To restrict access to certain iPad features, you use a four-digit passcode. The only way someone (including you) can access these blocked features is by typing the correct four-digit passcode.
Note
The four-digit passcode needed to modify parental controls can be completely different from the four-digit passcode used to access your iPad, as explained in Chapter 8.
These are the five features that you can block:
Accessing the Internet with the Safari web browser
Watching YouTube videos
Listening to music through iTunes
Installing iPad apps
Defining your iPad's location
Note
Your iPad can block only those video and audio files tagged as Explicit that you bought through iTunes. If you load an R-rated movie or adult-content audio file onto your iPad that you received from another source, your iPad may not recognize the file as explicit.
By blocking access to different parts of your iPad, you can prevent your kids (or anyone else) from peeking at adult-oriented content, goofing off when they should be doing something more productive, or running up charges by installing apps or burning up time connecting to the Internet through your iPad's cellular telephone network plan.
Finally, you may want to turn off Location Services, which can prevent your iPad from identifying its current location. Turning Location Services on can be handy for using the Maps app, but it can also pinpoint the location of your child (carrying your iPad) as well, which you may not feel comfortable allowing.
To block access to one or more of these features, follow these steps:
From the Home screen, tap Settings.
Tap General. The General settings screen appears.
Tap Restrictions. The Restrictions settings screen appears. Notice that all the On/Off buttons appear dimmed since you cannot restrict access until you first enable restrictions, as shown in Figure 7-1.
Tap Enable Restrictions. A Set Passcode screen appears, as shown in Figure 7-2.
Type a four-digit number on the numeric keypad that appears on the screen. A second Set Passcode screen appears, asking you to reenter your four-digit passcode.
Type your four-digit number again. The Restrictions settings screen appears again, allowing you to tap the on/off switches of different features, as shown in Figure 7-3.
(Optional) Tap the on/off switch for the Safari, YouTube, iTunes, Installing Apps, or Location features. To turn a feature off, tap the switch until OFF appears.
Press the Home button.
Note
When you turn a feature off, such as YouTube or Safari, the icon for that feature disappears from the Home screen.