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Managing Parental Controls

Many parents are concerned about their children watching unsuitable programming or having access to Pay-Per-View content.   To offer parents more control over the programming and content their children can access, Verizon offers FiOS TV Parental Controls that enables parents to:

• 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.
• Block access to social networking Widgets for Facebook and Twitter.

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.