TiVo Kidzone software now available

TiVo have released version 7.3 of their DVR software bringing a variety of new features to your Series 2 TiVo. One of the greatest additions is that of Kidzone which allows you to use a variety of parental controls to prevent your children from changing settings on your DVR and also preventing them from watching certain age restricted content.

The Kidzone software can easily be turned on or off should you choose to use it or not. When the Kidzone software is running it can be temporarily deactivated using a password. More information on the software can be found here. The new Kidzone software is available from TiVo now and you can apply for it [URLhttp://research.tivo.com/73priority/>here. It may take up to three days for the Kidzone software to reach you.

Here is what TiVo has to say about the Kidzone software:

TiVo KidZone creates a child-friendly environment on your TiVoŽ DVR. In
KidZone, only age-appropriate channels and recordings are available. Children
cannot set up new recordings or change any settings on the DVR. On DVRs that are
equipped with a DVD player, children cannot play DVDs in KidZone.

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