User manual
Table Of Contents
- Welcome
- Connections and setup
- Connecting an antenna, cable, or satellite box
- Connecting external equipment with a composite AV video cable
- Connecting external equipment with an HDMI® cable
- Connecting headphones or analog soundbar
- Connecting headphones to the Roku Enhanced Voice Remote
- Connecting an AV receiver or digital soundbar
- Preparing for Internet connectivity
- AC power
- Roku remote batteries
- Roku TV remote
- Panel buttons
- Guided Setup
- The Home screen
- Benefits of connecting
- Setting up live TV
- Using your TV
- Status indicator
- Standby mode energy savings
- Getting help
- Opting in to Smart TV experience (U.S. only)
- Watching live TV channels
- Pausing live TV
- More Ways to Watch (U.S. only)
- Switching TV inputs
- Playing content from USB storage devices
- Playing content from local network media servers
- Setting up a payment method
- Using your TV in a hotel or dorm room
- Roku voice remotes (select models only)
- Adjusting TV settings
- Featured Free (U.S. only)
- My Feed
- Searching for something to watch
- Using the Roku Channel Store
- Customizing your TV
- Parental controls
- More settings
- Other devices
- FAQ
To block TV programs based on US television ratings:
1. From the Home screen menu, navigate to Settings > Parental controls, and then enter
your parental control PIN.
2. In the Parental controls screen, navigate to TV tuner > TV ratings. Choose among the
following settings:
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Entire ratings – Highlight the rating you want to block, and then navigate to the
right and select the first option that blocks the entire rating level (and all higher
rating levels).
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Individual content types – Highlight the rating that contains the content type you
want to block, and then select the content types you want to block from among
those listed. Remember that blocking a content type in one rating blocks the
equivalent content type in all higher rating levels.
Blocking based on US movie ratings
Most movies in the US are rated by the Motion Picture Association of America, or MPAA, so the
ratings are known as MPAA ratings. TV broadcast signals carry movie rating data that enables
parental controls to block programs that parents don’t want others to see. The ratings are:
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G – General audiences
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PG – Parental guidance suggested
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PG-13 – Parents strongly cautioned for children age 13 or younger
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R – Restricted
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NC-17 – Not for age 17 or younger
Unlike US TV ratings, there are no individual content types within the ratings. But like TV
ratings, blocking movies with a particular rating also blocks movies with a higher rating, and
unblocking movies with a particular rating also unblocks movies with a lower rating.
Tip: Blocking movies with an NC-17 rating also blocks programs with the now-obsolete X
rating, which can still occur in the program data of older movies.
To block movies based on MPAA ratings:
1. From the Home screen menu, navigate to Settings > Parental controls, and then enter
your parental control PIN.
2. In the Parental controls screen, navigate to TV Tuner > Movie ratings.
3. Select the rating level you want to block. You need only select one rating level, and all
higher levels are automatically blocked.
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