YouTube User Guide

What’s inside
Watching YouTube on Fetch 3

Open the YouTube app 4

Home 6

Search YouTube 7

Play a video 10

Sign In to YouTube 11

Settings for YouTube 13

Close the YouTube app 14

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1 Welcome to the YouTube app
on Fetch
The YouTube app lets you use YouTube on your TV, to:
• Browse and play YouTube videos
• Sign in to get access to your favourites and your other playlists
• Pair a mobile device to do searches and playback from your mobile or tablet Note
This guide is for YouTube on
Things to know Fetch Mighty, Mini and Mini 4K.
• You need a YouTube account for accessing favourites, playlists, and subscriptions. The YouTube App is not available
• You need a Google account for signing into YouTube (see Page 11). on Gen 2 boxes.

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2 Open the YouTube app
1 To open YouTube on your Fetch box
• Press on your remote.
• Or, press Menu on your remote to bring up the main menu.
Then select Apps and press .

2 Use to select Streaming.

3 Select YouTube and press .

4 If you get an Internet quota message, press to continue. To hide this

message in future, press .

5 Now start discovering content on YouTube directly from your TV.

More ways to launch YouTube on Fetch

• Go to Menu > Guide and scroll down to the YouTube channels starting at 989.
• Launch the app by voice command and Fetch voice remote (see Page 11).
• Use the Search on Fetch to find YouTube content (see Page 11).
• Browse YouTube carousels in Apps and Sport (Page 6).

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Parental controls for YouTube

If you don’t want your children to access YouTube on Fetch, you can lock the
YouTube App with the PIN.

1 Go to Menu > > Parental Controls > Apps.

2 Find the YouTube app and tick Lock to ask for PIN when launching the app.

YouTube Featured and Recommendations carousel

You can use the YouTube carousel in Menu > Apps to find featured and
recommended videos on YouTube. Use to scroll to the carousel and select
a video. Press to watch.

YouTube Sport carousel

The YouTube carousel in Menu > Sport provides recommended sport videos on
YouTube.

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3 Home
YouTube automatically sorts the most popular and highest quality content into channels so
you get to enjoy the best YouTube has to offer. Browse by Recommended, Trending, Music,
Comedy, and more.

Press on your remote to browse to a video then press to play.

YouTube menu

To show or hide the YouTube menu, press on your Fetch remote. You can then use to navigate the
menu options:

Search Library
Search YouTube with your phone, Find your YouTube History, My videos,
tablet, or Fetch remote (Page 9). Watch later, Purchases, and Playlists.

Home Accounts
Go back to the YouTube app Sign in to your YouTube account to view
Home screen. your Subscriptions and more (Page 12).

Subscriptions Settings
See all your YouTube Pair a mobile device to browse from your
subscriptions mobile or tablet, and more Settings (Page 14).

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4 Search YouTube
There are a few ways to search YouTube on your TV.

Search from a paired phone or tablet

The easiest way is to search is to pair your phone or tablet to your Fetch box via the
YouTube mobile app.

1 Open YouTube on Fetch and make sure your phone is connected to your local Wi-Fi
network.

2 On your phone or tablet, download and install the YouTube App from the App Store
or Google Play.

3 Next open the YouTube App on your phone or tablet. Tap the cast icon to start
watching on your TV.

4 If you have multiple Fetch boxes set up, the app will prompt you to choose the box
you want to watch on.

Tips
If your phone isn’t connected to the same local
network as your Fetch box, you’ll need a pairing
code to connect. Go to YouTube on your TV and
choose Settings > Link TV and Phone for more info.

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Search from your TV

1 Open YouTube on Fetch then select Search within the YouTube app.

2 Use your Fetch remote to type in a search term.

3 Select a video from the list of matching videos. Or, press to close the search.

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Search YouTube using Search on Fetch

You can use a text Search through the Fetch menu to find YouTube content.

1 Press the or button on the Fetch remote, or go to Menu > .

2 Use the on-screen keyboard to type.

Search starts automatically when you type one or more letters/numbers.

3 Scroll to the end of the search results and select Continue on YouTube to
search across YouTube content.

Search by Fetch voice remote

1 If using the Fetch voice remote, press and hold on the remote while pointing
at the Fetch box.

2 When you see “I’m Listening” keep holding the voice button and say
something.
• To launch the app, say “YouTube”
• To search, say something like “Search YouTube for funny holiday videos”

Note
Whilst you can launch YouTube through voice command
and the Fetch voice remote, you can’t control or search
using voice commands within the YouTube app.

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5 Play a video
Sit back and enjoy the best of YouTube on your TV.

1 When playing a video, press on your Fetch remote to show the YouTube
Player menu.

2 Use the options in the menu to skip to the next video, pause play, flag
inappropriate content, subscribe, like, and more.

3 Press for suggested videos.

4 Press to browse to an option and press to select.

5 Press to stop the video and go back and choose another video.

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6 Sign in to YouTube
Sign in to your YouTube account on Fetch to access your Playlists, Videos,
Subscriptions, and more.

Open the YouTube app on Fetch, then go to Accounts > Sign In. You can sign in with
your mobile device or on your TV.

Sign in with your mobile device

1 Make sure you’ve installed the YouTube App for your mobile device.

2 If your mobile device is on the same Wi-Fi network as your Fetch box, YouTube
on Fetch will automatically pair with your mobile device.

3 Follow the prompts on your mobile device via the YouTube App to Allow access
and sign in.

Sign in on TV

1 If your mobile phone isn’t close by or on the same Wi-Fi as your box, you can
sign in on your TV. Select Try another way to show a code.

2 On your computer or phone, open your web browser and go to the URL
youtube.com/activate

3 If prompted, sign into your Google account. Then follow the prompts to enter
the code shown on your TV, and make sure to select Allow.

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Signing out of your YouTube account

1 To sign out of YouTube, on your TV, select Accounts.

2 Choose the account you want to sign out then Remove from TV.

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7 Settings for YouTube
Choose Settings on the YouTube menu on your TV for more settings.

Turn sounds on or off

Lets you turn off the sounds when navigating the YouTube app on Fetch.

Autoplay
When the autoplay setting is on, suggested videos will automatically play next.

Restricted mode
Lets you hide inappropriate content on YouTube.

Clear watch history and cookies

You can clear your watch history and cookies for YouTube.

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8 Close the YouTube app
To close YouTube on Fetch, press .

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Version: May 2024