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Chapter 5 Features
Chapter 5 Features
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Setting the DIRECTV Spending Limit
Use the Spending Limit option to indicate a profile’s per-event spending limit for
Pay Per View (PPV) programs. To set the spending limit, choose the user profile
name, select DIRECTV Setup, then follow these steps:
1. Highlight Spending Limit, and press OK.
2. Use the digits or the arrow buttons on the remote control to enter a single-
program spending limit.
3. Lock the system. For details, go to page 102.
After a spending limit is set and the system is locked, you must enter a password to
purchase a Pay Per View program that costs more than your spending limit allows.
The system will then temporarily unlock the limits you have set until the power is
turned off. When the system is turned back on, the system will be locked again.
Setting the DIRECTV Rating Limit
The Set Rating Limit menu enables you to set a maximum viewing limit for rated
movies (based on the Motion Pictures Association of America, MPAA, ratings
system).
Note: the rating limit can’t be enforced if a program hasn’t been rated, if
rating information for that program isn’t transmitted by the program
provider, or if the system hasn’t been locked.
1. Select a user.
2. Select DIRECTV Setup.
3. Highlight Set Rating Limit and press OK.
4. Use the up and down arrows to move the rating selector to the highest rating
you want to be able to view. In the illustration, movies that are rated up to and
including a PG-13 rating can be viewed.
After the rating limit is set and the system is locked, you must enter the system
password to watch programs with a rating higher than the limit. The system will
then temporarily unlock the limits you have set until the power is turned off. When
the system is turned back on, the system will be locked again.
Important!
You need to lock the system in order for rating limits,
channel limits, and spending limits to go into effect.
To edit the limits after you lock the system, you need to
enter the system password, go to page 102
Tip: Accessing Spending Limits
You can also set limits for all users at one location instead
of accessing each profile individually by: choosing System
Options from the main menu, choosing Purchases,
choosing Spending Limit, and entering the limit.