This article will chart out an effective and comprehensive guide for you so that you can watch and activate Simple.TV on Roku, Apple TV and Firestick, and other streaming media devices.
When it comes to streaming choices, it is an uncontested truth that there are sundry, some of which are even obscure to the techno-savvy masses. This choice that will be the talk of this article pertains to Simple.TV, a DVR that enables you to watch and record programs from OTA or Over The Air platforms, that mostly consists of CBS, NBC, Fox, ABC, etc. no matter where you are.
However, it doesn’t come close to the features provided by the cable satellite subscription, one of which includes ‘endless AND sundry content’ for instance cable channels such as ESPN, Comedy Central, etc. but on the flip side, you won’t have to shell out money if you only have a penchant for streaming one of these major channels that we mentioned. Before, we ground ourselves on an activation guide for different streaming media devices such as Roku, Apple TV, and FireStick it is incumbent that we dwell on a short review of Simple. TV.
The Good Part
- Simple. TV is inexpensive as compared to other DVRs in the market such as Tivo
- It can easily work and connect with all the leading streaming media devices such as Roku, Apple TV, Firestick, etc.
- It can work both outside and inside your home network.
- The user interface is the highlight of this DVR along with its mundane hardware. It is so mundane that it lacks an external hard drive because it doesn’t come with any internal storage, and an antenna.
The Bad Part
- To sustain the balance in our review, let’s focus on blemishes now.
- One of the bummers comes in the form of its lack of inbuilt wifi and singer turner functionality. The latter means that it would only be able to access only one live stream at a time.
- Although the distinct part about Simple. TV is its price, but it is not all you have to pay to make it work, as there is a subscription fee, and if you want to avail of its lifetime subscription then it would cost you around $300.
- Talking about the hardware itself, the DVR assumes that you would already have a hard disk and antenna, which would definitely cost you a few bucks more. But, even with everything cumulated, the price still remains cheap relatively.
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How to activate Simple.TV on Roku
Now, we have finally come to the technical portion of the article where will be escorting you into how you can activate Simple.TV on your Roku device. Now, we assume that you would already have a Roku-connected TV that is already set up. One thing that you have to know before we move on to the activation is that the DVR doesn’t have any HDMI port because it is designed to stream to compatible devices of which Roku is one.
We will start off with the set-up, you just have to plug in your external hard drive, the antenna, and your WI-fi router. It would be prudential to keep it near your Wi-fi router or in any place in your room with high signal receptors.
- Now, The process of installing Simple.TV on Roku will start from the home screen.
- Press the arrow button from your remote and it will effectively take you to ‘’Streaming Channels’’
- Now, select ‘’Search Channels’’
- Next, select ‘’Roku Channel Store’’ for the purpose of locating the Simple.Tv app.
- Type Simple.TV on the search bar and then click on ‘’Add channels’’. This will add or install the app to your Roku device.
How to set up Simple.TV on Roku
After you have installed the Simple.TV app on Roku, you will now have to set it up.
- Now after you open the app, you will see a welcome prompt, from which you will have to select ‘I am setting up for the first time option.
- Next, you will have to create your account by putting in your name email address and password.
- Select ‘Next’ and it will start checking the space on your hard drive and then scanning the available channels.
Steps to use Simple.TV on Roku
- When you select a particular show, you will get an option whether you want to record that particular episode or all the future episodes.
- Now, you have learnt how you can activate Simple.TV on Roku and how you can stream content via it.
How to activate Simple.TV on Apple TV?
Apple TV is another streaming media device and it’s quite similar to your Roku device in terms of functionality but with a much better user interface. Before we activate Simple. TV on Apple TV, you will have to install the app first.
Installation
- After you have switched on your Apple TV device, visit the App Store via remote and type Simple.TV on the channel search bar.
- Upon finding the app, click on the ‘’Get’’ button. This will lead to the installation of the Simple.TV app.
- After you have installed the app, you just need to go through the sign up as we did in Roku’ case and navigate through the channel guide that will display the shows that you can record and finally Simple.TV will be activated on Apple TV.
Not only Apple TV, but you can also watch content from Simple.TV via your iPhone and iPad the same way.
How to activate Simple.TV on Firestick?
Simple. Tv is not available on the Amazon app store, so you will have to skirt around a little to download Simple.TV on firestick and then activate it.
To do so follow the below steps:
For the purpose of installing Simple.TV on Firestick device, we would be requiring a tool called Downloader. Here is how you can download it from Firestick.
Step1: Downloading Downloader on your FireStick Device
- Go to the ‘Find’ option from the Fire TV home screen
- Click ‘Search’ and type ‘Downloader’
- From the popped-up results, select the Downloader app.
- Click ‘Download’ or ‘Get’ on the next appeared window
- Wait for the app to complete installation
- Click ‘Open’ to launch the app.
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Step 2: Making use of Downloader
- Firstly, go to settings from the Firestick home screen.
- Then click ‘My Fire TV’
- Click on ‘Developer Options
- Click ‘Install Unknown Apps’
- Enable the downloader option by just clicking on it
- Run your Downloader app on Firestick
- Right after the previous step, the home tab will by default be popped up open, click on it
- Click on’ Install from zip file’ with a box that would say ‘Enter a URL or Search Term’
- Now, enter the URL of any website that you want to use as an app on your Firestick device
- Click ‘Install’ for the installation to get started
- After the installation gets finished, click ‘Done
- Delete the successful installation message by clicking the delete option, and if it again pops up, click ‘delete’ again.
After this, you will have the Simple.TV downloaded on your Firestick and after you open the app you will have to take the normal course of action as we did in the two devices before and effectively your Simple.TV will be activated on your Firestick device.
Conclusion
One of the key highlights of Simple.TV is indeed its affordability. However, the other one that can be adduced is its simple activation and set-up procedure which is not the case in many DVRs. So, follow the steps that we mentioned religiously and you will get Simple.TV activated on Roku, Apple TV, and Firestick devices.
