Permanently removing PIN number?
 

A few weeks ago my Sky+ started doing something new. Although I had made no
changes in the Parental Control section, films recorded at night suddenly
began to require my PIN number to be viewed during the day, which is a bit
of a nuisance.

I have tried cleaning out the Sky Planner by doing a full system reset, but
the problem remains. All the boxes in the Parental Control section are
unchecked.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance to anyone who replies.

Tim

Permanently removing PIN number?
 

"Tim Walters" wrote in message
...

A few weeks ago my Sky+ started doing something new. Although I had made
no
changes in the Parental Control section, films recorded at night suddenly
began to require my PIN number to be viewed during the day, which is a bit
of a nuisance.

I have tried cleaning out the Sky Planner by doing a full system reset,
but
the problem remains. All the boxes in the Parental Control section are
unchecked.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance to anyone who replies.

Tim



This is a 'feature' which came with the latest s/w version. It is activated
if you try and watch a movie in the daytime, if that movie had a 15 or 18
rating (I think, though it might be any movie, cant recall) , and you
recorded it after 8 or 9pm (because movies with thsoe ratings wouldnt be
shown before those times).

At the moment I dont believe there is a way round it, it is rumoured that a
later s/w update will either remove this restriction entirely, or let you
switch it off.

you can google this group a few weeks back there was a lot of discussion on
it then.
But the upshot is, nothing you can do about it ATM.

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Permanently removing PIN number?
 

On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:32:07 -0000, "Tumbleweed"
wrote:


"Tim Walters" wrote in message
...

A few weeks ago my Sky+ started doing something new. Although I had made
no
changes in the Parental Control section, films recorded at night suddenly
began to require my PIN number to be viewed during the day, which is a bit
of a nuisance.

I have tried cleaning out the Sky Planner by doing a full system reset,
but
the problem remains. All the boxes in the Parental Control section are
unchecked.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance to anyone who replies.

Tim



This is a 'feature' which came with the latest s/w version. It is activated
if you try and watch a movie in the daytime, if that movie had a 15 or 18
rating (I think, though it might be any movie, cant recall) , and you
recorded it after 8 or 9pm (because movies with thsoe ratings wouldnt be
shown before those times).

At the moment I dont believe there is a way round it, it is rumoured that a
later s/w update will either remove this restriction entirely, or let you
switch it off.

you can google this group a few weeks back there was a lot of discussion on
it then.
But the upshot is, nothing you can do about it ATM.


Or it asks if you want to watch the BBC News that I start recording at
5.30am ::