Watch on TV, and the phone as a remote
Pair a phone with a television once and two things become possible.
Watch on TV
Section titled “Watch on TV”Find something on the phone, tap the another-screen button, Cast on a film or series page, the icon on an episode, a channel or in the player, and pick your television under Your TVs and phones. It starts there, from the position you stopped at, or from the beginning for an episode you already watched, decoded by the television itself.
It works with live channels, films, single episodes and whole multiview layouts.
If the box is asleep, the list says Asleep · tap to turn it on and play, and the same tap wakes it over your own network and waits for it to come up. Nothing is streamed through the phone, so nothing is re-encoded and nothing drops when you lock it.
It works from a television or a computer too: Play on another screen in the player lists your other devices as ready, asleep or offline, and picking one sends what you are watching there. Catch-up cannot be sent this way yet.
If the profile on the receiving device has a PIN, that device asks for it before it starts playing.
The phone as a remote
Section titled “The phone as a remote”Settings → Devices, then tap your television under Your devices, on an Android phone or an iPhone. The remote screen shows:
- what the television is playing: the channel or title, Live or On demand, Playing or Paused, and how far a film has got, or Nothing is playing,
- a D-pad with the arrows, OK and Back, to move around the television’s screens,
- Search on …: type on the phone, and the television opens its search with your words,
- Send a subtitle file while a film plays: an .srt or .vtt file from the phone, shown on the television.
To start something, send it with Cast as above; to pause, change channel or turn the volume, use the television’s own remote.
The D-pad works only on Android TV and Fire TV. An Apple TV, a computer and an LG TV say The D-pad works only on Android TV and Fire TV. Use the remote of …, and keep the other parts.
The screen also says when it cannot reach the television:
| It says | What to do |
|---|---|
| Sign in to control your TV | Sign in on the phone |
| This TV is not connected | Connect a TV: pair it, see below |
| … is asleep | Turn on the TV, see A TV that is asleep |
| … is offline | Open IPTV Deck on the television, or Choose another TV |
The account panel has a remote too, under Devices, with the arrows, OK, Back, Home, skipping, channel and volume.
Pairing them
Section titled “Pairing them”A television joins your account by showing a code: the sign-in screen, or Settings → Playlists → Add a playlist. Scan the QR code with the phone, or type the code in Settings → Devices → Connect a device. It works the other way round too: Show this device’s code on the phone, and type it on the television under Settings → Devices → Connect a device.
The code on the TV’s sign-in screen signs the television in to your account and carries your playlists with their provider passwords, which playlists you had open and which categories you trimmed. The code under Add a playlist sends playlists without signing the television in. The details are on Moving to another device.
Sending things later
Section titled “Sending things later”Once paired, the send button next to a device in Settings → Devices sends more at any time: a playlist, your category selections, and your OpenSubtitles, TMDB and Google Gemini sign-ins. It is offered only for a device that has IPTV Deck open. Each send asks what the receiving device should do with it, and Leave the TV as it is is always one of the answers.
What it needs
Section titled “What it needs”Both devices signed in to the same account, and IPTV Deck open on the television. The same network is needed only to wake a television that is asleep. Phone-to-phone works the same way as phone-to-television.
