Answers, down to earth.

An IPTV player for Fire TV, Android TV and Google TV. It plays the playlists and logins you already have from an IPTV service, sorts everything into countries and categories, and learns what each person at home likes to watch.

No. Orbit doesn't provide, host or sell any channels, films or series. You add your own M3U playlist or Xtream Codes login, and should only use it with content you have the right to watch.

Open Orbit and scan the QR code with your phone, then type your playlist address or Xtream Codes login on the phone. You can also type it with the remote. Got two services? Add both: Orbit merges them, and each becomes a backup for the other.

Yes. Orbit recognises a get.php?username=… link as an Xtream Codes login and uses the faster Xtream API instead, so films, series and the guide load properly too.

With the free Downloader app. The install guide walks through it for Fire TV and for Android TV and Google TV.

Hold OK on the channel and choose Change category…. Orbit remembers your fix and applies it every time the list refreshes.

Yes. Hold OK on the channel and choose Stream source… to see every version Orbit found, across all your providers. Normally it plays the best one and switches to another by itself if that stream fails.

Orbit matches guide data by channel ID first, then by name. If your provider's guide doesn't list a channel at all, you can add a different XMLTV guide address when you edit the provider.

Every few hours in the background, and never while you're watching. A new guide only replaces the old one once it has fully loaded.

Fire TV devices on Fire OS 6 or later, and Android TV or Google TV devices on Android 6 or later. It's tuned to stay smooth on 1 GB sticks. Fire TVs running Vega OS can't run Android apps, so Orbit can't run on them.

Open the options while it plays (≡, or hold OK) and try another audio track. Orbit plays MP2, AC-3, E-AC-3 and DTS itself when the TV can't.

Hold OK anywhere in Orbit to open the options for whatever you're on.

Up to four, or two on devices with 1 GB of memory. The highlighted picture has the sound; press OK to watch it full screen.

Favourites, history, Continue watching, My List and recommendations. Providers, tidying and settings are shared by everyone on the TV.

When it's picked up after half an hour without use and there's more than one profile. Quick returns go straight back to the last person. You can switch any time from the avatar next to the Orbit logo.

Yes. Each profile can pause its history: while it's paused, nothing that person watches is remembered or used for recommendations.

£0.99 a month or £7.99 a year, with every feature in both. See pricing.

Yes. When you sign up you can try everything free for 12 hours.

Orbit talks directly to the IPTV services you add. To show artwork and recommendations it looks up film and series titles on TMDB, never who you are, your provider or your login. Diagnostics only leave the TV when you choose to send them, with logins and addresses removed. More in the privacy policy.

Not unless you turn it on. It's off out of the box, and turning it on (or changing the PIN) needs the parental PIN.

On your TV. A backup file includes your provider logins so it can restore them, so keep it somewhere safe.