easier for you to turn parental control of TV shows on and off without
disturbing their settings. For example, your kids are going to summer camp for two weeks, and while they are gone, you
don't want to have to deal with unblocking shows that you want to watch by entering your PIN. All you need to do is
clear Enable parental controls, and all TV shows are unblocked. When the kids return, select Enable parental controls
again, and all of your parental control settings are restored in a single operation.
To enable parental control of TV shows:
1 In the Home screen menu, navigate to Settings >Parental controls, and then enter your PIN.
2 In the Parental controls screen, navigate to TV tuner> Parental control of TV shows.
3 Make sure the check box next to Enable parental controls is checked. If not, highlight it and press OK.
Blocking based on US TV ratings
Most broadcast US TV shows—other than movies—contain rating data that enables parental controls to block shows
that parents don't want others to view. The ratings are divided into two groups that function independently:
• Youth group—TV-Y, TV-Y7
• Main group—TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14, TV-MA
Within each of these groups, the ratings interact such that if you block a particular level of content, your Insignia Roku
TV also blocks all content with a higher rating. Conversely, if you unblock a particular level of content, your Insignia
Roku TV also unblocks all content with a lower rating. For example, if you block TV-PG programs, your Insignia Roku TV
also blocks TV-14 and TV-MA programs. If you subsequently unblock TV-14 programs, TV-PG programs are also
unblocked, but TV-MA programs remain blocked.
Similarly, within the main group, content types can be individually blocked. For example, you can block just coarse
language in shows with a TV-PG rating. If you do, then your Insignia Roku TV also blocks shows with coarse language in
the higher ratings (TV-14 and TV-MA). Subsequently unblocking coarse language in TV-14 ratings does not unblock
coarse language in TV-MA programs, but it does unblock coarse language in TV-PG programs.
To block TV shows based on US television ratings:
1 From the Home screen menu, navigate to Settings >Parental controls, and then enter your PIN.
2 In the Parental controls screen, navigate to TV tuner> TV ratings. Choose among the following settings:
• Entire ratings—Highlight the rating you want to block, and then navigate to the right and select the first option
that blocks the entire rating level (and all higher rating levels).
• Individual content types—Highlight the rating that contains the content type you want to block, and then select
the content types you want to block from among those listed. Remember that blocking a content type in one
rating blocks the equivalent content type in all higher rating levels.
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