Deluxe DSS System (160-2530) Ratings, Spending, & Channel Limits Faxback Doc. # 19945 The Locks, Limits, and Channel Lists menu is used to select and enforce the system's rating, spending, and channel limits. If the system is locked, a four-digit password called the "key" - which you define whenever you lock the system - must be entered to override the limits. To enter the Locks, Limits, and Channel Lists menu: 1. Press MENU to bring up the Main menu. 2. Point to Options and press SELECT. 3. Point to Locks, Limits, and Channel Lists and press SELECT. The Locks, Limits, and Channel Lists menu comes up. Setting the Ratings Limit The Ratings Limit display screen allows you to set a maximum viewing limit for rated programs, so long as the program provider has transmitted the proper code. This feature can be used to prevent certain rated programs from being viewed. Once a ratings limit is set and the system is locked, programs that have a higher rating than the set limit cannot be viewed without first entering your four-digit key. You can change your ratings limit whenever you wish. NOTE: The rating limit can not be enforced if a program has not been rated, or if rating information for that program is not transmitted by the program provider. Setting the Spending Limit The Spending Limit display screen prompts you to set a maximum spending limit for any one program. This may be useful in preventing expensive programs from being purchased inadvertently. Once a limit is set and the system is locked, programs that are more expensive than the limit cannot be purchased and viewed without first entering your four-digit key. You can change your spending limit whenever you wish. Setting the Channel Limit The Channel Limit allows you to designate which channels are "parent- approved." This means that only those channels with check marks in the Parent-approved column of the Channel Limits and Lists display screen can be viewed when the system is locked (see below). Once a channel limit has been set and the system is locked, programs that are not included in the Parent-approved list cannot be viewed without first entering your four-digit key. To set channel limits: 1. Press MENU to bring up the Main Menu. 2. Point to Options and press SELECT. 3. Point to Locks, Limits, and Channel Lists and press SELECT. 4. Point to Channel Limits and Lists and press SELECT. The Channel Limits and Lists display screen comes up. The very first time you turn on your receiver, all the channels in the Parent-approved column are checked - no channel limit is in effect until you make changes to the Parent-approved column and lock the system. 5. Point to the channels in the Parent-approved column that you want to include in the Parent-approved channel list. 6. Press SELECT to place or remove a check mark from a channel. A check mark indicates that the channel is Parent-approved, and can be viewed whether the system is locked or unlocked. A check box without a check mark indicates that the channel is not Parent-approved, and that the channel can not be viewed without entering your four-digit key when the system is locked. Once the system is locked, channels without check marks can not be viewed without first entering your four-digit key. Locking the System The Lock System display screen enforces the rating, spending, and channel limits. When you lock the system, you are prompted twice to enter a four digit key: once to choose your number, and a second time to confirm it. REMEMBER THIS NUMBER! You will need the number to unlock your system or to override any limits you have set. A closed lock icon is displayed in the channel marker when the system is locked. If you happen to forget your key, contact your program provider's authorization center. Unlocking the System The Unlock System display screen - which is available only when the system is locked - allows you to unlock the system. Unlocking the system turns off any ratings, spending, or channel limits you have set. You must re- lock your system to enforce your limits again (the limits stay the same). An open lock icon appears in the channel marker when the system is unlocked. Session Unlock If your system is locked and you attempt to access a channel or program that is blocked by one or more limits, you are asked to enter your four- digit key to override the system lock. If you enter your key to override the rating, spending, or channel limit, all limits are unlocked until you turn off the receiver. When you turn the receiver on again, the system will be locked. The only way to permanently unlock the system once it has been locked is to enter the Unlock System display screen. Unlock v Locked v Session Unlock The paragraphs below describe the differences among the three system a lock conditions, Unlocked, locked, and Session Unlock. Unlocked The first time you turn on your receiver, the system is unlocked. NO ratings, spending or channel limits are enforced. To lock the system, either set a ratings, spending or channel limit, or choose Lock System from the Locks, Limits, and Channel Lists. Locked To lock the system, either set a ratings, spending, or channel limit, or choose Lock System from the Locks, Limits, and Channel Lists. You must enter your four-digit key to lock your system. ALL ratings, spending and channel limits are enforced. You must provide your four-digit key to override a ratings, spending, or channel limit. Once you have overridden one of these limits, the system enters Session Unlock. Session Unlock If you override a limit when the system is locked, the system enters Session Unlock, meaning that "the system is only unlocked from the time you override the limit until the receiver is turned off." NO ratings, spending or channel limits are enforced until you turn the receiver off and on again. To relock system, turn the receiver off and on again. To fully unlock the system, choose Unlock System from the Locks, Limits, and Channel Lists menu. (CS 1/5/96)