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Locking and Unlocking Programs
Locking by Channels or by Rating
1. In the Settings category, scroll to the Parental Controls card, and then press
OK.
2. Choose settings (within Parental Controls) and then use the right arrow to
choose either TV Ratings, Movie Ratings or Lock By Channel.
3. Each card contains a list of the rating systems or a list of channels. Scroll to
the format or channel you want to control.
Lock the rating or channel by choosing it, and then pressing OK on the remote.
When you lock a rating, all ratings for more restrictive content are also locked. For
example, if you lock the TVPG rating, then the TV14 and TVMA ratings are also
locked automatically, because these ratings are for more mature audiences than
TVPG. When unlocking, the reverse is also true.
If the V-Chip in your TV is enabled, you may see a black screen after tuning to a
channel with blocked content. No BendBroadband Alpha menu, flip bar, sound
effects, or any other audio or video are shown or heard. To correct this, change to
an unblocked channel, or disable all V-Chip functions and use the parental con-
trol features provided by the BendBroadband Alpha system to regulate viewing.
Turning Off Parental Controls
To unlock or change all parental control settings, go to the Settings category,
scroll to the Parental Controls card, and then press OK. Follow these instructions
to unlock selected items:
1. Press OK with any locked program in focus.
2. Enter your PIN to unlock all programming temporarily or choose more options
to only unlock the current channel.
Unlock for a Specified Amount of Time:
1. In the Settings category, scroll to the Parental Controls card, and then press
OK.
2. Choose settings (within Parental Controls), scroll to the Set Relock Timer card,
and then press OK.
3. Enter your PIN, if prompted.
4. Choose the unlock duration between one and six hours.
5. Once set, the Parental Controls category card displays the selected relock
time.
Phone
Your Alpha Media Player comes with Caller ID services. When you first begin us-
ing the Alpha Media Player, on-screen caller ID is turned on by default. When you
press OK with the phone card in Settings selected, you’ll be able to turn off both
the Caller ID and Call List features for each individual phone line.
You’ll see each phone line listed along the horizontal band, with the options for
each in the vertical. To turn a feature off, press OK to clear it.
You’ll also be able to customize the display time for call indicators that appear
when you have an incoming call.
Skip
Pressing the SKIP button on the remote moves you forward in recorded or stored
programs in set increments. In Settings, navigate to the Skip card and press OK.
Select the increment you want to apply to the SKIP button on your remote.
Local Network Status
Local Network Status will provide information on your network connection and
allow you to reconnect or refresh that connection.