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  tab on the **Device Settings dialog**. Go to the Media Devices dialog and edit your device to display the Device Settings dialog.
-You can also set the times when the content rating restriction occurs - for example, between 6:00AM to 9:00PM. This lets you control what files are listed and played on each of your devices
+You can also set the times when the content rating restriction occurs - for example, between **6:00AM to 9:00PM**. This lets you control what files are listed and played on each of your devices
  in your home.
 If you are using the **Mezzmo (Android) app** on your Android smartphone, tablet or Android TV to browse and
- play media files from your Mezzmo library on devices on your home network, then you can bypass the content rating restrictions for a device by entering the **PIN code** into the Mezzmo (Android) app.
+ play media files from your Mezzmo library on devices on your home network, then you can bypass the content rating restrictions for a device by entering the **PIN code** into the Mezzmo (Android) app.  The **Mezzmo Kodi Addon** also has the ability to bypass content restrictions using the **PIN code**.
 ==== Edit Content Ratings ====
+Click this button to edit the list of content ratings that Mezzmo uses when assigning ratings to your files.  Typically, you will not need to edit this list since it contains most countries content ratings.
-<p>Click this button to edit the list of content ratings that Mezzmo uses
+==== Use content ratings from this country ====
- when assign ratings to your files.</p>
-<p>&nbsp;</p>
+Select this checkbox if you only want to see ratings from a specific country. Mezzmo will convert the ratings that it finds for your media files to ratings that match your selected country.
-<h3>Use content ratings from this country</h3>
+Mezzmo chooses content ratings from your preferred country that best match the media file's content rating. Mezzmo
+ uses the minimum permitted age to find the most suitable match.
-<p>Select this checkbox if you only want to see ratings from a specific
+**Example:** If you only want to see US content ratings listed on your devices, then you would choose 'United States' as your preferred country and Mezzmo would always deliver US-based content ratings (i.e. G, PG, PG-13, NC-17, R, TV-G, TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-14 and TV-MA) even though your media files may have content ratings from other countries such as UK, Australia, France, Italy, etc.
- country. <!--kadov_tag{{<spaces>}}-->&nbsp;<!--kadov_tag{{</spaces>}}-->Mezzmo
- will convert the ratings that it finds for your media files to ratings
- that match your selected country.</p>
-<p>&nbsp;</p>
+==== Do not stream files that are not rated ====
-<p>Mezzmo chooses content ratings from your preferred country that best
+Click this checkbox to not stream files that have not yet been rated. This lets you ensure that files that you have added to Mezzmo are not streamed to your devices until they have a content rating. This is useful when you add movie or TV show and Mezzmo could not find a content rating for it. In this case, the file has a content rating of 'Not rated'
- match the media file's content rating. <!--kadov_tag{{<spaces>}}-->&nbsp;<!--kadov_tag{{</spaces>}}-->Mezzmo
- uses the minimum permitted age to find the most suitable match.</p>
-<p>&nbsp;</p>
+==== Do not stream files with the following content rating or higher ====
-<p>For example, if you only want to see US content ratings listed on your
+Click this checkbox to set a content rating that you wish to restrict streaming to devices.
- devices, then you would choose 'United States' as your preferred country
- and Mezzmo would always deliver US-based content ratings (i.e. G, PG,
- PG-13, NC-17, R, TV-G, TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-14 and TV-MA) even though your
- media files may have content ratings from other countries such as UK,
- Australia, France, Italy, etc.</p>
-<p>&nbsp;</p>
+**Tip:** This setting will be used for all your existing devices and for new devices that are discovered on your home network. This setting can be overridden for a particular device using the settings in the **[[device_settings#content_ratings_tab|]]**.
-<h3>Do not stream files that are not rated</h3>
+==== Content rating ====
-<p>Click this checkbox to not stream files that have not yet been rated.
+Click the Browse button to select a content rating that you want new devices to be restricted to. The minimum permitted age of the selected content rating will be used to determine what files are listed and streamed to devices.
- <!--kadov_tag{{<spaces>}}-->&nbsp;<!--kadov_tag{{</spaces>}}-->This lets
- you ensure that files that you have added to Mezzmo are not streamed to
- your devices until they have a content rating. <!--kadov_tag{{<spaces>}}-->&nbsp;<!--kadov_tag{{</spaces>}}-->This
- is useful when you add movie or TV show and Mezzmo could not find a content
- rating for it. <!--kadov_tag{{<spaces>}}-->&nbsp;<!--kadov_tag{{</spaces>}}-->In
- this case, the file has a content rating of &quot;Not rated&quot;.</p>
-<p>&nbsp;</p>
+==== Limit streaming during this time period ====
-<h3>Do not stream files with the following content rating or higher</h3>
+Select this checkbox to have the content restrictions apply only during a particular time period - for example, when your children are watching TV or listening to music. Outside this time period, there are no content rating restrictions applied and you can browse and play any file.
-<p>Click this checkbox to set a content rating that you wish to restrict
+**Example:** Do not list or stream media files with a content rating of 'R' or higher during 6:00AM to 9:00PM when children may be watching TV.
- streaming to devices. <!--kadov_tag{{<spaces>}}-->&nbsp;<!--kadov_tag{{</spaces>}}--></p>
-<p>&nbsp;</p>
+==== From ====
-<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tip:</span> This setting will be used
+Enter a time when you want to the content rating restriction to start.
- for all your existing devices and for new devices that are discovered
- on your home network. <!--kadov_tag{{<spaces>}}-->&nbsp;<!--kadov_tag{{</spaces>}}-->This
- setting can be overridden for a particular device using the settings in
- the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Content Rating tab</span> on the
- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Device Settings dialog</span>.</p>
-<p>&nbsp;</p>
+==== To ====
-<h3>Content rating</h3>
+Enter a time when you want to the content rating restriction to finish.
-<p>Click the browse button to select a content rating that you want new
+==== Use PIN to bypass content restriction ====
- devices to be restricted to. <!--kadov_tag{{<spaces>}}-->&nbsp;<!--kadov_tag{{</spaces>}}-->The
- minimum permitted age of the selected content rating will be used to determine
- what files are listed and streamed to devices.</p>
-<p>&nbsp;</p>
+If you are using the **Mezzmo (Android) app** on your Android smartphone, Android tablet or Android TV, then you can
+ optionally bypass the content restrictions by entering a PIN code into the Mezzmo (Android) app. The **Mezzmo Kodi Addon** can also bypass content restrictions using a PIN code.  This will allow you to browse and play all files from your Mezzmo library whenever you want.
-<h3>Limit streaming during this time period</h3>
-<p>Select this checkbox to have the content restrictions apply only during
- a particular time period - for example, when your children are watching
- TV or listening to music. <!--kadov_tag{{<spaces>}}-->&nbsp;<!--kadov_tag{{</spaces>}}-->Outside
- this time period, there are no content rating restrictions applied and
- you can browse and play any file. <!--kadov_tag{{<spaces>}}-->&nbsp;<!--kadov_tag{{</spaces>}}--></p>
-<p>&nbsp;</p>
-<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Example:</span> Do not list or stream
- media files with a content rating of 'R' or higher during 6:00AM to 9:00PM
- when children may be watching TV.</p>
-<p>&nbsp;</p>
-<h3>From </h3>
-<p>Enter a starting time when you want to the content rating restriction
- to start.</p>
-<p>&nbsp;</p>
-<h3>To</h3>
-<p>Enter an ending starting time when you want to the content rating restriction
- to finish.</p>
-<p>&nbsp;</p>
-<h3>Use PIN to bypass content restriction</h3>
-<p>If you are using the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mezzmo (Android)</span>
- app on your <span style="font-weight: bold;">Android smartphone</span>
- or <span style="font-weight: bold;">Android tablet</span>, then you can
- optionally bypass the content restrictions by entering a <span style="font-weight: bold;">PIN
- code</span> into the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mezzmo (Android)</span>
- app. <!--kadov_tag{{<spaces>}}-->&nbsp;<!--kadov_tag{{</spaces>}}-->This
- will allow you to browse and play all files from your Mezzmo library .when
- you want to the content rating restriction to finish.</p>
-<p>&nbsp;</p>
-<p>Enter the <span style="font-weight: bold;">PIN code</span> that the
- person using the Mezzmo (Android) app will be required to enter in order
- to bypass any content restrictions</p>
-<p>&nbsp;</p>
-<p>&nbsp;</p>
-<h3><img src="../Images/bullet.gif"
-		x-maintain-ratio=TRUE
-		style="border: none;
-				width: 11px;
-				height: 11px;
-				float: none;"
-		width=11
-		height=11
-		border=0> See Also</h3>
-<p><a href="Content_Rating_Properties.htm">Content Rating Properties</a></p>
-</body>
-</html>
+Enter the **PIN code** that the person using the Mezzmo (Android) app will be required to enter in order to bypass any content restrictions.