Parental Controls and Blocked Titles

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dsm

Discussion Starter · Jan 8, 2007

Sorry if this has been covered but I did a search and couldn't find anything.

What's the right way to use parental controls?

On my DirecTivo I blocked anything above PG-13/TV-14. When I selected a show it would force me to unlock and then it would stay unlocked until I went into standby.

On the HR20, it also blocks titles. This is a nice feature and I'm glad they added it, but I'm stumped at what the correct way to use this is. If I select a blocked title I think it should show me the unlock screen but it just goes ahead and shows me the details which say "blocked title". The only way I can find to see the title is to navigate to the settings page and "unlock for 4 hours". Maybe I'm nit picking but this is way too cumbersome. I thought maybe there is an easy step I'm missing during navigation.

thanks,

steve

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mtnagel

· #2 · Jan 9, 2007

You will need to unlock to see the blocked titles. And just to let you know, it only blocks titles of TV-MA stuff. So even if you have R movies blocked, it will still show the title.

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dsm

Discussion Starter · #3 · Jan 10, 2007

Ok, thanks, I think this is a usability bug:

When parental controls blocks a title, if I select a blocked title in the guide that hasn't started yet it should ask me to unlock. Currently it just shows me the screen where i get the option to record with the title being "blocked title" and no info. Who would record something when they don't know what it is

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Also, the default radio button on the unlock screen should be "unlock for 4 hours" rather than permanently unlock because the latter forgets your password and needs to be manually relocked.

-steve

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mtnagel

· #4 · Jan 10, 2007

Yeah, I think I like your idea, but right now, if I want to search around the guide, I will just unlock the unit so I can see everyone. If you did it on a case by case basis, it would be a pain to have to unlock more than a couple.

As for unlocking it, I always just use the menu button and the Parental Controls are usually the last listing and then I just select the unlock for 4 hours choice.

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neilman

· #5 · Mar 26, 2007

dsm said:
Sorry if this has been covered but I did a search and couldn't find anything.

What's the right way to use parental controls?

On my DirecTivo I blocked anything above PG-13/TV-14. When I selected a show it would force me to unlock and then it would stay unlocked until I went into standby.

On the HR20, it also blocks titles. This is a nice feature and I'm glad they added it, but I'm stumped at what the correct way to use this is. If I select a blocked title I think it should show me the unlock screen but it just goes ahead and shows me the details which say "blocked title". The only way I can find to see the title is to navigate to the settings page and "unlock for 4 hours". Maybe I'm nit picking but this is way too cumbersome. I thought maybe there is an easy step I'm missing during navigation.

thanks,

steve

Personally, I would like to see an option in Parental Controls that let's you choose to block titles or not. It's not usually the title that's the problem but the actual content. I do find it cumbersome to see "Blocked Title". Another annoying thing is that if you manually record a show that says blocked title, even if you unblock, the playlist still shows "Blocked Title"

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BrettStah

· #6 · Apr 27, 2007

Parental Controls are not working as expected - I'll unlock a show, and if I rewind to the beginning of the show just seconds later, it'll prompt to unlock again! Shouldn't it unlock for 4 hours?

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