How to use Catchon TV

Introduction

CatchOnTV stands out as one of the top IPTV players available, offering an exceptional user experience with plenty of customization options. You can tailor the interface to resemble the familiar cable or satellite guide, making navigation easy and intuitive. With the right IPTV provider, CatchOnTV can serve as your all-in-one app for live TV, movies, and TV series through Video on Demand.

Designed primarily for Android-based streaming devices, CatchOnTV works seamlessly on devices like Fire TV, which is a modified version of Android. However, it's important to note that CatchOnTV is not optimized for touchscreens like phones or tablets. While some users have managed to install and use it on touchscreen devices, it’s generally better suited for devices with a remote control. For a smoother experience on touchscreens, there are other players specifically designed for that purpose.

📥 To download CatchOnTV:

Open the Downloader app and enter the code: 7454641.

Or Open your browser and go to: http://aftv.news/7454641

These are some of the benefits of CatchOnTV Premium:

• Support for multiple playlists

• Favorites management

• Catch-up option

• Customizable EPG update intervals

• Customizable panel transparency and timeout

• Manual channel sorting

• Automatically start the most recently viewed channel upon app launch

• Auto frame rate (AFR)

• Scheduled recording

• Reminder to automatically play channels

• Parental control function

• Advanced remote control options

• Ability to customize the appearance

• Options to change fonts, background color, and selection color

• Data backup

• Data restoration

• And much more!

1- Step by Step Setup

Open the catchon TV app

Select a server 

Select a server from options 1 to 3. A live agent will be available via live chat to recommend the best server based on your location. This server will be used for all your connections.

Login Informations

Once you’ve chosen the right server, input the username and password provided to you. Double-check your CatchOnTV subscription details for accuracy, especially with regard to capitalization and any potential typos. Don’t forget to select the options for 'TV Channels' and 'VOD' to ensure full access to the content.

After selecting 'Include TV Channels' and 'Include VOD,' click 'Next.' Then, enter your username and password to proceed

Home Screen

On home page , you’ll see the Search Bar, along with sections for TV Channels, Movies, Shows, PPV, VIP Events, and your Recordings and Reminders.

To access the Left Menu from the Home Screen, press the "left" navigation button on your remote. From the Left Menu, you can navigate through the following sections in order: Search (at the top right), Live TV (for all Live TV channels), Movies & TV Series, PPV & VIP Events, World Sports, and Music & Radio. To switch or change the channel category or find channels from another country, use the horizontal green bar with the left and right arrows.

Left menu

Navigating the Channel Guide on CatchOnTV
While in the channel guide, scroll left once to view your enabled playlists. Click a playlist to open its groups. Scroll to a group, click on it, and its channels will appear in the EPG. Scroll left again to access the main navigation:

1. Search: Look for channels, TV shows, or movies. Results will be listed for easy selection.

2. TV: Live TV channels.

3. Movies: View available movies by group. Change groups to see different categories.

4. TV Shows: View available TV shows by group. Switch groups to see others.

5. Recording: Displays your saved recordings.

6. My List: View all saved content organized by category.

7. Settings: Opens the CatchOnTV settings menu.

Right-Side Menu – CatchOnTV (Channel Guide)
While on the channel guide, long press the Select (OK) button to bring up the right-side menu:

1. Search – Opens the search page.

2. Settings – Takes you to CatchOnTV settings.

3. Program Description – Shows info about the current program.

4. Open in External Player – Lets you choose another media player.

5. Record – Starts recording the current channel. Once recording begins, this changes to "Stop Recording."

6. Custom Recording
   a. New Recording – Set up a custom recording.
   b. All Recordings – View all saved recordings.

7. Add to My List – Adds the program to your list. Once added, this changes to "Remove from My List."

8. Add to Favorites – Adds the channel to your Favorites group. Changes to "Remove from Favorites" once selected.

9. Assign EPG – Allows you to manually assign an EPG to the channel.

10. Block Channel – Blocks the channel (PIN required).

11. Hide Channel – Hides the channel from the guide.

12. Channel Options
    a. Edit Channel Name – Rename the channel.
    b. Restore Channel Name – Reverts to the original name.

    c. Channel Names Editor – Toggle the editor on/off; use it to remove prefixes or suffixes from channel names.
    d. Video Decoder (1) – Toggle on/off to switch decoding mode.
    e. Video Decoder (2) – Another decoder toggle (used for alternate decoding method or backup).
    f. Use External Player – Choose whether to use an external media player.
    g. EPG Time Offset (h:min) – Manually adjust the time offset of the EPG for accurate scheduling.
    h. Block Channel – Prevents access to the channel (PIN required).
    i. Hide Channel – Removes the channel from your visible channel list.

Recommended Initial Settings

Settings/Playlists

Go to settings - Playlist - Click on server - Manage Groups .

Turn off (uncheck) the groups you don’t want.

Double-pressing the "Middle" button on your remote while selecting a channel in the CatchOn app will switch to full-screen mode.

Reorder Groups

To change the order of the groups within a playlist, go to your channel guide, scroll to the left, click on the playlist you want to sort the groups, long press select on a group, any group, a menu will pop up on the right, click on Manage Groups, then click on Groups Sorting, you will have three options, By Order In Playlist, By Name, or Manual, click on the sorting option you want, if you choose Manual, then click on Reorder Groups, you will be able to move them around to the order you want.

Settings/Appearance/TV Guide

Channel Names Editor, on. This is where you can add prefixes and suffixes to be removed from the channel names to clean them up, this is explained later.

Show Channel Numbers l, on. All other settings are personal preference. Remember to always run a back up when doing customizations in case anything happens and you lose it, you can always go back to where you were.

Add favorites

You can chose your favorite channels from any playlist and it will be added to your favorites group. This makes it very easy to find the channels you watch most. There’s two ways to add a channel to your favorites. When on the channel guide, long press the select button until a menu pops up on the right, scroll down and click on Add to Favorites. Or, when watching a channel, hit the select button and a menu will pop up on the bottom, just scroll over to Add to Favorites and click on it. Also go into my favorites and reorder the channels so they are easier to find. I order mine into entertainment, children’s, sports, news, and movies so when I want to watch something, it’s easy to find

Channel Guide Appearance

You can change the appearance of your channels guide as in font size, background color, selection color, and much more. Go to Settings/Appearance and scroll through the options.

Then there’s several options to check on or off, you may just want to experiment to see what you like best.

Recording While Watching Live TV

Recording can sometimes be hit or miss. Personally, I record frequently and rarely run into issues, but I often see others struggling to get it working properly. This is usually due to factors like your IPTV provider, internet stability, or device limitations.

Here are some key things to keep in mind:

• Playback quality affects recording. If the stream buffers, skips, or doesn't play smoothly, the recording will likely fail or stop midway.

• Storage is essential. Make sure you have enough space—most people add external storage for this purpose.

• I use a PNY 128GB flash drive on both my FireTV Cube and Nvidia Shield. I created a folder using Xplore File Manager and set TiViMate to record to that folder.

• If your device lacks a USB port, you’ll need an OTG cable or adapter to connect a flash drive.

• Note: FireTV devices running OS 6 or older may have trouble recognizing external storage

Several ways to record. 1. Live recording while watching same channel - click ok button to bring up lower menu. Then scroll right to the 'Record' icon and click.

2. Live recording - While on the channel guide panel. Long press OK button to bring up right side menu. Then scroll to record and click.

3. Scheduling recordings - While on the channel guide panel. Long press ok button to bring up right side menu. Then scroll to 'Custom Recording' and click. Select 'New Recording' and enter/edit info and then click 'Schedule Recording'. You can scroll to any channel and record future programs by utilizing the directional buttons on the outer ring of your remote. If this is a program you wish record repeatedly. Then make sure your click the 'Repat" toggle. Note: if your catchontv cannot read the folder (usually when trying to use external storage), use the system picker and allow catchontv to access/use the folder.

Use record button to start and stop recording.

Schedule recording

custom recording : This feature allow a user to schedule a future record.

Closed Caption

When watching a program, press the select button, a menu will appear at the bottom. Scroll over to CC and select it. Once you select CC, you will be given an option to select, if there’s no options, CC is not available. It is common though to have the CC option, but it doesn’t work. If it’s not working, try playing it through an external player such as VLC or MX Player then choose your CC.

Multi-Screen or Picture in Picture

Multi-screen is for watching more than one channel at the same time. Only one channel will have audio but you can toggle back and forth to which channel is playing audio. Picture in Picture puts your picture in a small screen in the bottom corner so you can go to other apps. Not ideal for watching multiple channels. To use either, when on a channel, press the select button to bring up the menu on the bottom, then go to either Picture in Picture or Multi-screen and select and follow the on screen instructions. I only use multi-screen and have not had success with Picture in Picture as being usable. Note: Each screen you add counts as a connection, if your provider does not allow multiple connections, this will not work. You can however add screens from multiple providers.

Audio Sync

You may experience a channel where the picture and the sound don’t match up. To correct this, press the select button, scroll down to the menu across the bottom, click on Audio Sync and change the offset up or down a little at a time, go back to what you were watching and see if it helped, keep doing this until the audio/video is synced together. Note: there is an option to apply your changes to all channels, do not select this unless you are experiencing the same problem on all channels

Default Remote Settings – CatchOnTV
These are the default settings using the Amazon Fire TV remote. Other remotes may vary but should function similarly. To customize buttons, go to: Settings > Remote Control.

While in the Channel Guide:

1. Select: Plays the selected channel. For future programs, it allows setting a reminder, recording, custom recording, or adding to favorites.

2. Outer Ring:

• Up: Moves up through channels (hold to scroll). Loops from first to last.

• Down: Moves down through channels (hold to scroll). Loops from last to first.

• Left: First press goes to the current time. Second press opens playlists. Third press toggles between TV, Movies, Series, Recordings, Favorites, and Settings. Hold to scroll through past programs (requires Catch-Up feature).

• Right: Moves forward in the guide.

3. Back: Opens group list. Right ring shows full guide. Long press exits guide.

4. RW/FF: Page up/down in guide.

While Watching Live TV:

1. Select: Switches between last 10 viewed channels (or custom number). Press down to open options menu.

2. Outer Ring:

• Up: Next channel.

• Down: Previous channel.

• Left: Opens side guide (no preview). Use Back or Select to stay on current channel.

• Right: Returns to previous channel.

3. Back: Opens guide.

4. RW/FF: Shows info box.

5. Menu: Opens options menu.

Movies

On the Left menu, under the TV section, you can access the Movies and shows section. In this section, you can find movies categorized by their genre.

You can also waych trailers  which can be found at the top of the Movies Section.

Search Menu Guide

To find any channel or VOD, go to the Home page, press the "Up" navigation button on your remote, and select the Search icon at the top of the bar to enter the name of the channel or VOD you’re looking for.

Then, on the search box, you can search for channels, Webcasts, Movies, and TV Series.

To enable or disable Parental Control:

 How to Set It Up:

1. Go to Settings > Parental Controls.

2. You’ll be prompted to enter a PIN code.

   • If this is your first time setting it up, choose any PIN—just make sure it’s something memorable, or you risk being locked out.

3. After entering the PIN, you’ll access the Parental Controls menu.

⚙️ Available Options:

• Enable/Disable Parental Controls

• Change Your PIN

• Choose When the PIN Is Required

• Set What the PIN Is Needed For (e.g., switching groups, changing settings, etc.)

 Example Use Case:

You can set up CatchOnTV in a child’s room like this:

• Turn off all content groups except the “Children” group.

  • Repeat this for TV Channels, Movies, and Series tabs.

• Activate Parental Controls to lock group selection, so kids can’t switch to other categories.

• Set a PIN to restrict access to the settings menu.

After configuring the parental settings, go to: Settings > Playlists
Click on each playlist, go to Manage Groups, and turn off "Show Newly Added Groups".

This prevents newly added categories (e.g., adult content) from appearing automatically—ensuring your settings remain secure even if your provider updates their service.

Image source catchontv app

Common Error Codes

401, Access denied, usually permanent, the log- in credentials may have expired or no longer valid. Possibly down for maintenance temporarily, but usually isn’t a good playlist anymore.

403, Access denied, usually temporary but could be permanent.

458, Region blocked, will need a VPN set to a different country to access.

504, usually temporary, the server may be overloaded and the request timed out.

DataSourceException, usually temporary, can try changing channels and go back, update playlist, or just wait a while.

IllegalStateException, usually temporary and usually not all channels, it’s not on your end, it’s a provider issue.

MediaCodecException, usually temporary, it’s on the providers end, try back later or try using an external player.

DecoderInitializationException, go to Settings/Playback, scroll down to Audio Decoder and Video Decoder, whatever you have it set as (Hardware/Software) change it, then reboot your device.

History/Recent Channels

At the bottom of the left menu, you can find the Settings menu.

You can choose how your channel history is displayed.

• Delay Before Adding to Recent Channels (in seconds):
  Sets how long you must stay on a channel before it gets saved in your recent history.
  Useful when channel surfing—channels you quickly skip won't clutter your history.

Conclusion 

CatchOnTV offers a powerful and user-friendly IPTV experience designed to meet all your streaming needs. With features like customizable channel lists, live and scheduled recording, EPG control, parental settings, external player support, and smart navigation, it provides full control over your viewing. Whether you're managing content for your family or personalizing your own entertainment setup, CatchOnTV ensures a smooth, flexible, and reliable viewing experience.