Car TV Max
Help & Support
Car TV Max plays your own playlists, Xtream logins, Jellyfin, Emby and Plex servers and videos on your iPhone, on a TV, and on your car's screen while you're parked.
Car TV Max doesn't include any channels or videos. You add sources from a provider or server you use, and only sources you own or have the right to use. We can't help with accounts at providers, or with channels a provider doesn't offer.
Contact us
Email support@myfitaiapp.com. Please include your iPhone model, the iOS version and the Car TV Max version (Settings → About → Version).
Never send us passwords, or playlist links that contain your login.
Getting started
Add a source
On Home, tap + and choose:
- M3U: paste a playlist link or the playlist's content, or scan a QR code with the link.
- Xtream: the server address, username and password from your provider.
- Jellyfin or Emby: your server's address and login.
- Plex: sign in with a code at plex.tv/link, then pick your server.
- Videos from Files or Videos from Photos: they're copied into the app, so they play offline.
Free plan and Pro
The free plan includes one playlist or server, two widget designs, and 40 minutes a day of watching, browsing, mirroring and casting. Car TV Max Pro removes these limits.
In the car
With your iPhone connected to CarPlay, Car TV Max has its own screen in the car: Favorites, Recent, Library, Search, Browser and Cast. Video, web pages and screen mirroring show there only while the car is parked. When the car starts moving, the picture is hidden and the sound keeps playing.
- Your iPhone's GPS checks that the car isn't moving. Allow location access when asked, or turn it on in Settings → Safety → Parked check. Without location access, no picture shows on the car screen, but sound still plays.
- Never watch video while driving.
- Search: by voice, with the car screen's keyboard, or by typing on your iPhone (Phone Input). Typing only works while parked.
- Browser: opens websites on the car screen while parked. Services that protect their videos may not play in it.
- CarPlay Remote: the mouse button in the car browser's toolbar turns your iPhone into a trackpad and keyboard for the page.
- Cast: choose Cast on the car screen, then start the screen broadcast on your iPhone, to show your iPhone's screen while parked.
- What a car shows depends on the car and its iOS version. Some cars only show the channel lists and play the sound.
- Car TV Max's small widgets also appear in CarPlay's Widgets screen.
TVs, casting and mirroring
Play on a TV
Connect a TV with AirPlay or a cable. The video then plays full screen on the TV while your iPhone shows the controls.
Cast from another app
In Car TV Max, open Discover → Cast from an app. Then, in the other app, tap its cast button and choose “Car TV Max (iPhone)”.
Screen mirroring
Open Discover → Screen Mirroring, tap the button, then Start Broadcast. Netflix, Disney+ and other protected apps show a black picture, because iOS doesn't allow recording them.
If something doesn't play
A channel or video won't start
- Check that the same link works in another player. Many providers limit how many devices can watch at the same time.
- For Xtream sources, try Settings → Playback → Xtream live format (HLS or MPEG-TS), then refresh the source: on Home, tap ⋯ next to its name, then Refresh.
- Car TV Max picks a player for each format and switches to its second player for files such as MKV or AVI.
The TV guide is empty
The guide comes from your playlist's own guide link or from your Xtream provider, and updates twice a day. To update it now, tap Settings → TV Guide → Refresh TV Guide. If your provider has no guide, there's nothing to show.
Your media server isn't found
Keep your iPhone on the same Wi-Fi as the server, and allow local network access in iPhone Settings → Privacy & Security → Local Network → Car TV Max.
Widgets and Siri
Add the Favorites or Now Playing widget from your Home Screen: touch and hold the Home Screen, tap Edit, then Add Widget. You can also ask Siri, for example “Play channel name in Car TV Max” or “Resume Car TV Max”.
Purchases
- Restore: Settings → Car TV Max Pro → Restore Purchases, signed in with the Apple Account you bought with.
- Cancel a subscription: iPhone Settings → your name → Subscriptions → Car TV Max. Cancel at least 24 hours before it renews.
- Free trial: one per Apple Account.
- Refunds are handled by Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com.
Privacy
Your sources, logins and favorites stay on your iPhone. Car TV Max has no accounts, no ads and no tracking. It sends anonymous usage numbers and crash reports, which you can switch off in Settings → Privacy. Read the privacy policy.