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What does tapping the Settings button in SlingPlayer Mobile do?


The Settings button in SlingPlayer Mobile is the one that looks like gears. Tap it to change basic viewing settings.

When you tap the Settings button, you can see:

  • The email address that you use for your Sling Account shows at the top of the screen.
  • Enable DISH Remote Access (For DISH users). Turns this feature on or off.
  • Launch Preference. You can choose what you want SlingPlayer Mobile to do when you launch it.
  • Home Channel. You can choose a channel that SlingPlayer Mobile will always start up with.
  • Enable Channel Up / Down Gesture. Turning this on will let you vertically swipe the screen to change the channels up and down. If you're prone to accidentally swiping the screen, it might be a good idea to turn this off.
  • Enable Favorite Left / Right Gesture. Turning this on will let you horizontally swipe the screen to move between your Favorites. Again, if you're prone to accidentally swiping the screen, it might be a good idea to turn this off.
  • Stereo (Wi-Fi Only). With this on, stereo will be on all the time. 
  • High Quality Audio (Wi-Fi Only). With this on, high quality will be on all the time.
  • Play Right Audio Channel. If you want to turn off the right audio channel, do it here.
  • Play Left Audio Channel. If you want to turn off the left audio channel, do it here.
  • Auto-send 'Select' (DISH users). Turns this feature on or off.
  • Privacy Policy. You also have access to our Privacy Policy, and you can opt-out of sending anonymous information about usage to Sling Media. We use this information only to better shape our products. We do not associate any of your personally identifiable information with this usage information.
  • SlingPlayer Version. You can see the version of SlingPlayer Mobile here.
  • DISH Remote Access Version. You can see the version of DISH Remote Access here.


Here are more details about Settings:

To open Settings:

  1. If you're streaming, open the main ribbon by tapping anywhere.
  2. Disconnect from your Slingbox. Tap the Disconnect button on the right side of the screen.
    disconnect-shadow.jpg


  3. Tap Settings in the Disconnected screen.
    settings-shadow.jpg

In Settings, the email address that you use with your Sling Account shows at the top of the screen.

You can change these settings that also appear onscreen:

  • Enable DISH Remote Access (For DISH users). This turns this feature on or off. If you have a compatible DISH receiver connected to the Internet, you can use this feature. Go to dish.sling.com for more information.
    enableDISHaccess.jpg

  • Launch Preference. You can choose what you want SlingPlayer Mobile to do when you launch it. You can have it automatically connect and watch TV, automatically connect to DISH Remote Access (if you have a compatible DISH receiver connected to the Internet), don't automatically connect, or to go wherever you were the last time you used SlingPlayer Mobile.
    launch-pref.jpg

  • Home Channel. You can choose the channel that SlingPlayer Mobile will always start up with.
    home-channel2.jpg

  • Enable Channel Up / Down Gesture. Turning this on will let you vertically swipe the screen to change the channels up and down. If you're prone to accidentally swiping the screen, it might be a good idea to turn this off.
  • Enable Favorite Left / Right Gesture. Turning this on will let you horizontally swipe the screen to move between your Favorites. Again, if you're prone to accidentally swiping the screen, it might be a good idea to turn this off.
    gestures.jpg

  • Stereo (Wi-Fi Only). With this on, stereo sound will be on all the time.
    stereo.jpg

  • High Quality Audio (Wi-Fi Only). With this on, high quality audio will be on all the time.
    hi-qual-audio.jpg

  • Play Right Audio Channel. If you want to turn off the right audio channel, do it here.
  • Play Left Audio Channel. If you want to turn off the left audio channel, do it here.
    rt-lft-audio.jpg

  • Auto-send 'Select' (DISH users). Turns this feature on or off.
    auto-send-select.jpg

  • Privacy Policy. You also have access to our Privacy Policy, and you can opt-out of sending anonymous information about usage to Sling Media. We use this information only to better shape our products. We do not associate any of your personally identifiable information with this usage information.
    privacy.jpg

  • SlingPlayer Version. You can see the version of SlingPlayer Mobile here.
  • DISH Remote Access Version. You can see the version of DISH Remote Access here.

Related Information
What does the Options button do?
The Options button is the one that looks like a wrench.
What do the buttons on the main screen do?
The main screen is the first screen you see when you launch SlingPlayer for iPhone.


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