There you’ll be prompted to either create a PIN or use your existing Amazon Instant Video PIN. If you’ve just purchased one of the Fire streaming unit (or you’re planning on purchasing one and reading up on it here) you’ll be prompted to take advantage of the feature as soon as you run the setup process on the unit. You can use a PIN to both prevent unauthorized purchases on your Amazon devices as well as use the PIN to secure to access to restricted areas (and, as we’ll see in later section, lock kids into the FreeTime system). Setting a Purchase and Parental Controls PIN

Let’s take a look at how to set up both the PIN system, parental controls, and FreeTime. That said, the protection features are well implemented on both devices and Fire TV Stick users can follow along with the PIN and parental control section. While we understand Amazon’s desire to reserve premium features for their premium streaming device the lower-price Fire TV Stick is such a perfect fit (budget and size wise) for a rec room, playroom, or child’s room that we really do think it’s a huge oversight that months later they still haven’t rolled out FreeTime on the Fire TV Stick. Unfortunately FreeTime isn’t available on the Fire TV Stick. Not only do both units feature and easy to use content-restriction system wherein parents can lock down content by rating and restrict purchases, but the Fire TV also features access to Amazon’s incredibly well deployed and managed FreeTime system that provides your child with an easy to use wall-garden of curated and well organized kid-friendly content. While the purchase protection and content restriction schemes of many media players are unwielding or altogether absent, the Fire TV and Fire TV Stick have a simple system (that you’re even prompted to set up the first time you boot the devices). RELATED: HTG Reviews the Amazon Fire TV: Beefy Hardware Primed for the Amazon Ecosystem With more and more families cutting the cord, switching to streaming-only media sources, and otherwise looking to bring digital content into their living rooms it becomes increasingly important for parents to be able to easily restrict their children from racking up charges via instant purchases and accessing age-inappropriate content. Read on as we show you how to take advantage of both. What they really should be touting, however, is how the Fire TV offers the most comprehensive parental protections and kid-friendly content around.

Amazon likes to tout how their Fire TV is the fastest media streamer on the market.

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