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Set up Plex on a TV without typing a password

In Yonto Player, choose Plex, then Log in, and enter the code the television shows at plex.tv/link on your phone: your password never goes near the remote. Every server shared with your Plex account then plays in one source, with its watched marks and resume points, and as your first source it is free, with no Yonto account to make.

On an Android phone or tablet, it is the same Log in: tap Settings, Sources, Add source, choose Plex, tap Log in, then Open plex.tv/link, which opens Plex’s page in your browser to sign in and allow the link. Your media server and NAS on an Android phone or tablet says what else works there.

What you need

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  • A Plex account, with a server shared with it, or a server of your own.
  • Yonto Player on your television, from the download page, and a phone or computer to enter the code on.

Steps

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  1. Open Yonto Player and choose Settings, Sources, Add source, then Plex in the type list.
  2. Choose Log in next to Account. The television shows “Log in at plex.tv”, a short code, and a QR code.
  3. On your phone, scan the QR code, or go to plex.tv/link and enter the code. Plex asks you to sign in there, on its own page, and to allow the link.
  4. The television says “Logged in — takes effect once saved”. The screen shows how long the code has left, and if it runs out you can choose Get a new code.
  5. Choose Save, and browse the servers shared with your account from Home. Yonto Player on Android TV, on a library of films and series with their posters

For a server of your own, which Plex does not share with your account, type its address in the form instead, with a token only if the server asks for one. Leave the address empty to log in.

Coming from the Plex app? Play your Plex library on Android TV in another app says what carries over and what Yonto Player does not do.

What is stored

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Yonto Player never sees your Plex password: you type it on plex.tv. What Plex hands back is a sign-in for Yonto Player, which stays on this device with the source. It is left out of backups and device transfers, and Log out on the source, or deleting the source, removes it.

If something goes wrong

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“This code has expired” The code ran out before you entered it. Choose Get a new code, and enter that one.

“Log in to Plex, or type your own server’s address, by editing the source in Settings.” The source has no login and no address. Edit the source and choose Log in next to Account, or type your server’s URL.

“No Plex server is shared with this account. For your own server, add its address and token by editing the source in Settings.” You signed in with an account that has no server shared with it. Sign in with the account the server is shared with, or enter your own server’s URL and token.

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