‘Feel my wrath': Guy hard-resets hotel TV after they try to use parental lock to get him to pay more, sparks thread of other tips and tricks that get around hotel upcharges

"Cruise ships do this a lot too, especially to block HDMI ports. The great thing is that usually, someone posts online how to get around it…."

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  • There's nothing worse than saving up for vacation and staying in a beautiful place, but then BAM there are all these secret little sneaky upcharges for everything. You'd think since you're spending so freaking much on the hotel you would get treated better, but some places just have dollar signs in their eyes. For example, many hotels and cruise ships will put locks on your TV so you have to pay extra to watch anything worth watching. This is what happened to one guy who spent a pretty penny at a nice individually-owned hotel. He went to his room and the TV was blocked using parental controls. He tried to finagle it to work in his favor, but ultimately just reset the entire TV. He went in to add his own parental controls that spelled out a petty comeback that was absolutely *chef's kiss*. Plus, it sparked a thread where others are sharing their tips and tricks to get around that kind of hotel up-charging as well. Check it out below! 

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    "I decided to just hard-reset [the hotel's] TV."
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    Use a Parental Lock on a TV at a paid hotel? Feel my wrath. Last night I stayed at one of those apt style hotels that are owned by individual investors. They had applied a parental lock code to the TV so I could not watch anything - not even free-to-air TV! After a bit of faffing about to try to break the code, I decided to just hard-reset their TV. It worked a treat and I was set. But before leaving this morning I changed all their input names so they read' ', 'Ur' 'Parental', and 'Controls'. P
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    sa87 • 2h ago As someone who works for a company making the backend software that runs the interactive TV portal for hotels, good job! It me to tears when a customer of mine wants to lock out the source select, there should be no reason to remove access if the ports are accessible. But I have to follow instructions, not my problem if things are changed after sign-off.
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    Hints for the more popular brands on the market: LG pro:centric hospitality Web OS 3.2 and above (basically anything sold in the last 3 years) it's press & hold settings, wait for the channel number OSD to appear in the top left, then quickly key in 1105 then press Enter. Codes for older screens are easily found online. Samsung Hospitality is Mute 119 OK Philips is 319753 Mute Sony is weird, you need to cycle through 3 different modes to reach pro settings config and back again. I can't ever rem
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    Folded_Fireplace .7h ago. In one hotel I had HDMI blocked for some reason. Overriden it in service mode (LG tv, it's easy and there are many videos how to access it). 327 Reply
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    PurrsianGolf 3h ago • So you are forced to pay $17.99 to watch dispicable me 4. 175 Reply ...
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    • Polymath6301 4h ago Cruise ships do this a lot, especially to block HDMI ports. The great thing is that usually someone posts on line how to get around it.... Definitely a guilty pleasure, that one. 70 Reply
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    Heavy_Bicycle6524 Nice work mate 10 • 8h ago Reply ... _Nrg3_ 6h ago supreme pettiness. loved it ↑ 9 ⇓ Reply imachillin 6h ago Oh wow! New info on "how to be petty" is ALWAYS appreciated! Thank you fellow petty player! → + 9 ⇓ Reply
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    • CW_Waster 3h ago You should have just reenabled it but with a new code ○ ↑ 6 ⇓ од Reply Already Taken2021 OP 2h ago • Believe me I thought about it, but thought two things; not wanting to stuff up the TV availability for the next guest, and my Fuc Ur Parental Control legacy remaining for as long as possible. I'm a benevolent villain. 17 Reply
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    f-ranke 2h ago • I just use a firetv stick at hotels that have locked their TVs... always works like a charm. ✩ 43 Reply ...
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    Peterthinking 2h ago • I used to pack a learning remote on trips. But usually the little brain box is run by hdmi so I just pop that out and plug it into my computer. I remember once I saw an hp printer so I signed into it using the default factory password then gave it a new password and started printing stupid things. Eventually the staff unplugged it and it disappeared. ↑ зд Reply
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    ajyagle 3h ago . I love the hotels that try to prevent you from having any control but I haven't the tv hooked up to their Ethernet, as if you can't just unplug it lol + 2 3 Reply
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