topic Re: Parental Lock in Sky Q

Parental Lock

stelefant — Wed, 10 May 2023 10:47:31 GMT

I have the settings for Parental controls to what i consider to be inactive except for purchases

Family Setting - off

PIN on Pre watershed playback - off

Pin on Purchase - On

Hide Adult conent - off

However, i am still prompted to enter the PIN when watching anything above the age range of 12 to 15. I have also checked that it is off for any individual apps. Does anyone know how to disable it completely

thanks

Re: Parental Lock

nigea99 — Wed, 10 May 2023 10:51:15 GMT

hi @stelefant

When SKY Atlantic & some other channels show certain material before the relevant 'watershed' it will always be present & you cannot turn it off

https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-TV/Is-there-any-way-I-can-turn-this-damn-parental-control-off/ba-p/2760207

Re: Parental Lock

TimmyBGood — Wed, 10 May 2023 11:03:00 GMT

@stelefant wrote:

Does anyone know how to disable it completely

The Ofcom Broadcasting Code (“the Code”) allows for films rated up to ‘15’ by the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) to be broadcast during the daytime on premium subscription channels and up to ‘18’ on pay per view film channels, provided that they are protected by a mandatory PIN code. This form of protection is called mandatory daytime protection (“MDP”) and cannot be removed or bypassed by viewers.

Following our consultation in March 2018, this document sets out Ofcom’s decision to extend the application of the MDP rules in the Code to permit scheduled television channels to show programmes, which can currently only be shown after the 9pm watershed, before this time, but only if mandatory daytime protection is in place.

Ofcom has carefully considered all consultation responses in reaching this decision and this statement concludes the review. The revisions to the relevant rules to extend MDP beyond premium film content will come into force on 1 January 2019.

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-2/mandatory-daytime-protection

Re: Parental Lock

stelefant — Wed, 10 May 2023 11:24:14 GMT

that now makes perfect sense - thank you

Re: Parental Lock

nigea99 — Wed, 10 May 2023 11:28:12 GMT

BTW @stelefant

If you are finding it intrusive then we recommend setting the PIN to something like 1111, making it slightly quicker to enter