System and method for controlling an entertainment device in a vehicle based on driver status and a predetermined vehicle event

An apparatus for transmitting at least one of an audio signal and a video signal based on driver status and an occurrence of a predetermined vehicle event;

• the apparatus comprising:
• an entertainment device configured to:
• receive a key identification signal indicative of the driver being one of a primary driver and a secondary driver;
• receive a vehicle status signal to detect the occurrence of the predetermined vehicle event, wherein the vehicle status signal comprises a pair status signal indicative of whether at least one occupant communication device belonging to the secondary driver has been successfully paired to a communication module;
• disable a transmission of the at least one of the audio signal and the video signal in response to the key identification signal indicating that the driver is the secondary driver and to detecting the occurrence of the predetermined vehicle event;
• and
• disable the transmission of the at least one of the audio signal and the video signal in response to detecting that the pair status signal indicates that the at least one occupant communication device belonging to the secondary driver has not been successfully paired to the communication module.

A method for controlling the operation of an entertainment device that transmits at least one of an audio signal and a video signal based on driver status and on an occurrence of a predetermined vehicle event, the method comprising:

• receiving a key identification signal from a key indicative of the driver being one of a primary driver and a secondary driver;
• receiving a vehicle status signal, at the entertainment device, indicative of at least a pair status signal corresponding to whether at least one occupant communication device belonging to the secondary driver has been successfully paired to a communication module;
• detecting the occurrence of the predetermined vehicle event based on the vehicle status signal;
• disabling a transmission of the at least one of the audio signal and the video signal from the entertainment device in response to the key identification signal indicating that the driver is the secondary driver and to detecting the occurrence of the predetermined vehicle event, and
• disabling the transmission of the at least one of the audio signal and the video signal from the entertainment device in response to determining that the pair status signal indicates that the at least one occupant communication device belonging to the secondary driver has not been successfully paired to the communication module.