If you’ve just signed up for StbEmu and someone told you to “just use Smarters”, this one’s for you. IPTV Smarters Pro is the app most of our customers start with. It’s free, it runs on almost anything, and once your login is in, you rarely have to touch the settings again.
- TimeAbout 5 minutes
- DifficultyEasy
- Works onPhones, tablets, TV sticks, Smart TVs
Grab these first
Open your StbEmu welcome email and keep it on your phone next to you. Most of the setup is typing, so you’ll want it in view.
- Your server address. It starts with http.
- Your username and password.
- A connection of 25 Mbps or more for HD. For 4K, or a busy household, faster is better. Not sure what you get? Run a quick test at Fast.com.
No plan yet? Pick one on the pricing page and come back.
Step 1: Get the app on your device
Search for IPTV Smarters Pro in your device’s app store and install it. That’s the easy case. If you’ve never installed an app on your TV before, Google has a short guide for Android TV and one for Google TV.
Can’t find it?Sometimes the app isn’t listed. It comes and goes from different stores depending on your device and country. If you can’t find it, don’t waste an evening hunting. Message us and we’ll point you to another way to install it, or to an app that does the same job.
On a Fire TV Stick you’ll install it through the Downloader app instead. We’ve covered that in our Firestick guide.
Step 2: Put in your StbEmu login
Open the app. The first screen asks how you want to log in.
- Pick Login with Xtream Codes API. Ignore the other options for now.
- The first box is just a nickname for the profile. Type StbEmu or whatever you like.
- Type your username and password from the email.
- Type the server address exactly as it appears, including the
http://orhttps://at the front. - Hit Add User.
Be patientNow wait. The app pulls in every channel, movie and series, and the first time that can take a minute or two. It looks stuck. It isn’t.
Step 3: Have a look around
Tap your profile and you’ll land on the home screen. There are three big tiles, and they do what they say.
Live TV
Every live channel, sorted into categories.
Movies
Films on demand, ready whenever you are.
Series
TV shows, sorted by season and episode.
One thing people miss is the TV guide. It doesn’t load by itself. Tap Install EPG on the home screen once, and from then on you’ll see what’s on now and what’s coming up next.
Worth doing on day one
- Set up favourites. Long-press a channel and add it. Scrolling through hundreds of channels to find the hockey game gets old fast.
- Check the time zone. If the guide says a show started three hours ago and it’s clearly just starting, the time setting is off. Fix it in the app settings.
- Know where the player setting is. If one channel keeps stuttering while the rest are fine, switching the player or stream format in settings often sorts it out.
When it doesn’t work
“Invalid login” or something like it
Nine times out of ten this is a typo. A capital letter where there shouldn’t be one, a space at the end, a missing slash in the address. Type it again slowly, or better, copy and paste if your device lets you. Also worth a quick check: has your plan run out? StbEmu plans don’t renew on their own, so it’s easy to lose track.
You’re logged in but there are no channels
Go back to the profile screen and refresh channels, movies and series. Still empty? Close the app completely and open it again.
The picture keeps buffering
Start with the boring fix, because it works: restart your router, then your device. If you’re on Wi-Fi and the TV is far from the router, that’s usually the real culprit. A cheap network cable solves more buffering than any setting does.
Setting up a different device? The Application page has the steps for each one.
Still stuck?
That’s what we’re here for. Tell us which device you’re using and what you see on screen, and someone will get back to you. We answer around the clock.
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