Coax Guides

Everything you need to turn your media server into a channel lineup — from your first sign-in to the settings that make the guide yours. Start at the top if Coax is new to you; jump straight to Troubleshooting if something is misbehaving.

Your server:

Your platform:

How to Channel Surf

Connect to your server, pick a Lineup, and press play. The rest is there for when you want more.

Using the Cable Guide

The guide screen: tuning channels, full screen, the sleep timer, and what each platform adds.

Customizing the Cable Guide

The theme, schedule gaps, TV static, stream-type labels, channel order, and how the guide refreshes.

Creating Custom Channels

How Coax builds channels from your library, and how to tune the categories to your taste.

Coax, ErsatzTV, and Tunarr

How Coax compares with the channel servers, and how to bring the channels you built in one into Coax.

Parental Controls

Age-group limits, hidden lineups, and locking the settings behind Face ID or a PIN.

Troubleshooting

Fixes for the problems people hit most: stalled playback, missing servers, empty channels.

Still stuck? Email relaxwithcoax@gmail.com, post on r/coax, or find me on Mastodon.