Getting started with Mboa Play

1Install the app

Android

1. Download the "Phone" version from the home page (it suits almost every recent phone).
2. Open it. Android asks to allow installation from this source: accept.
3. Tap "Install", then "Open".

Your phone says "App not installed"? It is probably older: take the "Android TV, boxes and older phones" version instead, which installs everywhere.

Android TV / Google TV

Search for "Mboa Play" in your TV's Play Store and install it. It works entirely with the remote.

If it is not there yet: install the "Downloader" app from the TV's Play Store, enter this website's address, then download the "Android TV, boxes and older phones" version.

Works with Android TV / Google TV sets and boxes (Sony, TCL, Philips, Xiaomi, Chromecast with Google TV…). LG (webOS) and Samsung (Tizen) TVs do not have the Play Store: plug in an Android TV box or a Chromecast, or cast from your phone.

Windows

Run the installer and follow the steps. No administrator rights are needed. If Windows shows "Windows protected your PC", click "More info" then "Run anyway".

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2Add your playlist

Mboa Play does not provide channels: you use your IPTV operator's subscription. On first launch, tap "Add a playlist" and choose the type your operator gave you:

• Xtream Codes : server address, username and password.
• M3U URL : a link starting with http, often containing "m3u".
• M3U file : a .m3u file from your operator.

The first load may take a few minutes for large catalogs. Your password is encrypted on the device and never sent to Mboa Play.

3Your 15-day free trial

The trial starts by itself on first launch, without payment or sign-up. All features are available. Remaining days are shown in Settings › License.

When the trial ends, the app offers to buy a license or enter your key.

4Buy and activate your license

1. Choose your plan in the pricing and pay by Mobile Money (MTN, Orange) or card.
2. Your key is shown right away (MBOA-XXXXX-…) and emailed to you.
3. In the app: "I have a key" (or Settings › License), paste the key, then "Activate".

A license works on 2 devices at the same time. An Internet connection is needed to activate it; the app then re-checks by itself.

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5Your plan in the app

Settings › License always shows your plan, its end date and the end of your key. A monthly or yearly plan never renews by itself: you choose to extend it, on the same key.

6Change devices

Your license is already on 2 devices and you want to use it on a new one? Two ways to free a slot:

• in the app, on the old device: Settings › License › "Remove the license from this device";
• on this website, in "My account": "Free" button next to the device (handy if the old phone is lost).

Then enter your key on the new device.

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