A service center for managing a relationship between users of media devices and the content on the media devices, the content being provided by one or more media content providers, the method comprising: a processor; one or more transceivers for transferring data between the service center and the one or more media devices and between the service center and the one or more media content providers; one or more memory modules for storing data received from the one or more media devices and the one or more media content providers; one or more management modules (308, 310) configured to cause the service center to at least partially manage one or more aspects of a user's relationship with one or more media devices and/or one or more of media content providers; wherein the one or more management modules comprise an account management module for setting up an account, and wherein the account management module is adapted to allow a user to specify settings for one of the one or more media devices, and wherein the account management module is adapted to enable the user to associate one or more media devices with the account, whereby the account management module is adapted to automatically configure said associated one or more media devices in a manner specified by the user; and wherein the account management module is adapted to allow the user to associate at least one additional user with the account and wherein the account management module is further adapted to allow the user to associate at least one of the one or more media devices with the at least one additional user, and wherein the association is a tree structure that is adapted to allow the user to set inheritance settings for other users that are in branches of the tree beneath the user. a processor; one or more transceivers for transferring data between the service center and the one or more media devices and between the service center and the one or more media content providers; one or more memory modules for storing data received from the one or more media devices and the one or more media content providers; one or more management modules (308, 310) configured to cause the service center to at least partially manage one or more aspects of a user's relationship with one or more media devices and/or one or more of media content providers; wherein the one or more management modules comprise an account management module for setting up an account, and wherein the account management module is adapted to allow a user to specify settings for one of the one or more media devices, and wherein the account management module is adapted to enable the user to associate one or more media devices with the account, whereby the account management module is adapted to automatically configure said associated one or more media devices in a manner specified by the user; and wherein the account management module is adapted to allow the user to associate at least one additional user with the account and wherein the account management module is further adapted to allow the user to associate at least one of the one or more media devices with the at least one additional user, and wherein the association is a tree structure that is adapted to allow the user to set inheritance settings for other users that are in branches of the tree beneath the user.