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How to implement a child lock on a TV?
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A friend wants to find a way of disabling her TV altogether. Her husband watches sport on tv, but she wants to stop her children (who get up early) watching TV. Is there something like a PIN number you add for TV use? She wants something safe that will not encourage them to mess with electricity etc. Any ideas will be much appreciated!
A friend wants to find a way of disabling her TV altogether. Her husband watches sport on tv, but she wants to stop her children (who get up early) watching TV. Is there something like a PIN number you add for TV use? She wants something safe that will not encourage them to mess with electricity etc. Any ideas will be much appreciated!
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Some televisions have PIN locks.
Other than that it's a simple job to remove the (5 amp) fuse fitted to the TV 13 Amp plug and keep it out of reach.
I agree that should be sufficient but I understand that for some it may not be enough. Removing the fuse would encourage playing around with the plug - maybe even shorting the fuse holder which would not be desirable and was explicitly ruled out by the OP.
An easy way would be to arrange for the aeriel feed to go via the parent's bedroom (or some other secure location such as a lockable junction box) and fit a join in there so the aerial can be disconnected. Won't work for areas with set top aerials though.
Darren
It's called discipline, and best of all it's free.
Do a hardware reset on the STB. Now you can watch digital again.
I am surprised there is nothing easy and safe to use on the market as I'd have thought this would be an issue for many households. Putting in a 4 digit PIN (that's changeble through a given a specified email address for example) before channels are shown would be idea.
I know early morning cartoons are supposedly within child certificates - but if you look at them they are really very violent.
(My friend would rather have no TV to solve the issue, but the husband enjoys some sport.)
My overly religious friend has a very bad relationship with her daughter now, in fact they hardly speak at all and her daughter rebelled quite badly. I agree with DVB, these kinds of restrictions will have a very bad impact on the family relationship long term. Better to talk to her kids about what she thinks is acceptable and how they should behave and live their lives than implement fairly draconian restrictions. A 13 year old will always find ways around such restrictions anyway, even down to staying over at friends homes to watch what they want etc.
I was asking for advice on TV locks not random advice on child rearing / religious zealousy, the virtues of Jeremy Kyle etc etc!!
I was surprised there appears to be nothing on the market and was asking if there was something I was not aware of.
Thank you for the comments about disabling the arial. Not sure this is the route to go as don't want children messing with electrical bits that they don't understand.
The aerial cable switch is the most practical suggestion. There's no electricity involved and it will certainly prevent reception (and probably cause some arguments.) Frankly, the real answer is to get the children under control. No excuses.
I still stand by my points, The 13 year old should have his own Televsion to watch whatever he chooses in his own room. He's old enough to be trusted. As for the younger offspring that's up to the parents, but any severe restricition on their ability to watch suitable programmes bothers me too.
Let them stay up late with you - therefore watching under your control - and then they won't wake up early anyway!
Ask your friend to check on her TV Menu & see if there is a setting for this.
Btw The Pin is usually 0000 but i think you can change it.