| This article describes about the various children's | | | | certain viewing times, and setting up a limit on how |
| programs offered with DirecTV | | | | much can be spent on Pay Per View channels in |
| DirecTV takes the well being of your family seriously. | | | | general. |
| Unlike cable, all DirecTV receivers offer parental | | | | DirecTV offers in depth tutorial programs to show you, |
| controls so that you can control the type of television | | | | the concerned parent, how to use the parental controls |
| shows and movies that your kids watch. It's always a | | | | to the greatest benefit of your children. DirecTV is |
| concern for us parents that our kids may stumble | | | | known to offer more in depth tutorials for parent |
| upon a program that may undermine the values that | | | | controls and guidelines than any other satellite provider. |
| we desperately try to instill into our children. Cable can | | | | You and your children can certainly feel safe with |
| be scary when it comes to kids. You never know | | | | DirecTV. DirecTV's tutorials go step by step through |
| what type of content is waiting around the corner. | | | | the censoring process so that you can be sure that |
| Even when there is that one channel that seems safe | | | | you do not miss a thing. The modern world can be |
| during certain hours of the day, if your child even | | | | scary for parents with young children, you never know |
| accidentally changed to the next channel, there could | | | | what the media and the world of entertainment will |
| be an entirely inappropriate program waiting for them. | | | | bring into your home, DirecTV has taken this into |
| That is why DirecTV has put so much time into | | | | consideration to design (what they hope can be) the |
| developing smart parental controls that take the | | | | best parental control system imaginable. |
| modern viewer into consideration. With a simple touch | | | | Online you can access DirecTV dot com which offers |
| of a button on your remote control you can change | | | | streaming video, as one avenue of customer help, to |
| settings and set parental controls that will ensure your | | | | demonstrate the step by step process of setting your |
| child's safety from the programs in question. Some of | | | | parental controls to suit your specific parental needs. |
| the features of DirecTV's parental controls ( all at the | | | | DirecTV takes into consideration the different needs |
| touch of a button on your remote control) include: | | | | of different families and different styles of parenting, |
| Allowing certain programs and blocking other programs | | | | giving you the ultimate decision on what your children |
| based on the M P A A ratings or just simply blocking | | | | will be allowed to watch and when. If the internet isn't |
| specific movies (based on either your own knowledge | | | | you're thing, you will also be able to tune in through |
| of the film or by it's description which will include a | | | | your DirecTV system on channel 201 to see the step |
| summary of it's possible content), locking out an entire | | | | by step tutorial on either the Hughes receiver model or |
| channel or multiple channels, the ability to set a limit on | | | | the RCA receiver model. |