The Settings screen is the best way to customize your account and streaming experience. To get started, select the gear icon. If you're on a mobile device or tablet, the Settings menu can be accessed by tapping the three horizontal lines in the corner of the app window.
Note that not all devices offer all the included settings
Choose a setting to learn more:
Account
From the Account screen, you can review your subscription details, sign out of your account or on select devices, manage your subscription.
Parental Controls
Parental Controls offer the ability to lock content based on rating, or to lock additional in-app purchases such as movie rentals or Pay-Per-View purchases. Find out more about parental controls HERE >
Connection
Visit Connection to check your bandwidth usage. You can also set your maximum streaming bandwidth limit. Quality of video may be impacted by your chosen Mb/s selection.
If you're using an XBOX One console, you can access this screen by selecting Settings then Bandwidth Limiting.
Support
Support provides the URL to our Help Center, as well as the app version you are currently using. If you contact our support team for help with streaming issues, they may ask you to access this screen to enable Debug Logging.
Device
Visit Device to check out which device is currently in use. You can also rename your device, which may be helpful in households where SLING is being used on multiple devices.
You can also log in to your MY ACCOUNT page to see devices in use on your account. Select Device List to check.
Closed Captions
Closed Captions is beneficial to change the style, size or type of subtitles you would like to use while streaming. Click here for details on how to enable or disable closed captions.
DVR
If you subscribe to DVR, you can use the DVR tab to manage your recordings.