Describe the action that is missing
A household member may be able to watch a tuned channel but have no recording-management action. Those observations are compatible with separate permissions. Identify whether the need is to view the channel, create a schedule or edit a recording already created by someone else before changing the household’s access settings.
Read the Plex Home permission model
Plex describes Live TV and DVR access for over-the-air broadcasts from a tuner and antenna connected to the server. Members of Plex Home can be allowed live viewing, or live viewing and DVR. With DVR access, the user can manage their own recordings rather than another person’s scheduled items. This permission model is distinct from the free streaming-channel catalogue and from granting general access to a personal movie library.
Review a specific shared-screen requirement
For example, an adult may want a family member to watch local broadcasts but retain responsibility for storage and recording schedules. The live-only permission can match that intended boundary. If the family member genuinely needs to schedule their own programmes, review the corresponding DVR permission and subscription requirements with the server administrator. Test a harmless appropriate action without deleting another person’s recordings. Keep the account, source and attempted action in the support description; a working channel stream does not establish that every management control should also be available.
Questions, answered
Does live viewing necessarily permit managing everyone’s recordings?
No. Plex documents separate DVR access and limits management to that user’s own recordings.