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Managing Parental Controls Many parents are concerned about their children watching unsuitable programming. To offer parents more control over the programming their children watch, FiOS TV offers Parental Control tools that let you:

• Selectively block programming by channel or rating.
• Selectively block Pay-Per-View and On Demand purchases.
• Set up two different user-defined PINs (one for purchases and one to block programs.)
• Hide adult programming from the TV Listings.

To set up and use Parental Controls:

1. Press the Menu button on your remote.
   
   The Main Menu is displayed on your TV screen.
   
   
2. Using the arrow buttons on your remote, highlight Settings and press OK/Select
   
   Note: Depending on your remote control, you'll need to press either the OK or Select button to make a selection.
   
   
3. Select Parental Controls and press OK/Select.
   
   
4. Create your own 4-digit PIN. You'll then need to retype your PIN to confirm your selection.
   
   
5. To block or unblock programming, highlight a parental control setting and press OK/Select.
   
   Important: Blocking any rating (such as TV-14) also automatically blocks all higher (more restrictive) ratings such as TV-MA.
   
   
6. After setting your parental controls, highlight Enable Parental Controls, and select On then press OK/Select.
   
   A green checkmark indicates that Parental Controls are turned on.
   
   To Disable parental controls, highlight Enable Parental Controls and select Off then press OK/Select.