Authorizing playback and selecting rf channel for media content playback according to passkeys

A method of providing customized media functions at a hospitality establishment, the method comprising:

• displaying by a controller a first passkey to a user in response to receiving a request from the user to activate playback of a media content on a particular set-top box of a plurality of set-top boxes coupled to a coax network;
• receiving by the particular set-top box the first passkey from the user;
• determining by the particular set-top box whether the user is authorized to activate playback of the media content by comparing the first passkey received from the user with a second passkey obtained from a passkey module running on the particular set-top box;
• and
• when the user is determined by the particular set-top box to be authorized to activate playback of the media content, determining by the particular set-top box a radio frequency (RF) channel of the coax network according to the first passkey received from the user and beginning playback of the media content received on the radio frequency (RF) channel on a display device.

A non-transitory processor readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform steps of:

• displaying by a controller a first passkey to a user in response to receiving a request from the user to activate playback of a media content on a particular set-top box of a plurality of set-top boxes coupled to a coax network;
• receiving by the particular set-top box the first passkey from the user;
• determining by the particular set-top box whether the user is authorized to activate playback of the media content by comparing the first passkey received from the user with a second passkey obtained from a passkey module running on the particular set-top box;
• and
• when the user is determined by the particular set-top box to be authorized to activate playback of the media content, determining by the particular set-top box a radio frequency (RF) channel of the coax network according to the first passkey received from the user and beginning playback of the media content received on the radio frequency (RF) channel on a display device.