Theamo

Getting started

How to use Theamo, one step at a time

Take your time. Everything here is shown the way it looks on your screen, with big numbers and short sentences. Choose your device first.

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Gestures and buttons

iPhone

Seven touches do almost everything on the iPhone and iPad.

  • Tap the pictureShows or hides the buttons
  • Swipe from the left edge, or tap the list button at the top rightThe list of channels
  • Swipe the picture downKeeps it playing in a small player
  • Tap the heart on a channel's picture in the guide (iPad: double tap the channel)Makes it a favorite, or takes it out of your favorites
  • Tap the heart on a channel's pageMakes it a favorite
  • Double tap the left or the right of the pictureGoes back or forward 10 seconds; each further double tap adds 10 more
  • Pull a list downLoads the channels and the guide again

iPad

Seven touches do almost everything on the iPhone and iPad.

  • Tap the pictureShows or hides the buttons
  • Swipe from the left edge, or tap the list button at the top rightThe list of channels
  • Swipe the picture downKeeps it playing in a small player
  • Tap the heart on a channel's picture in the guide (iPad: double tap the channel)Makes it a favorite, or takes it out of your favorites
  • Tap the heart on a channel's pageMakes it a favorite
  • Double tap the left or the right of the pictureGoes back or forward 10 seconds; each further double tap adds 10 more
  • Pull a list downLoads the channels and the guide again

Apple TV

Where to press the Siri Remote, and what each press does.

Live channel

The Siri Remote with numbers where each press or swipe on a live channel is made.
  1. Click the topNext channel
  2. Click the bottomPrevious channel
  3. Click the leftBack 10 seconds, if the channel keeps a recording
  4. Hold the leftRewinds while you hold it
  5. Click the rightForward 30 seconds when you are behind live
  6. Hold the middleA small menu with the most used things
  7. Menu, the button with the arrowGoes back. On a channel it hides the buttons first, then leaves, and the channel keeps playing in a small window.
  8. Hold Play and PauseStops the channel and shows the guide

Archive and Plex

The Siri Remote with numbers where each press or swipe is made while you watch a program from the archive or a Plex film.
  1. Click the topShows what you are watching
  2. Click the bottomShows the progress bar
  3. Click the leftBack 10 seconds
  4. Hold the leftRewinds while you hold it
  5. Click the rightForward 30 seconds
  6. Hold the rightFast-forwards while you hold it
  7. Hold the middleA small menu with the most used things
  8. Swipe downShows what you are watching
  9. Menu, the button with the arrowGoes back. On a channel it hides the buttons first, then leaves, and the channel keeps playing in a small window.
  10. Hold Play and PauseStops it and shows its page (a program from the archive: the guide)
  11. Hold Play and PauseStops the channel and shows the guide

In the guide

Click the middle
Watches the program on now; on a past program, plays it from the archive
Hold the middle
A small menu: back to now, when the table shows another day; go to the first channel, however far down the list you are; refresh the channels and the guide (the pill at the end of the header does the same); and, with a channel playing in the window, stop it
Click Play and Pause
Opens the categories, from any channel
Hold Play and Pause
Stops the channel playing in the small window, on any page
Menu, the button with the arrow
Goes up to the tabs, from any channel; Left and Right along the tabs open them
Hold Menu
The Apple TV's own gesture: the Home Screen. Theamo cannot change it, so click Menu instead.

Every button of the remote, in detail

Every press, swipe and tap on one page

Your first five minutes

New to Theamo? Do these five things in this order. Each one opens its own topic below.

  1. Put your channels inAdd the playlist or tuner you already have. Nothing works before this.
  2. Watch a channelPick a picture with a red LIVE label.
  3. Make a favoriteTap the heart on a channel you like, or tap a channel twice in the Guide.
  4. Look at the guideSee what is on now and what comes next.
  5. Know where to get helpSettings has Help & feedback, with Report a problem at the top. You can always write to us.

1

Put your channels in#

Theamo brings no channels of its own. You add the ones you already have: a playlist from your TV provider, a tuner at home, or your Plex library. You do this once.

iPhone

  1. Open Settings

    Tap Settings at the bottom right of the screen. It looks like a gear.

    Open Settings: the screen.

  2. Tap Sources

    Tap Sources. It is the second row. If you have no channels yet, the list is empty.

    Tap Sources: the screen.

  3. Add a source

    Tap the plus button, then choose the kind: a playlist (M3U), Xtream, or an HDHomeRun tuner. Plex has its own row.

  4. Fill in the details

    Type the address and the details your provider gave you, then tap Save. Wait a moment while the channels load.

iPad

  1. Open Settings

    Tap Settings in the bar at the bottom or at the side. It looks like a gear.

    Open Settings: the screen.

  2. Tap Sources

    The list of groups is on the left. Tap Sources.

  3. Add a source

    On the right, tap the plus button and choose the kind: a playlist (M3U), Xtream, or an HDHomeRun tuner. Plex has its own row.

  4. Fill in the details

    Type the address and the details your provider gave you, then tap Save. Wait a moment while the channels load.

Apple TV

  1. Open Settings

    On the Home screen, move up to the bar at the top and then right to Settings. Press the middle of the touch surface to open it.

    Open Settings: the screen.

  2. Choose Sources

    The groups are listed on the left. Move down to Sources: its page shows on the right at once. Press the middle, or move right, to go into the page.

  3. Add a source

    Choose Add a source. Then choose the kind: a playlist (M3U), Xtream, or an HDHomeRun tuner.

  4. Fill in the details

    Use the on-screen keyboard to type the address, or type it on your iPhone when the Apple TV offers it. Then choose Save.

2

Watch a channel#

There are two easy ways: pick a channel on Home, or pick one in the Guide.

iPhone

  1. From Home

    Tap Home at the bottom left. Tap any picture with a red LIVE label. The channel starts.

    From Home: the screen.

  2. From the Guide

    Tap Guide at the bottom. Tap the round picture or logo of a channel. The channel starts at once.

    From the Guide: the screen.

  3. See the buttons

    Tap the picture once to show the buttons. They hide by themselves after a few seconds.

    See the buttons: the screen.

  4. Stop watching

    Tap the amber square button under the picture to stop. Or swipe the picture down to leave it: a small player stays at the bottom, and its X stops it.

    Stop watching: the screen.

iPad

  1. From Home

    Tap Home. Tap any picture with a red LIVE label. The channel starts.

    From Home: the screen.

  2. From the Guide

    Tap Guide. Each row is a channel. Tap the block that is outlined in green: that is what is on now. It starts at once.

    From the Guide: the screen.

  3. See the buttons

    Tap the picture once to show the buttons. They hide by themselves after a few seconds.

  4. Stop watching

    Tap the amber square button under the picture to stop. Or swipe the picture down, or tap the arrow at the top left (Minimize): a small window stays in the corner, and its X stops it.

Apple TV

  1. From Home

    On Home, move to a picture with a red LIVE label. It gets a colored frame. Press the middle of the touch surface. The channel starts.

    From Home: the screen.

  2. From the Guide

    Choose Guide in the bar at the top. Each row is a channel. Move to the block of what is on now, and press the middle.

    From the Guide: the screen.

  3. See the buttons

    While you watch, press the middle of the touch surface to show the buttons. They hide by themselves after five seconds.

    See the buttons: the screen.

  4. Stop watching

    Press Menu (the button with the arrow) once to hide the buttons, and again to leave the channel. A small window with the channel stays in the corner: press Menu to go back to it, Play and Pause to pause it, or hold Play and Pause to stop it, on any page.

    Stop watching: the screen.

3

Use the guide#

The Guide shows what is on now and what comes next, on every channel.

iPhone

  1. Open the Guide

    Tap Guide at the bottom. You see a list. Each channel shows what is on now, a green bar for how far it is, and what comes next.

    Open the Guide: the screen.

  2. Choose a group

    Above the list are round buttons such as All, Favorites, News and Sport. Tap one to see only those channels. Swipe the row sideways to see more.

  3. Open a channel's page

    Tap the words next to a channel, not the picture. A page opens with the programs of that channel, day after day.

    Open a channel's page: the screen.

  4. Look for a channel

    Tap the magnifying glass at the top right and type a few letters of the channel's name.

iPad

  1. Open the Guide

    Tap Guide. You see a table: channels down the left side, time across the top. Green shows what is on now.

    Open the Guide: the screen.

  2. Move through time

    Slide the table sideways to see later or earlier. Slide it up and down to see more channels.

  3. Choose a day

    At the top, tap a day to see its programs. Only days that have programs are offered.

  4. Open a program

    Tap a block. A program that is on now starts at once, and so does one that is over when the channel has it in its archive. A program that is on later is chosen: its title, its time and Remind me show above the table, and a second tap sets the reminder. To read about a program without watching it, press and hold the block.

Apple TV

  1. Open the Guide

    Choose Guide in the bar at the top. You see a table: channels down the left side, time across the top.

    Open the Guide: the screen.

  2. Move around

    Slide your thumb on the touch surface, or press its edges: left and right go through time, up and down go through channels. The block you are on has an amber frame.

  3. Choose a day or a group

    Move up to the round buttons above the table. Choose a group such as Favorites, or the day. A shortcut from anywhere in the table: click Play and Pause to open the list of categories, and hold Play and Pause to jump to the first channel.

  4. Watch something

    Press the middle of the touch surface on a block. What is on now starts. A past program starts from the archive when the channel has one.

4

Make a favorite#

A favorite is a channel you watch often. Favorites are kept together in one short list, so you do not have to look through hundreds of channels.

iPhone

  1. Open the Guide

    Tap Guide at the bottom of the screen. You see a list of channels, with what is on now.

    Open the Guide: the screen.

  2. The quick way: tap the heart

    Tap the small heart on the corner of a channel's round picture. It turns red, a message at the bottom says the channel was added to your favorites, and it has an Undo button for five seconds. Tap the red heart to take the channel away again. A single tap on the picture starts the channel at once.

  3. Tap the channel's row

    Tap the words next to the channel, not the round picture, because the picture starts the channel. A page with the channel's programs opens.

    Tap the channel's row: the screen.

  4. Tap the heart

    The heart is at the top right. Tap it once and it turns solid: the channel is a favorite. Tap it again to take it away.

  5. Check

    Go back to the Guide and tap the button called Favorites above the list. Your channel is there.

iPad

  1. Open the Guide

    Tap Guide. You see the table of channels and times.

    Open the Guide: the screen.

  2. The quick way: tap twice

    In the Guide, tap the picture of a channel on the left two times quickly. A heart pops up, and a message at the bottom says the channel was added to your favorites, with an Undo button for five seconds. Tap twice on a favorite and it is taken away. A favorite has a small heart on its picture.

  3. Start the channel

    Tap a block of the channel to watch it. While you watch, swipe from the very left edge of the screen to the right, or tap the picture and then the Channels button. To close the list, tap the X at the top.

    Start the channel: the screen.

  4. Open the channel's page

    The list of channels opens on the left. Tap the channel. Its programs open on the right, with its name at the top.

  5. Tap the heart

    The heart is at the top right of the channel's page. Tap it once: the channel is a favorite. Tap it again to take it away.

Apple TV

  1. Start the channel

    Choose a channel from Home or the Guide, as in Watch a channel.

    Start the channel: the screen.

  2. Open the list of channels

    While you watch, swipe up on the touch surface. The list of channels opens on the left.

    Open the list of channels: the screen.

  3. Open the channel's page

    Move to the channel and press the middle. Its programs open on the right, with its name at the top.

  4. Choose the heart

    Move up and right to the heart next to the name, and press the middle. The channel is a favorite. Press again to take it away.

5

Put your favorites in order#

The channel you watch most can be first. This is also the order you step through when you change channel with Favorites only turned on.

iPhone

  1. Go to your favorites

    Tap Home. If you have favorites, the first row is called Favorites. No row? You have not made a favorite yet: see Make a favorite.

    Go to your favorites: the screen.

  2. Tap Edit order

    It is at the right of the row's title. You can also tap it in the Guide, next to the Favorites button.

  3. Move a channel

    Hold your finger on the three lines at the right of a channel and slide it up or down. To take a channel out, swipe its row.

  4. Tap Done

    Your order is saved.

iPad

  1. Go to your favorites

    Tap Home. If you have favorites, the first row is called Favorites. No row? You have not made a favorite yet: see Make a favorite.

    Go to your favorites: the screen.

  2. Tap Edit order

    It is at the right of the row's title.

  3. Move a channel

    Hold your finger on the three lines at the right of a channel and slide it up or down. To take a channel out, swipe its row.

  4. Tap Done

    Your order is saved.

Apple TV

  1. Go to your favorites

    On Home, the first row is called Favorites, if you have made a favorite. No row? See Make a favorite.

    Go to your favorites: the screen.

  2. Choose Edit order

    Move to Edit order at the right of the row's title, and press the middle.

  3. Move a channel

    Move to a channel. Use the arrows beside it: press the middle on the up arrow to move it up one place, or on the down arrow to move it down.

  4. Choose Done

    Your order is saved.

6

Change channel while you watch#

You do not have to leave the picture to see other channels.

iPhone

  1. Open the list of channels

    Swipe from the very left edge of the screen to the right. Or show the buttons and tap Channels. To close the list, tap the X at the top, or swipe it to the left.

    Open the list of channels: the screen.

  2. Pick a channel

    Tap a channel. You see what it shows now and next. Tap Watch live to switch to it.

  3. Only favorites

    At the top of the list, tap Favorites to see only your favorite channels.

iPad

  1. Open the list of channels

    Show the buttons and tap Channels. A list opens on the left, with the channel's programs on the right.

    Open the list of channels: the screen.

  2. Pick a channel

    Tap a channel. Its programs show on the right. Tap Watch live to switch to it.

  3. Only favorites

    At the top of the list, tap Favorites to see only your favorite channels.

Apple TV

  1. Next and previous channel

    On the touch surface, press the top edge for the next channel and the bottom edge for the previous one. Hold it to keep going.

    Next and previous channel: the screen.

  2. The list of channels

    Swipe up on the touch surface. A list opens on the left with what is on now.

    The list of channels: the screen.

  3. Pick a channel

    Move to a channel and press the middle. Its programs show on the right. Choose Watch live to switch to it.

7

Pause, go back, go live#

On a channel that keeps a recording you can pause live TV, go back and catch what you missed. The picture then shows how far behind live you are.

iPhone

  1. Pause and play

    Tap the picture to show the buttons, then tap the big pause button in the middle. Tap it again to play.

    Pause and play: the screen.

  2. Go back a little

    Use the progress bar: slide the round knob to the left to go back, or tap the little arrow that goes back ten seconds.

    Go back a little: the screen.

  3. Go back to live

    Tap the Live button. The picture jumps to what is happening now.

    Go back to live: the screen.

iPad

  1. Pause and play

    Tap the picture to show the buttons, then tap the big pause button in the middle. Tap it again to play.

  2. Go back a little

    Use the progress bar: slide the round knob to the left to go back, or tap the little arrow that goes back ten seconds.

  3. Go back to live

    Tap the Live button. The picture jumps to what is happening now.

Apple TV

  1. Pause and play

    Press the Play and Pause button on the remote, the one with the two symbols. Press it again to play.

    Pause and play: the screen.

  2. Go back a little

    Press the left edge of the touch surface to go back ten seconds. Hold it to keep going back.

    Go back a little: the screen.

  3. Go back to live

    Hold the right edge of the touch surface, or choose the Live button. The picture jumps to what is happening now.

8

Catch-up and start over#

Some channels keep their programs for days. With those you can watch a program that already aired, or start the one that is on from the beginning. A small arrow or the word Catch-up marks them.

iPhone

  1. Open the channel's page

    In the Guide, tap the words next to a channel. Choose a day above the list: the days before today are the archive.

    Open the channel's page: the screen.

  2. Pick a program

    Tap a program that has already aired. Tap Watch from start.

    Pick a program: the screen.

  3. Start over what is on now

    On the channel's page, tap what is on now and then Start over. Or, while you watch, tap Start over between the times of the bar.

iPad

  1. Find the program

    In the Guide, slide the table to the left to go back in time, or choose an earlier day. Programs you can watch again have a small arrow.

    Find the program: the screen.

  2. Tap the program

    A card opens. Tap Watch from start.

  3. Start over what is on now

    Tap the block that is on now, and then Start over. Or, while you watch, tap Start over between the times of the bar.

Apple TV

  1. Find the program

    In the Guide, press the left edge of the touch surface to go back in time, or choose an earlier day. Programs you can watch again have a small arrow.

    Find the program: the screen.

  2. Press the middle

    Press the middle of the touch surface on the program. It starts from the beginning.

    Press the middle: the screen.

  3. Start over what is on now

    While you watch a channel, click the middle to open the buttons, and choose Start over.

9

Audio and subtitles#

Choose the language you hear and the subtitles you read. Theamo remembers your choice for each film or show.

iPhone

  1. Show the buttons

    Tap the picture once.

    Show the buttons: the screen.

  2. Tap the Audio or Subtitles button

    They are among the small buttons under the picture. A list opens with two tabs, Audio and Subtitles.

    Tap the Audio or Subtitles button: the screen.

  3. Choose

    Tap the language you want. A tick shows your choice. To turn subtitles off, tap Off at the top of the Subtitles tab. Many tracks of one language are shown as one row: tap it to open them.

iPad

  1. Show the buttons

    Tap the picture once.

  2. Tap the Audio or Subtitles button

    They are among the small buttons under the picture. A list opens with Audio on the left and Subtitles on the right.

    Tap the Audio or Subtitles button: the screen.

  3. Choose

    Tap the language you want. A tick shows your choice. To turn subtitles off, tap Off at the top of the Subtitles list. Type a few letters in the search box to find a language quickly.

Apple TV

  1. Show the buttons

    On a live channel, click the middle of the touch surface: the buttons open and you can move along them. In a program from the archive or a film, click the middle to pause, and click the bottom to show the buttons.

    Show the buttons: the screen.

  2. Choose Audio or Subtitles

    Click the middle to open the buttons, and choose Audio or Subtitles. A full screen opens: Audio on the left, Subtitles on the right.

    Choose Audio or Subtitles: the screen.

  3. Choose

    Move to the language you want and press the middle. A tick shows your choice. Off is the first row of the subtitles. Press Up in the Subtitles list to reach Size, place and look at the top right. Press Menu to close the list.

10

Reminders#

Tell Theamo which program you do not want to miss. It reminds you when it starts.

iPhone

  1. Find a coming program

    In the Guide, tap the words next to a channel. On its page, find a program that starts later.

    Find a coming program: the screen.

  2. Tap the bell

    Tap the little bell at the right of the program. It fills in: you will be reminded.

    Tap the bell: the screen.

  3. Allow notifications

    The first time, your phone asks if Theamo may send you notifications. Tap Allow.

iPad

  1. Find a coming program

    In the Guide, tap a block that starts later.

    Find a coming program: the screen.

  2. Tap Remind me

    On the card, tap Remind me. It changes to Remove reminder.

  3. Allow notifications

    The first time, your iPad asks if Theamo may send you notifications. Tap Allow.

Apple TV

  1. Find a coming program

    In the Guide, move to a block that starts later and press the middle.

    Find a coming program: the screen.

  2. Choose Remind me

    Choose Remind me. A small bell appears on the block.

    Choose Remind me: the screen.

  3. When it is time

    A banner appears on the screen with two buttons: Watch now and Dismiss.

11

Your Plex films and shows#

If you have a Plex server, your films and series can sit next to your TV channels.

iPhone

  1. Link Plex

    Tap Settings, then Channels & sources, then Plex. Choose Sign in and follow the steps on the screen.

    Link Plex: the screen.

  2. Open the Library

    Go to Home and look for the rows From Plex. Choose a film: its page shows the cast, the audio and the subtitles.

    Open the Library: the screen.

  3. Press Play

    Tap Play. To pick another audio language or subtitles first, tap their row on the page.

    Press Play: the screen.

iPad

  1. Link Plex

    Tap Settings, then Channels & sources, then Plex. Choose Sign in and follow the steps on the screen.

    Link Plex: the screen.

  2. Open a film or a show

    Go to Home and look for the rows From Plex. Tap a film: its page shows the cast, the audio and the subtitles.

    Open a film or a show: the screen.

  3. Press Play

    Tap Play. To pick another audio language or subtitles first, tap their row on the page.

Apple TV

  1. Link Plex

    Choose Settings, then Channels & sources, then Plex. Choose Sign in. A code appears: type it on plex.tv/link on your phone or computer.

    Link Plex: the screen.

  2. Open a film or a show

    Go to Home and look for the rows From Plex. Move to a film and press the middle: its page shows the cast, the audio and the subtitles.

    Open a film or a show: the screen.

  3. Press Play

    Choose Play. To pick another audio language or subtitles first, choose their button on the page.

13

If something goes wrong#

Do not worry, almost everything can be fixed in a minute.

iPhone

  1. A channel will not play

    Check that your device is online. Then show the buttons and try the other player: it is among the small buttons.

  2. The guide is empty

    Pull the list down with your finger to refresh. If a channel has no guide, the row says so: it can still be watched.

  3. Tell us

    Tap Settings, then Help & feedback, then Report a problem. Write what happened and tap Send. You choose whether the app's log goes with it, and you see it first.

    Tell us: the screen.

iPad

  1. A channel will not play

    Check that your device is online. Then show the buttons and try the other player: it is among the small buttons.

  2. The guide is empty

    Wait a moment: the guide loads by itself. If a channel has no guide, its row says so: it can still be watched.

  3. Tell us

    Tap Settings, then Help & feedback, then Report a problem. Write what happened and tap Send. You choose whether the app's log goes with it, and you see it first.

    Tell us: the screen.

Apple TV

  1. A channel will not play

    Check that the Apple TV is online. Then click the middle to open the buttons and choose the other player.

  2. The guide is empty

    Choose Settings, then Channels & sources, to see where the guide comes from. If a channel has no guide, its row says so: press the middle on it to watch it anyway.

  3. Tell us

    Choose Settings, then Help & feedback, then Report a problem. Dictate or type what happened, and choose Send.

    Tell us: the screen.

Your Siri Remote, button by button#

You only need a few buttons. Do not worry about pressing the wrong one: the Menu button always takes you one step back.

Touch surface
The top of the remote, a big flat circle. Slide your thumb across it (a swipe), or press it like a button (a click).
Menu, the button with the arrow
Goes back. On a channel it hides the buttons first, then leaves, and the channel keeps playing in a small window.
Play and Pause
Pauses and plays. Hold it to turn subtitles on or off.
TV button
Takes you to the Apple TV home screen.
Siri button
Hold it and say what you are looking for. Let go when you have finished.
The Apple TV welcome page that shows the remote and the five presses that matter.

Look at the picture: each number sits where you press the remote, or shows the way you slide your thumb. Three signs tell you how.

ClickPress down on the edge of the touch surface.
SwipeSlide your thumb without pressing.
HoldPress and keep it pressed for a second.

While you watch a live channel, also one you moved back

The Siri Remote with numbers where each press or swipe on a live channel is made.
  1. Click the topNext channel
  2. Click the bottomPrevious channel
  3. Click the leftBack 10 seconds, if the channel keeps a recording
  4. Hold the leftRewinds while you hold it
  5. Click the rightForward 30 seconds when you are behind live
  6. Hold the middleA small menu with the most used things
  7. Menu, the button with the arrowGoes back. On a channel it hides the buttons first, then leaves, and the channel keeps playing in a small window.
  8. Hold Play and PauseStops the channel and shows the guide

While you watch a program from the archive, or a Plex film

The Siri Remote with numbers where each press or swipe is made while you watch a program from the archive or a Plex film.
  1. Click the topShows what you are watching
  2. Click the bottomShows the progress bar
  3. Click the leftBack 10 seconds
  4. Hold the leftRewinds while you hold it
  5. Click the rightForward 30 seconds
  6. Hold the rightFast-forwards while you hold it
  7. Hold the middleA small menu with the most used things
  8. Swipe downShows what you are watching
  9. Menu, the button with the arrowGoes back. On a channel it hides the buttons first, then leaves, and the channel keeps playing in a small window.
  10. Hold Play and PauseStops it and shows its page (a program from the archive: the guide)
  11. Hold Play and PauseStops the channel and shows the guide

In the guide

Click the middle
Watches the program on now; on a past program, plays it from the archive
Hold the middle
A small menu: back to now, when the table shows another day; go to the first channel, however far down the list you are; refresh the channels and the guide (the pill at the end of the header does the same); and, with a channel playing in the window, stop it
Click Play and Pause
Opens the categories, from any channel
Hold Play and Pause
Stops the channel playing in the small window, on any page
Menu, the button with the arrow
Goes up to the tabs, from any channel; Left and Right along the tabs open them
Hold Menu
The Apple TV's own gesture: the Home Screen. Theamo cannot change it, so click Menu instead.

On Home and in the Library

Hold the middle
On a card in Continue watching: Resume, Start over or Remove from Continue watching
Hold the middle on a film's page
The page has Play (or Resume) and Subtitles. Hold the middle for Mark as watched, Add to watchlist and, for a film you started, Start over.
Click Play and Pause on a film or a series
In the Library, in Search and on Home's New cards: plays the film in focus, or resumes where you stopped; a series plays its next episode.

Settings, one by one#

Everything you can change is in Settings. On iPhone it is the gear at the bottom right. On iPad and Apple TV the groups are listed on the left. Each topic below says where to go and what to choose.

Choose the screen Theamo opens on#

By default Theamo opens on Home. You can make it open on the Guide instead, or start a channel by itself.

  1. Open Home & Top Shelf

    Open Settings, then Home & Top Shelf (Home screen on iPhone and iPad), and choose When Theamo opens.

  2. Choose Start on

    Next to Start on, choose Home, Guide or Library (Library only if you use Plex).

  3. Play a channel at once, if you like

    On the same page, next to When Theamo opens, choose Off, If I was watching, or Always, with the last channel.

Choose what the Guide opens on#

The Guide can start with every channel, with your favorites, or with one group such as News or Sport.

  1. Open Guide

    Open Settings, then Guide.

  2. Choose Open on

    Next to Open on, choose All channels, Favorites, Last chosen category, or A category.

  3. Pick the category

    If you chose A category, two more lines appear: the playlist (when you have several) and the category. Choose them.

Choose what Home shows#

Home is made of rows. You decide which rows you want to see.

  1. Open Home screen

    Open Settings, then Home screen (Home & Top Shelf on Apple TV).

  2. Use the switches

    Each row has a switch: Continue watching, Favorites, Live now, Featured on IPTV, Featured on antenna, Featured on Plex and New in your library. Switch off what you do not want.

  3. Empty rows hide themselves

    A row with nothing to show, for example Favorites before you make one, does not appear even when its switch is on.

Hide the categories you never watch#

A playlist can have hundreds of channels in dozens of categories. Hiding a category takes it out of the guide and the channel list. Nothing is deleted.

  1. Open your source

    Open Settings, then Channels & sources, and choose the playlist.

  2. Open Categories

    Choose Categories. Every category has a switch.

  3. Switch off what you do not want

    Switch off a category to hide it. Show all and Hide all do the whole list at once. Channels you made favorites stay.

Change channel through your favorites only#

With this on, the next and previous channel buttons skip everything that is not a favorite.

  1. Open Watching

    Open Settings, then Watching.

  2. Turn it on

    Under Live TV (a chip at the top on Apple TV), turn on Only my favorites.

  3. Set the order

    Channels come in the order you gave your favorites. See Put your favorites in order.

Language, clock and channel numbers#

These are the small things that make the app feel like yours.

  1. Open Language & accessibility

    Open Settings, then Language & accessibility.

  2. Language

    Choose Same as device, English or Polski.

  3. Clock and numbers

    Choose the clock: System, 24-hour or 12-hour. Channel numbers are in Settings, then Guide: switch Channel numbers on or off.

Make the picture and the sound the way you like#

Theamo remembers these for every channel.

  1. Open Watching

    Open Settings, then Watching.

  2. The picture

    Next to Fill the screen choose how a channel fills the screen: fit shows all of it, fill crops it, stretch squeezes it. Channel quality sets how sharp it is when you have a choice.

  3. The language

    Choose the Audio language and the language of the Subtitles. The size, place, background and color of the subtitles are there too, or under Subtitles in the player: Size, place and look.

If the picture stutters#

Stutter usually means the Wi-Fi is slow for a moment. Two changes help.

  1. A bigger buffer

    Open Settings, then Advanced. Under Connection, set the Live TV buffer to a larger size. The picture starts a little later and is steadier.

  2. The other player

    On the same page, under Players, turn on Try another way when a stream fails. If one player cannot play a channel, Theamo tries the other, and remembers which one worked. If a channel is also in another playlist or in another quality, it tries that copy next and says so.

What the Back button does while you watch#

On Apple TV the Menu button goes back. You can choose what that means while a channel plays.

  1. Open Watching

    Open Settings, then Watching, then Back & skip.

  2. Choose Back button while watching

    Leave goes back and keeps the picture in a small window. Leave, no small window goes back and stops the picture. Press twice asks first: the second press leaves.

Reminders: when and how#

Choose how early Theamo tells you that a program is about to start.

  1. Open Reminders & alerts

    Open Settings, then Reminders & alerts.

  2. Choose when

    Next to Remind me choose how long before the program starts. Turn Notifications on or off.

  3. Open the channel by itself

    Turn on Switch to the channel if you want the channel to start for you. On Apple TV a reminder only reaches you while the app is open, so set reminders on your iPhone to be told at any time.

Sources, Plex and more, in detail#

The longer jobs, one at a time: what to type in each box, what each switch does, and what to do when something is not found.

Add an IPTV provider (Xtream)#

Use this when your provider gave you a server address, a user name and a password.

  1. Start adding

    Open Settings, then Channels & sources, then Add a source. At Type, choose Xtream.

  2. Fill in the three boxes

    Server address, for example http://host:8080. Username. Password. Copy them exactly as your provider wrote them.

  3. Save

    Choose Save. Theamo downloads the channels and the guide. This can take a minute with a big provider.

  4. Editing later

    To change the password, open the source again. Leave the password empty to keep the old one.

Add a playlist (M3U)#

Use this when you have the address of a playlist, usually ending in .m3u.

  1. Start adding

    Open Settings, then Channels & sources, then Add a source. At Type, choose the playlist (M3U).

  2. The playlist address

    Type or paste the Playlist address (M3U).

  3. The guide, if you have one

    The Guide address (XMLTV, optional) is only needed when the playlist does not name its own guide. Leave it empty to use the one named in the playlist, or the extra guide from Settings, Guide.

  4. Save

    Choose Save. Channels without a matching guide are matched by their name.

Add an HDHomeRun tuner#

A tuner is a small box at home with an aerial. Your iPhone, iPad or Apple TV must be on the same Wi-Fi as the tuner.

  1. Start adding

    Open Settings, then Channels & sources, then Add a source. At Type, choose HDHomeRun.

  2. Choose your tuner

    Theamo looks for tuners on your Wi-Fi or Ethernet. Nothing leaves your network. Choose yours from the list.

  3. If none shows up

    Choose Search SiliconDust's directory instead. It asks SiliconDust for devices behind your public IP address, which tells them that address. Or type the tuner's address yourself.

  4. Save

    Choose Save. The channels and a guide come in. A tuner's channels are live only: there is no catch-up.

  5. Away from home

    Off your home Wi-Fi the tuner does not answer, so Theamo leaves its channels out everywhere until you are back.

Link Plex and choose a profile#

Plex shows your own films and series. Linking takes a minute.

  1. Start

    Open Settings, then Channels & sources, then Plex.

  2. Enter the code

    Theamo shows a short code. On a phone or computer go to plex.tv/link and type the code. The screen says Waiting for you until it works.

  3. Pick the profile

    If you use Plex Home, pick the profile to use. Theamo remembers it. Change profile switches to another one later.

  4. The options

    Ask who's watching at launch asks for the profile each time. Require PIN to change profile uses the PIN set in Plex Home. Sync watched status and progress keeps Continue watching the same on all your devices. Show Plex watchlist adds your watchlist.

  5. Quality at home and away

    The first time a film or episode plays at home, and the first time away from home, Theamo asks which quality: Original, High, Medium or Low, with one suggested. It remembers the answer for that place. Change it in Settings, Channels & sources, Plex, under Quality, or with the Quality button while you watch.

  6. Another account

    Switch account signs you out of this Plex account so you can sign in to another one.

Keep everything the same on all your devices (iCloud)#

With Pro, your sources, favorites, reminders, settings and Plex profile follow you to your other iPhones, iPads and Apple TVs.

  1. Check iCloud

    On each device, sign in to the same Apple ID, and turn on iCloud Keychain, because passwords and Plex sign-ins travel through it.

  2. Turn it on

    Open Settings, then Devices & sync, and switch on Sync with iCloud. Do it on each device.

  3. If it says you are not signed in

    The line This device is not signed in to iCloud means you must sign in in the device's own Settings first.

Keep watching while you look around#

A small player keeps the channel going while you browse.

  1. On iPhone and iPad

    Swipe the picture down, or tap the arrow at the top left. The picture shrinks into a small player. Tap it to open the full player again, or tap its X to stop.

  2. On Apple TV

    Press Menu once to hide the buttons and again to leave. With the Back button set to Leave, a small window stays in the corner.

Send the picture to a TV or speaker, or a floating window#

On iPhone and iPad the controls have two buttons for this. When the row is short of room, as on an iPhone held upright, they are under the More button.

  1. Show the buttons

    Tap the picture once.

  2. AirPlay

    Tap the AirPlay button (a screen with an arrow), or More and then AirPlay, and choose the TV or speaker.

  3. Picture in picture

    Tap the picture in picture button, or More and then Picture in picture, to keep the channel in a floating window over other apps.

The Top Shelf on Apple TV#

When Theamo is in the top row of the Apple TV home screen, the area above shows what you were watching and what is on now. This is part of Pro.

  1. Put Theamo in the top row

    On the Apple TV home screen, move to Theamo, hold the middle of the touch surface, and choose Move to top row (or drag it up).

  2. Turn it on

    In Theamo open Settings, then Home & Top Shelf, and switch on Show Theamo on the Top Shelf.

  3. Choose what it shows

    Choose the Style, and switch on the rows you want: Continue watching (the last thing you watched comes first), On now in your favorites, New in Plex.

Every setting, group by group#

A list of everything in Settings, in the order of the list, with what each line does. Names are the ones on your screen.

Theamo Pro#

Plans and trial
Shows the plans and the free trial, where one is offered, and whether Pro is active on this device.
Restore purchases
Brings back a purchase made earlier or on another device with the same Apple ID.

Channels & sources#

Add a source
Adds a playlist, an Xtream provider or an HDHomeRun tuner. The first source is free.
Type
Choose the kind of source: Xtream (server, user name, password), a playlist address (M3U), or an HDHomeRun tuner found on your network.
Subscription (Xtream, or a playlist that says when it ends)
Whether your provider's subscription is active, when it ends, and how many devices are watching of the number it allows. A card on Home warns you a week before it ends and the day before; Warn me before it ends turns that off. If a channel will not start because every connection is in use, the player says so.
Enabled
Switches a source off without deleting it. Its channels leave the app until you switch it on again.
Catch-up
Tells Theamo how this provider builds its archive links: automatic, Xtream style, Flussonic style, or off. Leave it on automatic unless your provider says otherwise.
Categories
Opens the list of categories of the playlist, each with a switch, to hide the ones you never watch.
Remove this source
Deletes the source and its channels from the app. Your provider is not told.
Plex
Link your Plex account to see your library next to live TV. See Your Plex films and shows.
Get films ready
With Plex linked: loads the start of a film while its page is open, so Play starts sooner. It takes a short connection and a little data from your server, and is only done at home.
Clean up names (in a playlist's own page)
Takes “PL|” or “[UK]” off the front of every channel name in that playlist; Also take off HD, FHD and 4K takes the quality off the end, and you can add words of your own. Only what is shown changes: Theamo still uses the real name to find a channel's guide and its best version.
Show each channel once
When a channel is in two playlists or in several qualities, shows it once. A favorite copy always stays.
Version to play
Which copy plays: Best for my connection starts at the best and steps down when the picture stalls; or the highest quality; or the first playlist.
Refresh channels
How often Theamo downloads your playlists again. What is not due yet is read from what was saved.
Reload channels and guide now
Downloads everything again, for when something looks out of date.

Guide#

Open on
What the guide shows when Theamo opens: All channels, Favorites, Last chosen category, or A category.
Back to a catch-up's time
On Apple TV and iPad: after a catch-up the guide goes to the time you were watching, on its channel, not to now. Off to start from now as before.
Playlist name
Where the name of the playlist is shown on a channel when you use more than one: only where it helps (on a channel that is in more than one playlist, so you can tell the copies apart), under every logo, as a color bar, or not at all.
Program descriptions
Shows a few lines about each program in the guide.
Channel numbers
Shows each channel's number beside its name.
Channel logos
Where logos come from: the playlist, the guide, or one first and the other as a fallback.
Hide channels with no listings
Leaves out channels that have nothing on now.
Refresh the guide
How often Theamo downloads the program listings again. What is not due yet is read from what was saved, so large guides are not downloaded on every launch.
Extra guide
One guide for all your sources, for example a guide that covers many countries. Channels are matched by their guide id first, then by name.

Catch-up & rewind#

Extra minutes at the end
A few extra minutes added at the end of a program from the archive, in case the broadcast ran late.
Come back where you were
A channel you left in catch-up, start over or rewound carries on from there when you come back to it, with a note and Go to live; one watched live comes back live. On to start with.
Offer the way back
After you leave a program from the archive (or one you started over, or a rewound channel) for another channel, a card on the new channel offers Go back, to the minute you left; on Apple TV Go back is the first button in the controls. On to start with.
When a catch-up ends: Then
What happens at the end of a program from the archive: the next program, back to live, or stop.
Show what comes next
Shows a card with what comes next, near the end of a program.

Watching#

Match frame rate & dynamic range
On Apple TV, switches the TV to the picture's own frame rate and HDR.
Channel quality
How sharp the picture is when a channel offers a choice.
Fill the screen
How a channel fills the screen: fit shows all of it, fill crops it, stretch squeezes it.
Sharpen low-resolution channels
Makes standard-definition pictures sharper on newer iPhones, iPads and Apple TVs. It uses more power, so it starts off. Standard-definition only: HDR and Dolby Vision are left alone.
Audio language
The language Theamo plays for every film, series and program that has it. When there is none in it, you hear the original audio.
Dolby Vision
Automatic asks the TV for Dolby Vision. If your TV or its settings refuse it, choose Play as HDR10: the film plays in HDR10 without the two or three seconds spent asking.
Lossless surround
Sends the sound of the Aether player as lossless surround, up to 7.1, to a receiver connected with HDMI eARC. Leave it off if you are not sure: it starts off, and other receivers get surround they all take.
Clearer speech
Makes voices stand out from music and noise: A little or More. The Aether player decodes the sound to do it, so surround is not passed on untouched to a receiver while it is on.
Night mode
Evens out loud and quiet parts, for watching late. Like Clearer speech, it works with the Aether player and plays the sound itself.
Subtitles language
The language of the subtitles when you turn them on in the player (the Default card in the Subtitles list). A film with none in it shows none. The player has a Sound button when a title has more than one sound track and a Subtitles button when it has subtitles, so you can change the sound or turn the subtitles off at any time.
Subtitle size
How big the subtitles are.
Subtitle place, background and color
Where the subtitles sit (higher up they clear the controls, a logo or text in the picture), what is behind the words, and white or yellow. The player's Subtitles list has the same, with a preview: Size, place and look.
Back button while watching
What Back (or Menu on Apple TV) does while something plays: Leave, Leave, no small window, or Press twice.
Only my favorites
Next and previous channel step through your favorites, in your order.
Compact rows, Time grid (iPhone)
Compact rows shows ten channels in the Guide without the line about each program. On the larger iPhones Time grid shows the day's time across, like the iPad; held sideways it shows by itself.
Skip intros, Skip credits (Plex)
When your Plex server has marked the intro or the credits of an episode, a button skips them. Choose a button, a count down that skips by itself, skip at once, or off. After the credits the next episode is offered. On Apple TV, press the click when the button shows; Menu takes the button away.

Home screen (Home & Top Shelf on Apple TV)#

Rows
A switch for each row of Home: Continue watching, Favorites, Live now, Featured on IPTV, Featured on antenna, Featured on Plex, From Plex. Rows with nothing to show stay hidden.
Keep titles for
How long a title stays in Continue watching after you last watched it.
Clear Continue watching
Takes everything off the row. Nothing is deleted from your sources.
When Theamo opens
Whether Theamo plays a channel again when it opens: Off, If I was watching, or Always, with the last channel.
Start on
The screen Theamo opens on: Home, Guide or Library.
Show Theamo on the Top Shelf (Apple TV)
The picture area at the top of the Apple TV home screen shows what you were watching and what is on now.
Style
Rows, a banner, or the picture only.
Continue watching, On now in your favorites, New in Plex
A switch for each row of the Top Shelf. Continue watching always starts with the last thing you watched, whatever it was: a channel, a catch-up, a film or an episode.
Show program titles
Whether each tile shows the program's title. Turn it off if you share the TV.

Reminders & alerts#

Remind me
How long before a program starts you are reminded.
Notifications
Turns the reminder notifications on or off.
Switch to the channel
Starts the channel by itself when the program begins.

Devices & sync#

Sync with iCloud
Shares your sources, favorites, reminders, settings and Plex profile with your other iPhones, iPads and Apple TVs. Passwords and Plex sign-ins go through iCloud Keychain, which must be on. A Pro feature.

Language & accessibility#

Language
Same as device, English or Polski.
Clock
System, 24-hour or 12-hour.

Advanced#

Player engine
Automatic uses Apple's player for HLS and common files, and the Aether player for raw MPEG-TS, Matroska and Plex originals (it also plays HDR and Dolby Vision, and switches the TV to match). You can also pick one yourself. A Pro feature.
Try another way when a stream fails
If one player cannot play a channel, Theamo tries the other, or the next copy of the channel.
Remember the player for each channel
Once the second engine plays a channel, that channel starts on it next time.
Hardware decoding
Lets the device's chip decode the picture. Leave it on unless a channel shows green blocks.
Sound delay
For streams played by the Aether player. It fixes sound that is a little early or late.
Subtitle timing
Moves subtitles that come too early or too late, up to five seconds either way. The Aether player draws the subtitles, so it is the one that can; the player's Subtitles list has Earlier and Later too.
Catch-up stream format
Use HLS unless the provider only offers MPEG-TS.
Custom catch-up link
Replaces how archive links are built for every channel. Leave it empty to use what each channel's provider gives.
Shift the guide's times
Shifts the guide by whole hours if your provider's schedule is off. Reload the guide after changing it.
User agent
The name Theamo gives itself to your provider. Leave it empty unless your provider asks for one.
Reconnect by itself, Keep trying for
When Wi-Fi drops or you move to mobile data, the stream opens again where it was; after the time you choose, Theamo says what went wrong, with Try again.
Live TV buffer
How much picture is kept ready on a live channel: small, normal or large (large also keeps the Aether player further behind live). Increase it if streams stutter on Wi-Fi.
Catch-up and film buffer
The same, for archive programs and Plex titles.
Wait for a server
How long Theamo waits for a provider before giving up.
Show stream details while playing
Shows the engine, picture size, formats, bitrate and dropped frames over the picture. For troubleshooting.
Capture debug log
Keeps a log of what the app does, for finding a problem. Passwords and account names are removed from it.
Clear saved data and reload
Throws away what Theamo saved (channels, guide, pictures) and downloads it again. Your sources and favorites stay.

Help & feedback, and About#

Report a problem
Tells the developer what went wrong. You choose whether the app's log goes with it, and you see it first.
Help
The short answers inside the app, the Siri Remote and the gestures with pictures, What's new, and Show the welcome again.
About
The version of the app, the open-source programs it uses, and what Theamo is and is not.

Free and Pro#

Theamo is free to start. Pro adds more. Nothing you already use is taken away when a trial ends: the free part keeps working.

What is always free

  • Live TV from one source.
  • The program guide.
  • Favorites, and putting them in order.
  • Search.
  • The Apple player.
  • The small player while you look around the app.
  • The Top Shelf on Apple TV.

What Pro adds

  • More than one source.
  • Catch-up, start over and rewinding live TV.
  • Program reminders.
  • Your settings and favorites on all your devices, through iCloud.
  • Your Plex library and profiles.
  • A choice of player engine.

How to try it, buy it or get it back

  • Open Settings, then Theamo Pro. You see the plans; the yearly one is chosen, with its 7 days free.
  • You pay through your Apple account. You can cancel any time in your Apple subscriptions.
  • Bought it before, or on another device? Open Theamo Pro and choose Restore purchases.
  • Have a code? Redeem it on an iPhone or iPad, or in the App Store app, with the same Apple ID, then choose Restore purchases in Theamo.

Questions people ask#

The picture is black but I hear the sound.

Show the buttons and try the other player. If it is a tuner channel, check that your phone or Apple TV is on the same Wi-Fi as the tuner.

A row in the guide says “No guide for this channel”.

The channel has no program information from your provider. You can still watch it: tap it, or press the middle on Apple TV.

The guide is an hour off.

Open Settings, then Advanced, then Provider fixes, and change Shift the guide's times by one hour.

There is no catch-up on a channel.

Only channels whose provider keeps recordings have it, and it is part of Pro. A tuner's channels are live only.

I cannot add a second source.

One source is free. More than one needs Pro. See Free and Pro.

How do I turn the subtitles off?

Show the buttons, open the subtitles, and choose Off. On Apple TV you can also hold Play and Pause.

How do I change the language of the app?

Open Settings, then Language & accessibility, then Language.

Why does rewinding say that the recording is minutes behind live?

Some providers record a channel a few minutes late. Then a short rewind cannot be played from the recording, so Theamo stays on the live picture and tells you. Go back further, for example by holding Left, and it plays.

Why does the picture go black for a moment when I rewind a live channel?

Theamo asks the provider for a short recording that starts a little before the moment you want, and shows it once it has moved there. That takes a second or two. Pressing Left twice quickly goes back twice as far, in one step.

How do I remove a source?

Open Settings, then Channels & sources, choose the source, and tap Remove this source.

Where are my favorites after I changed my phone?

With Pro, they follow you through iCloud once you are signed in to the same Apple ID. Without Pro, make them again on the new device.

Words used in Theamo#

Source
Where your channels come from: a playlist, a tuner, or Plex.
Playlist
A list of channels from your TV provider, usually an address ending in .m3u. Also called an IPTV playlist.
Xtream
Another way a TV provider gives you channels: a server address, a user name and a password.
Tuner
A small box at home with an aerial that sends the antenna channels over your Wi-Fi. Theamo works with HDHomeRun tuners.
Plex
A program on your computer or server that keeps your own films and series. Theamo can show them.
Guide
The table or list that shows what is on, and what comes next, on every channel.
Live
What is being broadcast right now.
Catch-up
Watching a program that has already aired, because the provider keeps a recording of it.
Start over
Going back to the beginning of the program that is on now.
Favorite
A channel you marked with the heart, kept in a short list of its own.
Player engine
The part of the app that shows the picture. Automatic picks the best one for each channel.
Subtitles and audio
The words on the screen, and the language you hear.
Reminder
A message that tells you when a program you chose is about to start.
Top Shelf
The picture area at the top of the Apple TV home screen, when Theamo is in the top row.

Still stuck? Write to us from the app (Settings, then Help & feedback, then Report a problem), or at [email protected]. We read every message.

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