Get it working long before you need it
Pick your device. Every guide is written the way we would talk somebody through it on the phone, with the awkward parts called out rather than quietly skipped.
Amazon Fire TV Stick
Far and away the most common screen our subscribers watch football on. Set aside a quiet afternoon for it rather than the twenty minutes before a fixture you actually care about.
About 5 minutesAndroidAndroid Phone, Tablet, TV Box and Google TV
The most adaptable option of the lot. A single file covers the handset in your pocket, the tablet propped on the kitchen counter and the box wired to the main television.
About 4 minutesSmart TVSamsung and LG Smart TV
Nothing to sideload here. Tizen and webOS both stock players in their own storefronts, though your television will be the slowest thing in the house at building a channel list.
About 6 minutesMAG boxMAG and Formuler Box
The least fiddly route of all. The box announces itself by hardware address, so there is no username and no password to fumble through with a remote.
About 3 minutesWindowsWindows PC and Laptop
Useful as a second screen for a clashing fixture, and quicker than anything else at telling you whether a fault sits with the subscription or with your television.
About 4 minutesiPhone and iPadiPhone, iPad and Apple TV
There is no sideloading on Apple hardware, so the route is a player out of the App Store fed with the same details every other device uses.
About 4 minutesFour habits that apply to every device
Whatever you are watching on, these four make more difference than any setting inside the app. They are also the four people skip.
- Set it up on a quiet afternoon and play a live channel for a full minute. That single habit prevents most of the messages we get at kick-off.
- Wire the television that carries the football. Ethernet removes wireless congestion, neighbouring networks and range problems in one move.
- Power cycle the streaming device at the wall before a big fixture. Sticks get slow after weeks of uptime and standby does not clear it.
- Find your backup source during the build-up rather than during the match. Major events carry more than one feed on purpose.
Device not on the list?
If it runs an app that accepts Xtream Codes or an M3U link, Strong 8K Live will work on it, and that covers very nearly everything with a screen. Tell us what you have and we will send the exact steps for it.
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