Get more from…Xbox 360 Family Settings
At a Glance
 Decide what your kids will play, both online and off.
 Set levels of protection for games, DVDs, and Xbox Live.
 Use a pass code to protect your own Family Settings.
Family Settings are customisable tools that give you the power to create a familyfriendly gaming and entertainment experience.
The new Family Settings feature on Xbox 360™ takes your family's entertainment
experience to a whole new level. Family Settings perform two functions on the Xbox
360 console. When playing offline, Family Settings can be set to grant or restrict
access to games based on the OFLC rating. When playing online, Family Settings
can be used to restrict access to content and contact based on the parent's choice.
Controlling the Console
Console Controls come into play whenever Xbox 360 is turned on, and help parents
keep an eye not just on games, but movies and online access as well.
Console Controls include:
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Game ratings: Xbox 360 reads from the disc what OFLC (Office of Film and
Literature Classification) rating a given game has received. Select the games
you want your child to play, from G (General classification) to M (Mature).
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Access to Xbox Live®: Go online and check out the Xbox Live Family
Settings. In addition to what games can be played based on rating, you can
restrict access to your child's friends list or gamer profile. On the other hand if
you want to restrict access completely, you can do that just as easily.
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Xbox Live Membership Creation: Determine whether new Xbox Live
memberships can be created from your Xbox 360™ video game and
entertainment system.
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Set pass code: Log in with your Passport Network account to set a separate
pass code that will keep your Family Settings protected and ensure that you
are the only one that can access or change them.
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Original Xbox games: Original Xbox games can still be played without
restriction if you have not configured your Xbox 360 to specifically block
access to these games.
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Turn off Family Settings: No kids? No problem! Shut down Family Settings
here.
Access Family Settings from the System blade.
Get to Family Settings from the System blade, and from the next menu select
Console Controls.
The Console Controls menu.
Xbox Live Controls
The other half of Family Settings can be found under Xbox Live Controls, and it
governs the interaction with other users and access to the features of Xbox Live.
Xbox 360 Family Settings: Xbox Live Controls
At a Glance
 Control access to all the features of Xbox Live.
 Set levels of protection for gameplay and friends lists.
 Decide who your child can communicate with online.
 Use a pass code to protect your Family Settings.
On the original Xbox®, they were called "Parental Controls;" on Xbox 360™, this
concept has expanded into the new Family Settings feature. There are two levels of
Family Settings—the Console Controls that dictate the behaviour of the console
offline, and the Xbox Live® Controls that set different levels of protection for online
gameplay.
Controlling Xbox Live Features
Xbox Live Controls only come into play when you take your Xbox 360 online, and
they're linked to a child's gamer profile and gamertag. When an Xbox Live account is
created, the service asks for the member’s age to determine whether to apply Family
Settings to that account.
Family Settings also act as a filter for what kids can or can't download onto the Xbox
360 console.
Parents are also required to create or use an existing Passport Network account that
connects to the child’s Xbox Live account, which protects the settings from being
changed later by the child. To change a child’s settings, you first select the child’s
account name and connect to Xbox Live. Once signed in, enter your Passport
Network password to unlock access to the settings.
Xbox Live Controls include:
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Online gameplay: Before you can play multiplayer games online, you will
need an Xbox Live Gold Membership. Once that's in place, this option allows
you to decide if you child can play Xbox 360 games online and also allow or
disallow them from playing original Xbox Live-enabled games that are Xbox
360 compatible.
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Privacy and friends: You have the power to approve your child's online
friends. Let your child communicate with anybody, or only with their friends;
decide who can see your child's personalized gamer profile; decide whose
gamer profiles your child can see; and control who sees your child's online or
offline status.
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Communications: Select "Everyone" to allow your child to communicate with
anyone on Xbox Live, pick "Friends Only" to allow your child to communicate
only with people on their friends list, or select "Blocked" to block everyone
from communicating with your child. No matter what the setting, your child will
still be able to receive new friend requests for you to approve or block.
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Content: Last but not least, the Content controls help you set limits on the
kind of downloadable goodies your kids can access. You can choose to allow
your child to go onto Xbox Live for downloadable game updates, demos, and
other for-fee content, as well as whether your child can download member-
created content from other Xbox Live users. Here Family Settings act as a
filter for what kids can or can't download onto the Xbox 360 console.
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Online Status: Decide whether other people can see your child's online
status.
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Profile Sharing: Decide who can see your child's gamer profile which
includes their motto and information about online achievements.
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Profile Viewing: Decide whether your child can see other people's gamer
profiles.
Access Xbox Live Controls from Family Settings.
Get to Family Settings from the System blade, then select the Xbox Live Controls tab
and press the A button.
The Xbox Live Controls menu.
The Privacy and Friends menu.
Family Friendly Games:
Family hits like Viva Piñata Party Animals, Lego Star Wars II or Cars bring colourful
characters to life and open up a new world of entertainment.
Game
Rating
Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action
PG
Viva Piñata Party Animals
PG
Viva Piñata
G
Xbox Live Arcade Unplugged Vol. 1
PG
Disney’s Cars
G
Fuzion Frenzy 2
PG
LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
PG
Open Season
G
Shrek The Third
G
Sonic The Hedgehog
PG
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
PG
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For more information, please visit:
http://www.xbox.com/en-NZ/hardware/family101.htm
For further information (press only), please contact:
Angely Grecia, Pead PR, 09 918 5576, angely@peadpr.co.nz