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chrispy2000 08-01-2014 21:05

Deactivating Parental Control
 
I've had a look through the posts and I can't find anything on here about this.
It's driving my wife and I round the bend. There is no one living in our house under 21 but we have to keep entering the pin number to watch recordings. We recorded Location,Location, Location last night it was on at 8pm, we had to enter pin to watch it.
Is there a way to deactivate the parental control?

Hugh 08-01-2014 21:14

Re: Deactivating Parental Control
 
From the VM support forum
Quote:

Help & Settings

Parental Control

Enter Pin

Request a PIN to Watch Recordings - Turn off


You will still be required to enter pin for some movies recorded from movie channels

chrispy2000 08-01-2014 21:32

Re: Deactivating Parental Control
 
Thanks for that. I just looked through the manual and there was nothing there. Teach me to just jump in and try from the menu:doh:

Hom3r 08-01-2014 21:37

Re: Deactivating Parental Control
 
PINs can't be disabled completely as we live in a nanny state and might let kids watch stuff they shouldn't.

videodj 08-01-2014 23:15

Re: Deactivating Parental Control
 
It is stupid that it can't be disabled though, my wife and I don't have kids and so have no need to use a PIN, but we're forced to because of the society we live in. PIN doesn't stop kids that much, when I was a kid and my dad first got Sky, I cracked his PIN in about 1 hour, it's not that hard to crack a 4 digit PIN. This makes it a rather flimsy security measure anyway.

nodrogd 09-01-2014 00:10

Re: Deactivating Parental Control
 
Unfortunate, but under OFCOM rules it has to happen. And watch out for the "Nanny Filter" coming to your internet connection soon...!

BenMcr 09-01-2014 00:12

Re: Deactivating Parental Control
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by chrispy2000 (Post 35661261)
Thanks for that. I just looked through the manual and there was nothing there. Teach me to just jump in and try from the menu:doh:

Well it's in this manual on Page 26 and 27 http://store.virginmedia.com/content...uide_Nov11.pdf

and this one on page 24 http://store.virginmedia.com/content...lete_guide.pdf

johnathome 09-01-2014 00:48

Re: Deactivating Parental Control
 
Thanks for that Hugh, i can't find my manual now.

spiderplant 11-01-2014 16:43

Re: Deactivating Parental Control
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by videodj (Post 35661283)
when I was a kid and my dad first got Sky, I cracked his PIN in about 1 hour

By brute force? Do Sky boxes not lock you out after a few attempts?

muppetman11 11-01-2014 18:07

Re: Deactivating Parental Control
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35661976)
By brute force? Do Sky boxes not lock you out after a few attempts?

After three attempts your are locked out for 10 minutes.

BenMcr 11-01-2014 21:48

Re: Deactivating Parental Control
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35662001)
After three attempts your are locked out for 10 minutes.

Well I don't think that's something you can do with VM - pretty sure you have to pass account security to unlock your PIN, whether via the TV box, the automated phone system or with an agent.

vincerooney 14-01-2014 12:41

Re: Deactivating Parental Control
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by nodrogd (Post 35661291)
Unfortunate, but under OFCOM rules it has to happen. And watch out for the "Nanny Filter" coming to your internet connection soon...!

i look forward to the embarrassment of having to tell virgin i dont want an adult filter put on my internet...

BenMcr 14-01-2014 14:56

Re: Deactivating Parental Control
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by vincerooney (Post 35662638)
i look forward to the embarrassment of having to tell virgin i dont want an adult filter put on my internet...

I'd expect it to be an online setting, considering it already is for Virgin Mobile

johnathome 14-01-2014 21:37

Re: Deactivating Parental Control
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by vincerooney (Post 35662638)
i look forward to the embarrassment of having to tell virgin i dont want an adult filter put on my internet...

When it was first announced about this 'adult block' being opt in Cameron said men would have to have an embarrassing conversation with their wives.

The next day on the Jeremy Vine show on Radio 2 they discussed it.

They mostly had women phoning in saying how much they enjoyed watching porn.
I don't think the program went the way he wanted ;)


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