It doesn’t matter the occasion, but having someone accidentally mess with your TV settings is unforgivable. Luckily, your TV has an option for locking everything down, from settings to channels and more.

How to Lock Settings on Your Sony TV

To lock down your Sony TV settings, it’s buried in its system settings:

If you need to use a pin, be sure to write it down somewhere safe and sound.

How to Lock Settings on Your Hisense TV

Some Hisense TVs have a simple parental lock, while others let you lock individual features, like a Hisense smart TV.

From there, you can pick and choose the settings you want to lock.

How to Lock Settings on Your Philips TV

Philips TVs lock settings a little differently. Depending on your model, to lock the settings, you have to enable the Child Lock feature:

Additionally, you can go the extra mile and specify age restrictions if, say, you want to limit certain channels because of nieces, nephews, and children in general. Anything at or below the age you set will be accessible.

How to Lock Settings on Your LG TV

Like Philips, if you’re looking to lock down settings on your LG TV, your best bet is to use the Control Lock feature.

Go ahead and enable Safety and set a four-digit password. As a bonus, some LG TVs will let you lock specific features, like apps, channels, and programs. While you’re at it, you candisable LG’s screensaver adstoo, if your model has them.

How to Lock Settings on Your TCL TV

For you TCL TV owners, you can lock down settings via the Front Panel Lock and Child Lock features, both of which are in the TV’s menu:

Depending on your model, you may have one or more of the following features: channel lock, parental rating, input locks, T-button locks, and channel scan lock.

If you didn’t see your brand of TV, then my advice is to dive into your television’s settings yourself. Not all TVs have the option to lock down your settings, but looking in the menu for parental controls is a great place to start. Short of that being an option, try hiding the remote or controlling the TV yourself.