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This guide provides some speciﬁ c advice about setting up parental controls on your PlayStation3 or PSP. To learn more about safe and responsible gaming read our How to Stay Safe Guide.1

The Basics Understanding parental Gaming devices, like the PS3 and PSP, provide a wide range of controls on the PS3 exciting activities for young people. These devices have in-built wireless so they can connect to your home internet or other and PSP wifi hotspots if you sign up to the PlayStation Network. This enables many online functions such as playing with people online, viewing fi lms and TV, purchasing games online, browsing PlayStation devices such as the PS3 and PSP have a range of the web and chatting to friends via text, voice and video chat. free parental controls PlayStation devices such as the PS3 and PSP have a range of free parental controls. These can be found on the PlayStation Network account (to cover all of the online services) and on the PS3 or PSP console (for offl ine functions). You need to activate the 1. Registering with the PlayStation console parental control settings, for example, to prevent your Network sets up automatic child playing age-restricted games from a disc or to set up a Family Timer. parental controls PlayStation devices, like the PS3 or PSP, can connect to the internet PlayStation Network parental controls are a bit easier; by by joining the PlayStation Network (or PSN), which is an optional registering with your child’s correct age for their PlayStation service allowing users to play games with people online, access Network account there will be automatic safety settings in place, online music, fi lms and TV, and browse the web. Parental control for example, preventing your child downloading games from options allow you to manage how your child uses their device. If the online store which are not age appropriate. You could also you decide to sign up to the PSN, then when you register, automatic speak to your home internet service provider to see if they have parental control settings will be set up for children. See the options for fi ltering the internet on devices accessing your PlayStation advice about how to set up the PSN either from a PS36 home internet. For more information, look at our guide to set or PSP7 or from a computer.8 up fi lters.2 Set up the PlayStation Network: What is the PlayStation Network? The PSN is an online network You need to set up your own PlayStation Network ‘Master Account’ which allows you to use your device to play games with people and register your children as ‘Sub Accounts’. You are then in online, access online music, fi lms and TV, and browse the web. control of your children’s Sub Accounts. This is the same for both It is free to use (though you do need broadband internet access!) PlayStation 3 and PSP.

How to fi nd parental control options: By registering your child’s Sub Account with their correct age, Three steps for parents parental control settings will automatically be in place. For example, communication by text, voice or video is blocked for children, and 1. Understand the capabilities of gaming devices and how you content restriction settings will prevent your child accessing any as a parent can support your child to be smart and safe in their games, fi lm, music and TV online which are not appropriate for their gaming. To help, read our How to Stay Safe Guide.3 age. You can check these automatic parental controls and make 2. Find out about the parental controls available – it helps if you any changes by signing into your Master Account and selecting are the one to set up the gaming device so you are in control of Account Management, then Sub Account Management, then these. Gaming devices have parental controls to help parents Parental Control. manage their children’s gaming; see the advice below for the PlayStation 3 and PSP. Find out about PEGI age ratings to help Consider whether this option would be helpful for your family: 4 you decide which games are appropriate for your child’s age. » Prevent online chat: You can restrict your child from chatting online with other users 3. Talk with your child about safe and responsible gaming and agree a set of family rules. Perhaps you could agree rules with your child about how long they are allowed to play for, how they should behave towards other gamers and agree rules about 1 UK Safer Internet Centre: http://tinyurl.com/p26f6nd not meeting up with people they have only met online. See our 2 How to install fi lters: http://tinyurl.com/d6z6y74 for more ideas.5 Remember that gaming 3 UK Safer Internet Centre: http://tinyurl.com/p26f6nd Family Agreement 4 PEGI ratings: http://tinyurl.com/da3s8g devices like the PS3 and PSP connect to the internet, so the same 5 Childnet’s family agreement: http://tinyurl.com/q3tpkm9 advice and rules for keeping safe online apply. 6 How to set up a PSN on a PS3: http://tinyurl.com/khsmjce 7 How to set up a PSN on a PSP: http://tinyurl.com/nq2sdkm 8 How to set up a PSN on a computer: http://tinyurl.com/p6xv5ng » » » These parentalcontrol optionsareparticularlyhelpful: » » » How tofi ndtheparentalcontrol options: appropriate foryourchild. automatically, soyouwillneedtochangethesettingsas The parentalcontrolsettingsontheconsolearenotsetup games andfi lms canbeaccessed,andrestrictinternetaccess. You canputinplacesettingsontheconsoletocontrolwhich console (eg.PS3orPSP) 2. Selectparentalcontrols onthe 0 PS3guidetoparentalcontrols:http://tinyurl.com/3rsbns 10 Playstationwallet:http://tinyurl.com/7lsa8h5 9

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