DirecTV HDTV - Manual (Page 65)

Using the Profiles
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LOCKING THE SYSTEM
When you lock the system, all limits set up for all profiles are put into effect,
regardless of whether the profile is locked or unlocked. Unlocked profiles
require no user password to access their channel list if the system is locked.
When the system is locked, you can still access a profile and watch a channel
in its channel list (if the profile is locked, however, you must have the user
password). Locking the system activates all rating, spending, viewing, and
channel limits for all profiles. When you lock the system, no one can modify
any of these settings without first entering the four-digit system password.
1. Select Profiles from the main menu. Then select Lock System and press OK.
Or, press INFO on the remote control and select the green unlock icon
from the channel banner.
You can lock the system via the channel banner by entering a password.
2. Use the arrows or the digits to enter a four-digit system password.
3. Enter the password a second time to confirm it.
For the changes to be effective, you must exit out of the menu system.
UNLOCKING THE SYSTEM
When the system is unlocked, the channel, spending, viewing, and ratings
limits that you set are no longer in effect. To unlock:
1. Highlight Unlock System in the Profiles menu and press OK.
2. Highlight Yes and press OK to confirm that you want to unlock the system.
When you attempt to access a channel that is blocked by one or more limits
and the system is locked, you will be asked to temporarily unlock the system by
entering the four-digit system password.
If you enter the system password to override a limit, all limits are unlocked until
you turn off the TV. When you turn on the TV again, the system will be locked,
and the Family profile channel list will be selected. If you want to re-lock the
system without turning off the TV, you can select the lock icon in the channel
banner.
The Lock/Unlock icons in
the channel banner are an
easy way to lock or unlock
the system. Press INFO
and select the icon to
change the lock status.
• Green Unlock icon
The system is unlocked.
Spending, viewing and
other limits can be
accessed and changed.
• Yellow Unlock icon
A password has been
entered to override
family or profile limits.
No limits can be
accessed or changed
without a password.
• Red Lock icon Limits
cannot be accessed or
changed without the
password and all limits
are in effect.
If you subscribe to
DIRECTV
® programming
and forget the SYSTEM
password, contact your
satellite program
provider’s authorization
center.
If you forget the system
password and do not
have DIRECTV, remove
the access card from the
TV’s back panel (store it
in a safe place, or
reinsert it upside down
to store it in the TV).
Press and hold the INFO
button on the front
panel; simultaneously
press and hold the WHO
button on the remote
control. Continue to
hold for three seconds.
All passwords will be
cleared.