Welcome to TickBox TV, and congratulations on ditching your cable company for the future of television! What s in the box? Every TickBox includes a power cord, an HDMI cable, and a hand held remote. Quick Start Guide The optional wireless keyboard (Sold separately) would be in a separate box if purchased. The keyboard will include the USB charger, the rechargeable battery pack, and the USB dongle/receiver pictured below. www.tickboxtv.com (800) 379-2340 2
The optional digital antenna (Sold separately) for watching local stations will include the antenna itself, and the cable to connect to your television. TickBox TV - General Connections Step 1- Remove your new TickBox from it s packaging, and inspect for any visible damage. If you observe anything unusual, or you are missing any our the components, please STOP, and call customer support. If you received your order, and you are missing anything from the package, please contact us, and we will be happy to assist. (800) 379-2340 Step 2- Connect one end of the HDMI cable from the unused HDMI port on your TV, and the other end to the HDMI port on the TickBox. (HDMI is required, so if your TV does not have one, you can pick up a coaxial to HDMI adaptor, or upgrade your TV with all the money you will save on cable now!). Step 3- If you plan to connect your box directly to your router with a cable, plug the Ethernet cable into the Ethernet port pictured above. The other end plug to your router directly. Continued on page 5 3 4
Initial Setup Step 4 Plug the small end of the power cable into the back of the TickBox, and connect the other end to your nearest wall outlet, or power strip. Step 5- Point the hand held remote at the front of the TickBox, and then press the RED power button. You should then see a BLUE light illuminate on the front of the TickBox, this indicates the box is now on. * Another important thing to remember is that when using the handheld remote, you will need to point the remote towards the blue light on the TickBox, otherwise the action will not be recognized* Step 6 Select the corresponding input on your TV. You will need to know which HDMI port you plugged the HDMI cable into for this. Once you have the input properly selected you will see the welcome screen. Now it is time to setup the box Continued on page 6 Once you select Start you will be prompted to connect to a wifi network, if you are not already connected via Ethernet cable. Only required on first run, or after a factory reset. TickBox TV will prepare itself for the first run. Please be patient, this takes a few moments. Choose your Wi-Fi network, and input your Wi-Fi password (Must be at least 8 characters). Then select the green arrow shown towards the right of the keyboard. (800) 379-2340 For customer and technical support 5 Follow the prompts to install the media player. Install, then done. Select install again, on next page, and then on the following page select launch. 6
After the welcome screen, you will see the above prompts, click update, and then Ok. Next press continue, and you ll be brought to the home screen. As seen above, and now your initial setup is complete! Click on Install, then open on the next prompt. Select Streaming Channels There are three ways of adding streaming channels and addons to your Tickbox 1. Select Streaming Channels Click on ok, and then again on ok. Which will bring you to the next step. Where you will be required to enter an email. You can use any email address for this. Click on any of the preselected Android Apps shown above 7 8
Just click on yes to download, and then follow the prompts 3. Kodi is a free media center application, available on many different operating systems, which allows people to consume streaming media. Initially you will not have any Add-ons installed within Kodi Click on Add-ons then install from repository within the add-ons menu (top right of screen) Once your apps are installed you will be able to access them from the My Apps Tile You can install a variety of Kodi Video Add-Ons to install, such as, ABC Family 2. Click on the Google Play Store Tile and search thousands of Android Apps to download onto your TickBox. Any app that you download will be available to you under the My Apps tile as well 9 10
To view your add-ons after they have been installed, you must go back to the Kodi Home Page (you can hit the back button several times). Once you are there you can go to the Add-Ons menu on the left side of the page and you will see the new Add-on on the right side of the screen. Please allow the box to finish writing all the menus before browsing. Times may vary depending on internet speed. Please allow any updates to install if you are prompted. After the initial download you just will need to click on your new Kodi Add-on and start streaming all of your favorites You can also go to https://kodi.tv/addons/browse to view more Kodi Add-ons as well as going to www.google.com and simply searching for Kodi Addons. a. Select the Tickbox TV tile on the left of your home screen for guides and videos b. Visit our website at www.tickboxtv.com/guide to find additional guides, how-tos, and FAQ on operating TickBox TV c. Give us a call at (800) 379-2340 11 12