Why Am I Being Told I Need To Enter My Pin To Watch Hilary On Sky Docunentories ?

[gordon21ups]

Why am I being told I need to enter my pin to watch Hilary on Sky documentories ? I have put no restrictions on my viewing, as I live alone

[bednobs]

on my virgin I have to put in a pin if it was on after 9pm

[chelle7272]

That is standard with Sky I believe, I can't figure out how to turn it off anyway! If you haven't set one then the PIN is usually 1234

[ToraToraTora]

If you watch something before the watershed that's rated to be shown after the watershed it asks for a PIN. I don't think you can turn that off, see if it asks you after 9pm.

[dannyk13]

I watch programmes on Sky one and Sky Witness (through Virgin) any most times I have to insert my pin number.I think it may be something to do with content of the programmes and child control.

[ToraToraTora]

ok just found this:
To turn PIN protection on or off for pre-watershed shows:

Press Home on your Sky Q remote and select Settings, then Parental.
Enter your Sky TV PIN.
Select Family, then PIN on pre-watershed playback.
Select On to PIN-protect rated shows before the watershed, or Off to remove the need for a PIN.

[dannyk13]

TTT, won't that only affect programmes before 9pm(watershed)

[Buenchico]

Re the above:
You should note that, even with the parental controls disabled (as per TTT's link), you'll probably still be asked to enter your PIN occasionally. (It's a bit like sometimes being required to use chip-&-pin when you try to use a contactless debit card). It's necessary in order to ensure that Sky is fully compliant with Ofcom rules:
https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Did-you-know/Is-there-any-way-I-can-turn-this-damn-parental-control-off/ba-p/2760207

[Buenchico]

>>> won't that only affect programmes before 9pm

Yup - but programmes after 9pm aren't subject to the PIN requirement anyway.

[ToraToraTora]

danny, 14:29 yes I think that's the idea, I suspect the OP is trying to watch something before 9 that is rated after watershed only.

[chelle7272]

But you do need to enter a PIN to watch a programme before 9pm, which aired after 9pm.

[Ellipsis]

I'm not sure, but I think if your Sky box isn't connected to the internet then you can't override the pre-watershed PIN rule. i.e. your Sky box must be connected to the internet for TTT's instructions to work.

[ABerrant]

2 months ago Sky started showing post-watershed programmes on mainstream channels during daytime. The first week-long trial elicited many complaints and was abruptly ended before being reintroduced a few weeks later. Ofcom rules mandate a non-overrideble PIN for such broadcasts.

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Media-and-TV/Question1717551.html