Windows 7
The playmoTV gateway works well with Windows 7.
If you are using multiple Wi-Fi networks you may have to repeat this setup when you change to a new Wi-Fi network.
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Press the Start button in the bottom left corner of your computer screen.
In the search field, type Network.
Select Network and Sharing Center from the search results and a new window should open up.
Click Change adapter settings on the left hand side of the window.
Depending on how you connect to the Internet, select Wireless Network Connection (if you are using Wi-Fi / wireless Internet), or your Local Area Connection (if you are using Ethernet or cable) by right clicking the icon and then select Properties. A new window should open up.
In the new window, select Internet protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and then click the Properties button to the right.
A new window should open up as demonstrated, its called an Internet Protocol window.
In the lower half of the window, select Use the following DNS server addresses and enter the following number in the spaces.
Preferred DNS server: 109.123.111.24
Alternate DNS server: 109.74.12.20
Click the OK button.
Next step is important, you have to restart your computer, open a browser and navigate to the playmo.TV login page. Simple? Yes, we think so.
This window should popup with the playmoTV DNS settings entered
Select Optain DNS server address automatically, click OK and your computer should reset it’s DNS settings to the default- Next step is important, you have to restart your computer, open a browser and navigate to the playmo.TV login page. Simple? Yes, we think so.
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does this work
I dare you to try :)
Howe do it work with Windows 8?
Hi Petur, it works great on the new Windows 8 :) If you use Netflix and can’t find the app in the Windows Store you might need to change your location on your computer to United States.
Yes it works!
Excellent
nicely done, will be testing today
What do you do when you are using Netflix in a hotel and have no access, naturally, to their router settings?
Just wait till you go home or settle for the UK version of it(limited to say the least).
If the hotel grants their hotel guests direct access to the Internet (in comparison to a transparently proxied connection) you can just change the DNS settings on your computer.
http://playmo.tv/faq/#faq02
how long does it take to get a confirmation email , its been two days now for me , when i log in it says cookies not enabled which they are , and wrong password d?and ive set the windows 7 up already for playmo . cant log into my netflix cause it redirects me to playmo ? any help for a novice thanks
Usually just a matter of minutes. However being in beta we approve new user based on our service performance. PlaymoTV seems to be getting popular and the user base has been growing rapidly over the last few weeks and as a consequence there have been some growing pains. Therefore system capacity is being increased.
We want to make sure the service is performing optimally before we start approving new users again. We are however very optimistic that we will be seeing you very, very soon :)
But how do you come back to the standard settings again??
In step 8 choose Obtain DNS server address automatically.
Netflix.com coming up as “webpage not available” for me, any tips?
During my Netflix trial I could use the US store in the UK on my laptop, but now that I pay for Netflix, I can only use the UK store.
I’ve checked to make sure the DNS is correct, I’ve restarted my laptop after changing it and this site says it’s correctly linked but I can still only use the UK store.
But using the DNS settings I can go on the US store on my iPhone 4s, but not my ps3.
Do you know if and how I can sort this out? Thanks!
Managed to get it working on my PS3 but still won’t work on my laptop….
Check your email, let’s figure this out together and then post the result here
I did the all of the instructions but still my device is not correctly link to playmo.tv, help please. Thanks
Did you restart your computer? The restart will flush the DNS cache on your computer. Another question. On what kind of network are you? Your home network, office network, hotel network?
There is a chance you don’t have a direct connection to the Internet but that you are behind a transparent proxy. Our service does not currently work when you don’t have direct access to the Internet: http://playmo.tv/faq/#faq02
Yes, I restarted my PC. I’m in a home network and as far as I know I have direct connection to the internet. Any fix regarding this?
Is it possible to use netflix through the Windows Media Server? I’ve setup my computer already and that works fine when I go to netflix.com directly, but it would be nice to be able to use the netflix addon for Windows media server.
Thanks for reporting back. We were unaware of this addon. We are at the moment focusing on becoming financially sustainable. Subsequently we will start adding support for more channels and devices. There are a few new goodies to be announced in May. Maybe we can squeeze the WMS addon in :)
Hey.
Seems a very good service but cannot get it working on the laptop at all. Any ideas? Have done all the steps required but says “problem loading page” whenever I try to load Netflix etc.
What can I do?
Hey Lucy. Ehm. How can I put this? Well I not going to. Bottom line: We had a problem, you discovered it, we are embarrassed but thanks to you nobody needs to know :p
pssssttt…. I won’t tell anyone. This can be our little secret :)
Does this mean there will be a fix? Sorry, am a bit confused!
Just try again :)
Thanks to you we were able to fix it. Should be working fine now.
Oh okay thank you, i will try this out! :)
Does this affect all computers on the network, or just the one I do it on?
Only the one you link to playmoTV :)
Hi There,
i have set up on my laptop, windows 7, and on top of the page says “This device is not correctly linked to playmoTV – Click here to do so” to repeat the same procedure, which is already done.
please help.
i have tryed with iphone, apple tv and now my PC but cant seem to stream netflix
Rgds
Hi again, your issue might be that your network is ignoring all changed DNS settings on your devices. It might be your Network provider or your Network Router. If you can try you iPhone on a different network and make sure you have your playmoTV settings correctly entered and report back then we can maybe narrow your problem.
Hi.
My DNS changes seem to return to their previous settings when I restart the computer. Any ideas?
I can’t think of any logical reason other than some installed software which runs on startup and changes your DNS settings.
How can I unlink my pc from playmo??
Easy. Repeat steps 1-7.
In step 8 select: Optain DNS server address automatically.
Finally finish off with steps 9 and 10 :)
When I use this DNS setting Netflix won’t stream in HD even though my connection speed is fine and when I change back to automatic DNS settings and go to Netflix Canada and HD streams fine…
Why is this? It’s really annoying.
Netflix has optimised the data centre you receive your content from depending on your location. Since our users usually are far away this can result in non-HD content. Since you’re in Canada I would have thought HD stream would be possible. We will be doing some optimisations soon to ensure our users get their streams from the closest possible data centre.
Hi
I have my laptop hooked up to my tv via hdmi cable but theres no sound,any sugguestions on how to fix this?
Hi Kevin, I have had this problem on one laptop running Windows 7 > This fixed it for me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCfiG3y2sPw
that sorted it thanks
Have you thought about making an application to do this for your users?
Yes Oliver, we have. It’s pretty high on our wish list but other tasks have been more demanding. A tray application that handles all the dirty work would be great for everyone. Are you a programmer?
I don’t mind having playmoTV on my computer but not having an active account makes it difficult to log into Pandora and a few other sites. I think ten steps to change ones DNS back to the default setting is a bit much!
The service is of course intended for users with active accounts :) I agree with you. Hopefully we can provide simpler means to unlink our service in the future. This could include an application which links/unlinks with one click.
Hey playmo dudes. Any plans to add support for the netflix metro app in windows 8? It wont let me log in – but it still works fine in a browser
Can one user on my computer use this service, with the dns settings needed. And another user use ‘normal’ dns settings? So when one person logs out/in the dns settings change from playmo to ‘normal’ automatic? I’m not tech enough to know if/how changing my dns effects my security levels.
Other than that, I’m loving playmo on my PS3.
Though could the changed dns settings be why my online pass for battlefield doesn’t get recognized?
Cheers, and thanks for the service.
There is that app DNS jumper, maybe you can test it and write review for others ? :-)
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/quick-way-change-or-check-your-dns-setting.htm
http://www.sordum.net/4573/dns-jumper-v1-0-4
P.S.
if you do not want to install that app you can consider to buy cheap wifi adapter, set for it different dns and then switch wifi adapters to change dns
It doesn’t work for windows 8 !!! :-(
Hi Sepehr. Does it still not work for you? Netflix is streaming very well on our Windows 8 machine.
It doesn’t work for windows 8 does it?
Hi Jash. The Netflix App on Windows 8 is working fine here. Have you tried it on your end without success? Just make sure your computer is correctly linked.
do you need to pay for playmo tv as well as netflix ?
my laptop is on windows 7 and it does not link. it was successful with my windows vista pc.
help please so i can link my laptop and watch my fave shows….
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