topic Sky PIN in Sky Q

Sky PIN

aferns — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 11:15:08 GMT

How do I turn off PIN for Sky Q?

Everytime I try to watch anything that is 12 and above I am asked for my PIN.

I am assuming this is parental controls?

So I checked in the SETTINGS, parental controls and everything is switched off, so why am I still being asked for a PIN?

Re: Sky PIN

Daniel0210 — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 11:29:54 GMT

@aferns

If you're watching age restricted content pre watershed then it'll always ask for the pin regardless of your settings. It is an Ofcom requirement that Sky must adhere to and cannot be overriden by Sky or you.

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-2/mandatory-daytime-protection#M1014

Re: Sky PIN

TimmyBGood — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 11:40:26 GMT

@aferns

It's the Mandatory Daytime Protection PIN which permits that content to be transmitted before 21:00

The Parental Controls are for additional levels of restriction: by definition MDP cannot be removed by a user.